Was thinking about doing it. Have you done it? How does it sound? Pics? Lets see some discussion on this!

 

Discussion?

Don't do it. It's not worth your time or money.

 

I agree. It is not worth your time or money.

 

Yeah remember the old saying,
"If you don't like Highs or Lows, buy Bose"

 

While that may be the case...... i would like to know why from someone with some experience with this. I cant be the first person to think about doing this. Theres a reason they put Bose in the Legend, RL, TL..... because they have a reputation of building quality. So why would it be a bad thing to fit this hardware into something else? I dont disagree with the responses but would like some explanation.

 

The reason they put Bose in those cars is because idiots with a lot of money seem to think it's better than the Alpine products that used to come in most hondas. My father-in-law has an NSX and he's all wet about the Bose system that came in that car and he goes on and on about how awesome it is. I've ridden in the car and the sound quality is horrendous.

However if you are determined to go ahead with this then let outline the salient points for the installation.

First and foremost you are going to have find a donor car with a complete, fully functional bose system in it.
Second you will have to remove every piece of hardware associated with the stereo. Remove the deck, all the cabling, power lines, amplifiers and speakers. Don't break anything, the Bose systems use proprietary wiring in the car audio set-ups and it's not cheap or easy to get ahold of replacement parts.
Third you will have to transfer everything from that set-up into your car. You will be limited by the amount of cabling that was in the donor set-up, they run their wires TIGHT so make sure you aren't overreaching any distances. Wire everything up using the Bose eqipment.

Now I am not sure whether you have to run the Bose deck or if you can use an aftermarket set-up. I seem to remember that you must use a Bose oriented head unit, but I am not positive.

After all is said and done you are going to spend more on a crappy "oem bose" stereo than you would on a quality aftermarket system. And remember you can't screw with the line signal in any way on the bose stereo, no equalizers, noise gates, line signal boosters. Want more amplification? Too bad. Want more midrange or highs? **** outta luck. Something breaks? Think "arm and a leg" in replacement. Want to hook up your iPod to the system? Only option is going to be an RF coupler.

It's a ginormous pain in the *** for no gain whatsoever.

 

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