Not my image, but the Nakamichi CD-500 fits the BMW well. The display colors are changeable, I use the red/amber as shown here, and it perfectly matches the red/amber in the car. Its too bad its gloss face vs matte, but it works for me. Sounds great too.
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Originally posted by 15Michaeljoseph View Postso i saw in bav auto catalog that Blaupunkt is now making HU's specifically for old BMWs.... I haven't done much research on them but they look OK and have several models from a basic model to a super-featurey one. Any one else see this?
--MikeIf it's got tits or tires, it's gonna cost ya!
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These are them. I don't know... but hey they aren't too bad. http://www.bavauto.com/se1.asp?dept_id=449(OO=[][]=OO) For Life
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Originally posted by 15Michaeljoseph View PostThese are them. I don't know... but hey they aren't too bad. http://www.bavauto.com/se1.asp?dept_id=449
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if you are willing to spend, i bought a Kenwood Excelon KDC-X998 for myself that looks pretty good and performs great. it was $200 though, so that's a big disadvantage.
The following are all style similarly:
Kenwood Excelon KDC-X898
Kenwood KDC-BT958HD
Kenwood Excelon KDC-X998Last edited by blacktyevent; 03-23-2015, 06:44 PM.www.tycacek.com
Currently Driving:
1986 325e- Custom Nebula Purple Dip, 5MT, Lukebox. A Perfect DD. ;)
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Replacement headunit options that suit the E30 interior
Jvc Arsenal Kdahd75bt
Best head unit I've had by far.
5 volt preamp, 6 preamp rca's, 2 Usb ports, and iPhone integration that actually works (you can still use your phone to change the music)
Also the EQ settings it offers are the best I've seen. In terms of color there are several amber/orange colors to choose from. You can also control brightness for buttons and display for night time. I hate bright ass Christmas tree headunits
Best of all its not a flip down, so it won't break easily. Button layout is pretty good too compared to some kenwoods and pioneers I've had
It has Bluetooth (comes with external adapter). I plug my phone in every time I get in the car anyway so I don't use it
It's so good I bought a second one to use in a future stereo install. Rather embarrassingly I initially chose it because it wasn't hideous to look at, and looks pretty stock. No chrome bezel crap
Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkLast edited by pandaboo911; 04-13-2015, 02:09 PM.
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A few more choices, although you'll have to trawl eBay or Amazon.de to find it...I've been looking for a clean HU with BT streaming for both my cars.
I've found:
VDO CD7316U-OR CD/USB Head Unit
And the Kienzle 1016bt -- if you do a search on eBay you'll find a German merchant selling these, but some glitch has him pricing these at 10 USD when they should really be $230. From what I've read, his english isn't great, but he's happy to ship to the US. There's also someone wiht an E36 who installed one and did a brief review.
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