P12 primeara + band expander, how hard is it

blue_van_man, Jan 28, 5:13pm
to fit one to a p12 primera, got a mate that has asked whats involved!

andrea_w, Jan 28, 5:17pm
Very easy. Stereo out, fit expander, stereo back in, done.

jason18, Jan 28, 5:41pm
Cos the radio is built into the entire unit

blue_van_man, Jan 28, 5:53pm
Thanks Jason,

as for those trying to be funny.

I just want to know what is involved in fitting a band expander to this particular model, If i wanted to replace it I would, if I wanted a smart arse answer i would have asked my dog.

has anyone done this and if so how hard is it to remove the factory unit to get to fit a band expander.Thanks

jason18, Jan 28, 5:56pm
When I bought my car they did it for me cost me 80 bucks I think and still has really crap reception. The guy said it was pretty easy but you had to have a special band expander as they have two aerials

blue_van_man, Jan 28, 6:02pm
I have the expander, got it when i got one for my p11, not sure why they gave me a p12, but when i went to swap it they didnt ask for the p12 one back, so my score i guess, and now i have a use for it, bonus! also have a spare p11 one as i have since upgraded the facotry unit to something much better. not that is hard to get better than a factory head unit

rkauto, Jan 29, 9:05am
They are far more difficultthan most to fit band expanders to.Have done a few and would say 80 bucks about right.We have had to fit the dearer expanders with boostersas the reception can be a bit so so

r15, Jan 29, 9:28am
i've done a p12 one. was about 4 years ago though so i dont remember a lot of detail.

i do know that i ended up unclipping / removing the front section of center console, and the dvd slot bit.

and it took the normal oddball nissan plugs band expander

likit, Jan 29, 9:51am
Had one put in my wife's Mazda Axela,cost $70 & took him as long as it took me to write the cheque out,did it at our house.

bigfatmat1, Jan 29, 1:04pm
obviously this expert has never done one.
and has little knowledge.

op as above about eighty dollars if you took it somewhere sometimes can suffer reception issues

im_andrew, Jan 29, 4:45pm
Nissan use a stupid aerial plug that is specific to nissan. A standard one wont work.

icemans1, Feb 17, 12:10am
nissan speakers are a pain in the @r$e - w@nky 6x4 which aren't that common