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September 14, 200520 yr

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nick..did ya get the email(s)?
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Yes, this morning. Will look at it tonight and try to catch You on aim.

the demo ring starts...lol...at my house!!
anyway..nick, easiest wway to route 4 guage thru the trailblazer?
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Standing on the drivers side, looking into the driver rear corner of the engine bay there is a big grommet (~6" diam). cut an x and shove it through.

You're going to want to drop the lower trim panel under the driver side dash to make it easier to reach in.

If You peel the carpet back you'll expose the hard styrofoam foot rest. I pulled that out and ran the wire under there..

The driver door sill trim snaps up, but there is a plastic spike that pulls right out - located near the hood release.

The BPillar molding can be a pain, roll both windows down, reach into the truck from the outside (left through frt window, right through rear window), wrap Your meat paws around it and tug (straight away). Once it's loose, pull it up and angle it to get it out.

The rear doorsill trim pops right up, but is a PITA to seat back down properly.

There is no good place to hide the wire running into the cargo area, so I snipped a small slit in the carpet right where the seats fold, and ran the wire under there. This can be cumbersome cause of the 'chopped matt padding' that they use under all of the carpet back there. You'll see what I mean.

Take Your time drilling the ground, alot of the rear is thicker guage sheetmetal.

Anything else? Oh, aftermarket HU? GET THE Harness adaptor. I hardwired mine 'cause the adaptor was like $60 or something ridiculous. Well, it woulda been worth it. lol.

If You don't: You'll have to run a 12v ign. to the fuse box under the pass rear seat bottom; you'll lose the vss volume adjustments, You'll lose your door / key-in / headlight / etc chimes as well. Little things, but they are good to have

Oh, and the orion 8002, 8004 chassis's fit perfectly into the center storage cubby on the floor of the cargo area.

The CDT Satnet Xovers fit nicely into the storage pod on the drvrs side in the cargo area.

umm, iirc max dimensions are 46w (tween the "wheelwells"), 17h (to the window line) or 21 h (to the seatbacks), and 33 deep (from top of seatback to tailgate).

For SPL, DO NOT HAVE SOMEONE HOLD THE BACK WINDOW during burps. that chit lost me 1.8ish dB's no matter what. lol.

Umm, i've tried alot of equipment, components, and little things w.my truck. so ask.

Oh, if You try to put components in the stock location, you'll shallow mounts or a spacer ring. most 6.5's I've fitted are too deep and the window track hits the motor. the stock tweet is 1/2" iirc.

Dont cut up the doors if you dont have to, replacement panels are HARD to find and around $300 each.