Heater controls

[Hopelessness]

Is it possible to move the heater controls to the top din slot?

 

[RAJackson]

nope... ther are mechanical links so it would be one hella loada work

 

[craiGTi]

ooh, there's a nice idea. But iirc, last time i was at the back of the controls the cable that controls the fans etc would be too short and unflexible to move em. might be wrong though.

 

[Hopelessness]

How does a JDM center dash thingy go in then? Aren't the heater controls at the top on those?

 

[Almera bandit]

Maybe the connections and the cables are lower down at the back of the unit??

 

[RAJackson]

your right phil, they are at the top...

all the heater controls etc in the jdm pulsars are electronic, no mechanical linkage.

rick showed me this on the pulsar he has

 

[CoV]

 

[Hopelessness]

Go on...

 

[CoV]

goes straight in mate, the cable was long enough, didnt think it would be. Even if yours doesnt reach im sure you could use a bicycle brake cable liner and some cable, simple.

cant remember if i had to shuffle any of the brackets around now its been so long, only thing i can remember for sure is when the radio goes in the bottom slot you have to screw it to the brackets in teh car then screw the brackets to teh car as the stereo cage is too large for the bottom slot in the console

 

[Hopelessness]

Nice won cov, cheers. a, stereo doesn't have a cage, just a couple of brackets screwed into the HU, b, i'll be putting a touchscreen in there hopefully anyway for my carpc.

 

[CoV]

since when didnt headunits come with cages? lol

you may have an issue with a screen in the lower slot as the console protrudes out and the screen may not go all teh way back, assuming its a flip out screen

 

[Hopelessness]

Headunit came with a cage, but when I took the standard unit out there wasn't a cage, just a pair of brackets which screwed into the unit.

 

[CoV]

gotcha, i had to do away with the cage but prefer teh brackets anyway, holds the unit more sturdy

 

[Hopelessness]

Yep, easier to fit too, none of this bendy tab crap.

 

[RAJackson]

easier to get out to... none of this key crap... which bends and becomes jammed... so you have to push it out from the glovebox... just me? damn

 

[craiGTi]

no-ones gonna nick it too easily either being screwed down. like this heater thing, hhmmm...

 

[yatesy.27]

If u get a jdm heater control cable they fit right in... Alternatively, you can use some longer wire to lengthen the control cable. Not all of the jdm heater controls are electronic.

Oh, and the heater controls aren't din sized. They are slightly bigger.

 

[Hopelessness]

Well CoV managed to get them to fit in the DIN slot so i'm sure it's not that much bigger. craiGTi, Ill have a go a bit later and tell you how it goes.

 

[Sam]

Cov fitted them in an Import Fascia where the heater dials go as standard

 

[yatesy.27]

He fit it into a JDM centre console where the top cut out is slightly bigger than din.

You might be able to fit it into a normal console but just bare in mind it's a little bigger.