abladeafficionado
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I've started my install, got the HU done, that was a pain. That beam that runs behind the HU made things very difficult to squeeze in, the RCA's plugs are pretty stout so they didn't want to flex, and I didn't want to stress the RCA out on the HU and break them off because it was extremely tight, and getting the HU to go in without crushing the RCAs was a pain.
Now I've got some questions from those that have already done an install.
My RCAs aren't long enough to run around the side of the vehicle, right now they're up to the center console, but I'd like to hide them. Right now they're hidden until the back of the center console, and then they're dumping behind the front passenger seat. Is there an easy hole in the carpet to run them through to the middle row? I tried to use a coat hanger to do the run, but it caught something somewhere along the way and is stuck, so I snipped it and now have a coat hanger somewhere underneath my seat... I didn't want to just pull in case it was caught on a wire, I don't want even more problems. It was definitely stuck.
I have to run speaker wire from my middle row amp to the front doors for my components, but it appears that I have to pull the front seat in order to get all of the panels up so I can run the speaker wire along the base of the door underneath the panels. I have to run the power anyways, so I'll have to pull the panels anyways. Do you have to pull the seat to get the panels up?
Also, the mounting hole on my speaker adapter brackets is far too small for my 6.5" comps, so I'm going to have to make an MDF ring to space the speaker off of the bracket. The way GM mounted the Bose speakers is a terrible idea, using clips to attach the speakers when using 4 screws has been standard since before I was born amazes me.
Overall I'm just frustrated. I did an install in my Blazer and that car was dead simple, and took less than 6 hours to do the power, HU, and speakers, granted speaker wire was already ran. This Denali is going to be the death of me. It doesn't help that I'm doing it alone either.
I've done installs for friends, and none of them have been half this bad. Maybe ****** cars are just easier to do stereos on than nicer cars are. I like my car, but this stereo is a miserable install.
Sorry for the bitching and complaining, I just need to vent and could use some advice from those of you that have already done all of this.
Now I've got some questions from those that have already done an install.
My RCAs aren't long enough to run around the side of the vehicle, right now they're up to the center console, but I'd like to hide them. Right now they're hidden until the back of the center console, and then they're dumping behind the front passenger seat. Is there an easy hole in the carpet to run them through to the middle row? I tried to use a coat hanger to do the run, but it caught something somewhere along the way and is stuck, so I snipped it and now have a coat hanger somewhere underneath my seat... I didn't want to just pull in case it was caught on a wire, I don't want even more problems. It was definitely stuck.
I have to run speaker wire from my middle row amp to the front doors for my components, but it appears that I have to pull the front seat in order to get all of the panels up so I can run the speaker wire along the base of the door underneath the panels. I have to run the power anyways, so I'll have to pull the panels anyways. Do you have to pull the seat to get the panels up?
Also, the mounting hole on my speaker adapter brackets is far too small for my 6.5" comps, so I'm going to have to make an MDF ring to space the speaker off of the bracket. The way GM mounted the Bose speakers is a terrible idea, using clips to attach the speakers when using 4 screws has been standard since before I was born amazes me.
Overall I'm just frustrated. I did an install in my Blazer and that car was dead simple, and took less than 6 hours to do the power, HU, and speakers, granted speaker wire was already ran. This Denali is going to be the death of me. It doesn't help that I'm doing it alone either.
I've done installs for friends, and none of them have been half this bad. Maybe ****** cars are just easier to do stereos on than nicer cars are. I like my car, but this stereo is a miserable install.
Sorry for the bitching and complaining, I just need to vent and could use some advice from those of you that have already done all of this.
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