# DIY: XM into console
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/diy-xm-into-console/60098
**Category:** Builds
**Created:** [December 21, 2008, 11:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/diy-xm-into-console/60098 "2008-12-21T11:19:57Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@psychopjv](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/psychopjv)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2008, 11:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/diy-xm-into-console/60098/1 "2008-12-21T11:19:57Z")
Well I did this because i didn’t feel like having the XM receiver hanging out on my dashboard in plain sight. With all the thefts of gps and XM crap i figured why not remove something and make this work.
I started with a plain old M6 console for the T/A.
I removed the ash tray and it’s components then went to town with a dremel on it. It ended up a lil something like this:
As you can see i lined the edge of the hole with a piece of Vac hose (thanks Turbo) and it turned out quite decent. I was going to make a mount up for it but it is such a nice press fit in the hole i won’t be needing it.
Here it is in there:
I like it because it’ll keep it off the dash and hide all the damned wires for it. And some other shots of it.
---
### Author:  [@Wahoo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wahoo)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2008, 11:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/diy-xm-into-console/60098/2 "2008-12-21T11:22:03Z")
Nice job pat!
---
### Author:  [@BOBBYGRV](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BOBBYGRV)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2008, 11:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/diy-xm-into-console/60098/3 "2008-12-21T11:25:50Z")
lets see a pic of it installed and working now…then you get a compliment for a job well done.
---
### Author:  [@95d16turbo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/95d16turbo)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2008, 11:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/diy-xm-into-console/60098/4 "2008-12-21T11:31:39Z")
:tup: nice job pat
---
### Author:  [@deebo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/deebo)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2008, 11:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/diy-xm-into-console/60098/5 "2008-12-21T11:33:18Z")
pretty snky
---
### Author:  [@SOLITUDE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SOLITUDE)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2008, 11:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/diy-xm-into-console/60098/6 "2008-12-21T11:36:04Z")
Ebay = Profit ftw!
---
### Author:  [@BOBBYGRV](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BOBBYGRV)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2008, 11:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/diy-xm-into-console/60098/7 "2008-12-21T11:38:49Z")
> [@suzukifreek](#):
>
> Ebay = Profit ftw!
what is there to sell?
---
### Author:  [@psychopjv](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/psychopjv)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2008, 11:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/diy-xm-into-console/60098/8 "2008-12-21T11:39:37Z")
> [@bobbyg1243](#):
>
> lets see a pic of it installed and working now…then you get a compliment for a job well done.
and why wouldn’t it work? merely plug in all three wires. not rocket science here. all three wires do in fact plug in with plenty of clearance, so unless it’s broken internally…
---
### Author:  [@BOBBYGRV](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BOBBYGRV)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2008, 11:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/diy-xm-into-console/60098/9 "2008-12-21T11:41:13Z")
i was just stating the fact that your job isnt done yet. before and after pics of it working are always a plus.
---
### Author:  [@nitroinsane](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/nitroinsane)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2008, 11:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/diy-xm-into-console/60098/10 "2008-12-21T11:43:27Z")
Do you have a factory headunit?
---
### Author:  [@psychopjv](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/psychopjv)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2008, 11:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/diy-xm-into-console/60098/11 "2008-12-21T11:43:38Z")
okay well the console is at home and the car is stored. i do not have a harness in the car so i won’t be powering anything up, and it was test fit into Turbo’s console to which it looked sexy. So yeah i’d say my job is done. Considering i said my DIY was XM into console. i see it in there. i win. Douche.
---
### Author:  [@psychopjv](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/psychopjv)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2008, 11:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/diy-xm-into-console/60098/12 "2008-12-21T11:43:55Z")
> [@nitroinsane](#):
>
> Do you have a factory headunit?
yes joseph
---
### Author:  [@SOLITUDE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SOLITUDE)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2008, 11:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/diy-xm-into-console/60098/13 "2008-12-21T11:45:39Z")
> [@bobbyg1243](#):
>
> what is there to sell?
ummm…have the people send in the center piece and do ur work then ship it out.
---
### Author:  [@nitroinsane](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/nitroinsane)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2008, 11:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/diy-xm-into-console/60098/14 "2008-12-21T11:45:44Z")
Then I approve. I like my pioneer in the cobalt I had the integration box so nothing was visable
---
### Author:  [@joelster](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/joelster)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2008, 11:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/diy-xm-into-console/60098/15 "2008-12-21T11:49:28Z")
I’m going to steal it, now that I know where it is, lol.
---
### Author:  [@psychopjv](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/psychopjv)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2008, 11:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/diy-xm-into-console/60098/16 "2008-12-21T11:51:07Z")
lol joel. ah well i just didn’t want wires and crap everywhere. ANyone who knows me knows i jam out to BPM and Area alot so this is gonna be sweet.
Bobby sorry to lash on ya. Simply put i can’t show it installed and working until spring time.
---
### Author:  [@BOBBYGRV](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BOBBYGRV)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2008, 11:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/diy-xm-into-console/60098/17 "2008-12-21T11:54:15Z")
lol its all good, i was more or less poking fun/more interested in seeing it installed. the first thing i did think though, is having it that close to the cup holder is going to be a pain. i dont know if you actually use your cupholder for its purpose, but thats a close call. water/coffee/beer does not mix well with your xm receiver.
---
### Author:  [@deebo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/deebo)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2008, 11:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/diy-xm-into-console/60098/18 "2008-12-21T11:58:21Z")
im sure this would totally not attract attention to your car being broke in to
i mean, its not like u dont have a 25th, or blue wheels, or powdercoated tips, or blue stripes
lol
---
### Author:  [@nitroinsane](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/nitroinsane)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2008, 12:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/diy-xm-into-console/60098/19 "2008-12-21T12:01:09Z")
Pat is a back flipping animalhe welcomes all challengers.
---
### Author:  [@psychopjv](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/psychopjv)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2008, 12:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/diy-xm-into-console/60098/20 "2008-12-21T12:02:12Z")
i don’t have a 25th thank you!!! it’s a 30th!!! hehe. Bobby no i don’t use that cupholder there is a swing out one next to the console that’s my main choice for cupholer. if not i throw it in one of the back ones. 4th gen fbods have 5 cupholders.
[Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/diy-xm-into-console/60098.md?page=2)