What's the purpose of a buttkicker?

 

It allows for a more intense substage and impact/punch without actually skewing levels in a SQ based setup.

They are great complimentary pieces providing you already have a strong substage and midbass. Not a replacement.

 

some more progress pics.

the pods are 90% done. just a little touch up is needed, and the grilles are still enroute.

have the stock screen and the steering wheel controls hooked up now.
the harness indeed retains full function of the stock info screen in addition to controlling my P99RS




Thank you GM! The usb connection in the console is a simple USB at the other end as well. So the P99RS simply plugged straight into the stock wiring. Most cars are not like this.



finished amps beneath the false floor

 

Well some good and bad news.

the bad news = my yellowtop is dead. It gave me 7 years of trouble free use in demanding applications.

the good news = I did things right and installed a battery isolator. Without one, the yellowtop not holding its charge would have discharged my starting battery as they levelled out. This is one main reason why these are needed in a dual battery setup!
Here is a better picture of the isolator


A shot of the engine bay wiring including the isolator. (not much to see as its all covered in loom)



Also, it isn't visible at all unless you stick you head in the actual trunk and look around the box, but the inflation kit sits nicely in the slot seen.
A couple of 'L' brackets keep the box firmly in place as well.

 

Just did some colour matching between the headunit and cluster / info screen.
Its near perfect colour match in person.



Still waiting on the grills for the pods to arrive.
A couple of rattles to work out, but very minor thankfully.

 

Looks good bro.

 

For those that are possibly thinking of using the harness from metra, apparently you lose the ability to dim your cluster and info screen at night.
Not a big deal for me, but still something to note.

 

For anyone wondering, the metra harness does indeed retain factory bluetooth.

So turns out I actually have a redundant system haha.
I have my aftermarket bluetooth and my stock one installed.

 

Any updates?

 

I'll post a couple pics tomorrow or the next day. I am having the pods refinished. There were a couple fingerprints.

I am actively searching for grilles for my subs. It appears as though the only aesthetically pleasing grilles that provide enough clearance for a high excursion sub are those that are made for the W7.

Any suggestions on an alternative?

I'm going to take a video later this week once the mids are back in.