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8-8-2016
My power cable is 0awg. You can use 4awg if you aren't trying to run gobs of power. The only issue with the CARAV kit was that the Hazard button didn't quite fit. I just had to sand the edge some and then it fit just fine.
8-28-2016
^^^^^I agree!!!!
More updates already.....
Originally my first thought for this car, 3 years ago, was to install an iPad mini, but that never happened as my measurements showed the fit would be extremely tight. So, I went a different direction and most recently installed a Pioneer DEX-P99RS. This is one of my all time favorite head units.
The thought always stayed in the back of my mind and most recently when the Sony RSX-GS9 came out, it resurfaced. I looking into high resolution audio and the different sources for it and how I can play high resolution files from an iPad and decided this was the route to go. Consequently, through all my internet searching, it seems that Apple my be releasing high resolution files through iTunes very soon.
I didn't take fab pics as most were small, tedious things that took lots of time and patience. I did order an additional CARAV dash kit, bit cut the bottom corners and used a heat gun to open it up more to fit the iPad Mini. The iPad mini fit with literally just 1-2 millimeters to spare. I even had to trim the lip from the top of the dash opening so the top of the iPad would clear and had to carefully cut the top of the hazard button so it would continue to slide in/out while the iPad was resting on it (and this was after changing the angle in which it mounted by heating the mounting posts and bending them, to create a few addition millimeters). I finished by reforming the bottom corners (that were now large gaps because of the cutting/reshaping) and creating a small half circle to reach the home button.
The Sony RSX-GS9 was mounted with the brackets from a NAV version of the car (this pocket in the non-nav version is replaced with the nav/cd drive in the technology package versions). I then fabricated out of metal and plexiglass a small piece to bridge the gap between the RSX and the other pop up cubby/12 volt car charger port. The RSX works perfectly with the steering wheelcontrols via the Axxess steering wheel module.
Here are the pics:
Oh, and I threw on some new wheels and new Koni's:
Oh, and this is what 100+ MPH Downburst winds will do:
Our River Birch
Neighbor's House
We go off pretty lucky considering our neighbors and the rest of the neighborhood.
Thanks....for anyone that isn't up on these things, the Sony RSX-GS9 is the first High Resolution player for a car. No CD slot, simply high resolution ability and upscaling the crappy non-high res audio. It was built by Sony with some of the best internals of any head unit ever built for a car.
Bluetooth® Car Stereo with MP3 | RSX-GS9 | Sony US
It is the real deal and sounds like it!!!!!
