Did this with a friend 3 days ago and also spray painted the side markers. I had clear ones at my house and my friend took one off and we decided to spray paint it for the he!! of it, think it actually came out pretty good. Want to go for that black/red combo (I know, like every other redline...would go gold, but FSU colors...and where I live, BAD IDEA! Go gators!) Anyway, I'll be getting new rims eventually...debating on doing the powdercoat thing to hold me over. We shall see...

Well let me know what you guys think!! Really like how the AMP/GPS/Ipod cable came out...Not too happy with the gap on my D3, i'll change the dash kit eventually...




(the felt looks good in the gap between the D3...but will change out dash kit eventually)
(Ipod cable in the cubby whole...)
(think this looks pretty OEM, didn't want to stick it to my roof or anything...)
(i know all about the gap...should have ordered the metra kit!)
(back of the box)
(mounted the amp in the "glove box" behind the passenger seat...keeps it clean and still have room for my 4 channel when I get it.)

Box is from ZEnclosures, and works great!!

-Leor *sorry the pics are so big*

 

What'd you use for your interiors?

Edit: Oh, there's no 4-channel... Duh. Anyways, I've got POWER series components in mine, and they sound excellent. But, if you want to take it a step up, go JL Audio XR Series.

 

Infinity Reference in the rears...will be doing Infinity Reference Components in the next month or so.

 

looks good & clean

 

Thanks Escobar!



Fairly Z - On the interiors, yeah I'm not 100% sure yet...the stock Bose fronts scream like crazy...I only switched out the rears because I had it taken apart anyway. So i'll wait it out, and I'm sure in a month I'll want it louder...haha

 

you fina get jacked foo!

 

that setup looks clean and simple. And nice spot for the amp, wont be easy for people to jack it. But being enclosed inside a club box like that, isn't it bad for cooling?

 

Nice clean set up.

 

cool, and it has usually nothing to do with the metra kit, you have to adjust the holes on the bracket so the unit sits in the center

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Nice and clean.

 

Not really, the rockford amp has an insane heat sync and is all around good under high heat. That's why I went with the rockford...I thought the same thing though. I haven't really seen any other amps with that kind of heat sync...


Thanks for all the compliments guys!

 

very clean setup!
i wanna do something really similar to that soon. u made up my mind lol.

 

very nice set up

 

That D3 kicks *** huh? I just installed one in my sister's Rex...has the best ipod interface of any head unit I've ever used

 

I'd recess that d3 a little bit back so it sits flush with the bracket... usually the metra kits are pretty good about placement.

 

Yeah D3 is bad ***!! I installed the Pioneer Bluetooth piece, but my phone won't work w/ it for some reason. It's an HTC S621...but other then that it's an awesome unit!

 

you have the kit installed upside down. P.S: thats the American best kit too (it sucks), you'll be happier with the metra kit when you get it.

 

+1 on the bracket. I drilled new holes in the bracket about 3/8" back from the factory holes and it resulted in a nice fitment with the metra kit. Because of the shape of the bracket, I ended up with 3 holes instead of 4 but it was still tight, no wobbles or rattles. Sorry no pic.

I suggest moving the antenna piece from the center of the top of the dash to underneath one of the trim pieces that cover the rear strut. Plenty of flat metal surfaces for the magnet to grab onto and it's hidden. May not be important enough to pull everything apart to make the change but it's a small step towards more clean.

My RF amps have the huge heat sink on the bottom and I mounted them in the cubbies behind the seats, was concerned about heat so I mounted them using "legs" I made out of 1" x 1" pieces of wood that came with a jenga style game. Not the cleanest but good enough and I don't worry about heat.

 

Nice install, the D3 is a very nice unit, he'll love it

 

QFT LOL

+1. Same problem as you with the gap. Same solution. Mocked it up with the bracket and dash trim out of the car, drilled new holes and it's perfect. JUST the Metra dash kit won't solve that gap problem. I used the Metra kit and I still had to redrill the holes to make it perfect. But I'm picky too. So YMMV.

+1, yet again. I orginally mounted mine exactly as the OP did because that's what I saw everyone else doing. After a little research, and not being happy with that "wart" on my dash... I popped the trim back off, and moved the "wart" and it's rectangular ground plane, underneath the center console plastic in practically the same place. Except now it's under the console plastic on the dash, no on top of it. Still works just as well and now it's completely stealth. Stealth/OEM-look is good IMHO.