I know this may seem elementary to most of you, but I am just starting on this project and I literally have no exp. in doing these things my self but I'm wanting to learn and do most of these types of things on my own, anyhow first "major"(minor) thing I have done on this car switched that GOD for-saken stock radio, speakers coming soon. (really good ones!)
started taking things apart

i must say of all this was a disgusting process if you haven't cleaned your vents out you should because there was about 3 inches of pure black dirt and grime behind the surface blowing in my face , cleaned everything with BLEACH
look how bad it was

i guess thats what happens when you rarely drive a car and leave it sitting in arizona
my stuff to work with

the pos is out

took some time do the wiring with the adapter thing but i did it
now to decide what color?






purple,red, green, yellow, white, light blue, or dark blue ??


This post has been edited by 2celicas2love: Oct 26, 2009 - 12:10 AM

good job , I say go blue.

my parents got the exact same one in their mini van a toyota previa. talk about deja vu.

by the way nice job and nice choice! it works great plus i love the color change u can match ur interior.

This post has been edited by spy00005: Oct 26, 2009 - 12:25 AM

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thanks! yea its about a 5 year old deck I kind of forgot I had it from my wrecked 94 celica I'm happy my friend's dad didn't throw it out from his garage and am kind of secretly happy I have something from that car to carry on to this one its a pretty cool deck, dang sony's last forever !

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thanks! Yea the dark blue looks really vivid at night

OOo good work! A lot of people have trouble with installing an aftermarket radio because they get confused with the wiring and what not. So this is a +1 for you . No more cassette ipod adapter haha.

woah, thats a sh*tload of crap in there!

does the power antenna still work?

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haha yea had to get that jab that cassette adapter lol but I am pretty proud of my self took me two hours LOL

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I have a power antenna?? pull your vents out i bet they are dirty!! i soaked that **** in bleach for an hour!

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yeah the antenna. goes up when the radio is on, goes down when its on cd/auxillary and when you turn the radio off.

lol yeah mine would be more dirty. ill do it when i got my trd quickshifter in my hands and thats not anytime soon

do your a/c fan blower too. i bet its more dirty down there.

btw great job!

This post has been edited by nics: Oct 26, 2009 - 1:43 AM

Looks real good! LOL But I kinda liked that cassette to Ipod thing you had going on there...

I did the exact same thing as you, installed my speakers and head unit myself as well. I felt a little proud. I also rocked the cassette to iPod thing, it SUCKED because the player clicked.

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Actually, I remember when looking at her car, she didn't have a power antenna. It was one that just stayed up all the time. You're going to make her think that her car is broken .

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i dont quite remember that her antenna was always up. i need to pay more attention to details and RAM for my brain to avoid short term memory loss.

i thought all trims have the power antenna

Good job. I have some Boston Acoustic Components for sale that'll fit in the front.

nice job! i remember doing that and feeling very proud of myself! i personally like the white background for your deck. or that last light blue. but go with whatever good job!

I know that sony players backlights tend to break and they are high statistics, but that doesnt mean yours will.

Keep it white.

-TC

congrats and good job! i kinda want to clean my vents now...

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No need to put yourself down. We all started on something simple at some point. I botched my first radio job up really bad. Ended up having to fix it 3 or 4 times because I used a lot of shortcuts on the wiring. Youll be doing engine swaps before you know it!

what i did, is with the deck i chose a color and now i try to match all the interior to that, for example my seats have a teal, and my gauges are blue and my deck is blue and my boot is blue (thread), so thats my opinion do what you think will match your interior