Breaking News! Ragingfish Receives Approval to Tear Apart Parents' G6!

[ragingfish]

HAHA!That's right baby.My mom and I went in together and bought my dad a new SkyFi 2 and a prepaid one year XM subscription for his birthday. When he asked where he had to go to install it, I said "back about 10 feet down the driveway and throw it in park." He had the look of fear on his face...BUT...amazingly, he trusts me to do it. SOOO, tonight, I get to tear into the dash of his G6 for the skyfi install...Stay tuned for pics, and the post-game wrap-up!

[ColonelPanic]

Break out the zip ties! Looking forward to seeing the hacked up G6. Sounds like fun!

[AKLGT]

uh oh! trust can break things! lol.i'm sure he figures he's ok since your car was the guinea pig!

[Mavrik]

he is probably hoping you mess it up and he'll take yours.

[scherry2]

Just remember to plug everything, YOU unplug, back together.

[tnpartsguy]

"And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see."What? you don't agree that the end MUST be near?

[Kari]

*gasp* Say it ain't so! j/k...I have faith in ya...plus you have experience on your side with this one, even if you haven't installed one in a G6.

[NascarXprt]

good luck and always take good pics and have fun.

[ragingfish]

About 10 minutes of me demoing the skyfi for the old man and he's hooked. He's amazed at the programming on XM...and hooked. He's been in the car for about an hour just playing with his skyfi...Here are some pics of the install:gDash and radio torn out:XM antenna hiding in front of the OnStar antenna (yes, the car is fricken filthy!!!):XM antenna wire runs around windshield, down into the front fender panel, and back into the door and into a rubber plug in the door jamb.XM FM Direct Audio Adapter mounted behind the factory radio:Final install:Wiring shot:Another general shot:Another wiring shot:

[kostby]

What? No smoke pictures? Great Job, Mike!

[northvibe]

hey what kind of mount is that reciever thingy on? i need to mount a lcd and need some idea's. the visor is sill the primary spot atm.

[ragingfish]

Quote, originally posted by northvibe »hey what kind of mount is that reciever thingy on? i need to mount a lcd and need some idea's. the visor is sill the primary spot atm.it's the dash mount that came with the car installation kit for the skyfi. it's also the same mount i use for my cell phone now. I don't have any pics yet (i'll get soem later), but basically there's a little nub on the mount that would slide into the back of the skyfi. i dremeled it off, and made it flush, and attached my cell phone mount.you can buy just the mount at http://www.xmfanstore.com if you think it might work for you.