Locobob's Interior Mod Thread

[Locobob]

Originally Posted by ghlkal

Looks great!

Did you ever find a source for the clips behind the radio bezel? I need one of those too ...

No I never found a source, I did find my other clip laying around but then lost it again when it popped off inside the console somewhere.

[Locobob]

Originally Posted by -=Jeff=-

Robert,

this link has a lot of images of my install.. many at the end are the tablet install I now have..

Might swap back to the App Radio.. Still working it out on the Bench

https://plus.google.com/photos/10133...465?banner=pwa

Thanks Jeff, some of those may be helpful going forward. How come you have what looks like tweeters in both the sill panels and in the doors?

[-=Jeff=-]

Ah I actually have:

1" tweeter and 4" in the Sill

in the door is a 6.5" Mid bass

rear is currently a 6.5 woofer, although might swap those for 8s

[Locobob]

Update:

Been driving the car a lot and am really happy with the way these projects turned out.

I still haven't gotten around to getting the upholstery work done on the console or seats.

I traced my stereo noise issue to the rear amps themselves, apparently it was just a coincidence that they went bad around the time I installed the new head unit. I am debating what to do with the amps/speakers still, for now I installed some 50w Bose amps out of a junkyard Infinity - $6 each. They work, and the sound is decent, but its not as good as it was with the 75w/100w combo I had before. Here are the amps, 100w on the left which I believe are intended to drive the woofers on a 99 vette, middle are 75w amps from a C4 vert - they are not labeled as such for some reason, far right is a 50w junkyard bose amp from an Infinity.



I placed the bluetooth mic on top of the rearview mirror, a few phone calls have confirmed that this is a really good place for it, voice comes through loud and clear.

The back-up cam works pretty well, sometimes the picture is a little fuzzy, I suspect I ran the video wire too close to a power wire somewhere.

The TPMS is awesome, here is what happens when you program the low pressure warning a little too low - on a very cold day it trips the low pressure warning.


I decided the steering wheel position was just not quite right for me. I took out the 1in spacer and replaced it with a .5in spacer. Doesn't sound like much of a change but it is noticeable and it feels more natural to me with the .5in spacer. On the negative side I lost just a bit of knee clearance with the swap.

[-=Jeff=-]

Robert,

Any progress on a design for your seats?

I am going to order a set in the next couple days.. trying to determine my red/black mix

[BigIke]

Just went through all 33 pages, thanks for it!

What do you mean by loosing knee clearance? I'm 6'3" and was going to do the NRG/ D-shaped steering wheel to gain clearance... Might not if I will indeed loose room in that area.

Thanks
Jay

[Locobob]

Originally Posted by -=Jeff=-

Robert,

Any progress on a design for your seats?

I am going to order a set in the next couple days.. trying to determine my red/black mix

No, I'm afraid it's on the back burner at the moment.

[Locobob]

Originally Posted by BigIke

Just went through all 33 pages, thanks for it!

What do you mean by loosing knee clearance? I'm 6'3" and was going to do the NRG/ D-shaped steering wheel to gain clearance... Might not if I will indeed loose room in that area.

Thanks
Jay

I think you misunderstood Ike.... I lost a little knee clearance with the Momo wheel going from the 1.0 inch spacer to the .5 inch spacer - with either spacer width the aftermarket wheel is a net gain for knee clearance over the stock wheel. I am also 6'3" and with the aftermarket wheel I can actually drive with the wheel in the lower tilt position where as before I had it tilted 1 spot up.

[BigIke]

GREAT!!!

I run with mine in the 1 notch up position as well, i want it in the lowest position, this post has solidified this mod! Thanks!

[-=Jeff=-]

BUMP IT UP..

Robert, how are you liking that steering wheel?