freerider15
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Now that the sound deadening was in place, it was time to get the stereo system installed.
Unfortunately lost most of my pictures of this, so I'll show what I've got.
Power Distribution Bar run from the battery and mounted, and then the amp power line and fuse run from that:
I went with the following found sound setup:
Headunit - Alpine CDE-143BT
Amplifier - Infinity Reference 704a, 4-channel car amplifier — 70 watts RMS x 4
Speakers - Infinity REF-6522EX 330 Watt Shallow-Mount 6-1/2" Coaxial Car Speakers
I won't lie, getting it all done was a bit of work. I ran the two sets of RCA cables towards and down along the passenger side floor. In hindsight, I wish I had just run them straight when I was installing the interior. I ran the speaker wires down the driver's side (to get them separate from the RCA cables). The amount of wires makes getting the trim back on a bit of a pain.
Amp in place and installed, with all wiring tucked away:
Speaker wire (larger gauge) run out the driver's door with connectors crimped on and heat shrinked:
Stereo wiring, cables, etc. and such ready to go:
I've never liked how the stereos tend to just "hang" in the back. So, I took some of the extra foam I used for the heater core and built a sleeve that the very back of it would be supported by. It still had plenty of body exposed to allow for heat dissipation.
In hindsight on this, I should have made the stereo wires a bit shorter. It got to be a pain to pack it all in there. Thought of it just as I was about half way through :laugh:
Ran the RCA cable up over the dash, using rubber lined clamps to hold them in place:
Stereo in and done (just took this picture, felt odd not having a wrap up :laugh
I haven't gotten around to dialing in the amp, and the system already blows away the stock setup.
Once that was all done, the interior got finished up and put all back together...huge step in getting it there!
As a note, everything, as usual, got a scrub and clean before going back in.
Hell, even the metal cover below the steering wheel got a scrub, wire wheeled, and in this case, a coat of paint:
Unfortunately lost most of my pictures of this, so I'll show what I've got.
Power Distribution Bar run from the battery and mounted, and then the amp power line and fuse run from that:


I went with the following found sound setup:
Headunit - Alpine CDE-143BT
Amplifier - Infinity Reference 704a, 4-channel car amplifier — 70 watts RMS x 4
Speakers - Infinity REF-6522EX 330 Watt Shallow-Mount 6-1/2" Coaxial Car Speakers
I won't lie, getting it all done was a bit of work. I ran the two sets of RCA cables towards and down along the passenger side floor. In hindsight, I wish I had just run them straight when I was installing the interior. I ran the speaker wires down the driver's side (to get them separate from the RCA cables). The amount of wires makes getting the trim back on a bit of a pain.
Amp in place and installed, with all wiring tucked away:

Speaker wire (larger gauge) run out the driver's door with connectors crimped on and heat shrinked:

Stereo wiring, cables, etc. and such ready to go:

I've never liked how the stereos tend to just "hang" in the back. So, I took some of the extra foam I used for the heater core and built a sleeve that the very back of it would be supported by. It still had plenty of body exposed to allow for heat dissipation.
In hindsight on this, I should have made the stereo wires a bit shorter. It got to be a pain to pack it all in there. Thought of it just as I was about half way through :laugh:
Ran the RCA cable up over the dash, using rubber lined clamps to hold them in place:

Stereo in and done (just took this picture, felt odd not having a wrap up :laugh


I haven't gotten around to dialing in the amp, and the system already blows away the stock setup.
Once that was all done, the interior got finished up and put all back together...huge step in getting it there!
As a note, everything, as usual, got a scrub and clean before going back in.
Hell, even the metal cover below the steering wheel got a scrub, wire wheeled, and in this case, a coat of paint:

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