hi, i recently bought a 58 plate 2l zetec focus and was wondering how hard it is to swap the standard radio for the sony dab unit, just had a quote off ford of £650 just for the head unit which is obscene. iv seen a few on ebay but they have a silver rectangle around the radio which wont fit into the focus dash. any info?
thanks
dale

[url="http://www.fitaudio.com/?View=entry&EntryID=146"]removal info [/url]

this is a removal guide

as for the radio is it double din fitment because that is the standard for these models for single din use you can buy a fascia plate which converts it

it is a double din radio as its the ford/sony cd dab unit. but i think its out of a mondeo or kuga and has a silver trim making the radio a rectangle where as the focus dash is a sort of rounded trapezium thing lol.

this is my radio shape
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and this is what i want to fit but as you can see theres a silver panel around it. i know they fit as there an option for the focus but dont know if the silver bit is removable
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oh ok i see your problem the part your looking for is this one from auto leads


[url="http://www.bluespot.co.uk/car-audio.aspx/dfpk-07-17-adaptor"]fascia link[/url]


it replaces the whole surround

[img]http://www.bluespot.co.uk/images/stock/300x300/dfpk-07-17.jpg[/img]

hope this helps

cool thanks, that looks a darker silver or is it just the picture?
is there any changes to the aerial needed?
thanks

it is a darker silver, i couldn't find any others but it might be worth asking if they stock any different colours. And as for your dab radio im pretty sure you will need a dab ready digital antenna for it but there relatively cheap try ebay.

try this link it will show you how to change to DAB radio.

[url="http://fordwiki.co.uk/index.php/Category:Focus_Mk2"]http://fordwiki.co.uk/index.php/Category:Focus_Mk2[/url]

thanks for the info from you all

sorry for delayed reply.

iv short cut the whole lot and bought a personel DAB radio and just plug in to my aux cable.

great sound at about 1/10th of the cost

That's a good idea does it get good reception. ilanbutler

reception depends on where you are really and what radio it is. i use a pure one and its pretty good to say all my driving is in the pennines which is about as technologically backward as you can get lol