2005 Bose Delete

[Project Denali]

Hey all,

I am truckless right now and very sad because of that. Project Denali got me through college and to MI but she was falling apart. I got ahold of a 2005 Sierra crew cab to replace my Yukon but it was deceivingly rusty (frame) and didn't stay long. Oh well, during owning the truck I completely deleted the bose stereo system and thought I would make a post about it for those interested in doing so. I wish I had more pictures but I will detail my install below. I had alot of fun doing this diy build and hope this helps or inspires someone.

Products Used:
Kicker KS Series 6.5 component speakers (2 sets) $300 work discount
Scosche GM2000SW - 03+ GM $40 (pretty sure this was it)
Infinity Reference 704-A amplifier (ebay open box) $100
Kenwood DDX393 head unit (used but nice and worked) $125
Large cookie sheet for amp mount $10
Installgear soft touch 14g speaker wire $15
Skar Audio 8g OFC amp install kit $33
3M double sided tape for crossovers $7
Tessa cloth wire tape $8 (2 rolls)
Misc hardware from ace including grommet, nuts for grounding, etc. $10
Misc for stuff I'm forgetting $20

Grand Total $668

Process:
I started with the wiring, soldering and taping my scoche adapter to fit the new head unit and truck harness. Then I replaced the head unit, unplugging the bose extension harness behind the dash and mounting my scoche adapter behind. Next was more wiring, running speaker wire in the channels, through the door boots, behind the dash, and under the carpet... grrrr this can take forever.

I then started swapping speakers out using the factory mounts though I did have to slightly trim some small tabs with my dremel. The console came out and I worked on the amp mounting. The factory console bracket that sits on the transmission bracket needed trimmed only in the front with the dremel. Then three holes in the cookie sheet and a slight trim for amp mounting. I also had to modify the front a pillars for the tweeters and decided to run the rears as coaxial for simplicity once I was in the process of this.

Home stretch, I mounted the distribution block (never finished subs and rear amp so I won't cover that) on the fuse box underhood and ran my power wires in the cab. Ground locations were to the inboard rear driver seat bolt, and the rear right seat bolt (again didn't finish this part). Power was tapped for the fuse and distribution block from the B+ stud under the fuse box cover.

This isn't the best writeup or post but I think this turned out well and I learned alot from it. Pictures to come and it sounded so good! If you have any questions of what I did let me know I can explain my process. P.S. I miss my yukon and truck and am wanting another GMT800. I am very interested in 2003-2006 Suv's or Crew Cab trucks. I am in MI but considering flying south to get a clean truck hopefully from one of you (the family). Comment If you are considering selling budget $6500 or less.

 

[Project Denali]

Scoshe adapter prewired and Radio Install

 

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Trim console bucket support bracket front legs and fuse/distribution block mounting

 

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Tweeter mounting and amp mounting, mockup

 

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Rear crossovers in the doors (fronts mounted to carpet where the bose sub typically sits seen above)

 

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Rear door speaker and crossover

 

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And lots of lots of wiring grrr

 

[S33k3r]

Wow! Just wow! Nice work, and thank you for sharing.

 

[Project Denali]

@S33k3r Thanks seeker I really wish I had more pictures of it but I failed in that department. A few notes too... I forgot to include the double din dash kit about $20 in the cost and supplies. Also, the benefit to this setup is that this all fits back under the factory console (full length) without any clue. I just realized how it looks incomplete but rest assured you can tune the amp and it all fits nice and cozy where the factory bose amp sits.

 

[Project Denali]

Yayyyy I found some more pictures of the amp setup. I knew I had them somewhere! I miss the old trucks interior!

 

[Project Denali]

#bosedelete

 

[ivin74]

@Project Denali
What color is the interior or your suv. I've never seen that interior color before. I wanna do a color swap like that to my Yukon.

 

[Project Denali]

@Project Denali
What color is the interior or your suv. I've never seen that interior color before. I wanna do a color swap like that to y Yukon.

This was in my old truck 2005 Sierra, it had the Dark Pewter Interior

My new to me truck is now a 2003 Tahoe and it has the Tan/Nuetral Interior

 

[blueinkd]

So am I understanding correctly that you ran all new speaker wires to every speaker location?? Could you specify on this process including the connections made at the rear harness side or where did u connect the newly added speaker wire?? Sorry if the question is confusing

 

[Project Denali]

@blueinkd No worries I think I understand your questions... A distinction: I used component set speakers if not already mentioned. In the case you don't know component speaker sets split up the duties of high and low frequencies between a woofer and seperate tweeter. Due to this they come as a set with crossovers which do the signal splitting.

For wiring I used RCA cables to connect the new head unit and the amp. That is your input. They ran down behind the dash and HVAC controls and continued up under the console right on the carpet (under the cupholder area).

For outputs to speakers, I ran the fronts signal wires forward towards the same cupholder area. I mounted my front speaker crossovers to the transmission tunnel with velcro. The front speaker outputs went from the crossovers up through the dash to their respective sides before splitting off for each tweeter and woofer.

For the rear wiring, I ran the signal wires out and down through a small (dime size maybe) cross cut in the carpet that I made. This was cut with a razor blade and underneath where the console eventually sits so not visible when done. I split each off and ran them behind the front bucket seats directly towards the b pillar. I had a crew cab but this should be the same for any truck/suv model. From there I ran into the door mounting my wires to the factory door harness.

The rear crossovers were mounted with 3m double sided tape to the inside of the rear doors. They did not interfere with window operation but be careful and considerate on placement when you do this. I prewire the crossover before mounting it so that it was easier to run the output wires to the tweeter and woofer.

Hopefully none of that seemed condescending, I am a visual learner so words are not my forte. If you have any other questions feel free to ask.

 

[Dragonetti]

Nice job!! Question on wiring kit for head unit. Was it required/ necessary to keep the remote on/off function working. For example, radio stays on until you open the door. Can I just cut the plug and grab my remote, power, ground without the harness? I don't care to keep steering controls. Thx

 

[O4Denali]

Hey man very nice job! I was wondering what scoche wiring harness you used? I have an 04 denali and have already installed the metra harness and steering wheel control harnesses. I now have elected to abandon bose altogether and am having trouble finding info on what harness I need to do that. I am running all new speaker wire etc.