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    Worth it?

    OP, do not try and run those Utopias off of the deck power alone. If you don't put a good sized amp on them, you will smoke them. They are great speakers. Earthquake is pretty much junk, but they still should have been better than stock. You were probably under powering them. If you are...
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    Double din install: how extensive?

    :yup: Especially since the 03+ don't have a switched ignition in the harness. It's a data bus system. GMOS-01 with onstar and no Bose GMOS-04 with onstar and Bose GMRC-01 without onstar or Bose. Those are Metra part numbers. I have had much better luck with Metra rather than Scosche.
  3. M

    Double din install: how extensive?

    By a Metra 99-2011 and it will bolt right in. $20 at Best Buy.
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    Bypassing the Bose amp when installing a double din??

    Yes, your DD radio will have enough power. Pioneer uses pretty clean amplifiers in their headunits. Bypassing the Bose amp will get you a cleaner signal to the speakers. Anytime you amplify a signal, you introduce noise into the signal. Running the Pioneer into the Bose amp will amplify an...
  5. M

    Worth it?

    The only thing "Bose" in the truck is the amp. The speakers are still the same paper coned type junk as the non-Bose ones. Any aftermarket speaker should sound better. As for the treble problem, make sure that there are only 2 wires going to the speaker. GM liked to bi-amp the speakers in...
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    New guy from STL

    Just got my first diesel last tuesday. 04 CC/LB 4x4. Bone stock and unmolested so far.
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