Thread: Balance/Fader Knob + Modern Head Unit

sure i wired one up on a car i had once, think its was my old celica supra, was quite cool. why not wire it to some mood lighting lol

original fader knob incorporated the speaker system that had a shared earth, thats a huge no no for modern head units, so they are usually removed when fitting.

Yeah I get that, no way I can put all 4 channels through it. By the look of it it has 2 earth connections and 4 signals grouped into two sections of (FR, Earth, FL) and (RL, Earth, RR). I'm guessing it's just 2 variable resistors in there which is why it could work with just the front L/R if I just use half the connections on each.. was hoping someone here had tried that?

http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.ph p?t=1195458&highlight=bass+control check post #13 .

You only need a decent pair of front speakers. In my corsa i have it all faded to the front anyway.

Dannbodge wrote: You only need a decent pair of front speakers. In my corsa i have it all faded to the front anyway. please refrain from using swear words like "c0rsa" on this forum although he is correct about front speakers, just amp up a decent set of fronts, alpine type R's are a good speaker without blowing the bank and can take a lot of power.

Hmmm.. that volume control bodge that Deziac linked to looks neat, gives me an idea. There's a steering wheel control unit for my stereo going cheap on ebay at the moment, think I'll grab it and try hacking something similar up. Thanks guys, I'll post picks if I get anything working.

Hmmm.. that volume control bodge that Deziac linked to looks neat, gives me an idea. There's a steering wheel control unit for my stereo going cheap on ebay at the moment, think I'll grab it and try hacking something similar up. Thanks guys, I'll post picks if I get anything working.