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How to make room/ route cable behind Fabia headunit?

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Right, basically I've finished my install and got my headunit in place but have a problem.

There is bugger all room behind the Fabia CD player and I'm trying to fit in:

Two pairs of RCA's

Front speaker cable for components

Aux Adaptor Cable

ISO Loom with adaptor

Radio signal booster

Firstly, I tried to fit it in with the radio booster but had no joy, so out that came. No radio.

Now I have managed to fit in after using brute force, but it is in so tight the cage has actually popped out slightly.

Is there any way to make more room?

thats not bad i had a sep inline fuse box as well to fit and loads of other cables. in my octy we had to rip out quite literally the plastic thing at the back which did sod all and gavce more room. had a feell around the back

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hmm now you mention it there does seem to be like a plastic guard that does naff all back there

aii thats the one

same problem in the octavia but only in the top half so i put mine in the bottom slot. when i pickup a W200 ill be dremmeling a chuck out and re sealing with some sound deadening.

Depending on wether your happy to do it, but lastnight I faced the same problem when fitting a double din headunit, which has the worlds most wires! I borrowed a friends trusty dremmel and cut out the back plastic cage, this then opened up plenty of space and the unit fits like a glove!

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aiii we didnt have a dremmel so was good old brute force.

When I faced this problem I found removing the back of the plastic housing by heating up a small sharp knife did the trick i was able to take out just enough to fit the wires in. This was after I ripped my hands to shreds trying to fit in the wires !!!!!:thumbup:

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