Upgrading to CD43 Deck?

[Scooter]

I think Dwayne has done this, has anyone else? Sources to get them? They seem to be hard to find. Also does anyone know for sure if the ones listed on ebay with the 'M' badge are authentic? I read somewhere that they are not. Plus I don't like the 'M' badge, but I guess I could also remove it...

I need to keep the car OEM to have my collector plates on it, so I'm looking to keep it that way. If I'm going to spend somewhere around $200 on a CD player I want to make sure I'm getting the right one.

Real CD43:

http://www.dancurtis.net/img/cd43radio.jpg

Possibly fake?

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7073/7181878163_dcf7ce47f2.jpg


Dwayne, do you have any photos of yours installed?

The previous owner also hacked the crap out of my harness, so I've bought a new harness to re-splice in...I hope it's easy to match up the correct wires :mad:

[saint]

mine is the one with the m sticker and its acually the range rover model and i knew that when i bought it . its doesnt bother me at all but i understand where u are coming from wanting the real goods . the real ones range between 250 to 300 . keep watch in bimmer forums i have seen a few pop up . the cd43 is a very nice unit . here is a pic of mine installed . i dont even notice the m sticker and the bmw businees or the range rover model are exactly the same

http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm158/saint166_2008/102_2006.jpg

[quattro20v]

I have a new in box CD43, labelled "BMW Business CD" on the front with security code.

I bought it a few years back to install in my B10, but decided against it. It turns out its not PnP in my B10 as I have the separate head unit and tuner unit.

I could let it go for $240, if you are interested.

[saint]

I have a new in box CD43, labelled "BMW Business CD" on the front with security code.

I bought it a few years back to install in my B10, but decided against it. It turns out its not PnP in my B10 as I have the separate head unit and tuner unit.

I could let it go for $240, if you are interested.

thats a great deal ryan

[Scooter]

I have a new in box CD43, labelled "BMW Business CD" on the front with security code.

I bought it a few years back to install in my B10, but decided against it. It turns out its not PnP in my B10 as I have the separate head unit and tuner unit.

I could let it go for $240, if you are interested.

:eek: YES PLEASE!!!!! Are you available to meet up this weekend sometime?

I heard the earlier E34's have different wiring, so lots of these decks aren't PnP like they are with other cars :(

thats a great deal ryan

It sure is!!

[Scooter]

Thanks quattro!!! :)

I'm going to see if I can get it installed today. Too bad it's raining again though :(

[quattro20v]

Cool, glad it went to an enthusiast. Let me know how it works out.

[Scooter]

It was a bitch to get wired in because of the aftermarket deck that was in and the wires were all hacked up. Then, of course, the wiring diagram for a North American E36 didn't match my car, but there was a wiring diagram on the top of the deck that was in the car, so I went off that in conjunction with the NA wiring diagram that matched the replacement harness I had. I got it all spliced in and it seems to be working just fine :D

Next I have to figure out how to reattach the hookup for the radio because that was hacked up too. Must be witch craft that I'm still able to get radio signal without having it hooked up :confused:

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-V7RbHt7FYfo/T_IzqRBQGZI/AAAAAAAAA6E/H5mkw_KCFZM/s640/DSC02288.JPG

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-vefTS_AbwvQ/T_I0LDkrClI/AAAAAAAAA6M/zMVbkGe4Kds/s640/DSC02289.JPG

Installed, but not totally flush. I didn't mess with it too much to get it to fit since I'm going to have to pull it again to get the antenna hooked up properly.

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-SfZuZR0pjdA/T_I0RjTASCI/AAAAAAAAA6k/ZjAnfcP4rU0/s640/DSC02294.JPG

And here's the wiring diagram I had to go off to get things wired up. A bit of translation was required to figure out which was front and rear :)

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-yB4ZTmlI-Jo/T_I0RHdOfsI/AAAAAAAAA6c/Zvg6UsFDiHM/s640/DSC02293.JPG

[saint]

looks good ryan u are going to love it . i see its a sony i thought all the cd43 were blaupunkt

[Scooter]

The pic of the Sony was for the JDM deck that was in the car before. I had to do by the wiring diagram from the Sony (that's in Japanese) to wire in the CD43.

I haven't tried playing any CD's yet, but I assume that will work. I just hope it plays burnt CD's :)

Here's a pic of the Sony one that was in before. It looks like it was a pretty high end deck back in the day. Bit of a crap pic as you can't see much of the front.

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-kv8NAJoA9cY/T_I0L7yfq5I/AAAAAAAAA6U/aj6ET68sGFo/s640/DSC02292.JPG

[saint]

it plays burned cd,s lol