Daaaaaaaaaaamn you snapped! Good research/work!
And used my JDM DD Pic. PROPS on the post!

 

Yeah exactly. My headunit has been acting up for the past few months and now a cd is jammed, so i figured i should probably just go ahead and replace it.

 

also another question just to weight the options is what tools would i need to do a full install myself? Luckily some of my roommates are computer/mechanical engineers so maybe they will have the necessary tools lying around

 

You can't re-use the stock amp power and ground for an aftermarket radio, but the remote signal wire's fine.

Where do you live? I do G35 installs free if you can get to southern Georgia. Otherwise, it's 1-2 hours labor for just a headunit.

The bare minimum on tools:
Philips screwdriver
Electrical tape
Rigid nylon spatula or trim removal tool

Recommended tools:
Power Philips screwdriver
Soldering tool + solder + electrical tape
Trim removal tool
Fish tape if running a microphone wire or RCA cables
Zip ties
Wire stripper tool

 

 

Looks clean, minus the excess microphone wire. You planning on routing it up to the headliner?

Oh, and congrats on being the 500th post in this thread.

 

Thanks, not sure what I want to do with the excess mic wire and excess USB cable, that's why I left plenty of slack. I'm open to suggestions. Not sure how I would get it up to the headliner, picturing it in my head and I don't see any clean way to do that

 

Thanks a lot man! But I live in Utah so it wouldnt exactly work to drive to Georgia :/. I actually think I have almost everything I will need after all so ill probably just go for it.. PS would I need to get special solder for the connections since it is audio? I heard regular solder can add static?

 

That's a shame - I was in utah just a few weeks ago, visiting family, it is *quite* the drive here from there.

Regular solder's fine, never heard of anyone blaming it for static.

Just run it through the underside of the driver's dash and up the a-pillar, under the edge of the headliner and then mount it by the sunglass holder. Here's where I shoved my "fish-tape" (a very large zip-tie):


And a close-up of the microphone mount:

 

Hmmm, I live in herriman, UT, lol
Thanks wrath, I might copy you but leave it up in the corner where the dash, windshield, and a pillar meet.

 

I put mine in the middle so that my passenger could talk as well, especially with the Z120BT I've got in there having extensive voice commands that I like both driver and passenger be able to use.

 

I see

 

Looking for a clean in dash look similar to MikeGrot's ^^^. I would like the material to be nice, buttons close to stock, generally just a nice product. Controls working like the volume on the steering wheel, Dual A/C etc. is a must, I don't want to lose any features in the car. What would you guys recommend? I plan on buying the parts but having it professionally installed, I don't plan on doing this job myself.

 

Uh, you did read the first 3 posts in this thread, right?

 

Yea, first page covers all those requirements I think