Here's some pics of my newly-installed alpine system
Prices:
Headunit: 691
Navi: 295
SWI-Jack: 38.95
KCE-422i: 10
SIR-ALP1: 70
Metra Kit: 45
TR-7 Bypass: 28
Wiring: 30

Total: 1207.95
Total Saved due to MS Live: 385.48
Labor: 0 (installed it myself :D)
End Price: 822.47

Pictures:
http://img361.imageshack.us/img361/856/dscf0471vh9.jpg
http://img392.imageshack.us/img392/7946/dscf0470gz9.jpg
http://img399.imageshack.us/img399/4103/dscf04682xs0.jpg
Temp spot for the gps and sirius antennas
http://img399.imageshack.us/img399/8140/dscf0476cd0.jpg
Mic:
http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/5628/dscf0478jx5.jpg

Nice, Kupo. Congrats.

When you say 'temp spot', you got somewhere else in mind for those?

Looks good from the pics.

How do you like the fitment and color of the Metra kit?

hey kupo how did you run your valentine.did you hardwired it? if you dont can you tell how you ran your wire?

hey kupo how did you run your valentine.did you hardwired it? if you don't can you tell how you ran your wire?

when the radio is removed, its pretty easy to remove the LCD display , from there i removed the Headlight daylight sensor and snaked the wire down, and just tapped a ground and a power line with the included cable that came with the v1

i see your trim piece around the radio is a flimsy piece of crap just as mine...metra really needs to figure something out for that ...nice radio my friend just got the same on for his silverado with the add on navi :thmsup:

Kupo, where did you mount the SCC1 with the CA-SR20V? Directly behind the DNX8120? I just received my SCC1 with the CA-SR20V (Still waiting for the DNX8120 to arrive) and the connection doesn't seem to be that snug. any thoughts?

Kupo, where did you mount the SCC1 with the CA-SR20V? Directly behind the DNX8120? I just received my SCC1 with the CA-SR20V (Still waiting for the DNX8120 to arrive) and the connection doesn't seem to be that snug. any thoughts?

I got the Alpine IVA-W505 not the kenwood unit, but there is alot of space directly under where the headunit rests if you want to put something there.

nice. I have been meaning to hardwire my V1 but just haven't gotten around to it yet