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Old 07-22-2008, 10:00 PM
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Got My Economic Stimulus Check...

So I did me some 'Stimulating'

New Mods
- Rearview Camera
- Aluminum Pedals
- Footwell leds

Future Plans
- Factory XM to Sirius conversion
- Window Roll-up / Sunroof modules
- DVD and/or Video Game (possibly, I'm debating this one)
- 35% Tints

Old Mods (Never posted these before)
- 200W Alpine amp with custom mount
- Pair of JL 10's
- Alpine Type S door speakers + tweets
- Boston Acoustic 6x9s
- Interior led conversion
- Sound Deadening in front doors


The backup cam I got is great. It draws guide lines to let you know exactly how far you are from object as well as for the width of the car. Greatly increases your visibility behind the car and even works great at night. I'm definately loving this.

The pedals are from Excelerate and look great too. They were a breeze to install also and look great with the blue ambient footwell lights

For the footwell leds, I have them hooked up so that they go on and off with the rear dome ligths. They fade in and out, looks 100% stock. It adds a very classy look to the interior. I also have them so that I can turn them on at any time as well, but I usually leave them tied to the dome lights. This should have come stock with the car if you ask me. Its just one of those little details that adds so much. Next step for this is to change them so they come on with dome lights and on when the head lights are on, but I have to get a little creative to get that to work.

I plan on getting the Sirius conversion thing to tie it directly into the factory radio soon. Right now I have a separate radio in the cd cubby, but thats got too go. Too ugly and hard to see down there. They finally came out with the thing to tie Sirius into the Nav and you can even use the factory antenna! (with minor mods)

Thats it for the new mods, but here are some other things I've done but havent posted.

I made a custom mount for my amp so it mounts to the roof of the trunk, next to the Nav DVD. Its nice and out of the way, hardly notice it. I love having a system but hate the loss of trunk space, wires, etc so this is perfect. I still have the box in the trunk (obviously), but the amp and all the wires are hidden away.

Also upgraded the speakers, and deadened the doors.
That be it

And, heres your pictures...
Old 07-22-2008, 10:07 PM
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Crap, hit the wrong button. Here the pics:












Old 07-22-2008, 10:15 PM
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Looks awesome congrats
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Nice setup.
Old 07-22-2008, 10:35 PM
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I wanna hook up some footwell LEDs to my dome light...
Old 07-22-2008, 10:50 PM
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Originally Posted by aznboi2424
I wanna hook up some footwell LEDs to my dome light...
Lucky for you, I posted directions! (look towards the end)
https://acurazine.com/forums/showthread.php?t=41187
Old 07-23-2008, 01:15 AM
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what kind of rearview camera is that? been looking of a decent one for quite some time.
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nice setup,
those pedals look really nice what the part no. of those.

thanks
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Thanks for keeping the economy afloat.


Are you running your 6x9 speakers off the stock amp? and the subs off the new amp?
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Originally Posted by jlukja
Are you running your 6x9 speakers off the stock amp? and the subs off the new amp?
That is correct sir. All speakers are on the stock amp and I must say, its a huge improvement over stock. I get a lot more nice tight bass then I expected from them, especially the doors. But I couldn't live without the low end bass. I've had the 10's since I was in high school so I bought a nice new amp for them.

The pedals are from Excelerate, he's a vendor here.

And I'll post details about the camera later.
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Camera is Sanyo CCA-BC200, got it for $250. Details are here:
https://acurazine.com/forums/audio-video-electronics-navigation-22/review-sanyo-cca-bc200-backup-cam-396043/
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