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<blockquote data-quote="RCZ-mad" data-source="post: 8897426" data-attributes="member: 693493">Funny you mention that...putting in this subwoofer was an interim activity. I&#039;ve got a bunch of Alpine gear I plan on putting in soon, so this was a bit of a test of both my knowledge and patience!I&#039;ve got a few items now and getting a few more shortly to complete the package but when all is said and done, what I&#039;ll be putting in is the following:<ol>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Head Unit: Alpine iLX-F509A</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Rear Cam: Alpine HCE-C1100</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Amplifier: Alpine KTA-450 4-Channel</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Front speakers: Alpine DM-65C - 6.5&quot; component with 1&quot; tweeter</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Rear speakers: Alpine S2-S69 - 6&quot;x9&quot; coaxial</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Subwoofer: reusing the one I just installed</li>
</ol>I&#039;ll have to draw up a diagram of how everything will be connected but that should be fairly straight forward.Also bought a bunch of sound deadener so putting that in, should make an appreciable difference.Having said that, it wouldn&#039;t be a euro car if it was that easy, so the issue I&#039;m going to have is that when I wire up the head unit, I will lose parking sensors and the stalk controls for volume and track selections, as that is all integrated with the JBL factory amp, so once I get rid of that I lose some functionality.The parking sensors I don&#039;t care about so much, as I&#039;ll have the rear cam if I really need it. (I don&#039;t even need parking sensors, I&#039;m old school and can actually drive but my wife wants as much assistance as possible lol).When it comes to the volume and track selection stalk controls, we don&#039;t care too much about that as the touchscreen is 9&quot;, plenty of space to easily hit the &#039;next&#039; button or control the volume.I just hope that once I completely unplug the JBL amp that I don&#039;t get an error message on the cluster, as the amp is canbus connected so I figure its possible I&#039;ll get some type of warning, we&#039;ll see!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RCZ-mad, post: 8897426, member: 693493"] Funny you mention that...putting in this subwoofer was an interim activity. I've got a bunch of Alpine gear I plan on putting in soon, so this was a bit of a test of both my knowledge and patience! I've got a few items now and getting a few more shortly to complete the package but when all is said and done, what I'll be putting in is the following: [LIST=1] [*]Head Unit: Alpine iLX-F509A [*]Rear Cam: Alpine HCE-C1100 [*]Amplifier: Alpine KTA-450 4-Channel [*]Front speakers: Alpine DM-65C - 6.5" component with 1" tweeter [*]Rear speakers: Alpine S2-S69 - 6"x9" coaxial [*]Subwoofer: reusing the one I just installed [/LIST] I'll have to draw up a diagram of how everything will be connected but that should be fairly straight forward. Also bought a bunch of sound deadener so putting that in, should make an appreciable difference. Having said that, it wouldn't be a euro car if it was that easy, so the issue I'm going to have is that when I wire up the head unit, I will lose parking sensors and the stalk controls for volume and track selections, as that is all integrated with the JBL factory amp, so once I get rid of that I lose some functionality. The parking sensors I don't care about so much, as I'll have the rear cam if I really need it. (I don't even need parking sensors, I'm old school and can actually drive but my wife wants as much assistance as possible lol). When it comes to the volume and track selection stalk controls, we don't care too much about that as the touchscreen is 9", plenty of space to easily hit the 'next' button or control the volume. I just hope that once I completely unplug the JBL amp that I don't get an error message on the cluster, as the amp is canbus connected so I figure its possible I'll get some type of warning, we'll see! [/QUOTE]

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