Jay18's Grand Vitara 2.0 16v LWB

[Jay18]

the GV now has matching black 8 spokes!

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as you can probably see in the pics the bumpers have been badly resprayed a unmatching colour, so im thinking of either having a go at spraying them or paying for them to be done professionally, i had a play with photo editing software and came up with this...

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i did try a gunmetal grey sort of colour but it didnt look right at all, i coloured the suzuki S in the grill green but not sure if that what i want, i do like the silver bumpers though...

[twiss]

yeah liking the silver bumpers dude

I quite like this vit... found the pic ages ago... I would have it in black though of course haha

[Jay18]

Yer I seen that one, just want to keep mine looking standard ish, just want to do silver bumpers and some front fogs

I want to do something with the dash trim to bring in some colour

Got some grey with green stitching mats in it so far

[Jay18]

Update coming soon!

CB fitted, kenwood double din fitted and subwoofer nearly wired in!

Pics to follow when I get 5 minutes on a working laptop...

[Jay18]

CB hidden box is fitted to the inside of the trim that covers the handbrake and has the cup holders in...

pic of it while using the SWR to set it up...

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pic of it all finished and put back together, all that is visibale is the mic with built in speaker and LCD screen...

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all wires being run for the double din head unit, which includes..

subwoofer power, remote and RCA's
video lead for reversing camera
CB antenna cable

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Kenwood DDX-3023 Head Unit...

while setting it all up...

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pushed back into the slot, just need to modify the surround for it so it fits as the shape of the GV facia/trim dosnt allow it to push back properly...

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ipod lead came today so now i can play music off my ipod or iphone and it controls the ipod/iphone

just need to connect the remote wire for the sub and the fuse holder needs fitting to the power wire but cant do that until my dad comes back from working away as hes got the kit to do it in the boot, cant wait to get it wired in, standard speakers are pretty good so theyll be staying

remote locking is the next job....

[kiwizook]

good job! looks awesome, will prevent your cb from getting stolen this way. did you put a remote mic plug on the handbrake cover, so you can unplug it, and you won't see anything? might be quite handy to do

[donkeychomp]

Is it called double din because it makes twice the noise?

[Jay18]

Thanks kiwizook! I'm really happy with it and will be even more happy when my sub is finnished being wired in

And it's called a double din cause it take up two slots instead if the normal CD players that take up one slot...

[Jamie_stafford]

Nice to see another one, ive got a 2003 2.0td lwb, I love it, I would like your wheels tho :-)

[Jay18]

Haha thanks mate, my wheels were £189 for the set if 5, then I had new tyres put on them that was £354, then you need spacers as the calipers get in the way so they were about £75 for 32mm, and they sit perfectly at the edge of the arches, really happy with how they sit, front tyres run on the plastic inner arch at the front but that's not a problem as the plastic moves around so it's not doing any damage...

Double din install was pretty easy too, though the kenwood cage was sharp as I found when fitting it lol!

Would be good to see some pics of another GV 5 door, even better to see another one modified...