Re: Aftermarket Head Units

[Vaso Bovan <Vaso_Bovan@compuserve.com>]

>Message text written by INTERNET:jettaglx@igtc.COM
>Go for a Blaupunkt Head unit.  I just installed one in my 95 GLX
> and it looks damn near factory.

Vaso Bovan wrote:
>>> Message text written by INTERNET:jettaglx@igtc.COM
>>>so i went into my local stereo shop today to gawk
>>> and price a few head units for my (future) black/
>>> black leather GLX...<

>>One problem with replacing the stock unit is that the hole in the
>>Jetta/Golf dashboard is very square. I looked everywhere about
>>a year ago and could not find a head unit - at any price - that had
>>an equally square faceplate. This means that any aftermarket head
>>unit will look like it doesn't belong in the dashboard. (At the
>>corners, some of the plastic/metal under the dashboard will show
>>through. Really ugly in my view). I think an aftermarket head unit
>>will instantly cheapen the look of your elegant black-leather
>>interior by a thousand dollars so keep the factory unit for
>>reinstallation when you sell. <


Yes, of all available aftermarket head units, some of the Blaupunkts
look closest to factory stock - but not close enough for my taste.  Isn't=

the glow on some of them a creepy orange ?