New DIN style CD/receiver in 89 XJ

[Jay Welch]

Hi Guys,

I'm trying to install this for my daughter. Anyone have any tips for fitting this pig into the short dashboard of an XJ.

I have a mounting kit and all wiring hooked up. Unit works fine but I can't seem to fit all of the wiring, fuse blocks, RCA jacks etc back into the opening.....not much spare room back there.

I think I'm going to have to cut a hole into the glove box and store the extra harness etc in there.

What do you think??? Any better ideas??

Thanks,
Jay in MA

 

[RNMedic]

I'll check with my son he put one in my 88, he does all his friends and it looks good, We are going to add tweeters in factory locations. John

 

[Jay Welch]

Thanks John. I appreciate the effort.

Jay in MA

 

[Royce]

John,
I have a set of IIRC 3 1/2" that go in the front part of the dash where there are little speaker vents... Is that where you are putting your tweeters? Thats where I was gonna put mine. The thing is... I don't know where the speaker wires are down there. If you know what colors they are it would be a help. Let me know after you put yours in. Thanks man.

 

[Frank G]

I had to push the harnessess and wiring down behind the Climate Control unit. Its a tight fit but it went in. If I remember correctly, I held the Head unit as close as possible and with the other hand pushed the harnesses down below.

 

[Jay Welch]

Thanks Frank. it really is quite a squeezein there. I ran out of light last night. Hope to get it sorted out this weekend.

Jay

 

[Jay Welch]

Good car stereo website

I found a pretty cool website if anyone needs help with their systems.

http://www.installdr.com/

Good luck,
Jay

 

[Eagle]

I've done it twice, and it was a very tight fit. And I didn't have any RCA plugs, just the head and the wires to the connector.

Best I can offer is a hearty "Good luck!"

 

[Jay Welch]

Thanks Eagle.

Yeah I have all of the power and speaker wires, the antenna lead, the RCA plugs, a thick black harness that looks like a keyboard connector on a PC, the filter/fuse box, an external inverter block for the vacuum fluorescent display....oh man. I think I'll try to stuff the excess in the glove box. This thing lights up like a carnival ride.

Jay