Monday, July 22, 2013

Step by Step Install

                There are two 6x9’s behind the rear seat. To get to them you need to pull up firmly on the bottom of the seat. The hooks are right between your legs as if you were sitting in the seat on each side. Once you pull them up you have to remove the bolts from the back portion of the seat and the seatbelts. Once that is removed you will see the 6x9’s

Remove the 6x9’s and solder RCA cables or speaker wire to the terminals. This depends on your amp. You either need an amp with a high level input or you have to buy a high level output converter. It must also have a DC turn on feature. This avoids the need of a remote turn on wire.


Now you have to run the ground wire. I placed the ground above the 6x9’s were the other grounds were. Once you screw it in you can run the ground and the RCA inputs to the trunk. There is plenty of gaps.


Now you need to run the power wire. If you are looking at your engine there is a cover between the battery and the windshield . Underneath it there is a large grommet that drops down right behind the glove box. Poke a hole in it with something round and sharp(Don’t  slice it because it won’t seal back up once you run the power wire). Now stretch out a metal clothes hanger and tape the power wire on the end. Push the side without the power wire through the hole you made and once you find it underneath the glove box you can pull the wire though.


Hide the power wire underneath the floor trim and run it though the trunk where you ran the ground.


The only way to fit a sub is to build a box where the spare tire goes. You can do this however you want but it is tricky to find a shallow mount sub that has a shallow enough mounting depth to fit. You have a total of 5 3/8”. Here are the pictures of how I built it. Originally I was going to put an 8” in simply because I have never heard one and decided to give it a try. I was disappointed so I stuck with what I normally get and got a 12”. That is why the mounting hole is smaller at first.