The life and times of Debonair’s Denali

[Rocket Man]

Good work, keep it up!

 

[Debonair]

Good work, keep it up!

Thanks!

 

[Debonair]

LED interior done. I used THIS KIT from Amazon. I did the license plat and mirror puddle/courtesy light while I was at it using THESE which I had left over from my previous cars conversion. These are the longest lasting LED 194's I have used.

Mirror light is not as bright as it looks here, I think its the shiny white paint making look excessive. Interior light looks slightly brighter in the pictures then in person. They are perfect in my opinion.

 

[Fosscore]

Nice work.

 

[Debonair]

Nice work.

Thank you.

 

[Debonair]

Subwoofer is in. Box is in the temp box from my last car which is an off the shelf ported box that I sealed up and added a 3/4in spacer to the front to fix bigger magnets. I will be building a new box for this truck at some point.

What I Recycled / Owned:
Subwoofer enclosure
Kicker Comp VX 12”Subwoofer - 2yo, previous car
Kenwood KAC-X10D 600W RMS Class D Amplifier - 12yo, 2 previous cars
4 awg ground
Fuse block - previous car
Solder, heat shrink, other install supplies

What I bought New:
PAC SNI-35 LOC
4 awg 25ft power cable
20ft RCA
RJ11 (phone cable) for bass knob 20ft
12 awg wire for amp turn-on
Copper 4 awg terminals
split wire loom

Pictures:

Wiring plan


Box (in last car, with different sub)

In the Yukon


Fuse block bracket. Made from plastic from the local shops scrap bin. Held in place by pinching between the battery trap support and the cowl.




Under hood looks nice and clean.


SNI-35 LOC installed under cup holders, connected to the OEM sub. The RCA we run out under the console right in front of the driver seat to the door edge and then ran with the 12v, Acc wire, and RJ11 to the rear of the Yukon. Everything tucks in nicely under the cupholder.




All wires are setup to quickly and easily disconnect from the subwoofer box so I can take it out. RCA and RJ11 are work by design. For 12v and ground I use a winch quick disconnect designed for 2/4awg. For the remote turn-on wire I used an old HID connector.





Just like my last car the Bose ANC made the system hum like crazy until I cut a mic wire. For this truck I opted to chop off this mic. Snip and done, no more hum. I reinstalled the mic bracket and grille.


The remote base know was installed to the right of the steering column. The little shelf there is just the right size and location for me to easily reach adjust it.


I'm happy for now. Needs a new box. Bass is a little boomy. More fine tuning to come.

 

[Rocket Man]

I'm pretty sure that " mic" was your aspirator for your HVAC system which is known to hum until you clean it out or replace it. Does it look like a small fan when you closely inspect it? The aspirator is above the driver, in the headliner. Hard to tell from that picture. The factory mics are in the center forward OHC usually.

 

[Tonyrodz]

Subwoofer is in. Box is in the temp box from my last car which is an off the shelf ported box that I sealed up and added a 3/4in spacer to the front to fix bigger magnets. I will be building a new box for this truck at some point.

What I Recycled / Owned:
Subwoofer enclosure
Kicker Comp VX 12”Subwoofer - 2yo, previous car
Kenwood KAC-X10D 600W RMS Class D Amplifier - 12yo, 2 previous cars
4 awg ground
Fuse block - previous car
Solder, heat shrink, other install supplies

What I bought New:
PAC SNI-35 LOC
4 awg 25ft power cable
20ft RCA
RJ11 (phone cable) for bass knob 20ft
12 awg wire for amp turn-on
Copper 4 awg terminals
split wire loom

Pictures:

Wiring plan


Box (in last car, with different sub)

In the Yukon


Fuse block bracket. Made from plastic from the local shops scrap bin. Held in place by pinching between the battery trap support and the cowl.




Under hood looks nice and clean.


SNI-35 LOC installed under cup holders, connected to the OEM sub. The RCA we run out under the console right in front of the driver seat to the door edge and then ran with the 12v, Acc wire, and RJ11 to the rear of the Yukon. Everything tucks in nicely under the cupholder.




All wires are setup to quickly and easily disconnect from the subwoofer box so I can take it out. RCA and RJ11 are work by design. For 12v and ground I use a winch quick disconnect designed for 2/4awg. For the remote turn-on wire I used an old HID connector.





Just like my last car the Bose ANC made the system hum like crazy until I cut a mic wire. For this truck I opted to chop off this mic. Snip and done, no more hum. I reinstalled the mic bracket and grille.


The remote base know was installed to the right of the steering column. The little shelf there is just the right size and location for me to easily reach adjust it.


I'm happy for now. Needs a new box. Bass is a little boomy. More fine tuning to come.

Will a reg phone cable work for the adj bass knob? I've always wondered that.

 

[Debonair]

I'm pretty sure that " mic" was your aspirator for your HVAC system which is known to hum until you clean it out or replace it. Does it look like a small fan when you closely inspect it? The aspirator is above the driver, in the headliner. Hard to tell from that picture. The factory mics are in the center forward OHC usually.

Nope. Fan was in the other grille and yes it was filthy, but quiet.

Mic was very obviously a mic. I google the part number before cutting just to be sure. GM Part No.: 25783504 - Microphone Asm-Radio Volume Compensator Interior Noise. More pics of it HERE.

The Active Noise Cancelling (ANC) of the Bose system freaks out when you tap into it for subwoofer signal and feeds a bunch of noise into the system. There are no settings for it in the head unit software to disable it. By cutting a mic it disables itself. ANC doresnt work for crap anyways. Same exact issue and resolution as my Infiniti when I tapped into its Bose system.

 

[Debonair]

Will a reg phone cable work for the adj bass knob? I've always wondered that.

Always has for me. I had a JL Audio amp+knob and now the Kenwood that both did. I'm using phone cable (RJ11) from Hopedepot in the Yukon. They were out of black so I had to use white. I never uninstall it when changing vehicles, just buy another.