heres some pics of the new alpine head unit. if u have any questions for installing a system or head unit contact me on aol/aim sn--- ihavewhiteeyes

 

Bad camera shot I hope that doesnt looks so good maybe its that black spacer not matching the rest I'd have to see a better shot to say for sure.

 

yes it is im sorry but its really sunny out, im waiting for tonight to take better pics cuz then the lights will light up on the face...but i love the way it looks but this pic makes it look bad...

 

Did you have to cut out the back plastic part to install the headunit?

 

nope didnt cut nothing, didnt do no modifications to anything but add the cd player...

 

you should try to paint the black insert a silver to match the rest of the dash

 

carbon fiber decal on it would probably look good too

 

Do you have Onstar in there? If you do what harness did you have to use?

 

what harness did you use... i have heard u have to get a special one so the chimes and gauges will work....and others say you can get a regular like $15 one

 

it was just a regular $20 harness but not sure what car it was off of...ill have to call American and ask them what one they gave me...lol

 

hmm, looks cool, but it seems out of place. I'd like to upgrade my sound system as well.

 

all u guys need to stop hating. saying it looks outta place, or the colors dont match or etc. i love it the way it is...hate all u want. coloring the headunit mounting silver will be to much silver, and to rediculously stupid...but to my knownledge i prolly have to loudest system in a cobalt as we speak...SO FOR ALL U HATERS STOP DRINKING HATERADE

 

Co-Yellow-Balt, how does the car stand up to the system as far as rattling goes? My last car was a 2000 grand am and I had to sound deaden the trunk like crazy to stop the rattles (especially for the outside). Right now I have my system sitting around waiting to be put into my Cobalt but Im just a little lazy Im also wondering how well the Cobalts electrical system will be able to handle 1500-1700 watts as a daily driver

 

The interior seems like it can withstand rattles better than most cars but the 1500-1700 watts is a little high for the alternator. If you look at where the alternator is on the 2.0SC you can see it would be a lot of work to change to a high output one. You could try an Optima Yellowtop battery and a 2 farad capacitor. That would be much cheaper and easier to install and it won't be as hard on your electrical system.

 

The 2.2L L61 is equipped with a 115amp generator and the 2.0L LSJ a 135 amp....a true 1700 watt system would put a HUGE load on the electrical system of either car, especially, at night, with any other accesories, the coolant fans, wipers, etc, on.

 

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Ohh I understand all those issues guys. Yes it really is a true 1500-1700 watt system. I have a Phoenix Gold Tantrum 1200.1, birthsheet has it benched at 1523 watts. I also have a US-Acoustics 2080 for my components which runs about 70-80 watts to each side in 3 ohm components.

I originally had the system in a 2000 Pontiac Grand AM SE. To be completely honest with you, other than my windows not going up once in a blue moon and blown fuses every so often The car managed to go almost 4 years of constantly having a system in it. For the most part, I was running at least 1000-1700 watts as a daily driver. All I had upgraded in the car was the battery to a yellow top and I believe the alternator was only rated at around 115-130. I think I was pretty lucky that the alternator never died, but now with a new car, I begin to worry. What bass will do to your judgement

 

i have 4 kenwood amps in back of my redline no probllems yet, not even dimming lights all ya gotta do is get a good cap i got a stinger model SPDH10 it is 10 farad!!!!!!! i think it holds more juice than stock battery my amps are

KENWOOD KAC-X811D 1 ch 1600W
KENWOOD KAC-X541 4 ch 980W
2) KENWOOD EXCELON KAC-X621 2 ch 1200W

 

After the install did you lose the use of the pioneer sub in the trunk?

 

haha, yea sure, let yourself think that
i have 1 12" sub that hits high 140 dB's

keep dreamin tho

 

the CD player does look out of place i would have went with a bigger din cd player like a 2 din not just a one (that means the cd player is bigger ) no empty black space in the middle of a silver dash ? but nice upgrade

 

im glad cuz i have two alpine type R's hitting 152.2db so eat that.