Just finished installing the newministuff Bluetooth kit.

I went with this one as I wanted everything to be as stealth as possible

[http://www.newministuff.com/new/shop...uctshow&id=396

The provided instructions were good, although I feel they left out the most important part of the install. It was very difficult to locate a spot in the dash for the 2 large electronic modules required by the unit. I ended up (at least for the time being) putting them into the secret compartment. I considered the footwells, tried behind the speedo and the very back of the glove compartment but couldn't find a suitable spot.

Once the unit was in place and the dash buttoned back up I ran the microphone up into the roof console (stock mic location) and was able to hide everything.

Steering wheel buttons work - volume, place and end call. For now I'm using my blackberry's internal voice dialing system.

All in all, a nice bit of kit. Certainly doable by the average DIY'er as long as you take your time and carefully bag 'n tag all of the dash hardware which must be removed.

 

Pictures and maybe a video please. I am ready to do this to my car and need a little more convincing before paying. What was the total, to your door?

 

No pics or vids I'm afraid. I'm happy to answer any questions though.

The full kit to my door was $225.00 canadian. That included the Parrot Evo system and the radio harness. Seemed quite reasonable to me for a specialized kit.

I reread the instructions sveral times before tackling it - I also watched this vid a few times http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bc0NZ...ext=1&index=30
to familiarize myself with the basic idea. It's mostly just time and patience. About 3 hours from start to finish - quite a bit of that was experimenting with mounting locations for the 2 junction boxes. Each are slightly larger than a deck of cards. The newministuff harness is long enough to stash them anywhere you want in the dash - I just couldn't find a suitable spot. I've never used the secret compartment anyway.