Hello all, I have replaced my deceased MKI VRS with a 2006MKII VRS.

The car has the standard Stream head unit with manual Air on controls underneath it on the dash.

I have invested I an MKI9200 Parrot Kit as an upgrade for the stream and set about trying to fit it today with a pal of mine who has got lots of experience with Auto Electrics.

We bench tested the unit initially on the passengers seat and all worked well, we even sorted the issue with the switched live. As such we then went about installing it proper into the car which is when we hit a snag.

Put simply, there just doesn't seem to be enough room behind the stereo to fit all of the wiring harness adaptor leads and quadlock leads and then refit the stereo in place properly.

We did make a bit more room by moving the blue parrot box and line in cabling behind the glove box, but still couldn't make enough room to refit the stereo back in place.

My mate did suggest dremelling some of the plastic cage that the stereo sits in, but by that time we had run out of light and I'm a bit loathe to start cutting things.

Was wondering if anyone had any tips or advice on how best to route the miles of cabling there seems to be!

Cheers

There should be just enough room to push the original quad lock out of the rear left of the cage, then you can do the same with the adaptor. The the original and adaptor are connected outside of the cage, just be sure they don't foul the cog for the HVAC system.

 

This means you only have one quadlock behind the stereo and everything should fit, just

 

That's how I did it at least, I think I've also head you can just about fit them above the stereo if you remove the centre dash storage box.

Thanks mate, sorry to be a numpty but by the rear left of the cage, do you mean to the glove box side or drivers side? At one point we did get all of the wiring loom pushed through behind the glovebox and the single quadlock into the stereo cage, but in doing so we had taken all of the slack out of the quadlock cable and couldn't actually connect it to the head-unit 

 

Cheers

Glovebox side, it might depend how long the adapter lead you're using is as the bluetooth one I fitted was long enough (just) to get the stereo wired in afterwards.

Cheers langers, I think part of the issue may well have been that we had the blue Parrot Box behind there also, which caused a bit of a pile up for space. We've already ran the Aux Ports to the glove box, Mic to the headliner and LCD Display to the dashboard (so in effect all that's missing is the actual stuff that makes it all work!), however I may look at relocating the blue box to the area beneath the centre dash storage to free up some space for the SOT/Quadlock wires.

 

Thanks again mate

It is often a whole lot easier if you remove the dash top box too, but glovebox side was defintely easiest for me too.

I just chopped the rear right hand side of the cage off and put it all behind the climate controll.

fitted this morning, top tip on removing the top box chaps. Didn't do that last time, did it today and have us loads more room for manouver, fairly straightforward from there.

Now I just need to make this darn 3M tape actually stick to the dash!