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Ryder Cup Winner
Hi guys.
Earlier today I thought I was quite a laid back kind of guy, easily able to let things go, and get on with whatever it was I was doing without so much as a second thought.
Maybe I'm tired, maybe the heat has worn me down, but I am at this moment wondering if the joy I'd get from annihilating my car stereo would outweigh the distress of losing something that I paid a decent amount of money for about 4 years ago.
Not sure what I could do though. I could go to it with a hammer or screwdriver, but then my car (which I still very much like) might suffer with broken trims etc.
All I can think of is to just grab hold of the motorised screen when it eventually decides to show it's metaphorical head again, then snap it off before it undoubtedly tries to retract it just when it thinks I might have hope that it will actually work for more than 10 seconds this time.
This is what it is saying to me. :ears:
I doubt I will take drastic action because I'll have cooled down just enough by the time I have the opportunity to do anything about it, but it is tempting.
You see, I'm trying to get it out to have a look at the wiring behind to determine if that's the root of all my problems.
Sometimes it works ok, sometimes it doesn't come on at all. Other times the screen is popping in and out like it's having the car audio equivalent of sex, or maybe it's dancing, I haven't decided.
I spent 10 minutes faffing about with the 'keys' down the side of the unit in an effort to release the catches, before it finally shows signs of coming loose.
Great. Pull the radio ou....... dammit. It comes out just far enough to not be able to see behind it. I guess the wires aren't long enough for it to come all the way out.
No problem, I'll just take the surround out instead. I find a Youtube demonstration showing a chap doing it in under a minute, but he doesn't show you exactly where to jam little plastic strips in to stop the catches engaging when you try to pull it out.
I found a picture showing exactly where the top ones are but can I find them? Can I heck.
It looks easy. It ought to be easy. It isn't easy, and I'm now in a little mini-rage and want to hurt things that obviously won't feel anything, but will return the pain x 10.
If anyone knows how to remove the radio surround from a 2007 Seat Leon and can explain it to someone who must be stupid or he'd have done it already, I'd be very grateful. Thanks, and sorry for the long post.
Earlier today I thought I was quite a laid back kind of guy, easily able to let things go, and get on with whatever it was I was doing without so much as a second thought.
Maybe I'm tired, maybe the heat has worn me down, but I am at this moment wondering if the joy I'd get from annihilating my car stereo would outweigh the distress of losing something that I paid a decent amount of money for about 4 years ago.
Not sure what I could do though. I could go to it with a hammer or screwdriver, but then my car (which I still very much like) might suffer with broken trims etc.
All I can think of is to just grab hold of the motorised screen when it eventually decides to show it's metaphorical head again, then snap it off before it undoubtedly tries to retract it just when it thinks I might have hope that it will actually work for more than 10 seconds this time.
This is what it is saying to me. :ears:
I doubt I will take drastic action because I'll have cooled down just enough by the time I have the opportunity to do anything about it, but it is tempting.
You see, I'm trying to get it out to have a look at the wiring behind to determine if that's the root of all my problems.
Sometimes it works ok, sometimes it doesn't come on at all. Other times the screen is popping in and out like it's having the car audio equivalent of sex, or maybe it's dancing, I haven't decided.
I spent 10 minutes faffing about with the 'keys' down the side of the unit in an effort to release the catches, before it finally shows signs of coming loose.
Great. Pull the radio ou....... dammit. It comes out just far enough to not be able to see behind it. I guess the wires aren't long enough for it to come all the way out.
No problem, I'll just take the surround out instead. I find a Youtube demonstration showing a chap doing it in under a minute, but he doesn't show you exactly where to jam little plastic strips in to stop the catches engaging when you try to pull it out.
I found a picture showing exactly where the top ones are but can I find them? Can I heck.
It looks easy. It ought to be easy. It isn't easy, and I'm now in a little mini-rage and want to hurt things that obviously won't feel anything, but will return the pain x 10.
If anyone knows how to remove the radio surround from a 2007 Seat Leon and can explain it to someone who must be stupid or he'd have done it already, I'd be very grateful. Thanks, and sorry for the long post.
I'd be checking the local forums and ebay.
the forum thread might help though!
