salman_surrey

Does anyone know if the aluminum/stainless 997 targa roof line strips are interchangeable with the painted ones on the 996 specifically the 04' Targa? Also what is involved in the removal & installation Thanks CMG

Hi

I'm looking for rubber roof line strip for 996 targa. If you have these spare, I would be interested in buying these off you

Thanks, Salman

Ok so I have now installed the Kenwood DNX 9140 into my 04' Targa. A few points for those who might want to use the existing Bose speakers which I did. I have the M680 pkg (cdr 23 & 6 channel MOST amp) which gives me dash, doors, & rears as well as a sub by the passenger footwell. I am using an Alpine PDX 5 amp. The fronts- tweeter/midrange are 2 + ohms & the doors -midrange are also 2 + ohms. The rears are 4+ ohms tweeter/midrange & the sub is one ohm & is not separately powered. This drove me crazy since the documentation is all over the ballpark & of course this is a 996 & not a Boxster which I assumed would have much of the same wiring but--. Bottom line I connected the doors & dash in series which gave me 4 + ohms as measured at the harness. To do that I found that "Pep Boys Auto Stores" (national auto parts store) carries male connectors for the Bose premium sound system installed in many GM cars. I then connected these to the Alpine speaker wires & used heated shrink wrap insulation which was perfect to allow the connectors to be pluged into the existing female factory MOST harness without a matching male plug. I needed only two jumpers to connect the negative to positive wires of the Left & right dash/door speakers to enable the serial connection . Then I connected the other two wires positive & negative back to the amp for each side. That required only two channels & the rears took the other two channels of the Alpine. After a great deal of angst & a recommendation from Greg who has posted here & is an engineer as well as a former installer, I simply turned the gain way down on the Alpine for the unpowered sub channel & the system sounds just terrific. I can use all of the head unit controls & I have true 5.1. I also used an audiovox rear view camera which worked out beautifully. Finally there have been many posts on the AVIC3 & the bypass hack as well as the speed sensing wire. The Kenwood has no wire for speed & the bypass is super easy. It just require that the ground wire be connected to the parking sensor wire. I do not recommend placing the GPS antenna under the alarm sensor at the front of the windshield. IT is just way to much effort & you are likly to break something as I did. In retrospect I would place it under the plastic cover in front of the windshield by the trunk on the left side of the battery. It only needs not to be blocked by any metal going to the sky. I did this with the Sirius antenna & it works great. That will save hours of hassel. If you have a 6 channel system it would be even easier to get a new 6 +1 amp which eliminates wiring speakers in series assuming the amp is stable down to two ohms like the Alpine PDX 5. I also considered other alternatives such as wiring the doors & sub together which I may still do since the plug in harness has worked out so well. There are no wire splices with this setup. But at his point I am really happy with the sound. I also placed the voice command button in the ashtray which keeps it out of the way unless used & is also a very handy place for it. The microphone will eventually go where the factory mic is located behind the plug next to the instuments but for now it is zipp tied to the steering adjustment handle below the steering wheel. People tell me the bluetooth sounds like a high quality speaker phone on their end with no odd noises.

Question: Is there a separate wire in the factory cdr 23 plugs for the antenna control wire from the head unit to be attached? Since there is no powered antenna I am wondering if the antenna might in fact be amplified thus requiring a connection to the head unit in addition to the plug in antenna? If someone could point me to a wiring diagram for the antenna and/or the cdr23 plug i'd appreciate it. Thanks Cris

Hi,

I have the non MOST BOSE system with sub-woofer. I've got an aftermarket NavSure system attached which works fine but I find with the current set-up, the sub-woofer is too powerful (intrusive) at low volume. The after market has a separate sub woofer din line which is not attached at the moment and I was wondering if I can connect that to the sub-woofer.

My aim is to be able to control the sub-woofer from the aftermarkets Equalizer menu.

Hence the question, is it possible to control the Bose subwoofer and if so how to access the sub-woofer and connect up.

Also as a second job will try to place GPS antenna under the plastic cover in front of the windshield by the trunk on the left side of the battery as suggested in your post.

Will let you know how it goes.

How do you get these off and re-fit them.

Mine are half loose and rattling.

Are they adjustable?

2004 Targa

don't know how to do it but tack it down quick. I had the same problem and it blew off while driving. Still trying to find a replacement.

You can also put some real sturdy tape on the left side of the new radio in the same spot as the plastic pad on your Becker unit was. Best is to use the same kind of plastic pad since the contact arm which you can see in the the left side of the radio bay tends to vibrate trough tape material. Happened to me - after a few months I suddenly had the horn go off everytime I locked the car. Another advantage is that this will keep the alarm active and it will still go off when somebody tries to steal your radio. (More important on cabs though since the motion detector might be off while the top is down.)

Thorsten

thanks, this was very useful

simple fix for something I would never have worked out myself

worked a treat

cheers! :D

This morning I went to start my 997, 2005 911S, and when I turned the key, I got repeated loud clicking like the starter was trying to engage, the lights flashed, the dash lights flashed and the sport chrono dial went backwards with each click, about 30 degrees. The lights flashed brightly and when I turned the key to the accessory position, everything worked that is supposed to work. Any ideas before I have it towed? Thanks John

definitely starter motor is not getting enough juice, i.e. battery is flat or loose connection