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« on: 12 September 2008, 13:03:52 »

Ok - I know most people get annoyed with these, taking space out the boot etc, but, I've used mine (it's handy for keeping the lights out of the little one's face when he's strapped into his baby seat).

Can they be retrofitted?  I can see the button blank on the dash - how much wiring (if any) will there be behind that?
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Re: Rear Blind
« Reply #1 on: 12 September 2008, 14:05:33 »

1) They take no boot space at all!
2) All the wiring is there from behind the switch to the connector in the boot.

Its just a case of swap the rear shelf over, fit the switch and plug the connector in the boot together!

Fitting the bose will be more interesting as the chances are the CDx wont have the holes in the rear metal shelf in place
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Re: Rear Blind
« Reply #2 on: 12 September 2008, 16:53:21 »

As MDTM says, blind takes no room, as it sits between metal and trim parts of parcel shelf.  All wiiring in place.


Interesting to see if you have the speaker cutouts, as my 1998 MV6 did, but MDTM's 1999 CDX didn't...
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Re: Rear Blind
« Reply #3 on: 12 September 2008, 18:00:12 »

That's sounds like a winner!

Blind takes up a bit of room - the missus bought a buggy which only 'just' fits with the blind there.  Goes straight in the CDX no bother.

I was planning on taking the entire rear shelf from the Elite and dropping it into the CDX, so speakers, shelf, blind the lot...  I presume they're the 'holes' you talk of?
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Re: Rear Blind
« Reply #4 on: 12 September 2008, 18:02:06 »

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That's sounds like a winner!

Blind takes up a bit of room - the missus bought a buggy which only 'just' fits with the blind there.  Goes straight in the CDX no bother.

I was planning on taking the entire rear shelf from the Elite and dropping it into the CDX, so speakers, shelf, blind the lot...  I presume they're the 'holes' you talk of?
Lol, thats not the blind taking up the room (as it doesn't!), its the Bose amp!
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Re: Rear Blind
« Reply #5 on: 12 September 2008, 18:08:59 »

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.... its the Bose amp!

Or ..... the huge cover surrounding the tiny amp! ;)  Half of the cover is empty!  :-?
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Re: Rear Blind
« Reply #6 on: 12 September 2008, 18:22:35 »

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.... its the Bose amp!

Or ..... the huge cover surrounding the tiny amp! ;)  Half of the cover is empty!  :-?
More then half is empty ;D

Still, at least it gives me somewhere to mount a CDC3 changer and a telematics unit ;D
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Re: Rear Blind
« Reply #7 on: 12 September 2008, 20:37:06 »

on my cdx the holes are there but they need their plate punching out.

Whether they have the holes in the parcel shelf I don't know.

Would you need to run speaker cables to the boot or are they already prewired?
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Re: Rear Blind
« Reply #8 on: 12 September 2008, 21:02:57 »

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on my cdx the holes are there but they need their plate punching out.

Whether they have the holes in the parcel shelf I don't know.

Would you need to run speaker cables to the boot or are they already prewired?
wiring for speakers is part of the bose loom that you need
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Re: Rear Blind
« Reply #9 on: 13 September 2008, 01:54:25 »

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.... and a telematics unit ;D

Would you please speak the Queens English .... like what I speaks.  ;D ;D :y
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Re: Rear Blind
« Reply #10 on: 13 September 2008, 10:07:47 »

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.... and a telematics unit ;D

Would you please speak the Queens English .... like what I speaks.  ;D ;D :y
Sorry, Telephone/OnStar unit.
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Re: Rear Blind
« Reply #11 on: 13 September 2008, 23:15:40 »

Ahh - just looked in the boot of the CDX - and there's three little holes on each side of a great big metal shelf...  so that ain't shifting then :)

I guess I'll be cutting some holes in the metal then to accomodate the Bose shelf speakers.

I was hoping it'd be more straight forward than this - ho hum - usual story with things I try and do in cars then.  ::)  'nouts as easy as you'd hope it would be.
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Re: Rear Blind
« Reply #12 on: 14 September 2008, 16:03:25 »

If ive read correctly i can retro fit the rear blind into my 2002 CD ..... and where should i look to get one if it is possible  :y
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Re: Rear Blind
« Reply #13 on: 16 September 2008, 23:24:16 »

I recently took my bose system out as it was annoying and frustrating so i ripped all of it out now I can get 2 bikes in the boot instead of just one :)
My rear blind worked fine before i took the rear shelf out (very carefully mind you) and I just knew that when I go put it back it would stop working

Suprise, suprise it stopped working, I can hear a relay or something clicking at the back although no action, can't be bothered to take it all out again and I never used it anyway.
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