Austinite's 07 Escalade Blacked Out on 35s Build

[Austinite]

Nice looking esky! Interesting build thread for sure! That android headunit is pretty cool!

Thanks! Yeah I'm diggin' the head unit. It has its quirks, but it's way better than the plain ol stock one.

 

[Austinite]

My 5 channel amp went bad on me (sub channel burned up) last week, so I decided to rip everything out and start from scratch. I decided to go with the Pioneer GM Digital series. I got the GM-DX874 (4 channel) and theGM-DX971 (mono). I also originally went with a Dayton Audio DSP-408, but it introduced all kinds of noise to the system so I pulled it out and returned it. I have a Pioneer DEQ-S1000A on the way to replace it. I mounted the new amps under the rear captain seats. I can't even tell you how much better it already sounds. I don't think I'll ever go the single 5 channel route ever again. It didn't work out in my Tahoe and it definitely didn't work out in the Escalade.

Here's the ugly part first...

 

[Austinite]

Amps under the rear captain chairs

 

[Austinite]

Bass Knob mounted next to the headlights switch

 

[Austinite]

I made a new welcome screen for the Tesla style Android head unit too while I was at it. Came out pretty good I think. If anyone wants a copy, let me know.

 

[Sam Harris]

Nice work!

 

[Austinite]

Nice work!

Thank you sir!

 

[Austinite]

I finished up my vacuum actuated exhaust cutout. I'm gonna order a turndown and install it shortly. You can't adjust the opening, it's either open or closed. And since no one really made a vacuum cutout for 3.5" exhaust, I had to kind of Frankenstein parts together. I had to weld the cutout to the flange after I cut the flange down a bit and used butt joints to tie it altogether. I mounted the vacuum pump/remote relay under the cupholders in the center console. Eventually I might weld it all up. When the cutout isn't open, the exhaust goes through a Magnaflow 12909.

Here's a list of the parts I used:

3" Vacuum Cutout
3.5" to 2.5" flange
3.5" Stainless Cutout
3.5" Butt Joint Exhaust Clamps (2)

 

[Dantheman1540]

Hell yeah! Cutouts for life!

 

[Austinite]

Here's a short video of the vacuum exhaust cutout in action