Citroen DS radio upgrade almost complete
The Radio upgrade on the Citroen DS is almost complete. It’s taken over a month (albeit only a few hours a week). Today I properly installed the speakers. The DS front speaker is a 3″x7″ size which is not very common. Der Franzose carry a drop in replacement, but it is an original paper style speaker and I wanted to go with something more modern. Retrosound offer a low profile 3.5″ speaker, so I went with two of them and used a custom bracket to mount them under the factory grill. For the rears, I went with the retrosound 6.5″ unit as they have very ‘non bling’ grills which I like.
The antenna was looking very shabby also, and it took a lot of searching to find a replacement that looked period and didn’t have lots of plastic parts. After a lot of searching I found one in the UK at a place called Classic Car Stereo, which with shipping wasn’t cheap but I didn’t like any of the other options.
The Retrosound Model 2 also provides a bluetooth handsfree option. I mounted the microphone on the rail under the roof. It seems to work quite well although so far I have only made calls from the garage!
With the speakers and microphone mounted, I was able to re-install the seats and other trim options. I bought a rear deck cover to replace the old carpet which is starting to make the car look less tatty.
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- Rear speakers installed
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- New Antenna
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- MIcrophone
Nice setup. I have a ’71 DS and although I can fit something into the hole in the dash, I can’t seem to find an appropriate faceplate. How did you resolve this issue?
Hi Stephen,
I wasn’t able to use a standard retrosound one, so I made my own out of a retrosound one and the little ‘cubby’ that sits in where the radio is now. I cut about 1 cm from the end of the cubby and attached a faceplace behind and then trimmed it to fit. See more here
I am thinking of putting 2 smaller speakers where the dash single 3×7″ speaker was intended the way you did. Do you have a photo or plans for the custom bracket you made?
Thanks!