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So I finally finished my stereo install. Factory style 2 **** with Bluetooth, kick panels with speakers, 6x9 in the rear, and a single 10 in the trunk. Also did trunk mounted battery. It was a lot of work but turned out really nice.
Looks great. Is that a premade flat cable running to the back, or did you just lay everything down next to each other and tape it in?
the 4 channel rca is flat so I just ran everything together and taped it so you can't feel/see it through the carpet. I really wish I ran power through there too, cause I like shutting off the breaker when she sits for more than a week. I hate having to spend 5 min every time to adjust the radio settings. Lol
If you eliminate the breaker be careful about where you run the battery positive cable. About 45 years ago I put a battery in the trunk of my '71 Cutlass routing the cable where you show your routing. The lower seat frame pinched the cable and shorted it to chassis ground. It ended up in a small fire in the lower seat cushion with three junior high school aged kids in it. What a disaster! Fortunately nobody was hurt. Boy did I feel stupid after that one.
If you eliminate the breaker be careful about where you run the battery positive cable. About 45 years ago I put a battery in the trunk of my '71 Cutlass routing the cable where you show your routing. The lower seat frame pinched the cable and shorted it to chassis ground. It ended up in a small fire in the lower seat cushion with three junior high school aged kids in it. What a disaster! Fortunately nobody was hurt. Boy did I feel stupid after that one.
what you see is the power wire for the amps. I ran the positive through the frame rail to a water tight junction block. The cable is way too big to run under the carpet.
Very clean job! Cutting the extra metal out of the rear deck to uncover the 6X9s will improve the sound a small amount if you really crank that thing.
You probably did yourself a favor by not running power wiring next to the RCA cables. You can introduce engine noise in the system that can only be reduced by separating the power and RCA cables. Sometimes it doesn't, but most times it does.
Double knit polyester material stretched tightly and glued to the paneling over your rear deck makes a very nice speaker covering. It is accoustically transparent and fairly UV resistant. Putting jute-type material like this between the paneling and the metal will keep the rattles down too.
Very clean job! Cutting the extra metal out of the rear deck to uncover the 6X9s will improve the sound a small amount if you really crank that thing.
You probably did yourself a favor by not running power wiring next to the RCA cables. You can introduce engine noise in the system that can only be reduced by separating the power and RCA cables. Sometimes it doesn't, but most times it does.
Double knit polyester material stretched tightly and glued to the paneling over your rear deck makes a very nice speaker covering. It is accoustically transparent and fairly UV resistant. Putting jute-type material like this between the paneling and the metal will keep the rattles down too.
I did sound deadening and factory style package tray. I didn't cut the holes out cause I want it as close to original as possible. It sounds 100% better than the am radio and 1 speaker. Lol
what you see is the power wire for the amps. I ran the positive through the frame rail to a water tight junction block. The cable is way too big to run under the carpet.
Good deal, what I should have done too. Nice install on all of it.
