suicidal4life

I installed Sirius in my car back in Dec of 07 but never took any pics. I got a new camera for Christmas so I decided to try it out today. I'm still learning so the pics are not the greatest and of course the car is wet and dirty. Also I didn't feel like ripping the whole dash apart again just to take pics. I tapped into the lighter for power and I ran the antenna wire out thru the fuse box on the drivers side of the engine compartment.


I decided to use the cassette adapter method to wire it to my head unit since I normally only listen to Howard 100 and sound quality is not super important to me. As it turns out it sounds better then I thought it would. The trick is to run the wire out the back of the stock head unit as you can see in the following pics. The top of the head unit just pops off easily.

Cassette adapter installed and cord routed out the back



Cover back on with cord sticking out the back



I decided to mount the Sirius in the ashtray. The Sirius Sportster 5 would fit perfectly in the ashtray if not for that damn docking station. Since the docking station is a necessary part I decided to dremel the ashtray to make it fit.

Hacked on ashtray




As you can see the receiver now fits like a glove.



Here are some pics of it installed



Man this last one looks dirty



And in stealth mode



I didn't want the antenna to be an eyesore so I hid it under the plastic windshield cowling. I had a closeup pic looking thru the slots of the cowling showing the antenna but for some reason it won't upload. I'll get another close up in a day or two.

Antenna is here



For about 1 hour a day when I'm heading due east the signal cuts out but the rest of the time the antenna functions quite well in its stealth position.

Any questions feel free to ask.

EdzBenz

Sweet install. Nice and clean.

suicidal4life

Thanks!

eXpLiCitW210

very nice!

tpowel2

Very nice, makes me want to do it too!

Ricco

Cool setup...

Quadcammer

now that is slick. Very bentley arnage like.

Great work.

01w210

I know this is an old thread and I hope you're still around. Did you have to modify the Sirius cradle to make it fit? I modified the ash tray, but the door will not close. My guess is you did, but wanted to see what your procedure was before I start the Dremel back up!

suicidal4life

Don't remember having to modify the cradle but I do remember having to grind a small amount off the back of the door because it was hitting on the selection knob on the Sirius.

If you are still having problems let me know and I can pull out my Sirius and get a better look if needed.

01w210

Thanks for the quick reply. I'll have another go at it tomorrow and get back to you if I need help.