Cd fitting 2002 corsa

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Thu 24 Aug 2006 17:53
Cd fitting 2002 corsa - Robin the Technician
Hi,
We have just purchased a Vauxhall Corsa 1.2 2002 '52' plate 5 door. The car has the original radio cassette fitted and I want to change it for the higher spec CD. Does this just pull out (via the correct removal tools) and the CD fit sraight in? Also, I have the opportunity to have one from a wreck that has a silver front. The car has the rest of the silver parts still attached to the console - are these easy to remove and will it fit my car?
Some cars with CD players fitted have controls on the steering wheel. Is this a special wheel or can the relevant paddle assembly and associated harness be fitted easily to the existing wheel?

Sorry theres so many questions - I'm sure there's an expert out there who will have all the answers.

Thanks


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Fri 1 Sep 2006 11:07
Cd fitting 2002 corsa - Robin the Technician
What?? no one have ANY ideas on this??
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Fri 1 Sep 2006 11:25
Cd fitting 2002 corsa - Collos25
Is this the type you want to fit ,if so apparantly they have to be coded in by the agents.Read the description hope it helps a little. tinyurl.com/lv36e long and broken link to ebay replaced - DD
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Fri 1 Sep 2006 16:58
Cd fitting 2002 corsa - GregSwain
Will physically pull out and slot in as you describe, but different vauxhalls have different dashboard displays (some have 3 10-digit lines, some have 2 12-digit lines etc etc.) If you get a CD player from the same spec car as yours, it might work OK. If it doesn't specify which car, like the eBay link, then you'll probably need a specialist to set it up - the eBay thing says main dealers, but I'm sure an independant ICE specialist might have a few clues.
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Fri 1 Sep 2006 19:37
Cd fitting 2002 corsa - Dynamic Dave
Some of the newer "Vauxhall" stereos are coded to the separate display. Not sure if this applies to the Corsa, but you *might* end up having to get Vauxhall to marry up the stereo to the display.
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