Here is a picture...Kit was ordered from Metra who finally made one for this car. Picture isn't the best since it was done at night but will update later.

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sucha great looking unit and still no bypass.. and possibly unbypassable... i love this forum and am so glad that i bought a D3 instead of Z2

damn thats odd with those 3 air vents

Could you post the kit number.

Thanks

I have the Z1 installed in a 03' A4. Had to custom make a board to fit it. What did you make yours with? Plastic?

peace.

I have the Z1 installed in a 03' A4. Had to custom make a board to fit it. What did you make yours with? Plastic?

 

 

peace.

Metra makes them out of abs plastic. He bought the kit.

That's a clean install, I had a Z1 in my last audi and i had the dash fiberglassed and painted to use a isomount factory look. check out my install below let me know what you think?

I have the Z1 installed in a 03' A4. Had to custom make a board to fit it. What did you make yours with? Plastic?

 

 

peace.

Unfortunately the Metra kit for the B6 A4 is a no go.

You have it nice though with a custom flat piece of plastic there. You dont have that extra piece that everyone else has around their ddin kit. Just the one. Now wet sand the plastic and go spend some time at Home Depot. Find some paint that matches the exact flat black color of your A4. I should take some pics of mine.. nearly 99.99% perfect match.

I uses a bearch board and covered it in black leather for a custom fit.

-nexus

Why did you still have 2 seperate pieces for your face plate. If you are going to all the effort to make a custom bezel, you should just have one smooth clean piece, right?

agreed.

I like the one esfour has. I did mine in a rush with the idea of touching it up. I am still adding mods to the Avic so I am taking it out of the dash offten.

I have a forward looking night vision cam installed along with the rear cam. I also have a 2ch Mini Digital Video recorder installed on the avic to record my video and audio feeds. So I am able to catch video and audio. Like a little backbox. I imagen that the ABS Plastic is the way to go.

so since you have the Z2 now, did you ever own the Z1?

how is the nav on the Z2?

Anyone...

have the part number for the Metra kit mentioned by Esfour.

Esfour has not responded.

Anyone...

have the part number for the Metra kit mentioned by Esfour.

Esfour has not responded.

why dont you try their website?

99-9102 is my guess

Forward looking camera on an audi A4.

Night

motion

cheers

Whats the point of a forward looking camera?

^^^^^

Why would you need a forward camera?

yeah, that should come in helpful when you cant see out the windshield

lol.

it was a concept I came up with to see how the Z1 could be used. The forward looking camera should be a thermal camera for dense fog driving. A lot of the high end car will be coming with such a feature.

I have incorporated the avic along with a Pocket DVR (Digital Video Recorder) to capture the rear, forward and cabin mic to an 8 gig SD card. They system records both cameras and any source I route to the rear video output of the avic for up to 4 hours. Like a little black box. Good for accidents, capturing scenic drives down the miami beach, DUI’s, BAD COPS .. etc… I have worked my way out of a ticket with this concept,

So it’s a techie thing, no real reason for having it, even thou the night vision is effective, I have driven the car on dark roads with no lights on and driving is possible at safe rate of speed.

This is just the beginning of what technologies will move into cars. Scary

The dash from metra for 00-02 B5 S4 is 99-9105. I like the setup of the diamond audio. I currently have their HEX components in the front and their subs. I am switching to somthing else soon. I just do not want my whole trunk taken up. I want to keep my spare in there, so I'll end up prob doing somthing very simple. I am looking at MTX 8500 or 9500 series subs(10s) or even xtant product.

I never had the Z1 so I do not know what has really improved. From what I've heard from my friends they say the IPOD interface has gotten better. I would enjoy the Z2 more if I could bypass it none the less it is still a nice unit. I am waiting for my bluetooth to come in so I can connect my treo and also waiting to hook up the back up camera from pioneer.

The dash from metra for 00-02 B5 S4 is 99-9105. I like the setup of the diamond audio. I currently have their HEX components in the front and their subs. I am switching to somthing else soon. I just do not want my whole trunk taken up. I want to keep my spare in there, so I'll end up prob doing somthing very simple. I am looking at MTX 8500 or 9500 series subs(10s) or even xtant product.

Nice, I love the sound of the HEX, but Diamond is sq why go to mtx or xtant, any certain reason? Ive worked with mtx, diamond, boston, kicker, alpine, infinity pretty much everything excepty the internet crap like pyle and so on lol........ what kind of car do you have and what kind of music do you listen too?

Well all this will be getting done to my 01 S4. I am not restricted to one type of music, I listen to everything. I was going to change out my subs I currently have the diamond audio mac daddies. I was going to go with xtant and their amps. Component wise I like the diamond audio but I wanted to see what else is better out there. I was looking at Kicker SS series comp but again fitment issues.

Well all this will be getting done to my 01 S4. I am not restricted to one type of music, I listen to everything. I was going to change out my subs I currently have the diamond audio mac daddies. I was going to go with xtant and their amps. Component wise I like the diamond audio but I wanted to see what else is better out there. I was looking at Kicker SS series comp but again fitment issues.

If you can get ahold of xtant amps from the late 90's they kick ass, now they are produced and owned by mtx, not that mtx isnt decent, I have worked with dozens of the alpine pdx line amps, They rock! I would have used them myself but I wanted to keep everything diamond, plus you can hide the amps or put them under a seat being they are so small, now those are designed more for clairity, if you want more thump, I have also worked with Rockfords new power series amps and they are small and efficent as well, as far as speakers, if you like clairity try the Boston Z6's they rock I've had them in the past, if you like more vocals, use the boston pro's they are designed for alot more mid bass, you can get them in 2way or 3way. where are you trying to put the sub?