I'm nearing the completion of my DIY gut & replace of the stereo in my Cayman, and I'm going to try to document the details for any other intrepid souls that are thinking of doing this themselves. My aim here is twofold - better sound quality (I was never happy with the Bose equipment) as well as bringing the car into the 21st century with BT, Nav, etc.
First...yes it's been a lot of work spread over the last few weekends. First thing worth noting - a Porsche does not come apart as easily as other cars I've worked on - those Germans really don't want you messin' with their stuff. My background - I'm just a handy guy, engineer by day, who has installed quite a few stereo systems back in my high school days.
The equipment list:
Pioneer AVH-4200NEX head unit
JL Audio HD900/5 amplifier
JL Audio C5-653 3-way components (front)
JL Audio C2-400x coaxials (rear)
JL Audio Stealthbox (13TW5) subwoofer
AUTO-VOX CMD24 backup camera
MicroBypass Parking Brake Switch
KnuKonceptz wiring
Ebay installation kit (seller: autoware302)
Here's the patient before surgery:
Here's most everything laid out before I got started...
(much) more to come...
First...yes it's been a lot of work spread over the last few weekends. First thing worth noting - a Porsche does not come apart as easily as other cars I've worked on - those Germans really don't want you messin' with their stuff. My background - I'm just a handy guy, engineer by day, who has installed quite a few stereo systems back in my high school days.
The equipment list:
Pioneer AVH-4200NEX head unit
JL Audio HD900/5 amplifier
JL Audio C5-653 3-way components (front)
JL Audio C2-400x coaxials (rear)
JL Audio Stealthbox (13TW5) subwoofer
AUTO-VOX CMD24 backup camera
MicroBypass Parking Brake Switch
KnuKonceptz wiring
Ebay installation kit (seller: autoware302)
Here's the patient before surgery:
Here's most everything laid out before I got started...
(much) more to come...