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<blockquote data-quote="Buldg7" data-source="post: 8554892" data-attributes="member: 672486"><p>Just a quick little update, really little this time. I&#039;ve decided that right from the get-go I&#039;m going to be modifying the center console. I&#039;ll be removing the cd holder and replacing it with a panel of some kind, I&#039;m not sure if I&#039;m going to use acrylic or wood or mdf or what, but it&#039;s going to have the illuminated pushbutton switches for the LEDs, as well as the remote volume control for the Rockville amp. I&#039;m also going to have a small recessed cutout at the top of it for the remote(s) for the RGB LEDs. I&#039;ve also decided to add a fifth LED zone, accent lighting along the bottom edge of every window, save the windshield. I&#039;m also thinking about having multiple RGB receivers so that I can do upper and lower zones different colors. The other things I&#039;ve been working on have mostly been working out costs and the stages I can do things in. The first stage is doing the LEDs, second is buying the component subs, third is buying the amp, fourth is getting all the cables I need and testing that everything plays nicely, and fifth is making the enclosures. All in all it&#039;s going to be just over $700. Oh, the one other thing I&#039;ve done is removed my roof rack. Where I live in New England and for some reason we&#039;re still getting snow, it&#039;s not just a cosmetic upgrade, but also a practical one for clearing snow off the roof. Other things I want to do in the future but are too far ahead to plan financially is I want to do an iPad dash install. I&#039;d be building up the front of the center console to house the heater controls and the head unit, and the iPad would be the only thing in the dash, as I want to keep my center vents. It also seems like it would just work well, as controls would be at arm level, but media would be more at eye level. As I said though, that wouldn&#039;t be happening probably for quite a while. I&#039;m planning on getting everything for the LEDs rather soon, hopefully within the month.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Buldg7, post: 8554892, member: 672486"] Just a quick little update, really little this time. I've decided that right from the get-go I'm going to be modifying the center console. I'll be removing the cd holder and replacing it with a panel of some kind, I'm not sure if I'm going to use acrylic or wood or mdf or what, but it's going to have the illuminated pushbutton switches for the LEDs, as well as the remote volume control for the Rockville amp. I'm also going to have a small recessed cutout at the top of it for the remote(s) for the RGB LEDs. I've also decided to add a fifth LED zone, accent lighting along the bottom edge of every window, save the windshield. I'm also thinking about having multiple RGB receivers so that I can do upper and lower zones different colors. The other things I've been working on have mostly been working out costs and the stages I can do things in. The first stage is doing the LEDs, second is buying the component subs, third is buying the amp, fourth is getting all the cables I need and testing that everything plays nicely, and fifth is making the enclosures. All in all it's going to be just over $700. Oh, the one other thing I've done is removed my roof rack. Where I live in New England and for some reason we're still getting snow, it's not just a cosmetic upgrade, but also a practical one for clearing snow off the roof. Other things I want to do in the future but are too far ahead to plan financially is I want to do an iPad dash install. I'd be building up the front of the center console to house the heater controls and the head unit, and the iPad would be the only thing in the dash, as I want to keep my center vents. It also seems like it would just work well, as controls would be at arm level, but media would be more at eye level. As I said though, that wouldn't be happening probably for quite a while. I'm planning on getting everything for the LEDs rather soon, hopefully within the month. [/QUOTE]

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