2005 Ford 500 first real install

[qikazel]

I wanted to post my first installation in 20 years. That install had nice equipment, but was pretty basic. That basically involved putting in an amp on the trunk floor, installing a box and an aftermarket headunit. This time around, I have several goals. The first goal was keep the trunk functional. The second was to wire it safely and neatly. Third was to install components for the first time. I have reviewed multiple installs on here for ideas and I think it came out pretty good. I am looking forward to ALL feedback, good and bad.
Here is the headunit. A Pioneer BT-7000.

I ran the 4 gauge under the car in a very heavy duty electrical conduit used for underground wiring. I utilized a factory grommet to enter the trunk.

I built a stand to mount my sealed box on. This allows it to meet up with the baffle board I made to seal the trunk. The ground was done to Keepitalives specs from his install.

I started Dynamatting the large holes and sheetmetal areas. I have since gone back and covered everything.

Here is the first false floor I made. This holds the two Soundstream 500's I am using. The wiring is exposed as well.

This pic shows the box sitting on the stand I built and covered.

Here are some pics of the installed amps.

Here is a pic of the finished trunk. This is the second false floor I built.

Here is a pic of the baffleboard and subs. They are 12 inch Phoenix Gold X-Maxes.

Let me know what you think!

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[LaserRed38 10+ year member]

Looks pretty decent from my phone. You should make a beauty panel to cover the back of the box and extend it to the walls of the trunk to fill the gaps on the sides of the box...

 

[snb778 5,000+ posts]

Edit: nt

 

[DB-Audio 10+ year member]

looks good but i agree with LaserRed38 you should make the beauty panel cover the entire back wall of the trunk good job though

 

[qikazel]

Here are my tweeter pods installed.

I did not take any pics of the doors because they all look the same. I covered all the holes with 1/2 in plywood, dynomatted the inner skin, backside of the outer skin and the outer skin itself. I made a speaker pod out of mdf and covered that with non-hardening clay and dynomat.

 

[qikazel]

I have had some requests for pics of the car itself so here it is.

 

[Marlo Stanfield 10+ year member]

Nice install and o/s equipment, i love the PG subs... My uncle used to run them a while back and they are awesome subs.

 

[qikazel]

Thanks! A Wire Fan!! Best show ever!!!

 

[DNick454 10+ year member]

The only complaint I can think of is the tweeter placement. Looks a little thrown together just stuck in those bowls and mounted to the A-Pillar. Any plans of fiberglassing them in there? I would assume with all the work you put into the clean sub-stage setup, you would've done something creative with the tweeters //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

Although... I bet it does sound good, and as long as you are happy with it, that's all that matters at the end of the day anyways. As a side note though... lovin the subs. Not many use PG subs however those look badass with the carbon fiber cones and caps. What are the specs on those?

 

[qikazel]

Thought I would post some pics of my upgraded amp setup and new eq.

 

[viperrgh2 10+ year member]

looks good, any sub slap with the seat up?

 

[qikazel]

A little. I am going to remove the hard backing behind the seat and perforate it with holes and also open up the area behind the arm rest so I can keep it down and have a completely open area in front of the subs.

 

[Bullet03 10+ year member]

the way u did the box is the same way ive been plotting doing mine in the mustang. great looking install!

 

[bubbagumper6 5,000+ posts]

Just make sure those amps have room to breathe man, if you close em off with no airflow you could overheat them //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

Other than that, it's a nice install. Very clean.