my setup.....

**keliente** · 08-17-2005, 08:06 AM

I was getting a little fed up with my stock CD player, it skips over every little bump, so I figured it was time for a new one. I was just after something simple that plays mp3s & burnt CDs, and was XM/Sirius ready. I wanted something cheap in case it gets stolen...what can I say, I'm practical.

I bought an audiobahn headunit, mainly because it lights up in bright blue, which matches the LEDs I put behind my white gauges. I thought that I would go with XM, because the tuner/antenna for it was only $49, vs. $99 for Sirius. I later realized that it was a con, because in addition to the $49, you have to buy an adapter for whatever cd player you have, which brings the total to $99...lol so really it didn't matter. Luckily for me though, while the adapters for the other brands were large and square, Audiobahn's adapter was merely a set of wires and was only $20. Wow, something actually worked out in my favor!!!

The store was also offering free installation, I was like oh sweet!! But then I started to think of the minions that work there, god knows what they would do to the car while I wasn't there. I don't mind soldering anyway so I installed it myself, which took no time at all. The XM antenna sits atop the sail panel...the antenna is magnetic, but the sail panel barely isn't steel so I put some double sided exterior adhesive on it for sticking power.

Installed, it looks like this:

I like it because it's mostly black, and blends with the surrounding interior (unlike the bright silver units, which I was afraid would stick out like a sore thumb).

At night, it matches the gauges perfect!! Ohhhh it's so bad.

But that made my headlight assembly & HVAC stick out like a sore thumb, since they still had plain bulbs. So yesterday I soldered in some more LEDs/resistors, so everything matches now, minus the ASR/foglight switch, which i'll tackle today. It looks stellar in person but the camera doesn't pick it up too well:

Here's the antenna atop the car...

And XM is neat, so far. Love having so many channels!!

**third_shift|studios** · 08-24-2005, 07:20 AM

fuck you for having blue interior lights....GOD DAMN THAT LOOKS GOOD!

slick move with the antenna too.

**Zboner** · 08-24-2005, 11:23 AM

how did you get them blue?

**BIG D's SS** · 08-24-2005, 11:31 AM

Sweet ride.

**'99 SLP#24** · 08-24-2005, 11:53 AM

Do you have a closer picture of the antenna I'm curious how it looks I'm trying to figure out how to do mine with very little of the wire showing! Thanks!

**keliente** · 08-24-2005, 05:04 PM

Originally Posted by Zboner

how did you get them blue?

Blue LEDs replacing bulbs.

**keliente** · 08-24-2005, 05:04 PM

Originally Posted by '99 SLP#24

Do you have a closer picture of the antenna I'm curious how it looks I'm trying to figure out how to do mine with very little of the wire showing! Thanks!

No I don't have a closer pic....set the antenna so it is on the very back of the sail panel and run the wire under the sail panel into the car