Work so far on the Navajo

[rollingthunder 10+ year member]

Im getting closer to being happy with where I am at with my stereo in my 1994 Mazda Navajo. It is basically a rebadged ford explorer sport. Only made from 1991-1994 and every single one was made here in Louisville, ky at the ford plant. Any way, here is the progress so far:

I ran some of this welding wire for my MTX 81000D

Where it exits to the engine compartment and how it weaves into factory holes, grommets are on now

This is the MTX hidden where the factory cargo net used to be

This is the "custom" cover i made to make it look better

This is my huge and ugly box with my 18" Q, need to paint with matching flexstone

More pics to come

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[rollingthunder 10+ year member]

My kenwood kdc-x491, absolutely LOVE it, best HU to date

Upfront is infinity 6x9s. do the job great, comps will be later hopefully

Rear kenwood fill, same as Audiobahnuser's, and in an explorer sport no less

bad night shot of the ride

Comments? Questions?

 

[gladiator_jai 10+ year member]

nice equipment and work //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif, just paint the box quickly and don't be a cheapass like me by buying paint from walmart

 

[audiobahnuser18 5,000+ posts]

hey man can you tell me more in depth how u ran the 1/0awg and how you hid your amp in that cargo area i have the same thing i really do like that idea.very nice work so far to man.

 

[rollingthunder 10+ year member]

The 0 gauge goes into the fener, exits near the passenger door. If you look there is a factory hole in the body perfect for the wire. It runs into the interior, hidden behind the kick and fits snugly under the carpet in the wire tunnel and goes into the giant passenger rear side panel. It runs under the rear pass 5x7 and then the the amp.

 

[audiobahnuser18 5,000+ posts]

anyway you can get pics of that or where i could find pics? also what length screws did you use to go into rear fender?

 

[rollingthunder 10+ year member]

The amp is mounted where my factory amp was. Simply removed the old amp. I mounted the amp with holes that were already in the body under the rear window. Everything is hidden and I love it. When i need to haul something i just grab my box and take it out, as opposed to having my amp screwed to the box like i used to. I took the frame of the stock cargo net and attached black polyester and voila. By far the hardest thing was being driven crazy the whole time by the rediculously big interior plastic, since i broke my t50 bit so i couldnt get the seatbelts out, but i dealt with it.

 

[ballstothewall 10+ year member]

Better protect that wire with a grommet where you ran it through the sheet metal.

 

[rollingthunder 10+ year member]

Yeah there are grommets now, that was just a pic as soon as i got it in.

 

[audiobahnuser18 5,000+ posts]

alright rollinthunder i will keep all this in mind.

 

[Worlddre 5,000+ posts]

that wire run is unacceptable by many standards