Featured Annoying euro system - Peugeot RCZ with JBL factory upgrade

[RCZ-mad]

Nice! Hope this becomes the start of your car audio hobby.

Funny you mention that...putting in this subwoofer was an interim activity. I've got a bunch of Alpine gear I plan on putting in soon, so this was a bit of a test of both my knowledge and patience!

I've got a few items now and getting a few more shortly to complete the package but when all is said and done, what I'll be putting in is the following:

1. Head Unit: Alpine iLX-F509A
2. Rear Cam: Alpine HCE-C1100
3. Amplifier: Alpine KTA-450 4-Channel
4. Front speakers: Alpine DM-65C - 6.5" component with 1" tweeter
5. Rear speakers: Alpine S2-S69 - 6"x9" coaxial
6. Subwoofer: reusing the one I just installed

I'll have to draw up a diagram of how everything will be connected but that should be fairly straight forward.

Also bought a bunch of sound deadener so putting that in, should make an appreciable difference.

Having said that, it wouldn't be a euro car if it was that easy, so the issue I'm going to have is that when I wire up the head unit, I will lose parking sensors and the stalk controls for volume and track selections, as that is all integrated with the JBL factory amp, so once I get rid of that I lose some functionality.

The parking sensors I don't care about so much, as I'll have the rear cam if I really need it. (I don't even need parking sensors, I'm old school and can actually drive but my wife wants as much assistance as possible lol).

When it comes to the volume and track selection stalk controls, we don't care too much about that as the touchscreen is 9", plenty of space to easily hit the 'next' button or control the volume.

I just hope that once I completely unplug the JBL amp that I don't get an error message on the cluster, as the amp is canbus connected so I figure its possible I'll get some type of warning, we'll see!

 

[1aespinoza 10+ year member]

Funny you mention that...putting in this subwoofer was an interim activity. I've got a bunch of Alpine gear I plan on putting in soon, so this was a bit of a test of both my knowledge and patience!

Nice list. You did just tackle one of the more difficult tasks of car audio installation. The hardest is integrating a radio into today's OEM systems; but since you are replacing everything, that is not an issue.
Will you be splicing into the OEM wire for the speakers or are you running it all the way into each location? Should be easier since you will be removing beauty panels for sound deadening.

 

[RCZ-mad]

Nice list. You did just tackle one of the more difficult tasks of car audio installation. The hardest is integrating a radio into today's OEM systems; but since you are replacing everything, that is not an issue.
Will you be splicing into the OEM wire for the speakers or are you running it all the way into each location? Should be easier since you will be removing beauty panels for sound deadening.

Yeah running new wire or using existing is something I'm thinking about now. I would rather avoid having to run new wire for every speaker if its possible, I want to just use the existing speaker wires.

Can the stock speaker wires handle the new speakers? Is there a way to calculate if the current wires in there are adequate to handle whatever power the new speakers will need?

 

[1aespinoza 10+ year member]

Can the stock speaker wires handle the new speakers? Is there a way to calculate if the current wires in there are adequate to handle whatever power the new speakers will need?

Definitely, no need to rewire speaker locations. Hard part is deciphering the color codes.

 

[RCZ-mad]

Definitely, no need to rewire speaker locations. Hard part is deciphering the color codes.

Yep, but I am hoping that the wires going from the stock head unit TO the JBL amp are the same color coding as the wires FROM the JBL amp to the speakers, or I'm screwed lol

 

[1aespinoza 10+ year member]

Yep, but I am hoping that the wires going from the stock head unit TO the JBL amp are the same color coding as the wires FROM the JBL amp to the speakers, or I'm screwed lol

Ha, but there may be light at the end of the tunnel. If you happen to find an aftermarket radio adapter harness, it will have the standard color codes of the aftermarket radio. You just then follow those colors to that of the OEM wires.