Recent content by bigkickr

*Update* Over the weekend I replaced the GPS antenna that was included with the radio with the GM factory GPS antenna. I do have to say that it has made a significant difference in the signal quality and the speed in which the navigation finds itself upon starting the vehicle. With the old...

Does anyone know where the VSS wire is on a 2012 Chevy Impala? I recently had a GM Nav Radio installed and the shop that installed it could not locate the VSS wire and was trying to tell me that the radio doesn't have to be connected to the VSS and can run solely off the GPS antenna that was...

I will run it by my guys at the car audio place I go to, see if it's something they're willing to undertake for a reasonable cost. Would it simplify things at all to get an amp like a Rockford Fosgate P1000X5D and just tie everything into that? Fronts, Rears, and Subs? I have a Rockford Fosgate...

I'm curious if anyone knows if it's possible or how to replace the Bose sound system in the 2012 Impala while keeping a factory head unit? I replaced the factory head unit with a GM Bose Nav radio to add factory on screen nav that GM fails to offer with that vehicle. I went with the GM radio...

I do not, I can open it up and take one though. What would I be looking for while I have the case off?

I'm wondering if anyone on here lives in the Metro Detroit area and does repairs on amplifiers? I have a Kicker ZR360 amp that I had replaced because occasionally it wouldn't shut off when I would turn off the car and subsequently would kill the battery. Other than operationally it worked just...