[s-cars] Sirius/XM box mounting ideas

[Marc Gorelick]

Hi all,

These are both good ideas, as are some of the others I've received. Thanks to everyone for their suggestions!  

I've got my possibilities narrowed down to these, in the order I like them so far...YMMV:

1. In front of the ashtray/cubby

Advantage - Easy to see and access, probably the best aesthetics  in my opinion.
Disadvantage - Blocks the cubby and ashtray. 

2. In place of the phone

Advantage - Invisible and thus not tempting to thieves
Disadvantage - Have to open armrest to change/view controls, doesn't fit very well.

3. Left of steering column, below trim

Advantage - Easy to see and access (for driver)
Disadvantages - Have to custom bracket, not a great place to have the AUX port for my iPod

4. In front of one of the console vents

Advantage - Easy to see and access
Disadvantages - Blocks precious A/C during sweltering Michigan summers, have to make custom bracket

In the end, I might choose the phone location since I hear that the display is too bright at night for some people and thus I might not want the display in front of me. That remains to be seen, since I haven't used the unit at night yet. 

Thanks again for all your suggestions, guys! Your sage advice is much appreciated. 

Marc

Original Message -----------------------
I made a simple bracket at the cottage for my XM radio.
I removed the instrument cluster and screwed my home made bracket in there.
No one will ever see them holes.

It mounts the unit in front of the left most A/C duct in the center console.
Worked pretty good, hard to even see the bracket once it's on it.

Mark
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wayne Dohnal" <wd42 at hevanet.com>
To: "S-car list" <s-car-list at audifans.com>; <marc at frogville.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 8:58 PM
Subject: [s-cars] Sirius/XM box mounting ideas


> After many hours of agony trying to find a place, I mounted my Sirius 
> radio
> on the lower left dash panel, below the wood trim.  It's easy to reach and
> see there, but of course a passenger can't get to it.  I made a mounting
> bracket so all the holes that I had to drill were down low and won't be
> visible when the unit is removed.  I put the antenna on the roof just 
> above
> the cell phone antenna.  Ran the wire into the trunk, under the trunk 
> seal,
> and up a channel in the rear window weatherstrip.  I held the wire in the
> weatherstrip with dabs of black RTV silicone every few inches.  It's not
> invisible, but if you're not at exactly the correct angle it doesn't 
> attract
> any attention.
>
> For getting the audio to the sound system, I used a permanently-installed
> casette adapter which I think delivers good audio quality.  With some
> tinkering I disabled the tape drive motor.  I traded tape for an aux 
> input,
> so now when I select tape, I get Sirius.
>
> Wayne Dohnal
> 1994 S4
>
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