1995 Ford Explorer install log

[lil_italy773 10+ year member]

those rims are tight! are they 22s?

 

[SHOemup233 10+ year member]

Looks nice man. How do you like the BL's compared to the Q's...although I suppose 15's vs 10's would be a bad comparison. ha.

 

[JarvisB 10+ year member]

Honestly I never thought that 10s would be as good as 15s, but sofar, I think that I like the 10s better than the 15s I had before(but I had only 1,200 watts on them)

The lows on those BLs are insane!!

And yeah all of this are on stock alt and battery for now.. When I return from spring break, I will check my budget and if I have enough, I will buy a HO alternator, and possibly a yellowtop.. Also will do the big 3..

Lastly, yes the rims are 22s

 

[NeverEnuffBass 10+ year member]

Get rid of those wire nuts. Should never be used in a car. solder your connections or at least use butt connectors or quick disconnects and crimp them good.

 

[PSturmer 10+ year member]

very nice rims. you will benefit the most from a large battery up front. to get a group 31 to fit you just cut some of the metal. on the right side of the picture you can see

 

[90accordman 5,000+ posts]

nice thread, im doing 2 10's in my 1997 Explorer at the moment, hows the output for you on the 10s.

 

[TheFiverMan 10+ year member]

vids asap..

 

[JarvisB 10+ year member]

^^ thanks for the input!
But I got a problem right now.. I took my HU out to hook the remote turn on wire up.. and I see no dedicated remote turn on wire from the HU.. I m like wtf?

So I decided to hook it up to the blue wire which is power for antenna..

So when I turn my HU on, the amp powers up when I am in "Tuner" mode, while if I switch to disc or Ipod, the amp would turn off..

I definitely need the remote turn on wire.. any ideas? I got pics of this situation coming up..

Get rid of those wire nuts. Should never be used in a car. solder your connections or at least use butt connectors or quick disconnects and crimp them good.

They are sufficent to me? Never had problems with them.. Will leave it that way until it gives me any problem lol... Thanks for the concern anyway..

very nice rims. you will benefit the most from a large battery up front. to get a group 31 to fit you just cut some of the metal. on the right side of the picture you can see

What do you mean by group 31? And sure thing I would benefit a lot from having a large battery as an upgrade..

nice thread, im doing 2 10's in my 1997 Explorer at the moment, hows the output for you on the 10s.

Output is kinda decent considering I have no electrical upgrade yet..

vids asap..

sure //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif but I dont think there will be one until next week since I am leaving to florida tomorrow and leaving my explorer behind at home //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

[AudioFonicz 10+ year member]

where did you buy those speaker terminals for your box?

 

[JarvisB 10+ year member]

That amp is a mono amp, not class A/B

Ask mobeious about the speaker terminals, he built the box for me.

 

[SeanDub 10+ year member]

Nice install. Also, what bolt pattern/brand are those rims, and where did you get them from?

 

[JarvisB 10+ year member]

Those rims are from a company named BSA, I bought it over ebay.. and they are 5 on 4.5

 

[mobeious 10+ year member]

terminals on the box are from parts express

 

[IgnoreMe 5,000+ posts]

when neverenuffbass said dont use wire nuts, he is just concerned that they will work themselves loose.

my buddy is an electrician and says this can be fairly common in an environment that has lots of vibrations. he told me, if i use them to just wrap some tape around the wire and the wire nut to keep it in place.

its just what he told me, so YMMV

 

[blackbonnie 5,000+ posts]

i personally ahte wire nuts, but they are good for certain installs, as long as you have tape or heatshrink to keep them tight