Well, stereo upgrade is almost complete. Posting a link to the DIY forum that all the pics are on. I'm updating all the time as the car is still in Austin.

Hopefully for some of you that might want to upgrade this may give you some ideas.

Link: http://www.diymobileaudio.com/forum/...ad.php?t=17514

Shane

 

that is AMAZING! Very well done! There are two things I don't like about the CTSV - the rear blinkers aren't 'amber', and it's got BOSE.

 

^^ if the rear blinkers aren't amber, what color are they?? yellow I guess?


stereo is lookin good man.....way too much work for me.

 

What is wrong with BOSE? I think the factory stereo is pretty good IMHO.

I prefer the sound of the exhaust note and procharger

 

Did you lose your Driver Modes?

 

I think they are red on the CTS.

 

It's been said (and I agree with) "No Highs, no Lows, must be Bose"



The BOSE system (at least on my car) makes upgrading the audio a pain in the ****. I have the non-bose option and was able to install an amp, separates, and subs very easily.

 

[QUOTE=dmp;8015265]It's been said (and I agree with) "No Highs, no Lows, must be Bose"

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I understand what you are saying.... the Bose system in my Acura is a lot better especially with a seperate sub. I just don't think it is all that bad. Better than most especially compared to my C5 vert bose system.

 

I'm sorry..but the Bose system in our cars is absolute junk. My wife is a marketing director for four dealerships and drives every demo known to man. The Tahoe she's driving right now has a factory Bose that "blows" away the system in the "V". Our XM is the most pitiful sounding thing I have ever heard. I know the upgrade I did isn't for everyone.................but there is a night and day difference between what I have now and the "upgraded Bose" I had before.

I did loose some of the driver's functions that the factory NAV has. I've currently disassembled the factory NAV and will probably have most of those features working again soon. To me though...............loosing outside temp, fuel range in miles.....etc wasn't that big of a deal. My onstar and everything else still works fine. The blackbird NAV in the Alpine along with Sirius, IPOD direct and HD radio far exceed what I lost.

And yes the sound of my B&B is very good also.

Shane

 

lol, your just too much of an audiophile because I agree the bose sounds just fine to me...just enough bass highs/mids It's perfect, I'll prolly never screw with it.......

and I don't think the reg cts has any different taillights....all the cts blinkers are amber.

 

the volume of the V is decent for a factory system, bass is just okay, and mid/high range or average for factory. Im an audiophile and would change all in a heart beat, I just like factory intergration and looks as opposed to aftermarket.

 

You can simply swap out the factory speakers for aftermarket and have a night and day change in sound (especially if you throw some sound deadening on the sheetmetal while you're at it).

The factory Bose speakers are marginally better than a glorified paperweight (actually, they are light and frail I think a strong gust would blow them away before the paper they were sitting on

 

Of course the STOCK stereo blows ***! I have the exact set up in my Z06 that you just installed! It was night and day compared to stock!
Next Question: Can you turn off your SCS/TCS? Or is it off all the time?

 

Yes, you can still turn everything off. When you need to go to comp mode all the factory NAV screen does is give you verification that your done "hit okay button" (it's already in Comp mode) I've tested and it works fine.

Shane

 

Interesting, good to know! Thanks man

-Adam