finse Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Greetings everyone. I thought I would share the progress of my current project with you all. Like many of you.. Since I bought my 2006 LGT, I have lamented the loss of my ability to upgrade the stock stereo. Since my LGT is a SpecB, it further reduced my options as I did not have a cubby the install an aftermaket unit in. All hope was not lost though... First there was daswrx and his incredible installation of a double din set up in place of the panasonic radio, then #072 with a similar install in his Spec B. Alas, anyone who has seen my soldering ability usually just shakes their head in disgust. My hope was that someone in the aftermarket would come to save those poor souls like me, but its been two+ years and with no help on the horizon - I outsourced the work. Today, I have pictures of the electronics and the final 'product'. I am still waiting on Erik to receive the Alpine CDA-9887 that will be placed into the dash, but I am hopeful it will be installed within a week. Here are the pics. They are going to load pretty slow, they are hosted on my home DSL connection equipped with a regrettable upload speed. my new housing: http://www.slacktastic.net/SpecB_Alpine/rcomplete.jpg The electronics harness - removed and reworked: http://www.slacktastic.net/SpecB_Alpine/rcomplete_electronics.jpg Cheers, Ryan ** Update ** Project is complete. Check out post #32 for the completed pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
praedet Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Wow, where did you get this done? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meier motor sports Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 wow! what a pain in the ass thats gota be! it will be sweet when its done though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finse Posted October 12, 2007 Author Share Posted October 12, 2007 praedet - I got this done by a shop just outside of Denver. I am not sure if I am allowed to post a link to their site as they are not an approved vendor. meier motor sports - agreed, it must have been a pain. I think Erik said he had 10+ hours in this project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laz Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 So spill the beans, how much are you paying for this project? X --- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickeyd2005 Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 If you are not financially affiliated with the company, you can always post their info. And you can even post the amount of money they charged you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finse Posted October 12, 2007 Author Share Posted October 12, 2007 So spill the beans, how much are you paying for this project? X Not entirely sure yet. But I think its going to be $700-1K before the cost of the Alpine head unit is added in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobE Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Noice! Cant wait to see the final product. http://newenglandsubarus.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finse Posted October 12, 2007 Author Share Posted October 12, 2007 That's like.. 3 times the cost of a cleansweep! yeah, I could have gone the clean sweep route for less money - but IMHO, a full on replacement of the deck gives me more options. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fweasel Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 yeah, I could have gone the clean sweep route for less money - but IMHO, a full on replacement of the deck gives me more options. Word. Sometimes it costs money to do things the right way. Great job. Can't wait to see the final install. ignore him, he'll go away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finse Posted October 12, 2007 Author Share Posted October 12, 2007 Wow, where did you get this done? Since its ok to say who did this for me... Erik at Highline Car Audio (highlinecaraudio.com) is the elecrontics genius who divorced the panasonic from the HVAC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaymesbry Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 wow very nice, hah maybe since he knows how to do it now, he can do a group buy! lol.. since i dont have a spec b, i would want a double din unit in there.. ahhh one day! Lucky you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugsly Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 wow very nice, hah maybe since he knows how to do it now, will he ever want to do it again? since i dont have a spec b, i would want a double din unit in there.. ahhh one day! Lucky you! Fixed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finse Posted October 13, 2007 Author Share Posted October 13, 2007 since i dont have a spec b, i would want a double din unit in there.. ahhh one day! Lucky you! I had my choice, he could have done a double din. I even contemplated it for some time.. mostly because I despise the 'i agree' button on the factory nav screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fweasel Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 I had my choice, he could have done a double din. I even contemplated it for some time... single din pocket below the HU FTW! ignore him, he'll go away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
han Posted October 14, 2007 Share Posted October 14, 2007 Wow! Looks like it will look great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buru Posted October 15, 2007 Share Posted October 15, 2007 it would be cool if he could do some more!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
072 Posted October 15, 2007 Share Posted October 15, 2007 Very nice work! doing a single din gives you a little more room to stuff crappy panasonic parts behind the radio bezel TOM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strife1012 Posted October 15, 2007 Share Posted October 15, 2007 I will be the 1st to say it. Group Buy time !!! Most of this forum would want to jump onto this like a pack of wolves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaStaMooN Posted October 15, 2007 Share Posted October 15, 2007 I cant recall, but has somebody mapped out exactly what and where to cut to do this? I think I have the means to get this done electronically, but need more precise directions. The other part is having the bezel fiberglassed or whatever to make the right size hole there... or is that a 2.5i install kit glassed to the stock hvac controls? Jon - vBGarage Profile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaStaMooN Posted October 15, 2007 Share Posted October 15, 2007 BTW, anybody know if you can buy just the "face plate" of the Dual auto hvac/radio unit, or do you need to buy both the face and the radio junk behind it? Jon - vBGarage Profile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brthtkg Posted October 15, 2007 Share Posted October 15, 2007 I know for sure I'll sign up for a group buy...I'm going to meet up with Finse to check out his new setup since we're both in CO and both have Spec B's. Thanks from all who suffer from that crappy marriage finse! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biz77 Posted October 15, 2007 Share Posted October 15, 2007 Very nice. The money spent seems right in-line with the going custom labor rates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legacy05 Posted October 15, 2007 Share Posted October 15, 2007 Wow that is awesome!!! can't wait to see the pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
072 Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 BTW, anybody know if you can buy just the "face plate" of the Dual auto hvac/radio unit, or do you need to buy both the face and the radio junk behind it? I tried like hell to buy just the faceplate before I started my project and could'nt get it. I called panasonic directly as a dealer and as a consumer and they would not sell the faceplate only. See the whole units on ebay every so often for about $150 bucks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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