NUTHINGOESRITE
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I have seen a couple of people asking about the new 9" Alpine so I thought I would share My build... So Here goes
As we all know, the sony system doesn't sound the greatest. At first, I tried adding the Alpine PXA-H800 to the system. I'm now much of a processor guy and just wasn't happy with the way it turned out. There were too many settings and I just felt it was a little over my head. I wanted something simpler to set up. I guess I'm getting old or something. Anyway, Below are some pics from the Old system to the New system. With the new, much larger screen, I had to cut the Radio/AC Control panel so everything could work like I wanted. I spliced into the existing back-up camera. I am working on figuring out which wires I need to use for the existing microphone. Also going to add the Alpine C212F Front Facing camera next time I pull the dash apart. I would also like to add a couple of screens in the headrests.
The new radio is as high as it can go without having to cut into some of the plastic dash bracing. It kind of leaves a lot of dead space above the radio, but I guess I will live with it. I had all of the pieces hydrodipped in a carbon fiber pattern along with the door insert pieces.
The bass control know is now below where the Aux port was. I really like the way that turned out. I moved the aux port down below by the passenger side leg pocket.
I have more pics, but i'm kind of rushing through this. I know I am missing a lot of details. If you have questions, I will do my best to answer them.
As we all know, the sony system doesn't sound the greatest. At first, I tried adding the Alpine PXA-H800 to the system. I'm now much of a processor guy and just wasn't happy with the way it turned out. There were too many settings and I just felt it was a little over my head. I wanted something simpler to set up. I guess I'm getting old or something. Anyway, Below are some pics from the Old system to the New system. With the new, much larger screen, I had to cut the Radio/AC Control panel so everything could work like I wanted. I spliced into the existing back-up camera. I am working on figuring out which wires I need to use for the existing microphone. Also going to add the Alpine C212F Front Facing camera next time I pull the dash apart. I would also like to add a couple of screens in the headrests.
The new radio is as high as it can go without having to cut into some of the plastic dash bracing. It kind of leaves a lot of dead space above the radio, but I guess I will live with it. I had all of the pieces hydrodipped in a carbon fiber pattern along with the door insert pieces.
The bass control know is now below where the Aux port was. I really like the way that turned out. I moved the aux port down below by the passenger side leg pocket.
I have more pics, but i'm kind of rushing through this. I know I am missing a lot of details. If you have questions, I will do my best to answer them.
