XM Roady install 350z Roadster
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I just got my XM Roady and hooked it up (note: not 'installed') it in my blue 350z roadster. I have the receiver unit in the center dash storage compartment (where the nav would go, I don't have the nav system), but it's just sitting there held in place by gravity and the door when it's closed. The low profile antenna I mounted on the narrow strip of painted sheetmetal right above the passenger's A pillar. It does not interfere with the top movement at all there.
My question is this: I would like to do a sunken install in the cover door of that dash storage compartment thing. I'd like to cut a rectangular hole in the cover, stick the face of the roady through from the back, secure it, cover over the cuts with trim ending, and just have a nice clean face of the roady nearly flush with the rest of the dash, right in the middle.
Anyone done this?
Does anyone know how much a new cover costs in case I totally buzzsaw it and have to start over?
My question is this: I would like to do a sunken install in the cover door of that dash storage compartment thing. I'd like to cut a rectangular hole in the cover, stick the face of the roady through from the back, secure it, cover over the cuts with trim ending, and just have a nice clean face of the roady nearly flush with the rest of the dash, right in the middle.
Anyone done this?
Does anyone know how much a new cover costs in case I totally buzzsaw it and have to start over?
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I have an 04 Roadster now, but in my 03 coupe I had Circuit City mount my Delphi SkyFi unit in the nav compartment. I would recommend doing that for many reasons. The main reason being that at least with the Delphi, you could remove it from the Nav Compartment easily and mount it to a boom box or to your home stereo. It's a clean install and the mounting cradle fits like a glove.
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Originally posted by FoleyF
I have an 04 Roadster now, but in my 03 coupe I had Circuit City mount my Delphi SkyFi unit in the nav compartment. I would recommend doing that for many reasons. The main reason being that at least with the Delphi, you could remove it from the Nav Compartment easily and mount it to a boom box or to your home stereo. It's a clean install and the mounting cradle fits like a glove.
Foley
I have an 04 Roadster now, but in my 03 coupe I had Circuit City mount my Delphi SkyFi unit in the nav compartment. I would recommend doing that for many reasons. The main reason being that at least with the Delphi, you could remove it from the Nav Compartment easily and mount it to a boom box or to your home stereo. It's a clean install and the mounting cradle fits like a glove.
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