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Hey all. I was thinking of buying a Joying unit like this one: https://www.joyingauto.eu/joying-new-6- ... tereo.html
For my Z4. I've used them before in my MR2. I was just wondering is the Z4 fairly plug and play and universal for aftermarket radios or are there convertors and special bits I need to source beforehand? Apart from the fascia plate. I'm assuming i'll lose all the controls for the navigation and so on. It has the flip up screen. Car is a Z4m coupe.
Cheers for the help.
For my Z4. I've used them before in my MR2. I was just wondering is the Z4 fairly plug and play and universal for aftermarket radios or are there convertors and special bits I need to source beforehand? Apart from the fascia plate. I'm assuming i'll lose all the controls for the navigation and so on. It has the flip up screen. Car is a Z4m coupe.
Cheers for the help.
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all depends on what amp and what speaker setup you have.Jack London wrote: ↑Wed Aug 03, 2022 12:25 pm Hey all. I was thinking of buying a Joying unit like this one: https://www.joyingauto.eu/joying-new-6- ... tereo.html
For my Z4. I've used them before in my MR2. I was just wondering is the Z4 fairly plug and play and universal for aftermarket radios or are there convertors and special bits I need to source beforehand? Apart from the fascia plate. I'm assuming i'll lose all the controls for the navigation and so on. It has the flip up screen. Car is a Z4m coupe.
Cheers for the help.
upgrading the head unit on my DSP carver system cost me £2k and that's only using a £200 head unit and still using the stock speakers. so new amp, full re-wire and new crossovers was best part of £1500.
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Please keep up updated if you have this installed. Looks like a huge upgrade over the stock radio.Jack London wrote: ↑Wed Aug 03, 2022 12:25 pm Hey all. I was thinking of buying a Joying unit like this one: https://www.joyingauto.eu/joying-new-6- ... tereo.html
For my Z4. I've used them before in my MR2. I was just wondering is the Z4 fairly plug and play and universal for aftermarket radios or are there convertors and special bits I need to source beforehand? Apart from the fascia plate. I'm assuming i'll lose all the controls for the navigation and so on. It has the flip up screen. Car is a Z4m coupe.
Cheers for the help.
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Will do. Just curious as to where the info on the stereos might be.
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I have the joying 10.25 installed and it’s a pretty much plug and play. It comes with the harness adapter you need. I bought mine mainly for the CarPlay functionality. Love it.
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Any pics you can share @nick?
Current:
Z4MC 2007
Porsche Cayenne 2019 (Black / Bordeaux Red two-tone leather interior)
Previous:
X5 40D 2011
E92 M3 manual 2011
Z4 3.0 2003
Honda Prelude 2.2 1997
Honda Civic Coupe 1995
Z4MC 2007
Porsche Cayenne 2019 (Black / Bordeaux Red two-tone leather interior)
Previous:
X5 40D 2011
E92 M3 manual 2011
Z4 3.0 2003
Honda Prelude 2.2 1997
Honda Civic Coupe 1995
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I’ll take some better pics later but these are a few after in installed.
The height of the screen can be adjusted so you can have more of the vents visible. For me I don’t really use the centre vents so the position of it suits me fine. I love the functionality of it.
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Thanks Nick. That looks nice!nick_l wrote: ↑Sun Aug 07, 2022 4:13 pmI’ll take some better pics later but these are a few after in installed.
The height of the screen can be adjusted so you can have more of the vents visible. For me I don’t really use the centre vents so the position of it suits me fine. I love the functionality of it.
C58914CB-0FD4-40CF-9100-2A5F32F13193.jpeg52FAE996-72A7-4EC1-AA5B-FD9256D56AE5.jpeg
Current:
Z4MC 2007
Porsche Cayenne 2019 (Black / Bordeaux Red two-tone leather interior)
Previous:
X5 40D 2011
E92 M3 manual 2011
Z4 3.0 2003
Honda Prelude 2.2 1997
Honda Civic Coupe 1995
Z4MC 2007
Porsche Cayenne 2019 (Black / Bordeaux Red two-tone leather interior)
Previous:
X5 40D 2011
E92 M3 manual 2011
Z4 3.0 2003
Honda Prelude 2.2 1997
Honda Civic Coupe 1995
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If you’re at zedfest this coming weekend you’re welcome to take a look.SGRG wrote: ↑Sun Aug 07, 2022 5:45 pmThanks Nick. That looks nice!nick_l wrote: ↑Sun Aug 07, 2022 4:13 pmI’ll take some better pics later but these are a few after in installed.
The height of the screen can be adjusted so you can have more of the vents visible. For me I don’t really use the centre vents so the position of it suits me fine. I love the functionality of it.
C58914CB-0FD4-40CF-9100-2A5F32F13193.jpeg52FAE996-72A7-4EC1-AA5B-FD9256D56AE5.jpeg
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Appreciate the offer Nick. I wasn't planning on going to be honest. I see you are based in Essex as well. Maybe we can do a local gathering before winter sets.nick_l wrote: ↑Sun Aug 07, 2022 5:51 pmIf you’re at zedfest this coming weekend you’re welcome to take a look.SGRG wrote: ↑Sun Aug 07, 2022 5:45 pmThanks Nick. That looks nice!nick_l wrote: ↑Sun Aug 07, 2022 4:13 pm I’ll take some better pics later but these are a few after in installed.
The height of the screen can be adjusted so you can have more of the vents visible. For me I don’t really use the centre vents so the position of it suits me fine. I love the functionality of it.
C58914CB-0FD4-40CF-9100-2A5F32F13193.jpeg52FAE996-72A7-4EC1-AA5B-FD9256D56AE5.jpeg
Current:
Z4MC 2007
Porsche Cayenne 2019 (Black / Bordeaux Red two-tone leather interior)
Previous:
X5 40D 2011
E92 M3 manual 2011
Z4 3.0 2003
Honda Prelude 2.2 1997
Honda Civic Coupe 1995
Z4MC 2007
Porsche Cayenne 2019 (Black / Bordeaux Red two-tone leather interior)
Previous:
X5 40D 2011
E92 M3 manual 2011
Z4 3.0 2003
Honda Prelude 2.2 1997
Honda Civic Coupe 1995
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