Hello guys,

Did anyone here have any problems with fitting a aftermarket radio in order to replace the OEM head unit?

In my Stilo 1.9 JTD Multijet Multi Wagon I have the sat nav radio (not sure what name it has, the one with a bigger display), and the cage from the new radio (Pioneer MVH-X380BT) doesn`t fit in the metal cage once the OEM HU was removed.

I measured both, and the cage of the new radio is 182mm wide, while the gap in the metal cage is only 179mm.

Am I doing something wrong? I noticed that the metal cage is also "hooked" on a plastic part of the center console, apart from all the other screws. This made it also impossible to remove and try to mount the radio without it.

Another thing I had was with the fascia, which doesn`t actually grip to the center console. The side pins are too close together, and they don`t even touch the part of the console that they should grip to. This is probably just a quality issue from the producer part.

Did anyone else have this? Is it so difficult to fit an aftermarket radio in the Stilo?

By the way, I didn`t even manage to get to the wiring, so I don`t know if I need any adapters. The only additional thing I got was the antenna adapter, but I`m not sure if I need anything else.

You can't use two cages mate......


take the old one out before you fit the new one.

Well, maybe I`m doing something wrong, but the old one doesn`t come out...
At the bottom of it there is a metal "ring", and through that ring goes a plastic "pole" which seems to be part of the whole central console.

It`s my first time attempting to do something like this, so all and any advice is welcome!

The plastic at the bottom holds the heating controls in so you will have to take both them out and wiggle it free while there out its a nightmare but possible