Installing external/plug-and-play Sirius

If I were to do this (I might do it temporarily, until I get the TOYSC1 and SCVDOC1 combo) I'd put the radio in the center console and just worry about getting the antenna cable into the console. There are instructions around here on how to route the antenna cable from the center of the roof (between the FM antenna and the hatch) down into the interior under the hatch weatherseal, over to the right side of the interior, under the passenger doors and under the front passenger seat. From there it's easy to get to the console, there might be a way into the console from underneath but I haven't researched it.

 

If you're using a portable Sirius receiver and you have an aux input plug inside your center console, then you're set! No messing with the dash or radio!

The center console is a good (out of site) location to store/power/plug in your Sirius. No mounting needed, just set it in there.
Then run the antenna down the inside of the console, out under the console, under the driver seat/carpet, and under the door trim, back to the hatch, and then out to where your magnet sits behind the regular antenna. Some even DIY the antenna into their spoiler for total invisibility.

A search here on PC will result a bunch of instructions/pics on the topic.
Also try the knowledge base and file library sections of PC for more info.

Good luck
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Dang, nice DIY! I forgot to mention drilling the small hole in the center console, but you figured that out.
Nice way to go above and beyond by wiring into the back of the 12v plug! What I did instead was use a plug splitter with built in fuse(which has already saved me once). I noticed the Sirius adapter required a different voltage(or wattage?) than the standard 12v so I like keeping it's plug intact for that conversion(if it's doing so).
Corrugated wire shields? You really went the full 9! Cool.

So, you're keeping your device in the dash map slot? You wired everything under the carpet to behind the dash??
If your unit is there, why not wire into the 12v plug under the dashboard?

Pics?

 

Shimpy II,
Did you remove the center console to route the wires or just drill into the side? I was going to take my console out but haven't yet figure out how to do that. I was going to drill a hole through the bottom to run my wires and then put the console back in.

As for the antenna, I ran the wire along the right, top side of the dash and put the satellite antenna in the front right corner of the dash. It works great there and it took five minutes.

Mot

 

To take your console out, unscrew the bolts - inside/bottom.
Careful, there will be wires attached underneath in the front and back.

I didn't take my console off because I drilled the inside/top(not all the way through, just to the space between the inner and outer wall) then routed the wires down that gap, but drilling through the bottom, you probably would need to take it off.

I used to have my antenna on the dash but thought that looked too DIY so I hid the wire under the car trim and out to the roof. In fact, I'm planning to go one step further and place the antenna in my spoiler to be 100% invisible. That will save the risk someone notices the antenna and breaks in for the attached hardware.
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