I hope you'll post some pictures of the car for me to drool over.
2002 330Ci & 2020 Tacoma
That's disappointing, my wife has a 2012 CTS Wagon, every time I drive it I look at the doors and think how cool it would be to drop 10" midbass in there, some mids up in the factory locations on the dash and then fabricate some tweeters into the A-pillars. The factory head unit is terrible, can you post a picture of how the kit / Kenwood look in the dash? Does it bother you that there are now a bunch of useless buttons?
I'd love a CTS-V wagon, but prices on them are not coming down and in fact creeping up. Seen a couple sell on BaT for near enough what they sold for new.
Yes, I will once I get my car back from the speed shop in a couple weeks. They are doing all the engine upgrades I've been wanting to do all these years, but I have been waiting for the extended warranty to expire, which it did last May. Same reason I am just now starting to upgrade the audio system.
I think it looks pretty good, all things considered. The only thing I miss is having a rotary volume knob, I used that a lot with the stock head unit. Now I only have the steering wheel volume +/- buttons, and the +/- volume buttons on the bottom edge of the Kenwood.
As for the row of useless buttons, I plan to mount an iPad mini there, connected to a WiFi OBDII dongle, to display several key engine parameters using the DashCommand app. It will be right below the Kenwood double DIN radio, and just above the row of buttons for the HVAC controls. I'll also be able to use it for normal iPad stuff, like watching videos and movies (when not driving of course).
I actually went to a junk yard and bought that whole centerstack module just so I could take it apart to figure out the best way to mount the iPad mini there. Basically the Menu/Select knobs pop out, then I am going to fab up a small plate on a dowel or pipe of some sort, and epoxy that pipe and plate into the opening of where the knobs were. I'll then attach the 10 magnet Wizgear tablet mount to actually hold the iPad to the plate. That way I can just grab the iPad off of the magnet mount and hide it or take it with me.
I'll post pictures of all this once I get the car back and a chance to do this.
Awesome, I'll be looking forward to the pictures when you get it back!
Love this car. I'm also looking forward to seeing pics.
2007 Dodge Magnum SRT8|Custom Panny TX5500W Bottlehead|Zapco HDSP-Z16V DSP|HAT Legatia X and SE front stage|HAT C12 Subs|Zapco Z-AP amps
1967 Mercedes 250S|Panny VX5500|Helix DSP|HAT Legatia SE and Clarus front stage|HAT C15 sub|Zapco Z-LX amps
A friend of mine had a same-generation (I think it was a '13) CTS (non-V) and before the kit came out, he modded the dash, relocated the factory HU buttons down behind the shifter, put a double din radio in it, and then put an iPad mini in place of the motorized screen. It was a very involved job, but turned out sweet. Nobody ever wanted to pay what it would cost to do it again, and then the kits came out.
I wish I had pics of that one.
Jay
Has it been a few weeks yet?
2002 330Ci & 2020 Tacoma