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Hey all, don't be deceived by the title of this thread, the truck was here for a whole three weeks, its just that the audio portion wasnt super fancy.
The truck unfortunately was a victim of a break in, so we repaired a lot of the damaged dash pieces, integrated a full compustar alarm/remote start with GPS tracking and installed various other pieces as well. that took quite a bit of time...but of course, this log will focus purely on the audio stuff
I build the amprack and sub enclosure, Joey handled everything else
lets start with the goals:
1. repair broken dash items, install pioneer headunit and integrate a switch panel with customer supplied switches (will be used for exterior flood lighting later)
2. improve up on the OEM Bose system, nothing too fancy here, just clean and simple
3. keep everything audio related INFRONT of the third row seats, in other words, all the major components such as subs and amps had to go under the 2nd row seats.
lets get started.
the signal starts with a pioneer 8400 double din headunit, this is actually a whole new dash bezel:
we replaced the spot left by the oem dvd player and as directed by the customer, installed a switch panel using switches he supplied, we also integrated the alarm LED and the remote bass knob for the arc amps into it:
and here it is all switched on:
and the entire new dash all together:
we also installed a rear view camera so he can look back, it shows the bottom edge of his spare tire, which is the furtherest point on the vehicle, along with his hitch:
here ist he harness work that Joey did, and as any one with experiences in the late model GM cars know, there are quite a few modules and harnesses
here is the fabrication process for the switch panel, the main panel was built out of ABS, with square holes routed out, and then textured and the switches, bass knob and led installed:
and here is the organization of the wiring behind the panel:
the front stage received a pair of Illusion Audio Luccent L6 componet sets, with the ample amount of jute on the GM doors, the speaker was installed in the stock location:
while the flimsy stock door panel recelived its attention of STP damper to reduce resonance:
and the door back together:
the back door got a set of illusion audio Electra 5.25" coaxials, a similar process was used to install them and the door card sound proofed:
turning back to the pillars, the Luccent tweeters were installed int he factory a pillar locations:
and a quick shot showing the wiring of the tweeter via new speaker cables:
The truck unfortunately was a victim of a break in, so we repaired a lot of the damaged dash pieces, integrated a full compustar alarm/remote start with GPS tracking and installed various other pieces as well. that took quite a bit of time...but of course, this log will focus purely on the audio stuff
I build the amprack and sub enclosure, Joey handled everything else
lets start with the goals:
1. repair broken dash items, install pioneer headunit and integrate a switch panel with customer supplied switches (will be used for exterior flood lighting later)
2. improve up on the OEM Bose system, nothing too fancy here, just clean and simple
3. keep everything audio related INFRONT of the third row seats, in other words, all the major components such as subs and amps had to go under the 2nd row seats.
lets get started.
the signal starts with a pioneer 8400 double din headunit, this is actually a whole new dash bezel:
we replaced the spot left by the oem dvd player and as directed by the customer, installed a switch panel using switches he supplied, we also integrated the alarm LED and the remote bass knob for the arc amps into it:
and here it is all switched on:
and the entire new dash all together:
we also installed a rear view camera so he can look back, it shows the bottom edge of his spare tire, which is the furtherest point on the vehicle, along with his hitch:
here ist he harness work that Joey did, and as any one with experiences in the late model GM cars know, there are quite a few modules and harnesses
here is the fabrication process for the switch panel, the main panel was built out of ABS, with square holes routed out, and then textured and the switches, bass knob and led installed:
and here is the organization of the wiring behind the panel:
the front stage received a pair of Illusion Audio Luccent L6 componet sets, with the ample amount of jute on the GM doors, the speaker was installed in the stock location:
while the flimsy stock door panel recelived its attention of STP damper to reduce resonance:
and the door back together:
the back door got a set of illusion audio Electra 5.25" coaxials, a similar process was used to install them and the door card sound proofed:
turning back to the pillars, the Luccent tweeters were installed int he factory a pillar locations:
and a quick shot showing the wiring of the tweeter via new speaker cables: