so....

got around to a few projects today:
1. Installed Alpine CDA-9835 deck using:
- GXE dash kit (thanks DAVE B)
- 4th-gen GXE 'pocket' -which has a door, unlike the 5th gen pocket
- PAC-ROEM-NIS2 adaptor (to keep Bose speakers for the time being)
- ISO-DIN trim ring
- Ai-net AUX input (RCA) adaptor to plug in my MP3 player
sound is great, this deck has a ton of audio adjustment, and even makes the Bose speakers sound damn good. It can also download MP3s and store them....more features than I'll ever use. Thanks to TAPOUT (Jason) for an awesome deal on it. I don't miss my Bose deck at all!

2. Finished RED LED swap on entire interior. Doors/window switches - DONE
climate control lighting - DONE. 4 LEDs shining down on the shift assembly - DONE. Also put a red LED in the pocket so I can find **** at night inside of it....

So...here are some pics:
Day:




with pocket open:


inside the LED swap

 

night:



with pocket open, showing illumination LED:



you can also see the 2 red LEDs in the key ring here:

 

WOW DUDE

thats looks sweet..and the pocket does look better on the bottom

 

Rice Rice Baby

 

by the way, I forgot to turn on the climate control for the pics, but it is now WHITE, not blue or green.....

 

that is a complement, coming from a guy driving a Honda

 

ok its official...i pass to you the title of "nicest maxima in fairfax"
i guess i cant keep the title forever

 

Compliment

-59

 

i don't understand how you manage to do all these little things to your car by yourself..every little project i do never comes out perfect

 

trust me...it's trial and error. Especially messing with LEDs...I re-did several parts of the LED sets several times before everything worked right, was wired right, and was aimed right.....I also had an old, broken climate control assembly sitting around that I used to "test" and "practice" with before using my working one for the final product...

I also messed up a couple of small things on the car that I had to replace (a door switch, among other things....) in the process.....

ya just gotta be willing to try stuff, and realize that you're GONNA screw it up sometimes (my last project ended up breaking my gauge cluster and I had to get a new one $$$$)

 

nicely done still anxious to do mine

 

where did you get the pcoket kit from? It is ballerific!

 

got it from DAVE B. It's the pocket that came in the 5th gen GXE's without Bose......

 

pocket looks great! What did you do with the aftermarket head and steering wheel controls?

 

maxima didn't come with steering wheel controls in 2000...that started in 2k1

 

it doesn't matter my 01 controls works when it want to work... sometines yes sometimes no... i like the what you did.... I love the Red stuff inside the car..

Great Job as always.......

 

Can you order that somewhere?

Did you have to adjust anythign to get it to fit?

 

you can order it from DAVE B (who is a parts guy at a Nissan dealer, and gives org'ers good prices)....

it fits in either the top or bottom slots of the factory metal frame (that holds the Bose and climate control)......I originally had the pocket on top and the deck right above the climate control, but decided to switch them around.

As to remote...the deck has a pretty nice remote, but like all other car stereos' I've ever had with remotes....it'll probably spend most of its time in the glove box....it's not that hard to reach the stereo...no need for a remote

 

sorry for a trillion questions.

How much was the pocket?

Did it come with trim and screws?

How well does the color match the AC vents

Why does this pocket look different than yours?

 

1. the pocket with the door was about $17 from DAVE B

2. no, re-use the Bose mount screws. It's ISO-DIN (rear) mount, so you don't need any trim pieces). You can buy ISO-DIN trim pieces from most audio shops...they will know what they are...

3. when you buy theGXE pocket, it is actually ATTACHED to vents (new vents come with it, so you don't use the old ones)

4. No idea what that pocket is, but don't think it's a 5th gen....there is definitely not room for a double din opening AND a pocket......unless you get rid of the climate control, that is.

 

do you have a job?

 

yeah....and you should be happy to know you pay my salary.....G-Man but I work 9-11 hour days for the taxpayers keeping this country safe, and I take every other Friday off in return (someone else can keep it safe on my off-Fridays)

oh, and I'm married - which means instead of going out every night with the guys, I'm at home killing time while I hang out with the wife.....She reads a book, I solder LEDs

 

good job irish, looks great. I didnt think the red would look good but it really suprised me.

 

Any close-ups of keyring?

 

I'll take some eventually, but don't have any right now....

 

wish you could see it in person...it's reallly a much nicer, deeper red than it looks like in the photos...camera screws up the lighting alot...

 

oh wow i didnt even realize that was the keyring in the background. looks great josh!

 

Looks Great!!!

 

cool, I wish I had time for this sort of stuff

 

Time isn't my problem, its the nads I am missing I guess. lol

Looks good Irish

 

That has to be the cleanest single-DIN install i've seen in a 5th gen. The 4th gen storage compartment really looks like it belongs there, as opposed to the scoshe kit (etc.) with the open pocket. And to think that I thought double DIN recievers such as the Eclipse AVN were the only ones that look at home in the dash in place of the Bose. Great job Irish.

 

looks sweet. now only if you would have done a step-by-step for us not so blessed with leds, orgers

 

Looks good man. Another solid mod.

 

Once again, nice work Josh, I like what ya did with the center console too....

 

My god, don't we have anything better to do until it gets warm?

 

if I did a step-by-step, it would be like 50 pages long, including every mistake I made in the process (there were plenty of them, trust me!)

I was getting so frustrated with the fitting of stuff, and so zoned in doing custom Dremel work to fit all the LEDs, taking photos was far from my mind!

my advice, find a busted climate control module at a junkyard, take it apart, and start experimenting. That's what I did....also read up on how LEDs work before you start....pretty simple once it "clicks" in your brain, but confusing when you first start playing with LEDs....

 

I just reinstalled my 9835 after buying a GXE kit to replace the ugly Metra one. I'm really happy with it except for the gap below the HU, through which you can actually see wires, etc. behind the stereo. I have to take the vents back off and take off the little Alpine cage pins on the sides, like I see Josh already did, but after that, it will just be that gap at the bottom that bugs me.

Metra (before):



GXE kit (after) (this was taken during the rest of my system install):



EDIT: Josh, not sure if you knew this, but if you hit the SRC/PWR button when in the multi-color illumintation settings, you can change ALL of the other buttons from green to orange, just to match the red a little better.

Oh yeah, and shut off that damn Media X-Pander, it kills the music! Hehe.

 

BigDu

Yeah, I took it out and figured out to take the cage pins off. I also got a ISO-DIN trim piece that sits on top of the alpine face to close that gap. PM me your address, and I'll send you one. The pack I bought had 2 in it, but I broke one. A dab of superglue will fix it, and it's yours for free if you want it.

thanks for the advice on the buttons, i'll have to try it out!

 

Looks good, Irish. Oh and I think you mean "DaveB" not "Dave B". They're two different people. Unless Dave B is also working at a Nissan dealer now.

 

I'll second this one... I do well putting gas in the Max.