Follow up to flipping seats. Stereo install.

[Nisbo]

My stereo install started a few months ago. I gutted the interior and wrapped the interior in FatMat. (No pix as my fingers were black and sticky).
Here are a few pix of my doors.





Most people I have seen installing matting on the doors either leave the gaping holes open or hang the matting right over the hole. I don't know what they are thinking.
This is 18 guage sheet steel from the roofing aisle at Home Depot. It doesn't rust and cuts easy using sheet metal shears. Some cheap disposable scissors work too.


Here is one of the front doors.








I finished all the previous months ago as life took charge and things such as work, chores, and wife kept me from finishing my project.
This past weekend, I decided to finish everything up as I grew tired of looking at my partially disassembled interior. I got a little bit of encouragement when I was marveling at my forward folding modified rear seats.
I used a 3/8" plywood board and wrapped the whole thing in suede. I particularly don't like have screws sticking out the sheet metal, whether you can see them or not, sticking out the back of the cab so a little L bend aluminum works great for holding everything down. This is solid, with no rattles, and does a great job of holding everything in place.


Everything is mounting up fine.



Clearance is good.


Wires are tidy.


Seats flipped forward allow for good access to the back.



My storage fits good and doesn't touch anything.


Looking good.


Rear Speaker


Front tweet. I don't like this. I must've been on crack when I did the fronts.


So the run down on my system.
Head unit is an Alpine CDA-7995
Front Components = Infiniti Kappa 6.5"
Rear Components = Boston FS60 6.5"
Sub (not in yet) = Kenwood 12" Shallow in custom box.
Sub Amp = Polk Momo C300.3
Main Amp = Soundstream 4 channel

The best part is that I haven't put $50 in my system yet as everything has been dug out of the garage for reuse. I have been getting tired of seeing all these collect dust for a few years. The only new piece will be the Kenwood shallow mount sub.

[MMASSgt]

We can't see your pics, you used HTML. The code for the boards is [ IMG ] url [ /IMG ] .

[07DCwhiteSR5]

i can see the pics just fine. must have gotten fixed or genericposter cant see

nice. but you say you dont understand leaving holes in the door....uh...thats so you can get in there to fix things that will break....hope u dont have anything that breaks underwarranty cause they are gonna not like havin to get in there to fix it. but u probally know that and can fix it yourself anyway so its probally no biggie.

good install.

[MMASSgt]

Last edited by Nisbo : Yesterday at 09:30 PM.
He fixed them.

That install looks great. Things turned out real clean.

[Nisbo]

Originally Posted by 07DCwhiteSR5

but you say you dont understand leaving holes in the door....uh...thats so you can get in there to fix things that will break....hope u dont have anything that breaks underwarranty cause they are gonna not like havin to get in there to fix it.

If you don't cover them up with some kind of backing plate, I can imagine them coming loose and falling off, unless you leave the gaping hole which kinda defeats the purpose of going through the hassle in the first place.

If I do have to go back in, I can always cut around the sheet metal as I cut to fit in the depression around the opening. Also, you will notice I did not cover bolts, screws so I can locate them whenever I need. And when I put the plate back on, another sheet of matting will just go back on top and hold everything in place.

[mwhals]

I can't see the pictures on the PC I am using either. Maybe it is the firewall at this location.

[mwhals]

Originally Posted by mwhals

I can't see the pictures on the PC I am using either. Maybe it is the firewall at this location.

I now see it at my home, so I was right in thinking it was a firewall at the other place.

[Nisbo]

I have some bad news. My exhaust is too loud to enjoy my stereo.
I have Gibson headers and dual-in-single-side-out exhaust. Anyone in OC wanna trade me their stock exhaust and their cash for my Gibson exhuast?

I must be getting old.