Lexus install

[Electrodynamic]

Thanks man. I spent all day getting the 3sixty.2 installed. Man it was a LOT of work! I had to tap into a lot of factory wires while leaving the wiring in tact. I also wired up the engine bay and spent a lot of time trying to figure out why in the hell my balance won't work on my head unit. I really need two people to figure this thing out. This Lexus is proving to be a BITCH.

Anyway, here are some pics of today's work:

Tapping into the factory plugs and covering them up so they don't rattle:



And the amp and 3sixty.2 mounted for now (obviously not finished properly):

[Electrodynamic]

Well there's not much picture-wise to update except the deadening of the rear seat area.


Besides that, I HATE Lexus and their douche-baggery in not allowing anyone to integrate with the factory head unit!!!! I installed the 3sixty.2 and had noise right off the bat. This is with the car NOT running! I tried everything - ran a power wire from the distribution block to the 3sixty, that didn't work. I jumped the 3sixty to be always on to eliminate the remote lead, that didn't work. The ground is fine - it goes the same ground of my distribution block.

There is a constant scratchy/ticking noise that goes through the system that I can't get rid of. I even went out and bought two ground loop isolators and installed them after the 3sixty, that didn't work either.

No one makes an adapter for behind the head unit except on that allows you to install a new head unit. So if you install the adapter behind the factory head unit, your factory head unit won't turn on. Now I'm two things: F*cked, and pissed off. Now I have to buy a double-din head unit in order to have good sound.

So while I was deadening the rear seat area I went ahead and ran the Tara Labs Spectrum 3A interconnects. Oh, and I ordered a Kenwood DDX7017 double-din head unit last night also.

[Electrodynamic]

Well there's not much picture-wise to update except the deadening of the rear seat area.

This was the feeble beginning:


And the best deadener out there (performance, affordability, it sticks VERY well even without a heat gun):


And the result:


Besides that, I HATE Lexus and their douche-baggery in not allowing anyone to integrate with the factory head unit!!!! I installed the 3sixty.2 and had noise right off the bat. This is with the car NOT running! I tried everything - ran a power wire from the distribution block to the 3sixty, that didn't work. I jumped the 3sixty to be always on to eliminate the remote lead, that didn't work. The ground is fine - it goes the same ground of my distribution block.

There is a constant scratchy/ticking noise that goes through the system that I can't get rid of. I even went out and bought two ground loop isolators and installed them after the 3sixty, that didn't work either.

No one makes an adapter for behind the head unit except on that allows you to install a new head unit. So if you install the adapter behind the factory head unit, your factory head unit won't turn on. Now I'm two things: F*cked, and pissed off. Now I have to buy a double-din head unit in order to have good sound.

So while I was deadening the rear seat area I went ahead and ran the Tara Labs Spectrum 3A interconnects. Oh, and I ordered a Kenwood DDX7017 double-din head unit last night also.

[HHawk]

Originally Posted by Electrodynamic

Well there's not much picture-wise to update except the deadening of the rear seat area.


Besides that, I HATE Lexus and their douche-baggery in not allowing anyone to integrate with the factory head unit!!!! I installed the 3sixty.2 and had noise right off the bat. This is with the car NOT running! I tried everything - ran a power wire from the distribution block to the 3sixty, that didn't work. I jumped the 3sixty to be always on to eliminate the remote lead, that didn't work. The ground is fine - it goes the same ground of my distribution block.

There is a constant scratchy/ticking noise that goes through the system that I can't get rid of. I even went out and bought two ground loop isolators and installed them after the 3sixty, that didn't work either.

No one makes an adapter for behind the head unit except on that allows you to install a new head unit. So if you install the adapter behind the factory head unit, your factory head unit won't turn on. Now I'm two things: F*cked, and pissed off. Now I have to buy a double-din head unit in order to have good sound.

So while I was deadening the rear seat area I went ahead and ran the Tara Labs Spectrum 3A interconnects. Oh, and I ordered a Kenwood DDX7017 double-din head unit last night also.

Dirty spammer!! :P

Anyways I totally agree with the fact that Lexus sucks when it comes to replacing headunit.

But guess I was more lucky on noise and stuff, cause I don't have that. Well to be honest a little, but that's hardly noticeable, unless you drop on the floor and put your ear on the midrange speakers. But it stays at the same volume, even when you increase the volume. It doesn't increase. So not a problem for me...

[Electrodynamic]

Originally Posted by HHawk

Dirty spammer!! :P

Anyways I totally agree with the fact that Lexus sucks when it comes to replacing headunit.

But guess I was more lucky on noise and stuff, cause I don't have that. Well to be honest a little, but that's hardly noticeable, unless you drop on the floor and put your ear on the midrange speakers. But it stays at the same volume, even when you increase the volume. It doesn't increase. So not a problem for me...

Bastard! With my car, it's noticeable even with the gain turned all the way down on my 4 channel. The moment I turn the gain up the noise goes up. It sucks.

[Electrodynamic]

Oh, and because of all this horse crap with having to buy a double din head unit I'll be junking the cd changer and swapping out the 100.4 for a 50.4 and installing the 50.4 in place of where the cd changer is.

[bose301s]

Should have gone American Nick

[Electrodynamic]

Haha, I've been there, done that before. This has got to be the hardest system to integrate into. ...mainly because you CAN integrate into it but you end up with a scratchy/ticking that will NOT go away. Bastards.

Oh well, new plans are the double din and 4 amps now - two 50.4's and two 1000D's.

[Electrodynamic]

So I got pissed today.

Thinking of how I'm going to have to re-wire all of the system. If I'm running a wire up to the fronts just for the tweeters, why not add all new wiring? If I'm doing that, why not upgrade the mids? A single 5.25 isn't going to cut it for me. So here's what I'll be using instead.

Audax on the left, new woofer on the right.




And what is this mystery woofer?!


That's right, a 7" ScanSpeak Revelator.

[Tirefryr]

Revs are SEX!


Have you tried another 360? I know many of them had noise issues.