Hello, all.

I have pretty much zero knowledge of how cars work or mechanics and auto electrical stuff. 

I'm in West sussex and just wondering if there is anyone about that could help me with fitting a new android stereo (yet to purchase) and also wether it's doable to change the steering wheel over for one that has buttons on. 

If so, is there anyone's palms I could grease for them to install and tell me what I need to get for it to work? 

I've researched a lot and it all just goes over my head! 

I love this car and I'm trying my best (funds permitting) to keep her in good health and to make her that little bit more easier to take on long journeys. 

Any help or advice would be ace! Cheers

I don't want to come across as a killjoy, but I have a concern that you may be underestimating the difficulties.

 

Firstly, one of the difficulties with the android audio kit is that not all of the models are reliable. So the first thing is to find a reliable one, and probably the best thing I can suggest is to look for one that someone else has had success with. Sometimes early examples of a particular model have odd software issues that the supplier has to sort out, and I doubt that you want that.

 

The steering wheel change is probably slightly physically difficult, but not impossible, by any means, but I'm not sure that I'd advise that as the first bit of serious mechanics that you start on. When you say that you want 'buttons', I would have thought that your VRS should already have them, so could you explain what you want, that you haven't got, in detail, please?  

21 hours ago, Camlobe said:

I don't want to come across as a killjoy, but I have a concern that you may be underestimating the difficulties.

 

Firstly, one of the difficulties with the android audio kit is that not all of the models are reliable. So the first thing is to find a reliable one, and probably the best thing I can suggest is to look for one that someone else has had success with. Sometimes early examples of a particular model have odd software issues that the supplier has to sort out, and I doubt that you want that.

 

The steering wheel change is probably slightly physically difficult, but not impossible, by any means, but I'm not sure that I'd advise that as the first bit of serious mechanics that you start on. When you say that you want 'buttons', I would have thought that your VRS should already have them, so could you explain what you want, that you haven't got, in detail, please?  

Cheers for getting back, dude. 

The most compatible stereo I've come across seems to be an Xtrons one. They have good reviews and are VAG compatible (until I googled VAG I was a tad concerned as to how a stereo could be compatible with a .......) anyway! 

 

The steering wheel doesn't have buttons on it, I'm guessing either the original owner skimped at purchase or it's be changed for some reason. Its certainly a VRS one judging by Internet pictures. 

I'd just like to be able to control the sound and skop tunes and such from the steering wheel. I've got it on my Crafter and Super-B and it just makes life so much easier on journeys.

I appreciate your reply 🤙cheers

On my elegance (so a way down the model range from a VRS) I can do stuff like adjust the volume or skip tracks from the left, or step through the various display modes (consumption, speed in kph (why?), distance travelled, remaining range on the left, and while what is displayed is 'tweekable' in the settings menu, I am surprised that a vrs doesn't have at least these available

I know! It's strange but it seems it didn't come with the controls 🤷‍♂️

Another option would be to get stalks fitted which I think would be better actually and even something I could do myself 🤣