[cajun22]

hahaha, yeah..the 2 bottom edges are potruding.. but the screen is angled upwards on purpose due to the low location of the unit.. the dash kit I'm using is not a metra , if I'm not mistaken it's a scosche brand. And no matter how hard you adjust , the 2 bottom edges refuse to be flush with the sides

[Viktimize]

Originally Posted by cajun22

hahaha, yeah..the 2 bottom edges are potruding.. but the screen is angled upwards on purpose due to the low location of the unit.. the dash kit I'm using is not a metra , if I'm not mistaken it's a scosche brand. And no matter how hard you adjust , the 2 bottom edges refuse to be flush with the sides

Ya I was pretty disgusted to see how bad the metra fits in person after installing it. I've seen pics before and none of them looked that bad at all. The icing on the cake is that you have to just drill 2 screws into your dash to secure the bottom. Pathetic.

[cajun22]

for the benefit of TS and other potential forumer who wants to change to aftermarket HU, below is a cross post from my local forum on upgrade.

Updates:

Ok, below is the short review of Soundwerkz upgrade of my sound system and helping to re-locate the stock HU back into the system.

On a side note, for all who are thinking of changing their HU to a aftermarket one, the step of re-locating the stock HU is a must. Reading from various US forum sometimes suggest connecting it back into the car but relocating it into the rear boot, but Soundwerkz have managed to do it in a more elegant way. I believe my car should be the 2nd car he is trying this out, check out below for the details.


To share with any potential upgraders of their sound system, if you intend to change to aftermarket HU, you can't just pluck out the stock HU and replace, the reason being our car system will detect that something is "missing" and thus lock out the OBD port. As such, we are not able to do any coding, programming or upgrade of software.

To illustrate this, I bought my Ultra gauge in between my first audio upgrade ( removing HU) and second stage( relocating HU). The gauge only picked up 32 parameters and most of them quite useless info. After my relocation of the HU, the ultra gauge was able to pick up 63 parameters. For reference below are the parameters,

Percent Engine Load
Engine coolant temperature (F)
Engine coolant temperature (C)
Intake Manifold Absolute Pressure (MAP) PSI
Intake Manifold Absolute Pressure (MAP)(kPa)
RPM
MPH
KPH
Intake Air Temperature (F)
Intake Air Temperature (C)
Mass Air Flow Sensor output in grams/sec
Absolute Throttle Position Percentage
ECM RUN TIME
Distance traveled with Check Engine Light on (miles)
Distance traveled with Check Engine Light on (km)
Fuel Pressure (very high pressure)
Fuel Pressure (very high pressure)(10kPa)
Bank 1 Wide Oxygen Sensor 1 lambda Voltage
Commanded EGR Flow Percent
Commanded EGR Flow Error Percent
Number of warm-ups Since Check Engine Light cleared
Barometric Pressure (inHg)
Barometric Pressure (kPa)
Catalytic Converter Bank 1 Sensor 1 Temperature (F)
Catalytic Converter Bank 1 Sensor 1 Temperature (C)
Battery Voltage
Relative Throttle Position Percentage
Ambient Air Temperature (F)
Ambient Air Temperature (C)
Accelerator Position 1 Percentage
Accelerator Position 2 Percentage
Boost Pressure, (Relative Pressure) (PSI)
Boost Pressure, (Relative Pressure) (kPa)
Brake Horsepower 1
Brake Kilowatts 1
Torque 1 (ft lbs)
Torque 1 (N.m)
Brake Horsepower 2
Brake Kilowatts 2
Torque 2 (ft lbs)
Torque 2 (N.m)
Volumetric Efficiency
UG Battery voltage
Mass Air Flow 2, Calibrated/Calculated
Instantaneous MPG
Intantaneous Gallons/Hour (GPH)
Instantaneous KPL
Intantaneous Liters/Hour
Instantaneous L/100km
Distance to Empty(DTE)(miles)
Distance to Empty(DTE)(km)
Time to Empty (TTE)
Fuel Level (gallons)
Fuel Level (liters)
Oil Distance(miles)
Oil Distance(km)
Service Distance(miles)
Service Distance(km)
General Purpose
Average MPH
Average MPG
Average Gallon/Hour (GPH)
Fuel Used (gallons)
Run Time
Distance (miles)
Average KPL
Average L/100km
Average KPH
Average Liters/Hour
Fuel Used (liters)
Distance (km)
TRIP GAUGES
Run Time
Average MPH
Average MPG
Fuel Used Gallons
Average Gallon Per Hour (GPH)
UltraGauge Internal Temperature (F)
Average KPH
Avergage KPL
Avergage L/100km
Liters Used
Average Liters/Hour
Distance (km)
UltraGauge Internal Temperature (C)
SHORT TRIP GAUGES
Run Time
Avergage MPG
Fuel Used (gallons)
Average gallons/hour
Average MPH
Distance (miles)
Average KPH
Avergage KPL
Avergage L/100km
Liters Used
Average Liters/Hour
Distance (km)

I chose , horsepower, torque,engine load, intake temp, engine temp and battery voltage



on to the sound upgrade:

underseat sub removed for adding dampening material




rewiring of all speakers to active( thus removing crossovers)


sub ready for install




HU removal to facilitate the wiring of processor and new amps


wiring work


stock HU relocate to below passenger seat!




new fuse box


amp wiring










equipment list

2 x Mosconi One 120.4 ( decided to remove the Rockford Fosgate)


Audison Bit One


DLS Reference RW12 12" subwoofer


tuning prep


actual tuning


Bit one controller in front mini compartment


Kelvin tune 2 distinct for me, one for audiophile type song and one for pop/rock. This is to run in and to test my preference, will be going back after one month. By the way, the Audison bit one controller is able to recall 4 presets. An added bonus after the re-installation is that my phone button on the steering wheel now works! I am happy that now, every single button on my steering actually works..

Below are some day time shots of the setup.

Alpine ICS-X8 menu page


Alpine ICS-X8 USB playback


Alpine ICS-X8 bluetooth playback


Alpine ICS-X8 radio


Alpine ICS-X8 quick access buttons


Audison Bit One controller


Stock HU neatly tucked under passenger front seat ( accessing it is also a breeze)


DLS Reference sub ( added the grill to protect the cones)


I hope you enjoyed the writeup as much as I did with my audio upgrade journey, I would like to thank Kelvin from Soundwerkz for willing to do the relocating and upgrading of my system. Kudos to the team and keep us the good work.

[cajun22]

forgot to mention, my original setup was

Gladen One 200 Bmw upgrade


Rockford Fosgate T400-4


Alpine ICS-X8


Alpine reverse camera