Interesting stereo question
 

So while playing mad scientist converting my ti into the Ti-Rx i had a thought.....Where the hell am i going to put gauges so they look good?
I fell in love with Johnboys setup,but he has the sedan dash. I am now dead-set in putting the gauges in the center stack, however there is clearly not space for them. My question is: is there any way to do a "head unit delete" of sorts and run the speakers directly off my ipod? That way i can put the Boost, Oil and water temp gauges in a place that looks sexy and racy whilst still having some form of entertainment.....any help or suggestions would be awesome

Put an m3 dash in.

well thats one way to go...id like to keep the ti specific dash tho, its unique and im used to it...moreso wanted to see if anyone could let me know how to wire the speakers like an ipod dock. :D
thanks for the input tho

Haha I wouldn't know how to do that. I just know how to do the normal sound system set up

theoretically it shouldn't be all that hard...perhaps a small output controller hooked up to an ipod or aux in...maybe somebody is enough of a techie to know how to do it

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it should be possible to have an amp powering all the speakers and have a line level output from your iPod to the amp. it was something I looked into briefly on an old track car I had, never actually did it so I can't really give you any specific tips

The easiest would jsut be to grab a 4 channel amp and use the line AUX input. since your ipod has adjustable vol, you would not need anything else.

EXP: ipod -> amp -> speakers

very easy setup. 3.5mm Phone jack to RCA cable is about $5.99 at radioshack and about $2 on ebay. then get an RCA extension cable.

You could mess around with AUX adjusters to put in between the Ipod and the Amp, but it is not needed since the iphone/ipod does not push out that much power but pushes out enough that the amp will be loud.

that is just me though. i don't see a problem with it. should work fine.

Thanks! I'll get on that as soon as the car has power. I'll do a step by step when that time comes

The only issue I can think of is that many amps require a remote wire that sends a signal telling them when to turn on. Without that signal, or if somehow bypassed, the amp may remain on full time and cause the battery to drain. It is a good idea though, looking forward to seeing what you come up with.

couldnt i just tap the power into something that is only "on" when the key is turned such as the trip computer?

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or i could wire a kill switch for the amp in the blank panel next to the ASC.....that would be slick

You could do either. you can grab the power from where your radio's power supply is. probably easier to just grab the power from the radio area (so it is switched with the car) THEN add the switch. then you do not have to worry about leaving the switch on at night.

The switch might be a good idea. if you forget your iPod and your amp is turned on, then it might give back a lot of feedback. if you can turn your amp off when you do not have your iPod, then it might be a huge bonus for your ears.

In my car, i have the 3.5mm headphone jack in the center console where the handbrake is. you can very easily run the wire to the back of that console. then you can leave the iPod in that rear console or the cup holder area.

2nd option would be to grab a iPod holder (like a GPS style windowshield mount) and mount it on your window shield. run the wires behind your dash and then you can always see the iPod.

I just use ipod, but honestly you could use anything. haha. Iphone or cellphone might be the best.

Two suggestions. First, do the classic car guy thing. Ya know the one. Guy loves the looks of the factory chromed out dash unit but can't live with only having am so mounts a second radio in the glove box. Here it wouldn't be a second radio but the radio only moved. Second option and what I would do. There's a small amount of space between the lighter and heater controls. There's a little storage area there. You'll need to build yourself a custom mounting panel but if done correctly would look almost like it was ment to be there. In fact the storage area to me looks like a goof.

Long time since I've updated this thread, I decided to go with a plx dm100 in my cluster and a nexus 7 tablet for a headunit. Problem solved