Radio Deleting Options?

[Warudakumi]

U forgot the previsions for the gauge pods.....



I imagine 2 gauges will fit or maybe 3 and another input can be put in between the middle gauge like a USB port towards the mid sections.

[MortsAccord]

Why not put the deck in the glove box and gauges where the deck used to be and have a fully functional stereo and your gauges?

There're tons of places to move electronics to in a car and with a remote control deck you cna easily change to w/e you want. be it radio/cd/aux or even a SD card/jump drive. Hell you could even run a 3 ft patch cable to the gauge cluster and put it in the dash where you could easily just plug/unplug your aux/usb inputs.

You could end up with the same setup as the picture above with an additional gauge a usb and aux port. While the deck hides in the glove box.

What gauges are you wanting? I can't think of too many that you'd actually need. Hell to save space they do make electronic gauges which can cycle through any sensors hooked up to them.

[BIGRICH]

the amp idea is the best way.

get a 4 channel amp and run it to the speakers. there is a part by peripheral (is335) that will give you the aux input you are looking for and will go into the amp. splitters will be needed.

[Soufkackicustom]

There's a lot of options for this. Kicker makes a amp with iPod interface for motor cycles, and the amp is tiny, or you can do it the old school way and hid a 7 band eq in your trunk, run the inputs to your 3.5mm jack. This way you have some way to actually tune your system

[trinistylez]

To keep things simple, why not relocate the head unit into te glove box, just get a fibreglass enclosure, i have seen this down on newer cars, because everything is tied into the factory unit ( nav, heater, a/c, power options etc) people looking to get better quality sound will often place a secondary head unit in the glove box.

If you plan on running an amp... For highs and lows. The you should only need to run the 12v, acc, and antenna to the glove box. Re route your speaker wires to the amp, and make a new ground behind the glove box. The shorter the ground, the better. At least thats what i was told.

When its all said and done... You will have everything you wanted without any losses. Still have a head unit with am/fm, cd, aux etc and still have a place for your guages.

[trinistylez]

Why not put the deck in the glove box and gauges where the deck used to be and have a fully functional stereo and your gauges?

There're tons of places to move electronics to in a car and with a remote control deck you cna easily change to w/e you want. be it radio/cd/aux or even a SD card/jump drive. Hell you could even run a 3 ft patch cable to the gauge cluster and put it in the dash where you could easily just plug/unplug your aux/usb inputs.

You could end up with the same setup as the picture above with an additional gauge a usb and aux port. While the deck hides in the glove box.

What gauges are you wanting? I can't think of too many that you'd actually need. Hell to save space they do make electronic gauges which can cycle through any sensors hooked up to them.

Wow... I totally missed this post!

[Timothy Watson]

I never use the head unit, well almost never in the last 3 cars I've owned I've turned on the head unit once (and I'm sure that was mainly curiosity.) other than when I listened to my ipod (still a rare occasion). Mostly there are two motives to this

1. to eliminate the unnecessary, and replace with useful.
2. To keep my woman interested in riding in my car (no stereo, means we take hers, and I love my cb7)

as far as gauges go I was thinking about
1. afr
2. oil temp
3. fuel pressure
4. oil pressure
and Room for more If I end up boosted

[MortsAccord]

I never use the head unit, well almost never in the last 3 cars I've owned I've turned on the head unit once (and I'm sure that was mainly curiosity.) other than when I listened to my ipod (still a rare occasion). Mostly there are two motives to this

1. to eliminate the unnecessary, and replace with useful.
2. To keep my woman interested in riding in my car (no stereo, means we take hers, and I love my cb7)

as far as gauges go I was thinking about
1. oil temp
2. AFR
3. Pre turbo/post turbo temps/post intercooler or intake manifold air temp- all on one gauge /w digi display
4. EGT (exhaust gas temp)
and Room for more If I end up boosted

Fixed.