Hard-wire IPOD to stock head unit!

[bimmerboy12]

already been done, but more elegantly

http://www.e30tech.com/forum/showthread.php?t=26218

dammit thought I was a genius for a second there. Im doing this for sure.

[325ix]

already been done, but more elegantly

http://www.e30tech.com/forum/showthread.php?t=26218

Thanks I have been looking for that thread for so long

[Streichholzschächtelchen]

Have the cable come out of the rear tray coinholder thingy area, you don't want it getting tangled with the shifter, and it can look very proper if done right.

[xphiledan]

already been done, but more elegantly

http://www.e30tech.com/forum/showthread.php?t=26218

[OrganicMechanic]

so your sayin--

pull head unit out of dash--open it up run the 1/8 jack out the back of head unit--run cord out to the console to hook up iPhone or device as such.

good idea. easy afternoon project.

enjoy

[bimmerboy12]

So while I was sitting at my desk here in my office, I had a startling revelation.
The problem is that I want to retain my stock head unit for looks (its a stock unit out of a E34 with WB and a few more bells and whistles than E30 units) but its a tape player, and frankly, I don't listen to tapes. Actually, I don't think I've even seen a tape in a decade. I don't listen to CD's either, those are already old news. I listen to Pandora on my Blackberry all the time though. It has a standard headphone jack.
So anyways, I have a tape adapter with cord that you get at Walmart for 15 bucks, but that looks like shit when you leave it in. so my idea is, what if you put the tape adapter in backwards, and route the wire through the back of the unit, down past the HVAC, and pop out of the ashtray, where it can be neatly coiled until you need to use it to plug in phone/MP3 player/Ipod??? I have a selector button on the unit to switch between radio and tape. I thought this was a genius idea, especially while nursing a hangover :)
What do you think?