E30 "era correct" stereo recommendations needed.

[Stanley Rockafella]

What's the benefit of getting collector plates, and do they regularly check to see that your car qualifies? I'd just stick an old deck in, take some pics, and swap in whatever you want afterwards.

Sounds like they don't let you do a damn thing to your car, so fuck all of that.

Drastically reduced insurance. but the downside is you can't daily drive the car (I don't mind, as my daily I only use for groceries anyway). They do allow a few mods like an inch larger/wider wheels than stock (I have some late 80s/early 90s 15x7 Oz Fittipaldi Indy's I need tires for) and aside from that she's totally stock and currently rolling on stock 14 inch e30 steel wheels with BMW hubcaps.

Trust me, I've considered doing the "swap" thing, but I've heard stories around here of ppl getting in accidents with collector plates and once insurance realized the deck in the application was different from what was with the application (you have to submit paper pics on glossy paper with the application) their insurance was denied.

[Julien]

I usually do a mid 90s blaupunkt deck that has aux in. A little searching and you can get them for $50.

IE: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Blaupunkt-R...from=R40&rt=nc

double check that it has Aux in with the diagram on top and make sure it's amber vs green illumination.

good luck
Julien

[rturbo 930]

What's the benefit of getting collector plates, and do they regularly check to see that your car qualifies? I'd just stick an old deck in, take some pics, and swap in whatever you want afterwards.

Sounds like they don't let you do a damn thing to your car, so fuck all of that.

[Stanley Rockafella]

Hey Guys,

So I've recently sold my SV650s with intentions of getting collector plates on the e30. I'm mostly confident it'll pass, with the exception of the stereo head unit. The car was completely re-wired by the PO when he had some gaudy chrome colored stereo added in the late 90's so there's almost no way I can go back to the stock BMW deck without tearing the car apart and re-wiring it to the parallel system BMW used.

Since then I've changed the head unit to a newer Sony one that doesn't look as bad (sometime around 2010). Problem is, I'm not sure it'll pass the regulations for antique plates in my province. According to the regulations, they allow:
"-an era correct aftermarket radio/CD player (model year vehicles 1987 and newer may have era correct CD players)
- upgrade your radio and speakers with modern functionality as long as they are visually indistinguishable from the radio and speaker system originally installed".

I know there's a few Continental decks that's close, but from a google search of what they look like in an e30, doesn't make me too confident. I'd prefer something with an AUX jack and/or USB so I can at least play MP3's (yeah I know, I'm old school like that lol). I've considered hittin up ebay, but not sure I wanna go used, unless it's NOS (new old stock).


thanks in advance