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Car Forum / MINI / April 2004Radio over my head:)
Hi! I want to install radio over my head or rather under the roof of my mini in the middle Does anyone seen such a thing?Maybe have some tips or pics to show me the instalation cheers greg I fitted an eyebrow panel a few years ago into my van. It was a basic design using the ridge that the headlining fits into anyway. I used a few pieces of 1"x1" pine to brace it and fitted hardboard to it with panel pins. You can then cover it with whatever you want. I used carpet but you can easily get hold of the acoustic felt that looks rather nice from most motorfactors. In the van it was easy to run wires down the pillars behind the driver but I don't know in a saloon. I have seen friends in the past who had eyebrow panels fitted in saloons so there must be somewhere to run the wires out of site. I only fitted a radio because shortly after my wife became one with the central reservation of the A1 ;) It is easy enough to stuff one of the stick on screen aerials inside the panel with good reception too. You could stick these into it also and run whatever you want off it http://store.yahoo.com/xoxide/militaryswitch.html If you find somewhere to run your wires you may be wise to wire them in even before you add things and then the wiring is there to do it later. It is all coming back to me now, those days before I decided to go the classic route ;) The Muffin Man > Hi! > I want to install radio over my head or rather under the roof of my mini [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > cheers > greg > I fitted an eyebrow panel a few years ago into my van. Do you have any pictures? greg I will dig The Muffin Man > > I fitted an eyebrow panel a few years ago into my van. > > > Do you have any pictures? > greg What about if you get in a wreck?  SignatureTeam EuroMeko --------------------------------------------- http://blackie.bounceme.net > Hi! > I want to install radio over my head or rather under the roof of my mini [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > cheers > greg The wife spun, crashed into the central reservation through overtaking traffic, bounced off and spun back through the two lanes landing on the grass verge. I know it is only one case but... You aren't talking about something that close to the driver (a radio can't be more than 20 cms front to back so 25 cm out from the windscreen. Plus it is up out of the way. It also isn't that sturdy a construction, and will be covered so in the unlikely event that you do hit it rather than the windscreen you will do more damage to it than yourself. The Muffin Man > What about if you get in a wreck? > Hi! Yeah, gudday! > I want to install radio over my head or rather under the roof of my mini > in the middle Keep in mind that in an accident, there is a very good chance you will hit the radio with your head. Provided it is properly padded, this should not be a problem. If you do not protect the sharp and hard edges of the radio properly, it is very likely that in a serious accident you will be seriously hurt. Depending on local law you may actually be required to pad anything like this inside the car which you might hit. Wear a crash helmet ! ! ;-) Fitzy > > Hi! > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > Depending on local law you may actually be required to pad anything like > this inside the car which you might hit. The whole idea sounds rigademdiculous to me really. SignatureTeam EuroMeko --------------------------------------------- http://blackie.bounceme.net > Wear a crash helmet ! ! ;-) > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > > I want to install radio over my head or rather under the roof of my mini > > > in the middle It was a regular DIY conversion back in the 60s & 70s ,, it was almost always constructed from ply wood because it was easy to cut to shape, then covered in whatever material you could find, We often fitted additional switches or the additional interior light and don't forget the Cassette player, this was back in the dark ages, when a Radio and a Cassette player where separate units, ;-) Fitzy > The whole idea sounds rigademdiculous to me really. > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > mini > > > > in the middle You mean you can get one together now? Are these what people are referring to a "seedy players"? The Muffin Man > It was a regular DIY conversion back in the 60s & 70s ,, > it was almost always constructed from ply wood because it was easy to cut [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > mini > > > > > in the middle Spot on there Muffy,,, ;-) Fitzy > You mean you can get one together now? Are these what people are referring > to a "seedy players"? [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > > mini > > > > > > in the middle check out this page bloosy ugly head lining but its got pics of the stereo mounted above cheers steve > Hi! > I want to install radio over my head or rather under the roof of my mini [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > cheers > greg sorry here it is http://www.theclubman.co.uk/mymini6.htm |
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