No head unit. Complete!

[unknownpharoah]

After getting some good advice from some of the Prime members I set out to eliminate my head unit. The goal is to run my aftermarket stereo through my smartphone. The bi-product is a clean center console.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v...d thread/da6f1bd62ae645580e39a637cbe98717.jpg

I went with the Kicker 50.2. Handy device.

First I removed the DDIN

Wired the unit into my existing aftermarket system

external control

buttoned up the project and it all sounds really good. The unit provides a USB port to run a charging cable and aux in. This is for a headphone jack if you prefer to hardwire as opposed to bluetooth. I ran these into the armrest.

I like the look of the clean console. I'm probably going to add an inline EQ which will allow for manual control of bass and treble settings. Maybe I'm a control freak. The native settings sound great I just want a little more flexibility. The whole setup cost me less than $275.00

Special thanks to all the PRIME members who helped out with advice and ideas!

 

[B2FiNiTY]

Your shift knob looks like it's not on straight.

But other than that, looks great! Very clean.

 

[unknownpharoah]

Thanks!

 

[racer9x]

Looks great, are you running aftermarket speakers or OEM?, I like how the volume control fits in that little space that is usually wasted space in my case.

 

[unknownpharoah]

Yeah the controller fits perfect in that space. All of the OEM stereo is gone. Focal mids with separate tweets, alpine 4 channel amp and aftermarket 10" sub in the factory location. It sounds good.

 

[cousindeagle]

Interesting set up. I'm definitely interested in your build

 

[unknownpharoah]

Thanks! Giving up my backup camera is the one thing this setup cannot replicate. That's why the SOS pod and screen are next. I left the alpine wiring and video controller. It should be a simple install. I wouldn't mind a rear view mirror with LCD built in. I just haven't found one that looks good yet.

 

[Dhalsim]

Nice

 

[RagingAngel]

This is what I've been looking for all along after the FiiO amp that phryxis posted about got discontinued.

thanks for sharing the info!

 

[syam]

for a DSP, you can go with the JBL MS-2 as recommended by Turbo2Go several times. Very small in size and easy to configure, which goes along with your theme of light weight and simple.

 

[unknownpharoah]

Yeah, I'll text him to learn more about it now that the foundation is in place and I know it's working like I want it to.

 

[shawn110975]

no words can describe that install.