First of all I want to congratulate myself for the 15 post min. to be allowed to post your thread ... I am soooo new to Maximas, just got an 08 about two weeks ago ...

My first order of business.. is tints, then the head unit ..

I do not have the bose system .. I understand that I will be losing the vehicle display info screen .. trip, mileage etc .. My question will I atleast have the "door open", temp, info or am I having just a straight up dark blank screen there? I'm a little hesitant to go with the "Nird1" setup due to some not so favorable reviews that I have read around .. your thoughts?

 

Welcome.

The info screen will not display anything after removing the factory head unit. I use an NIRD-01 and it does mess up every now and then but its nothing a toggle of the ignition doesn't correct.

 

thanks .. ive read some reviews and info from you actually ..lol ..

 

I've also got the NIRD-01...as DAlastDON said, it goes wonky every once in a while, but as soon as I turn the car off/on, it is fine. It is well worth it for me to keep the info screen. I got mine from Sonicelectronix.com.

 

As hawaii and Dalastdon said all is true. Mine does the same, after hawaii helped me hook it up correctly, LOL. I got my nird from Cartoys was a bit cheaper i think like 10 bucks but sonicelectronix is a good site as well. good luck, post up some pics

 

When I hooked mine up, I was installing all of the following at the same time:
Nird-01
Pioneer H/U (since replaced with Kenwood)
Pioneer USB adapter
Pioneer HD radio adapter
PAC steering wheel adapter

Needless to say, I was a bit overwhelmed with all of the wires when I started. Just take your time, and make sure that you double-check all of your connections.

 

I bet it looked something like this....LOL....Its alot of wires but it only took me like 30 minutes to get everything spliced in.

 

HOLY CRAP !

I don't think mine was quite that bad, but it was still fugly!

 

Nothing a few Velcro strips didn't straighten up. All of that is pretty much up behind the heat/ac and info screens.

 

I hear that! Zip ties are your friend...I've got bags and bags of them!

 

Thanks fellez.. My hu should be here Tuesday, and I'll go with the Nird01 as well. I'll def post some pics up..