Retro Sound Units · Aussieveedubbers

shaven · 18 Nov 2015, 12:31 am

Hi All,
Just wondering if anyone has installed a Retro-Sound unit in their kombi?

http://www.retrosoundusa.com.au/index.php?l=product_detail&p=299

http://www2.cip1.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=C45%2D157%2D200

Any advice would be great.
Cheers Matty

empi · 18 Nov 2015, 12:17 pm

Dont waste yr time Matty, i have installed 2 and both units have electrical faults.

shaven · 18 Nov 2015, 1:31 pm

empi wrote:Dont waste yr time Matty, i have installed 2 and both units have electrical faults.

Thanks mate appreciate it... any other modern old skool ones that fit well?

psimitar · 18 Nov 2015, 8:20 pm

Check these two companies out

Classic Car Stereos

Tadpole Radios

Probably more of them but I just used Goggle UK and they were in the first page of results. 🙂

shaven · 18 Nov 2015, 9:32 pm

^^^ cheers I appreciate it

hulbyw · 22 Nov 2015, 9:04 pm

No problems with my Retrosound. Love it. In a Beetle though. Bought through Mustangs of Melbourne so if there were any problems I didn't need to ship it back to the USA. Been fine for about a year
Cheers...........Wayne

hellbugged · 23 Nov 2015, 4:36 am

Mines got gremlins after a few years

modnrod · 23 Nov 2015, 5:43 am

Oh for an old Clarion push button with big clunking transistors that will only last 50 years.

psimitar · 23 Nov 2015, 6:05 pm

modnrod wrote:Oh for an old Clarion push button with big clunking transistors that will only last 50 years.

Nah, you want one with valves in the back of them. Even better than transistors 🙂

Blue65 · 26 Feb 2016, 4:46 pm

hulbyw wrote:No problems with my Retrosound. Love it. In a Beetle though. Bought through Mustangs of Melbourne so if there were any problems I didn't need to ship it back to the USA. Been fine for about a year
Cheers...........Wayne

I bought mine from Mustangs too - but the Retrosound fascia didn't fit. I have a vintage VW Beetle 1960s.

It took me a couple of hours to file it down and fit it - even then it was a squeeze.

hulbyw · 26 Feb 2016, 8:30 pm

Blue65 wrote:
hulbyw wrote:No problems with my Retrosound. Love it. In a Beetle though. Bought through Mustangs of Melbourne so if there were any problems I didn't need to ship it back to the USA. Been fine for about a year
Cheers...........Wayne
I bought mine from Mustangs too - but the Retrosound fascia didn't fit. I have a vintage VW Beetle 1960s.

It took me a couple of hours to file it down and fit it - even then it was a squeeze.

Sounds like they sold you the wrong facia,
mine fitted fine ('68)

zayus · 6 May 2016, 8:32 pm

A lot of radio stations have an app.

Use your iPhone and a good Bluetooth Speaker.

Bryce

psimitar · 7 May 2016, 8:31 pm

You can get bluetooth connection points these days that you can then hook up to an amp for the speakers but you want one that allows you to still use the phone to forward through tracks if you don't want the modern switchgear on display.