Glad it all worked, you're not the first to pop their audio cherry on this car with the help here.

 

That's too bad. Thanks for the info!

 

Caved in and ended up going to a local audio shop to get it installed. Ran me $150. Was content with the end product but it turns out the Scosche Ddtrb Double Din Trim Ring didn't fit around the headunit and the guy said he wouldn't touch the inside (of the trim ring) to try to make it fit. He ended up ghetto-rigging this other soft material in it's place. Any recommendations on how to solve this? Don't like the look of what he used. Also, how hard is it to get an aux cord to run into the center console?

 

Wow, unwilling to modify a $10 trim ring? I'd solve by taking it apart and doing myself. You can cut straight pieces from it with a good pair of scissors or razor blade to fit along the edges that need it.

You're very likely going to have to remove the radio to get to the wires in the rear to hook up the aux connections. Once you've done that, it's just a matter of running the wires in the center console where you want. Just a few screws towards the rear is all you need to remove to have easy access to the inside of that console.

 

Damn it's that easy? I'll probably do it myself then. It's on the inside of the trim ring so I might use an xacto knife/board (my OCD might kick in).

I can get under the center console by following this video, right?

 

I prefer this video, but I'm a bit biased:

 

Thanks again man. Wish you were located in FL! Though GA isn't too far

 

So long as cost of gas and potentially, a hotel room, is cheaper than the installer charges, I'm available most weekends, and only require you provide the beverages and lunch.

 

Hey Wrathernaut- has anyone given you these contributions yet, or do you have any more details about these? I installed basically everything, but do not currently have the parking brake line tapped. I know the diagram has it has purple/red, but I don't know where to locate it?

Also, I tried to do the trim but drew the stencil lines with the unit perfectly in the middle of the JDM piece- when I screwed in the bracket, the HU moved and the trim that I cut no longer fit. Also, I used an exacto knife but it was not flat at all, there were still curves to it-Is filing better?

Thanks so much for this guide!

 

Yeah, still need those contributions.

I'd think an xacto knife would be a little bit too small, I'd say go with a box cutter with a scoring blade with a straight edge to keep it straight. Unless you're using thick, rigid plastic like 1/8" ABS platsic, the file's not going to do a good job.

 

Hey guys, I hv go g35 coupe with Bose and I have got the same problem like others have got already.. A/ buttons won't work and stereo is gone totally. Well at first steering wheel controls were working. Now m from Canada but the car is from us. And now my a/c is stuck on 90f.. Now after reading most of the forums I figure out its a stereo problem. So I went to local shop( vision) to get an estimate how much would it cost and the guy said it would be about 1000$ with everything. I have already spend quite a bit money on driver side window motor and Now I don't want to spend much $$. So I am just looking for suitable DD aftermarket stereo. You guys have already installed these stuff. Can anyone please suggest a good stereo. Thank you.

 

hey guys i just finished installing a double din into my 2004 g35 coupe thanks to this amazing write up. However after the installation the bose system did not have the same bass as before. Now it sounds really plain without the bass. Anyone else experience this problem? If someone could help me with this problem id really appreciate it. I used PAC ROEM-NIS2 to do the wiring because it mentioned it helps keep the bose. The deck i installed was JVC kw-nx7000

In my deck wiring harness i had a solid blue wire which said automatic antenna which i connected to Antenna amp/power antenna from the PAC ROEM-NIS2 however in wiring instructions on the first page the wire its connected to is the switched power. Do you guys think that could be the problem?

 

Just showing thanks.

Didn't do my double din install yet, just added on a aux input to the stock radio. Used the video to take apart the dash. Wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. A lot of pieces but pretty straight forward and easy. only took about 30 min to take apart, install aux add on, tuck and run wires and put back together.

thanks !

 

Howdy folks I ran into problems with the install of a Kenwood DPX300U into a 2005 G35 Coupe with the Bose sound system and found this site while trying to Google up answers to my questions. Looks like you have a great forum here and this thread in particular is very helpful.

My questions concern the electrical connections. Here's a couple pics of what I saw when I pulled the stock unit:



The back of the stock unit showing four separate female connectors



The G35 stereo wiring harness showing the four male connectors. The other one in the pic is for the air conditioning controls.

In this pic the connectors labeled 1 & 2 are connected to the Scosche adapter so I can use the stock amps. I don't think I have any problems with connectors 1 & 2 everything looks pretty straight forward there.



Connector 4 which is for the steering wheel controls. I have two questions on this.

1) Is it true that the AXXESS ASWC adapter connects only to the wires going into this connector - and no wires from the ASWC adapter connect to the Kenwood aftermarket unit?

2) The directions that came with the adapter and the wiring diagram above are consistent. Neither makes any mention of connecting the white wire in the pic above (on pin #6 of the stock connector) to anything. I just want to confirm that - nothing from either the ASWC adapter or Kenwood unit needs to connect to this white wire? There is a label on one of the wires that comes from the Kenwood unit that says"Steering Wheel Remote Unit" I'm wondering if that needs to go to the ASWC adapter or this connector???



Here's a pic of connector # 3.

3) As far as I can tell with the wiring diagram in this thread this connector is not used at all. The connections for speakers and power are accounted for with connectors 1 & 2. But it just seems like there are an awful lot of wires on connector #3 to just leave unconnected. Kinda makes me nervous to have so many "left over" wires.

So now I'm afraid to power on the system to test it out. I would hate to have something blow because I misunderstood the wiring diagrams here. So if anyone can help me out with some answers to these questions I would be very grateful.

Thanks!

 

Which scosche adapter are you using? If it's just a wiring harness you'll run into problems.


1) The ASWC will connect to the steering wheel remote unit on the Kenwood headunit. See page two of the instructions linked in the first post.

2) The white wire is the vehicle speed sensor wire. It's not used by aftermarket headunits.


3) There's still the pre-wiring for the satellite harness and bluetooth adapters to account for.