i got it in today. this weekend starts my project...
i will do a pictorial on it to track my progress.

 

damn i want one. how much did it cost?

 

got it for 1545.00 on shipdog.com. i hope this thing works as good as it sounds. i have had tremendous luck with pioneer products and this is all in one, you cant go wrong. i have to make a 2 din kit if i cant ill buy one. then cut my doors and mount the components, wire the subs, install the motion bypass for the navi.

 

damn that cost more than my rims oh well maybe one day i will get one. congrats

 

here she is...

 

Enjoy..would like to hear this system one day..hint hint

 

hahah i know, i been so busy with work and travel. its settling down now and the fact that i have to look at the unit on my desk all the time is killing me. im starting the custom 2din plate today. im gonna give my self a week to try it before i have to buy one.

 

Great Unit I have the same one hope to be getting it put in when I come back from Germany. Did you also buy the NaviTraffic part to complete the system. Pics please when you get finished installing it.

 

no navi traffic. i live in the nyc metro area, there is traffic everywhere and by the time it would give you a new route, the traffic patterns switch. i lived here all my life i can predict within reason what will happen. now if i lived in LA or DC thats a diff story. i was considering the sirius adapter tho. i like sirius better then XM so if a sirius with nav traffic was out i would mostlikely get that. ill post pics here of my progress. you guys can all laugh while i attempt to make the dask kit work.

 

Here is my progress so far. all i have left is to fill the seams and repaint it.
here is the framing and faceplate

here is the 3/4th view ( im going to fix the seams with bondo and sand/paint it all to match)

head on


What do you guys think?

 

looks great man how much did that run youj?

 

I was wondering about that aftermarket unit for a while.. you'll have to tell us how it is when the setup is complete

 

haha i wrote it a few posts up but 1549 for the unit and about 20 for the metra kit, and a lot of effort and time.
yeah hopefully it will be all get done this sat. i will do a full write up.

 

nice dude, i dont know what your budget is like, but is there room for a rear camera perhaps?

 

haha i wrote it a few posts up but 1549 for the unit and about 20 for the metra kit, and a lot of effort and time.

haha oh i didnt see that

 

yeah im going to try and make a custom one for it down the road. the one theey offer is nice, but i am really getting back into the custom work. i want to do something special, since now i have tinted the car too, i think im going to put a solinoid in the back to swing a fog light down when the car is in reverse. we will see, im getting that itch to build stuff again.

 

bondo and sanded, but not painted.


Painted with black metallic paint. its a little too metallic, i might dust it with flat black. it looks nice tho.

 

Looks like it could end up being a sweet install. Looking forward to more pics.

 

*thread subscribed. thats the hu/nav that i wish to purchase looking forward to your DIY...!

 

here is an update. subs are wired. components mounted(need to work on door panel fitment, i got too happy with a big speaker and it hits the door.) things left... wire the pass front door this is impossible. my suggestion for anyone who wants to run new wires, beware of that door its miserable. mount the navi and install the bypass. this will have to wait till next weekend.

 

That is super similar to my setup. Eclipse AVN-5495 Double Din setup. I see that you made an effort to save the stock CD holder! Are you willing to make another? PM me. Thanks.

 

here she is mounted in the kit i made. i think it came out great. im installing it in the car saturday.

 

The color matches better then it shows here, flash makes it look funny from an angle.

 

Looks sweet. Do you have any more pics of the faceplate/frame work?

 

installed or before installed? i have some up in the post, but i dont have too many more then that.

 

that looks great...

i'm about to pay an arm and a leg for a custom install...
I changed my mind though... i think i'm going with the Alpine IVA-W200
better ipod connexion (and i live for my ipod), and better maps.... a lil more
expensive though

 

yeah im all about the all in one setup on this unit. i love it soo far. i do love alpine but it needs soo many parts all over the place. that unit with navi will be like prob over 2k, thats too much for me

 

definitely pricey.. but since the nav is sold seperatrely
i'm gonna start with the head unit now, get the nav later
without the nav the iva-w200 unit is about 1000$

 

its gonna be nice. is that nav dvd or hd based?

 

dvd based... one drive for the nav and another for the head unit

that's the other thing...
because it's so new, i don't no if pioneer's HD can survive
winter in canada. Hasn't really been road tested yet.
But i heard the dvd based systems have been able hold up.

 

that is beautiful... and glad you like it. makes me want to get it more now

 

Jmal great work that deck looks good and u avoid paying 250 from streeteffects

 

Looks good man..Are you on Tonnelle? I saw an Anthracite TL there the other day.

 

yeah i live in that area. might have been me

 

WOW!!! CLEAN JOB MAN...

I NEED HELP... ABOUT TO GET A DOUBLE DIN IN MY TL AS WELL... BUT CANT SEEM TO FIND THE DASH KIT.. WHICH DASK KIT DID YOU USE TO CUSTOM IT YOURS

PLEASE HELP!! THANKS

PLEASE E-MAIL ME @ WANG_HNT@YAHOO.COM

THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR HELP

 

hey JMAL, could you please point me in the right direction of where to get all the equipment for the installation, and also could you please reply to my pm, thanks

 

ill hit you up on the PM

 

welp, its stolen. it was great while i had it. makes you think if maybe someone saw all of it on this site and just came and found it. oh well.

its S/N FCMH000387UC Mar/06 if you see it out there.
peace

 

wow that realyl sucks.. any details? smashed windows? where?

 

im my driveway. rear pass window, smashed then peeled out cuz of the tint. climb in, rob everything(avic, cds, ionic breeze, etc), cut wires for subs/amp thru ski pass, climb out, pop trunk(alarm goes off) grab subs, run away.
i ran to look maybe 30-45 seconds after the alarm went off. not a soul to be seen. this was at about 515am in my driveway. it was very cleanly stolen, it seemed researched. didnt seem like the usual smash and grab.



oh well, back to stock....