Recent content by Maligator

Sorry I haven't been keeping up with the thread, but summer in Houston precludes doing much unnecessary outdoors work. But I had the day off today and figured it won't be cool any time soon (and my wife has been on my ass to get this stuff off the dining room table). Where I left off: installed...

I ran them into the glovebox. In hindsight, I think I'd have tried your method. It's not that the glovebox doesn't work, but it might be cleaner. I'd intended to finish up this install this week, but my wife took the CX to the airport for six days. I managed to force one of the Focal 8's into a...

The steering wheel controls module let's you do that. Otherwise, it just says AUDIO, no matter what function you're using.

The Infinity 3.5s in the dash do a good job. If the Focal component system fits in the rear doors, they'll be the midrange workhorse.

Kenwood eXcelon DNX893S is a solid upgrade. Got it for around $550, scratch & dent. Other than a smudge that came off with my fingernail, I see nothing wrong with it. Replacement center channel. I may go with a Kappa Perfect 300m if I can find one on Ebay without its mate. Note the Kenwood's...

The Focal tweets I had to uninstall. Infinity 8" sub fits the stock holes, albeit with longer screws. Foam baffles behind. After Dremel shot of the door panel. It ain't pretty, but it worked.

Well, after the 8" Focal components didn't fit the space (off by .25"), I revisited the Infinity Reference Flex 8" subs I mentioned earlier. It took a Dremel and some trial and error, but I got them to fit. It's not pretty on the back, but everything fits and functions. On the downside, I...

Update: Learn from my fail! The speaker in the stock sub enclosure may be a 5.25", but the mounting holes are about 1/8" off. So the replacement didn't fit and I spent more time than I'd like to admit publicly finding that out. Also, I scoured the web and used all of my Google-Fu to find a...

I have photos but I don't know if they'd be any help to anyone, since they don't show anything more than what's available elsewhere. I'll see about getting a few up tonight or tomorrow. So I took Friday off work to do my install, then promptly came down with some kind of 24-hour virus that wore...

After additional research, it looks like the 6x8" Infinity Reference REF-8622cfx may actually fit the rear door without modification, despite what Crutchfield says. I also found information on the Bose sub box under the rear cargo deck. You can take the top cover off and swap out the 5.25"...

First of all, howdy. This is my first post here, though I've been lurking as a non-registered member for a few weeks while I researched. I bought my '08 GT new in 2009 and was mostly satisfied with the sound system and navigation until recently. The now-ten-year-old, Etch-a-Sketch nav screen was...