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Re: Bluetooth Double din unit for P80

Help, Advice and DIY Tutorials on Volvo's P80 platform cars -- Volvo's 1990s "bread and butter" cars -- powered by the ubiquitous and durable Volvo inline 5-cylinder engine.

1992 - 1997 850, including 850 R, 850 T-5R, 850 T-5, 850 GLT
1997 - 2000 S70, S70 AWD
1997 - 2000 V70, V70 AWD
1997 - 2000 V70-XC
1997 - 2004 C70

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Re: Bluetooth Double din unit for P80

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A while back I mentioned a friend had fitted a Bluetooth double din unit to his 98 V70 AWD. There was some interest in finding out more about it and am really sorry he did get back to me with some details on the unit. He said it was fairly easy to fit (but then he is a skilled mechanic!!).

The radio is nothing fancy. This is what I got. I was ordering other stuff from AliExpress, and figured for $30, I would try it. I had to trim out the guides from the sides of the radio opening, and buy a double DIN universal mounting kit. I used plastic rivets to secure the mounting bracket to the radio opening using existing holes. I then bent some tabs out to prevent the very shallow radio from going too far in, and the radio is just wedged in, it's a tight fit. I installed it the day before we left for Calgary.

Unfortunately, the link did not work for some reason but I did a search using the description he gave me and found these units that are in the same price range and features all look the same in each of the ads:

https://www.aliexpress.us/w/wholesale-A ... l.search.0

Neil.
2006 V70 2.5T AWD Polestar tune
2000 V70 R - still being an endless PITA
2006 XC70 - Our son now has this and still parked in our garage
2003 Toyota 4Runner V8 Limited
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1997 Volvo 850 SE NA - Went to niece in California - Sold
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Post by Chuck W »

We've had BT double-DIN aftermarket head units in our 850s for a while now. BOSS units from Amazon and have served us well.
'97 854 T5 - Manual Swap/M4.4/COP/NA cams/P2R Brakes/16T/ chassis bracing/ XC70 nose swap
'97 855 GLT - Hers. RN swap/16T/COP/VVT/exhaust/302s/Flashed M4.4/ chassis bracing/ 2 kid seats
'78 GLE - Waiting in the wings. Future whiteblock/T5 swap.

The Others- '83 TBird turbo, '85 Mercury Marquis LTS (1 of 134), '86 LTD Wagon, '81 Granada GL, '76 Beetle, '93 F-150 I6

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