What Up GRiders??
I just got an 03 G35 Sedan last Friday and found out about this "very helpful forum" over the weekend... after doing a lot of reading in here, I've been able to gather a lot of helpful information in order to find out that it is possible to install a Pioneer AVH-7500DVD into my car. (as you can tell i'm new to infinities)
Before proceeding to start ordering all parts needed for this mod, i wanted to ask for your opinion just to make sure that i am not ordering non-needed parts and/or everything i need in order to fit the in-dash tv into the car.

These are the parts that i've seen are recommended by most of you guys out there and these are the parts i'll be ordering:

1. Double Din Finisher ($63.99 from Grubbs: Part# 68260-AM913)


2. Double Din A/C Control Unit ( $199.99 from Grubbs: Part# 27500Al5010)


3. I will not order the double din bracket after i've seen many of you guys stating that "it is not" necessary to buy it as the car already comes with it

4. Once the mod is done and the Pioneer AVH-7500DVD is successfully installed. It should look like this (hopefully) The only thing missing will be some kind of cover to put in the 2nd bay/din


Now that you guys have seen what I'm going to be ordering... do you guys think that's everything i will need???

Thanks in advance for taking the time to read my post.

 

don't forget Nissan Antenna adapter and PAC SWI-X if you want to retain steering wheel controls.....

Also, don't forget to run your RCAs back there while you do DD conversion as its a wire FUBAR back behind the HVAC unit.....


doc.

 

you talking to me??? haha, jk...

also, good chit on #3... i was about to bust someones ***** if you ordered the bracket!

 

To cover the second din space, you can either order these part...

68475-35F00
68470-60M00 not sure which is which tho

or the shop can put some type of cloth or foam over the it...

Double check if you need that bracket or not...

 

Where can the Nissan antenna adapter and PAC SWI-X be gotten?
Does the PAC SWI-X work with the 2005?

 

yes pac works for 05, get it at www.crutchfield.com or your local stereo shop, also the nissan antenna adapter should be available at any car audio shop too

 

Thanks for your quick reply guys!
Most likely i'll be going to a local car audio shop to get the antenna cable but i did find the PAC-SWI X from www.crutchfield.com like GRider35 said. $69.99 + shipping

Oh and Doc, thanks for the heads up about the RCA cables.

Grider... about the bracket... it wasnt just you the one that said i wouldnt need it but "you" were the one that really convinced me "not" to do so LOL...

Believe me i was as frustrated as you just seeing how many people kept on asking the same question after several guys had already said "dont need it" IN THE SAME THREAD LOL

Once again, thank you all for the help and i'll be posting pics of the car once i'm done installing everything.

 

so will the pac-x retain all of the steering wheel button functions? or just partially?

 

It learns the signal generated from the buttons, then outputs a learned infrared signal to the new component after learning it's signals. It works, but the delay sucks.

 

oh... how obvious is the delay? as bad as 1/2 a second?

 

yeah!...

 

Another totally different way of doing this is the way I did it.
I installed the same headunit as you, and kept the stock headunit as an auxillary source.









Many more pictures here.

http://www.aeterna.us/aeterna/home.htm

 

I like your setup. Nice and clean.

 

Why do you have to buy a new A/C controller unit. Cant you just use the one that came with the car.

 

If you do a double din modification, you must change teh AC controller.

On the US models, the OEM AC controller is on the same circuit board as the faceplate of the OEM Radio. You cannot separate them.