Put Monsoon back into Beetle with aftermarket HU

[TDI_KC]

Hi, I am a former New Beetle owner and am looking to get another one. My previous Beetle had Monsoon and I really want it in my next one. I have found some that I can tell came with Monsoon but have an aftermarket HU. My question is can I just buy a Monsoon HU and everything will work? I thought I read on some forum that the speakers for the Monsoon were different than non-monsoon speakers so maybe the speakers would also need to be replaced? I just want to know as much as I can before I buy one so I can be sure to get what I want without too much trouble. Thanks in advance.

Chad

[Turbomania]

You would have to check out the entire audio system to verify which portions of the original Monsoon system were still in-tacked. Hopefully they left the amp, speakers, etc. and only replaced the HU. That might not be a bad thing in view of the average at best original head units that came with our cars. In my 99 1.8 GLS ( really has all the GLX options) I replaced all the speakers, added a pre-amp with cross over, and kept the head unit that runs the 6 disc player in the rear hatch area. I had the VW head unit re-coded for decreased bass response so the bass would not be over whelming with the new amp plus had the treble response tweaked by re-coding to allow for the new speakers. All re-coding is done by the VAG-COM scanner... I forget which codes were changed, most VW dealers don't know that these two things can be adjusted. I have them written down with all my repair receipts. I'll look later and re-post. Good luck, JK

[eliteboi]

Well my car came non-monsoon equipped.

However, my door speakers where blown out and I replaced them with Monsoon speakers and they sound great... If that helps