Car Stereo Install...

Latest iteration...


This time it's going into a '89 735il:

The system layout:

Installation Pics:

Trunk with 12aug speaker wires

Right side of trunk, wires from rears

Left side of trunk with trim

Dash with radio removed

Better shot of hole in dash

Even better shot of radio and my leg

Connector on stock radio

Car without wood trim and leather under wheel trim

Hole next to the radio where Punch Bass knob will go

Front left kick panel with speaker

Close up on front left speaker

Front of front left kick panel

Where that kick panel came from, notice no more ugly strange foam thing

Close-up on hole

Front right kick panel being removed

Terrible shot of head unit installed, will have better pic soon...

RCAs and Punch Bass wires comming out of dash

Close-up of wire path

Head unit and connector for punch bass control

RCAs from front going under rear right seat

RCAs as they dissapear up towards the trunk

RCAs as they come through into the left side of trunk

Left front speaker wires as they dissappear up under the dash from the right side

Bye bye wires!

As they come through, almost to their destination

Wires in their final position

Fitting underneath the trim

Finally fully hidden

Aireal view of wiring

And the RCAs assume their final position

There's that ugly foam like peice again!

OOPS! don't sit there, rear seat access to battery

Here is the main 4aug power line and breaker (a second will be soon to come)

Other end of main power comming into the trunk

Head with trim

Head turned on with trim

Front right speaker wire joins the party

As the speaker wire goes under the rear right seat

Top of the finished rear speaker install

Better shot of the same thing

Rear right speaker exposed

Rear right again

Tweeter mounting under-side

View from top

All front speaker wires in trunk

Rubber gromet

Wow! alot of wires, everything is now it trunk

Front speaker wires as they go under right rear seat to trunk

Trim back on

Left side trunk trim back in,

Right side trunk trim back in

Ground wires, bolt, wing-nut and all

Trunk lining fuzz and RF amp

The subs are in and work!

The obligatory injury...

Now the two amps for rear speakers are hooked-up and functioning! Almost done!!!







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