Great work. Impressive!

 

Explained below.

 

Modified ash

tray to store hard wired USB for iPod integration. Storage box lined with leatherette to match dash.

Storage where ash tray was





Stores usb hard wired to sony HU





Leatherette to match dash





Brutalized factory ash tray





Before





$20 fabrication at local HVAC duct maker

 

More mods



Remote bass gain control

 

More mods2



Nav override from Prestigious Society. I can enter addresses, use gps while car is moving

 

More mods 3



In line on/off switch in remote poeer line from HU to amps. I can shut off stereo, none can blow my speakers when i give car to valet, repair shops, etc. Hidden in center console storage box

 

Gents, An update to the mods.
1. All is working great. Audio system sounds unbelievable. No distortion at high volumes (unlike factory ML POS), up to 130db.
2. Next I will swap out my puny 150 Watts @ 4 ohms Memphis sub amp for the Alpine PDXV9 with setup as follows: (4) Morel Tempo speakers; Soundstream Tarantula 4 channel amp bridged for 300W to front speakers; Alpine PDX-V9 5 channel amp bridged for 300W to rear speakers, 500W to subwoofer; Kicker shallow 10" subwoofer in custom box tucked under trunk, pass side qtrpanel 'nook'.
3. Doing the wheels area:
After a lot of thought, sticking with factory rims, to be powder coated a smoky greyish-black ($125/ea installed). Will not be reinstalling the cheesy chromed plastic inserts that came with the 450h wheels.
$20 for 24 new powder-coated black lug nuts on ebay
$20 for 4 new black and chromed plastic lexus-logo center caps on ebay
$8 for 4 new black and chromed plastic lexus-logo tire valve caps
$43 for G2 brush on black caliper paint
$4 for 4 lexus-logo caliper decals
~$160 for labor to prep, paint and apply decals to 4 calipers.

 

Would u be willing to make these face plates for other members?

 

You need an original ML HU faceplate, rather expensive as you have trash the entire HU. Given that, sure.

 

What kind/model/part# of wiring harness did u use for this? Man this is awesome, been looking so long , searching for dash/mounting kit for after market... and what's bobOMatic for? And the circuit board " There's the factory HU circuit board you will need to return to the dash, it's the heart of the BobOMatic " what that do? Please response I want mine like that as well... I hope I can just buy adash/mounting kit.. sorry for my English m not really much good in talk/write in english, I'm a Filipino but I'm working on it. Thank you ...

 

No wire harness on the market at this time. Steering wheel convenience audio controls are toast. I never use them anyway.

 

good job on painting the cd player trim.. it looked weird when it was chrome.

 

Right... I'm jelous... I'll do the same to my car today. Except the after market speakers.. I don't have a budget for that lol... I'll probably put subs..

 

Why does the nav software look different? Or is it just me? Looks like a later software version

 

^Bump

I'm curious too. My '06 300 doesn't look like that.