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Rex Ruby · 06-15-2011

Note how much better the carpet looks in the final pics. When I had it out of the car since it had a rubber backing I sprayed them down with spray9 cleaner and a little water. Scrubbed with a scrub brush and rinsed it out with the hose and hung them up to dry.

In the end it was all well worth it. I figure I have about 60 hours into this project. I paid about $350.00 for the amps and speakers and about another $300.00 for 12 gauge speaker wire, 4 gauge power wire, RCA wires, fuse holders, wire connectors, sound deadener, MDF and misc. things. The sound it great, major improvement over stock. The nav is cool. I also have the blue tooth add on which works great too. The system also has an ipod hook up. I will probably add XM soon, I?ll have to remove the head unit to run a data wire so at that time I?ll also do the parking brake hack.

93RubyZ · 06-15-2011

Wow!! Very nice! Thanks for sharing your work.

Scrrem · 06-15-2011

Wow, great job and nice write-up!! Hope to do that on mine one of these days.
Rich

FU · 06-15-2011

Way to go John , very nice post. Pic's etc.

I'm with Rich.....one of these day's I'd love to get a good AVIC in my car.

tomtom72 · 06-15-2011

That is so sweeeet John!

Awesome install and instructions, thanks for taking the time to share the skinny with us!

Tom

HAWAIIZR-1 · 06-15-2011

Wow, you did a great job!!!! Thanks for sharing this and taking the time to document; I know how much work that takes.

DaveK · 06-15-2011

Great write-up of a cool project. Thanks for taking the time to share.

secondchance · 06-15-2011

Looks great!
I hope to see this in person. Any plan to visit WAZOO HQ?

Paul in VA · 06-15-2011

Great Job! Exactly what I want to do. Did you/are you thinking about hooking up a reverse camera?

ScottZ95ZR1 · 06-15-2011

Excellent post, John. I'm a huge fan of this upgrade, too, and really appreciate the time you took to document and photo your install for us.

06-15-2011	#11
Rex Ruby Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Springfield, PA Posts: 372	Re: Avic install Note how much better the carpet looks in the final pics. When I had it out of the car since it had a rubber backing I sprayed them down with spray9 cleaner and a little water. Scrubbed with a scrub brush and rinsed it out with the hose and hung them up to dry. In the end it was all well worth it. I figure I have about 60 hours into this project. I paid about $350.00 for the amps and speakers and about another $300.00 for 12 gauge speaker wire, 4 gauge power wire, RCA wires, fuse holders, wire connectors, sound deadener, MDF and misc. things. The sound it great, major improvement over stock. The nav is cool. I also have the blue tooth add on which works great too. The system also has an ipod hook up. I will probably add XM soon, I?ll have to remove the head unit to run a data wire so at that time I?ll also do the parking brake hack.

06-15-2011	#12
93RubyZ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 310	Re: Avic install Wow!! Very nice! Thanks for sharing your work.

06-15-2011	#13
Scrrem Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Alexandria, Virginia Posts: 1,454	Re: Avic install Wow, great job and nice write-up!! Hope to do that on mine one of these days. Rich __________________ 1990 Bright Red Coupe #608 380 Stroker, Ported Heads/Intake/Housings/TB Haibeck Secondary Delete Chip / Pete's Cams George Braml Intake / FIC Injectors Coated SW Headers / Corsa Bill Boudreau B/B ZF6 / Viper 4.10 gears Ron Davis Radiator Pioneer AVIC-Z140BH NAV Fikse FM5's 285 / 335 / C6 Brakes WAZOO Member

06-15-2011	#14
FU Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Found Member Posts: 4,327	Re: Avic install Way to go John , very nice post. Pic's etc. I'm with Rich.....one of these day's I'd love to get a good AVIC in my car.

06-15-2011	#15
tomtom72 Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Jacksonville, FL USA Posts: 4,609	Re: Avic install That is so sweeeet John! Awesome install and instructions, thanks for taking the time to share the skinny with us! Tom __________________ 1990 ZR-1, Black/grey, #2233, stock. ZR-1 Net Reg Founding Member #316 & NCM member

06-15-2011	#16
HAWAIIZR-1 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Japan Posts: 3,108	Re: Avic install Wow, you did a great job!!!! Thanks for sharing this and taking the time to document; I know how much work that takes. __________________ Craig "ZR-1 NO KA 'OI" "ZR-1 ICHIBAN" 1995 #228 Black/Black with Dunn Heads ZR-1 owner since September 2003 ZR-1 Net Registry Founding Member #0074 NCM Lifetime Member #2048

06-15-2011	#17
DaveK Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Sudbury, Ontario. Canada Posts: 1,537	Re: Avic install Great write-up of a cool project. Thanks for taking the time to share. __________________ 1991 #1516 Black/Black davidmkelly.com Author of fast-paced, sci-fi thrillers.

06-15-2011	#18
secondchance Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: McLean, VA Posts: 3,739	Re: Avic install Looks great! I hope to see this in person. Any plan to visit WAZOO HQ?

06-15-2011	#19
Paul in VA Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Sterling, VA Posts: 146	Re: Avic install Great Job! Exactly what I want to do. Did you/are you thinking about hooking up a reverse camera?

06-15-2011	#20
ScottZ95ZR1 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Pendleton, IN Posts: 674	Re: Avic install Excellent post, John. I'm a huge fan of this upgrade, too, and really appreciate the time you took to document and photo your install for us.