First Step...

Well.....started with the first step of install...

Made a template for my amp mounting surface....I am gonna mount my two amps, two x-overs and distro on a board that I am gonna mount to the rear wall of my truck....I made a template of each end where it has to be cut to fit flush against the side mouldings of the plastic....Roughly I am gonna have a board that is 64.5" wide and 18" high...I plan to remove the existing carpet off the back wall, then on the sheet metal where it protrudes inward, I am gonna attach (glue w liquid nails)pieces of 1"x4" laying flat....I guestimate that the protrusions are 3/4", so that would give me 1.5" of airspace...There are 7 protrusions and I will probably glue the 1x4 on 4 of them..evenly spaced.....I will either carpet the board or paint it.....Before I mount it, I am gonna attatch the amps, x-overs and distro to it and wire everything that can be wired first...All the wiring is gonna run in the airspace and where they connect to the components I am gonna drill holes so they pop out from behind and connect so the wiring that is seen will be very minimal.....I gotta go down and buy the plywood (either 5/8" or 1/2" ply) and then trace the template and cut out....

Once I cut it and fine tune the fit, I will figure my exact locations of the components and lay that all out......I will try to snap pictures along the way.

Willy

 

Well...It aint much so far...but.....

I took measurements on height and width and the guy down at Lowe's cut it for me....I made templates and cut around the two bottom side edges....I only got these two taken and the camera died....Along the top edge, I am gonna take the board home and bevel cut on my table saw...The trucks trim is angled and that is why the top and top edges are not tucked neatly in place.....Once I cut it with the table saw, I will fine tune even more to get it to fit....Kinda a pain to manuver this long piece over the seat and around all the trim to get it down in there......I think it is gonna look good in place...

I will take more as I go......

Willy

 

OK.....I am not a whole lot farther, but here is what I got so far....I got the board tweaked, cut sanded.....I just have it setting up raw on some stands. I layed out the two amps, x-overs, and distro.....Snapped some pics.....

It is gonna be painted gray to match the interior.....small step, but at least a step further.....Holidays are over, so I need to buckle down....

Willy

 

Well the amp rack board is painted and holes drilled into it for running the wires...Temporarily just set the componenets on top and snapped a few pics..

here you go...

Willy

 

Yeah....It is a distro.....I know I could have gotten by without it, but figured if I could have a nice distro, that would be cool and look cool...It has a digital volt and current readout...As much as I may dread it, my next step really is to take out the seats. I need to get that back seat out of there so I can replace the rear speakers...While I have the panels off for that, I am gonna try to put some dampening material on all the exposed sheet metal...While I do that, I need to pull frt. door panels off and get my speakers in the front doors and add dampening to the doors too....I need to upgrade my power wire and do the big three. I need to get all that wiring ran back to the back of the truck too.....

I only have a couple problems....It is cold here and my garage is not heated...and.....This is my only vehicle so I need to drive it every day...I have had the Infinity's for over two years...Sitting in boxes....My current power wire and RCA's ar running neatly over the carpet to the amp which is sitting on the floor just behind my seat....

So....I gotta get off my butt and just do it....I will be driving the truck around for a while all torn apart....That will be my motivation to get it done.

Willy

 

Yeah....bout a year ago, I had the door panel off of the driver side to replace the inner door handle...I looked at the speakers...Looks like a piece of cake to change....The rear 4x6 will be a little more difficult...Gotta pull the rear upper trim off and the side trim pieces....They go all the way to the door frame....In order to get them off and out, I believe the rear seat has to come out...That means the front seats come out....and since I wanna put some sound deadener in place, I might as well just do it all at once....get it done. Then with all the seats out, it will make it easier to get the amp rack board in and in place/fine tuned....I am gonna mount the bass boost remote knob for the sub amp either in the ashtray or in a blank panel on the dash to the left of HU...Ashtray would be cool, cause I can flip it closed and it is totally out of sight....If I put it in the blank panel, I am gonna mount it in flush....

Willy

 

Here are some pics of the speakers....

I believe I had purchased these from crutchfield about 2 1/2 years ago....I JUST pulled them out of the plastic in the boxes

Willy

 

AMPS....

Kenwood.....for the sub

Blaupunkt....Front stage....double bridged

Rear fill will run off of HU

Willy

 

Yeah...

The speakers have a 1 year warranty.....ha ha ha ha

I am starting to get excited bout gettin this stuff FINALLY in..

Willy

 

Here is my sub box for the truck.....

Willy