Well we've finally got a Qubo. After 3 Uno's, 2 Panda's and a Punto GT increasing need for practicality pointed us to the Qubo. Were going to add some modules for using it as a campervan! So we have a white 18plate Trekking version. Its economical 57mpg and the performance is adequate.
Whats not good is the sound system - as you all know!

so Im upgrading the speakers and Head unit. What size fit without modification into the front doors 120mm or 130mm?? I will probably fit Pioneer speakers.
I think I will risk an Erisin android head unit, some bad reviews but well see how that goes.

Any suggestions or tips???

I am afraid that you can`t fit anything into the door without small modification. This is because OEM speakers are triangular, fitted with rivets and have very specific wire connector....

You need to drill through the rivets, then you need to fit adaptor, also you need to know how to use soldering iron.

I have a 67 plate facelift Qubo Lounge. Blessed again with the plainly awful Daiichi radio (no CD) like in the last facelift model I had. I've changed it for a Pioneer system to get DAB and a CD player again.
Behind the dash, up top and on the RH side there is a GPS aerial stuck on the inner bulkhead but no visible cabling in the radio loom (that I remember..) but there is a DAB lead taped back to the aerial lead. I tried it but it did nothing with the Panasonic. I bought a splitter device from ebay that reckons to use the ordinary aerial to get DAB. That didn't work either!

I bought a radio fitting kit that reckoned to communicate with the CANbus to enable the steering wheel controls to work with the HU. That does nothing.

The radio is fine and way better sound than the stock unit - it's double DIN so I had to do a lot of dashboard cutting to fit the new cage (bought with the wiring kit) although the auto tuning is about as bad as the Daiichi thing..why when the signal gets so bad that there's nothing but static does the AF light go off? That's when it should be retuning as I go between masts surely? I could retune the Daiichi manually but this one not so easily but I shouldn't have to do it!!


Conclusion I have come to is that the aerial is cr*p and not up to the job. Would a powered aerial be better? There's a spare set of wiring above the interior light (for the alarm system I guess?) though I haven't checked it for a live supply yet. Is there a recommendation for such a thing? Would a shark fin aerial do the job and DAB too? I don't need the GPS option as I use a standalone TomTom GoLive.

Thoughts/advice welcome!

R-V-M

Eagle 57 said:

Well we've finally got a Qubo. After 3 Uno's, 2 Panda's and a Punto GT increasing need for practicality pointed us to the Qubo. Were going to add some modules for using it as a campervan! So we have a white 18plate Trekking version. Its economical 57mpg and the performance is adequate.
Whats not good is the sound system - as you all know!

so Im upgrading the speakers and Head unit. What size fit without modification into the front doors 120mm or 130mm?? I will probably fit Pioneer speakers.
I think I will risk an Erisin android head unit, some bad reviews but well see how that goes.

Any suggestions or tips???

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When i did my up grade to double din i bought a cambus wiring loom and that worked ok, my powered aerial for gps and dab I've hidden behind a pillar on drivers side and took a switched live feed from power aerial output on head unit
Not bothered about steering wheel controls as the head unit is well within reach but it does have infrared remote
Luigi

Thanks for those replies guys.
Fitted New Pioneer speakers in the back, found some wiring loom adapters on eBay so didn't have to bother cutting wires or soldering. MUCH better sound output with richer base. So I will move on to the front speakers next.

Incartec have front speaker adapters to fit 165 mm speakers so will try those.

Removed the head unit to see how easy it will be to fit a new Android unit. On the Erisin website their unit has a max width of 260mm. However the Diatchii unit is 280mm and a narrower unit would not cover the hole in the dash.

Did fiat change the width when they upgraded the Qubo/Florino???

Has anyone tried fitting the Erisin unit or any Chinese Android unit?? They all show a 260mm width.

If you get an aftermarket head unit with sub connector, perhaps one of those slim under seat subwoofers would help. That takes care of the bass, and the door speakers and tweeters just do the mids/highs. Would help with clarity.