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Re: Can somebody please help with this headache of an install??

Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 2:13 am
by SAMzGXP
you can use a dremel to cut behind the dash.. i used a drill and made holes all the way around...
make sure you watch for the cables behind..

Re: Can somebody please help with this headache of an install??

Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 7:21 am
by sepenator
I'll make a trip today if I get a chance, I looked at your install, so I just stuff everything down behind the plastic? It seems like the GMOS-09 won't fit back there.

Re: Can somebody please help with this headache of an install??

Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 3:40 pm
by SAMzGXP
nope GMOS-09 wont fit there... i have mine all the way down behind my heated control switches...

yeah it was a total bitch...

Re: Can somebody please help with this headache of an install??

Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 6:44 pm
by sepenator
Darn i need to add wires then

Re: Can somebody please help with this headache of an install??

Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 6:57 pm
by SAMzGXP
No you don't need to add wires

I'm at work I'll explain when I get home...
All you need is gmos-09 that's all

Re: Can somebody please help with this headache of an install??

Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 7:48 pm
by sepenator
Well I mean make the wires I have slightly longer, cuz I'm sure they won't reach, they're pretty short.

Re: Can somebody please help with this headache of an install??

Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 8:03 pm
by SAMzGXP
Not sure how short yours are but for mine all I used was the gmos with my stock wires... They can't be longer than needed other wise good luck tucking them in hahaha

Re: Can somebody please help with this headache of an install??

Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 8:49 am
by sepenator
Oh one question, should I have the subs out towards the trunk or in towards the seats? I put em in towards the seat cuz I put the system in for me... not everyone else haha

Re: Can somebody please help with this headache of an install??

Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 12:21 pm
by swampthing
it's really up to you, i found that mind sound better facing away but every systems different.

Re: Can somebody please help with this headache of an install??

Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 1:15 pm
by SAMzGXP
swampthing wrote:it's really up to you, i found that mind sound better facing away but every systems different.
really? makes a difference even ina sealed trunk? didnt know that.. mine is facing out

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Re: Can somebody please help with this headache of an install??

Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 6:51 pm
by sepenator
Do you guys get a lot of trunk rattle? I don't like trunk rattle, and the subs are safer if I keep them faced in cuz I have stuff in my trunk. Oh and another question, what's the best Dremel bit(s) to use when cutting this gosh forsaken dash?

Re: Can somebody please help with this headache of an install??

Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 4:19 am
by SAMzGXP
yeah it would be safer
my trunk barely rattles on the outside.. im really impressed.. my buddy with a mercedes C320 have the same system as mine and his rattles like shiit.. i hate it... you can barely hear my system when its blasted

as for the dash... i used a drilling bit lol as you can see in the pictures... but a good dremel bit would be the diamond wheel

Re: Can somebody please help with this headache of an install??

Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 9:32 am
by sepenator
Well, I used the wheel on the sides, but the drill is too big to fit to use the diamond bit for the top and bottom, unless were thinking of different bits.

Re: Can somebody please help with this headache of an install??

Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 1:58 pm
by SAMzGXP
sepenator wrote:Well, I used the wheel on the sides, but the drill is too big to fit to use the diamond bit for the top and bottom, unless were thinking of different bits.
so you done yet?

and use a battery powered drill if you have one.. itll do the job just fine

heres mine
then keep going all the way around

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Re: Can somebody please help with this headache of an install??

Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 3:15 pm
by harofreak00
Dremel 561 is the bit you need. Cuts forward and sideways.

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Re: Can somebody please help with this headache of an install??

Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 8:18 pm
by sepenator
Thanks haro, and Samz, I should be done by the end of tomorrow night, depending on when sun down is, and how long my dremel battery lasts :P

Re: Can somebody please help with this headache of an install??

Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 8:23 pm
by SAMzGXP
yeah it took me a long time to get my system to work.. it was well worth it though...
now i added a sub and a rear view camera! its awesome!

Re: Can somebody please help with this headache of an install??

Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 10:59 pm
by sepenator
Nice, I might do a camera down the road, not sure yet, but the subs are certainly making driving a lot more fun haha

Re: Can somebody please help with this headache of an install??

Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2010 8:59 am
by sepenator
Well, I'm all finished and as soon as I can find a camera, I'll post pics!

Re: Can somebody please help with this headache of an install??

Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2010 7:55 pm
by SAMzGXP
make sure you get something that shows a wide angle all the way around