After 6 months... Finished my first system.

[K_Watson 10+ year member]

It took 6 long months of adding a little bit at a time and learning as I went, but I've got it done. My first system is going to be finished tomorrow, I only have to build a bigger fuse holder bracket, secure the amp power wire in it's permanent routing, tuck some wires, reconnect the remote starter, and seal the slit in the firewall wiring harness boot.

Kenwood KDC-MP245 Headunit

4x Pioneer TS-G1643R 6 1/2" Speakers

Alpine MRP-M500 Class D Amplifier (500w RMS @ 2 ohm)

Twin 10" MTX Thunder 5000 Subs (250w RMS each)

34R Duralast Platinum AGM battery (Deka Intimidator 9A34R)

4 Gauge Power

4 gauge Big 3

Soldered terminals

PAC Bass knob

Sub cutoff switch

100% self installed //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

Pics...

Big battery

Big 3 (The amp wire will be secured in the morning.)

Custom one-off billet aluminum fuse holder bracket //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

Room to flex

Subs, amp, and if you look close, speakers!

More pics and a video tomorrow.

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[Kangaroux 5,000+ posts]

Looking clean. Glad you took the time to do everything right instead of just throwing all the equipment in there.

 

[05trailblazer 10+ year member]

i like how u have a fire Extinguisher nice clean setup though

 

[Bettr n' Revrse 5,000+ posts]

I have one under the front seat lol

 

[K_Watson 10+ year member]

i like how u have a fire Extinguisher nice clean setup though

Yes, I got the idea for that after somebody caught his Harley on fire while changing the battery in our parking lot at work.

 

[Rickdod3 10+ year member]

Fire extinguishers are ALWAYS a good idea lol you never know when you will need one.

And btw nice job on your first system...its refreshing to see someone that took their time to learn and do it the right way. Its a great start!

 

[K_Watson 10+ year member]

All finished... I made a new fuse holder, complete with brushed finish, routed and secured all the wires, and sealed the harness boot.

Wires routed and secured.

New redesigned custom one-off brushed billet aluminum fuse holder bracket v2.0 //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

Power and signal on opposite sides of car.

Headunit and Bass-knob

 

[phrostbyte0311 10+ year member]

What is that connected to your head unit with the silver wire?

 

[K_Watson 10+ year member]

It's a Griffin AUX cable with built in microphone. I have an LG Optimus S Android phone and the last OS update killed the mic while a cable was plugged in, so I bought this one with a mic to fix the issue. Otherwise, while listening to my music I would have to unplug the cable to take the call which is not fun at highway speeds.