Sedstr's Audio Project - Updated.

[mihai]

How will you be wiring it all in? Are you just going to disconnect the stock headunit but leave it there?

yup, wonder if its possible to still run power to it to keep the red buttons lighting up, I'll be getting my auto elec mate to do all the wiring

If you can get a stock plug then I can wire it all up for you no problems. Just a matter of providing power to the old headunit and the illumination signal.

Essentially what you want is the following:

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Stock Plug -> Aerpro Adaptor -> New headunit wiring -> New headunit
                             -> Power + IGN + Illumination split and going to a donor stock plug -> Old headunit

[sedstrSTI]

How will you be wiring it all in? Are you just going to disconnect the stock headunit but leave it there?

yup, wonder if its possible to still run power to it to keep the red buttons lighting up, I'll be getting my auto elec mate to do all the wiring

If you can get a stock plug then I can wire it all up for you no problems. Just a matter of providing power to the old headunit and the illumination signal.

Essentially what you want is the following:

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Stock Plug -> Aerpro Adaptor -> New headunit wiring -> New headunit
                             -> Power + IGN + Illumination split and going to a donor stock plug -> Old headunit

Seems like you have it all figured out, once i sort out the supporting bracket and paint the modified cubby, I'll give you a buzz and we can go on from there and find a time that suits you best mate, thanks heaps

[sedstrSTI]

Hey guys, quite a bit of progress. We resolved the problem I had earlier with the bracket by cutting it, I believe this was not structural, it was actually for cars which came with the optional Sat Nav. It was cut so that the head unit would sit in there nice and snug.
Everything is put back together now and ready for wiring, all painting and mounting etc is complete.
The top of the hole was filled using the flap out of the existing cubby hole, the sides were also filled however there was still a bit of a gap down the bottom and the head units bracket was exposed as it wasn't angled down, this was fixed by attaching a piece of rubber seal to the back of the plastic flap which was angled correctly to give it a flush look. Also filled the gap between the plastic and rubber seal, should do for now. Slight imperfections in the paint and around the rubber seal will be fixed later on.
Will update the thread with pictures of this process tomorrow, here is the finished product. Not the best picture as it was dark when we finished up.



Also blacked out the entire grill while I was at it

Will give it a good clean and take some good pictures later on.
Very happy with how it all turned out, let me know what you think!

fixed broken link..

[sedstrSTI]

Update again guys, headunit was installed yesterday along with 6000k HID low beams with the help of MIchael (mihai) thanks a lot once again mate! clean lib you have!
So the hard part is done, the sound quality has definitely improved. Overall very happy with the headunit. Looks good and fits in well with the factory red colour scheme. Should be finished with it after the cubby hole has been repainted/filled for a perfect finish. Then to the next stage
Quick photo, will try to get a few better ones later on some in the dark etc.

Will also upload pictures of the process like I said earlier.
Keen to hear your thoughts guys!
Serge