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<blockquote data-quote="rthouck" data-source="post: 11806531" data-attributes="member: 51092"><p>Ok, so first off I'm not a stereo guy. But a year or two ago I got an old truck that only one speaker worked in, long story short I replaced the speakers with some mid level aftermarkets and loved having crisp, clear sound. </p><p></p><p>Because of all the nightmares I've seen about working with the Mach 460 systems, when I decided to put a Nav system in my Cobra I thought it would be best to replace everything. </p><p></p><p>I ended up using a Sony XNV-770BT head unit with Infinity Reference components up front and a similar version of their rear speaker. Since the stock unit used amplifiers I didn't want to be out done and got a Boston Acoustic's GTA-1105 Five channel amp. And since our charging systems suck, a 2 Farad Capacitor (at that point whats another $80 anyway).</p><p></p><p>I sourced a lot of stuff off ebay and waited for Crutchfield to have a sale BOGO on the Infinity speakers, to keep the prices low.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Anyway the point of this thread is to show where I ended up putting the Amp, I searched for pictures of installs before this and couldn't find too many I liked because most of the time they take up a ton of trunk space.</p><p></p><p>This isn't really a "How to" this is just to show what I did and give anyone else some options in their install.</p><p></p><p>Also the fact that I'm driving a convertible made it about a thousand times more difficult.</p><p></p><p>Final install:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]323521[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>To do it I basically used the trunk pieces as a pattern and a lot of back and forth fitting.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]323522[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]323523[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]323524[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>I made some holes for the wires and some just to lose extra material and lighten the mounting board up.[ATTACH=full]323525[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Then I ordered some carpet off ebay and covered it:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]323526[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]323527[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>I ran out of heavy gauge wire and didn't want to run tons of extra as there was enough wiring running around the car as it was. I tried not to cross any or bundle it do to interference but this meant I had to wire it all when mounted: terrible idea.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]323528[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>I'm going to work on installing my sub next. It's an Infinity 120.9 and its way bigger than I thought it was going to be.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rthouck, post: 11806531, member: 51092"] Ok, so first off I'm not a stereo guy. But a year or two ago I got an old truck that only one speaker worked in, long story short I replaced the speakers with some mid level aftermarkets and loved having crisp, clear sound. Because of all the nightmares I've seen about working with the Mach 460 systems, when I decided to put a Nav system in my Cobra I thought it would be best to replace everything. I ended up using a Sony XNV-770BT head unit with Infinity Reference components up front and a similar version of their rear speaker. Since the stock unit used amplifiers I didn't want to be out done and got a Boston Acoustic's GTA-1105 Five channel amp. And since our charging systems suck, a 2 Farad Capacitor (at that point whats another $80 anyway). I sourced a lot of stuff off ebay and waited for Crutchfield to have a sale BOGO on the Infinity speakers, to keep the prices low. Anyway the point of this thread is to show where I ended up putting the Amp, I searched for pictures of installs before this and couldn't find too many I liked because most of the time they take up a ton of trunk space. This isn't really a "How to" this is just to show what I did and give anyone else some options in their install. Also the fact that I'm driving a convertible made it about a thousand times more difficult. Final install: [ATTACH=full]323521[/ATTACH] To do it I basically used the trunk pieces as a pattern and a lot of back and forth fitting. [ATTACH=full]323522[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]323523[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]323524[/ATTACH] I made some holes for the wires and some just to lose extra material and lighten the mounting board up.[ATTACH=full]323525[/ATTACH] Then I ordered some carpet off ebay and covered it: [ATTACH=full]323526[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]323527[/ATTACH] I ran out of heavy gauge wire and didn't want to run tons of extra as there was enough wiring running around the car as it was. I tried not to cross any or bundle it do to interference but this meant I had to wire it all when mounted: terrible idea. [ATTACH=full]323528[/ATTACH] I'm going to work on installing my sub next. It's an Infinity 120.9 and its way bigger than I thought it was going to be. [/QUOTE]
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