Volvo 2-Din v70 official - £52?

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Post 542783 by HBall on 2012-10-19 15:06:39

ben quoted £52 for the kit for the V70 to install a 2 din stereo. seems a bit steep to me, but it's the genuine volvo part number 8698763 from Snows in Winchester. Is this a good price?

Post 542795 by M-R-P on 2012-10-19 16:22:27

I wouldn't trust a snows as far as I could comfortably fart a hedgehog. It's about 20 quid from halfrauds (ordered-in) or about a tenner from fleabay.

Post 542799 by p fandango on 2012-10-19 17:25:27

i bought the Autoleads one from ebay, colour match is actually better than the genuine Volvo one i've got now

Post 543370 by JimmyBurnWorld on 2012-10-23 07:51:15

William A Lewis in Shrewsbury did mine for £22 + Vat. Where have they got £52 from?! Be careful on the colour, there are two part numbers to cover the colour change pre-dashboard facelift. There's the satin black one and the anthracite one. Can't remember which is which but I ended up with the Anthracite on my satin black dash! I'd already 'doctored' it so I couldn't take it back. Only noticed the next day in the daylight as I'd done the install in the dark. Ask for the double din facia for the police spec cars as this is what it's intended for. There's a bit of a divider to turn it into 2 x single din, which can easilly be cut out leaving a proper double din fascia.

Post 543946 by HBall on 2012-10-27 14:38:51

I suspect 2000-20004 pre-facelift is anthracite and 2004> is satin black? Anyone confirm? I'm finding it hard to find one on ebay for 2000-2004 - all of them seem to be bloomin black :( H

Post 544025 by M-R-P on 2012-10-27 23:55:25

[QUOTE=JimmyBurnWorld;543370]William A Lewis in Shrewsbury did mine for £22 + Vat. Where have they got £52 from?! Be careful on the colour, there are two part numbers to cover the colour change pre-dashboard facelift. There's the satin black one and the anthracite one. Can't remember which is which but I ended up with the Anthracite on my satin black dash! I'd already 'doctored' it so I couldn't take it back. Only noticed the next day in the daylight as I'd done the install in the dark. [COLOR="#B22222"][/COLOR]Ask for the double din facia for the police spec cars as this is what it's intended for. There's a bit of a divider to turn it into 2 x single din, which can easilly be cut out leaving a proper double din fascia.[/QUOTE] Exactly what I did and I was pleased to find that I didn't need to re-doctor it to go back to a single din and a cubby-hole :D

Post 544057 by p fandango on 2012-10-28 07:56:15

[QUOTE=M-R-P;544025]Exactly what I did and I was pleased to find that I didn't need to re-doctor it to go back to a single din and a cubby-hole :D[/QUOTE] i actually got the cubby-hole with the single DIN kit i bought lol

Post 544141 by HBall on 2012-10-28 15:35:00

I can't find one of these online for love nor, literally, money. Have asked snows if they will lower their price to the same as the shrewsbury example above. waiting to see what they come back with. this shouldn't be so hard! there are loads online for 2004+ but none i can see for 2000-2004 :(

Post 544143 by p fandango on 2012-10-28 15:41:39

[QUOTE=HBall;544141]I can't find one of these online for love nor, literally, money. Have asked snows if they will lower their price to the same as the shrewsbury example above. waiting to see what they come back with. this shouldn't be so hard! there are loads online for 2004+ but none i can see for 2000-2004 :([/QUOTE] Autoleads don't do the double-DIN for some reason, looks like its a dealer only part

Post 544144 by M-R-P on 2012-10-28 15:49:01

I swear I've seen them on fleabay.

Post 544269 by HBall on 2012-10-29 10:06:08

ended up ordering from volvo in Swansea via that Rufe guy. Got the kit for £47. Spoke direct to autoleads and connects 2. AL do a faascia, but no one sells it and they don't sell direct, but I could order from Halfords!!!!! Connects2 no longer do one at all. Volvo seems to be the only option H

Post 545190 by HBall on 2012-11-04 14:14:15

installed the stuff now. doesn't fit bang-on, but it's close enough for me for now. [video=youtube_share;5ISHguPm-p4]http://youtu.be/5ISHguPm-p4[/video]

Post 590720 by stevmo on 2013-03-31 15:43:03

anyone got the part number for the pre-face lift dash then?

Post 590923 by jdavis on 2013-03-31 20:04:03

do you lose the cup holder as well?

Post 591382 by stevmo on 2013-04-01 13:03:18

[QUOTE=jdavis;590923]do you lose the cup holder as well?[/QUOTE] tes but its useless anyway :P I'm gonna fit a boost guage there :D

Post 605871 by SalineBoy on 2013-05-14 16:52:38

Hi! New to the forum. Have been having problems with the HU803 unit in my '03 V70, so am planning to replace with either a double or single din aftermarket unit. How do you find the unit you fitted. I have heard mixed reviews of them in the past, hence my question. Regards

Post 605872 by SalineBoy on 2013-05-14 16:53:26

Hi! New to the forum. Have been having problems with the HU803 unit in my '03 V70, so am planning to replace with either a double or single din aftermarket unit. How do you find the unit you fitted. I have heard mixed reviews of them in the past, hence my question. Regards