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Alter Ego Racing
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Florida
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Installing aftermarket head unit into my Avalanche
Wow, got the kit from Crutchfield to integrate to my car (keep Bose amps and steering wheel controls).
Budgeted 3 hrs for this. It took me that long just to prepare the wiring harness... I welded and shrink tubed everything. Tomorrow I'll do the actual install. Now i must figure out how to bypass the parking brake lockout feature (Pioneer AVH 3400 BH). Apparently a relay is needed (can't just connect to a power source; Pioneers need power not ground). Hope its all worth it in the end.
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12-23-2012, 12:11 PM
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Get rid of all the Bose components and go Boston Acoustics or Focal. Then it will be worth it in the end.
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12-23-2012, 12:15 PM
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Alter Ego Racing
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Agree but this is the utility truck for the family. The good stuff goes into the toys and the music room!
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12-23-2012, 12:21 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
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Welded or soldered?
Use a momentary pushbutton for the parking brake. |
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12-23-2012, 12:24 PM
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Alter Ego Racing
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Soldered. Sorry.
Could you expand on the push button solution please?
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12-23-2012, 12:30 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
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Green Wire? I don't remember if it has to be a normally open or normally closed switch. Sorry but I'd need to pull it all apart to remember what I did.
I think it connects to ground normally, but pushbutton breaks the connection momentarily. Last edited by dad911; 12-23-2012 at 01:00 PM.. |
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12-23-2012, 12:54 PM
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Looking at the title, I thought....
  
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12-23-2012, 04:41 PM
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Alter Ego Racing
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Florida
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Peter, those had more relays than a 928....
I completed my install today. Sounds awesome! Added a "micro relay" to address my concern. A suggestion to those thinking of doing this, run the auto eq settings before installing the relay, i cant now 'cause car must be parked to run auto eq.... I have good ears so it was done the old fashion way.....
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12-29-2012, 04:32 PM
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Spent the better part of a day doing the same thing on a Silverado Classic last year. I don't recall how I avoided the parking brake thing but I did. What an incredible pain in the ass! I've done a lot of stereo installs, that was by far the worst.
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12-30-2012, 05:52 AM
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Alter Ego Racing
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Florida
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Puppy,
I did a mod to my wife's Denali 07, that was a real nightmare. The car has a main wiring harness that runs most everything and you mess with one thing and something else gives up....
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