2007 Ford Escape Rebuild...

[KenC210 10+ year member]

So i have been doing little work about an hour a day this week. Since i haven't updated here in awhile here comes more pics...

Showing i got the A-pillars fixed and test fitted...

Then i started working on the kick panels...

got it taped here ready for glass

decided to use foil tape to help with the ease of taking off the tape from the glass molding...

Got my prep work done..

 

[KenC210 10+ year member]

Sorry no pic of the glass mold was a bit messy but here are some almost finished pics... also a test fit

 

[KenC210 10+ year member]

I also got started on the doors. A little bit at a time.

A before shot of the door

I have the ring cut out and it is wrapped with fleece just waiting to get glassed up

If you compare to the before pic you will see what i am going to be relocating the pocket area to the rear part of the door.

 

[DoesDad 10+ year member]

Looks good! Wish I had the time, patience and skill to do something on this scale...

 

[KenC210 10+ year member]

Looks good! Wish I had the time, patience and skill to do something on this scale...

Thank you.. yes it is taking some time to do this and the skill level doesn't need to be to high just be able to learn quick and you'll get it down in no time.

 

[KenC210 10+ year member]

So i started to strip out everything all old wires remove the old speakers and start cleaning everything up so i could start putting deadener in.

My giant mess of wires that i have to take out. everything is zip tied and wrapped with electrical tape. Also all wires were soldered and shrink wrapped.

 

[KenC210 10+ year member]

After i got the wires cleaned up and taken out i started to get test fitting the doors just to make sure they will fit still with the new speakers in. As you can see i needed to do some modified work here to make some clearance for the 6.5 and some more clearance for the pocket i relocated.

The Pocket area.

This is before I cut the area to fit the pocket. I forgot to get the after shot of the cut for the pocket. I could get a shot of it later but there is now deadener on it.

The before shot of the 6.5 area i had to modify

Why it didn't fit

Before i had it cut

The after shot of the modified area for the 6.5

The door fits good now

 

[KenC210 10+ year member]

The test fit for the 8 was perfect. I didn't have to cut or modify anything.

 

[KenC210 10+ year member]

Now to deaden the doors...

And the vid of a comparison

 

[KenC210 10+ year member]

So i did a little work on deadening the truck

 

[KenC210 10+ year member]

So i have a few additions to this build that are not in my first post. Here are a few preview pics of what will be in store. Just a little teaser pic before i get a few more things in the mail.

 

[KenC210 10+ year member]

So i was out of work a little early today so i got somethings done in the ride... Sorry for some pics that are blurry, it was cold and dark by the time i got some pics.

Running the speaker wires, Getting them zip tied and an taped up

Another little project i am working on for the constant and turn on wires to be wired to some switches to turn on everything i need. Screens, Fans, or any other accessories.

This is it finished and installed in the truck.

A mess of wires... RCA's, Video wire, power ground and acc wires, and other things in there also.

My radio, DVD, and EQ.

 

[KenC210 10+ year member]

So I did quite a bit a work today. I didn't get much pictures of the process because my camera battery was dead, used it at my daughters basket ball game. I also did have my phone because it needed to be charged... Plus i got into work mode i didn't ever get the cameras during the process... Anyway here are some pics i did manage to get.

Here you see i cleaned up all my speaker wires... Also showing where the are routed... For the most part i just followed factory wires and zip tied...

Here is just showing the rca's

Got the routing of the wires for the flip down monitor when it comes in...

Also did some work on the shift lever area... You see here i have 2 volt meters, the top 2, and some LED touch on/off switches...

 

[KenC210 10+ year member]

So i wanted to hear how the speakers sounded so i just set in my doors to get them playing. I did clean up all the wiring some more and set in the carpet a few other things. The vids will be up once finished loading.

Here also i got my shift lever area primed up and ready to coat black.

 

[KenC210 10+ year member]

Here are some vids...