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New head unit

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So as many will know young John surprised me with a headunit for the Capri , so I orderd the Amp and the USB thing and it sounds great .
Thanks John I will ask nick to give you a big kiss ......, yes I had help fit it as my back would not let me play to much .

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Jasonmarie wrote: Tue Oct 01, 2019 6:38 pm So as many will know young John surprised me with a headunit for the Capri , so I orderd the Amp and the USB thing and it sounds great .
It does sound great, Jason!
Did you change your speakers when you fitted this new head unit or have you kept the ones you had? I seem to remember that there was a thread on here about them but I can't remember what ones they were now.
I'm very tempted to buy one of those head units...

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Yes the front and back speakers fit straight in are the retro sound ones . Here’s the post . viewtopic.php?f=17&t=52235&p=361135&hil ... rs#p361135

If I wanted the old cassette back in the car It can be put back and hooked up . I tried everything to make the sound better and even the speaker upgrade did not work . As John said it makes the radio or headunit nice to listern to . The Amp fits up out the way above the glovebox .
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Jason, did you have to buy the radio fascia to fit the Capri dashboard separately? I seem to remember that John had to buy one and then modify it to fit, however, I can't seem to find them now.

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Andrew 2.8i wrote: Tue Oct 01, 2019 7:51 pm Jason, did you have to buy the radio fascia to fit the Capri dashboard separately? I seem to remember that John had to buy one and then modify it to fit, however, I can't seem to find them now.

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Nice one JM :cheers:
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