sound system

Hey there,
when i bought the car, the previous owner had recently taken apart the dashboard. And in doing so had taken out the factory radio and speakers with it. also the rear speakers where badly damaged due to rotting from being in the car so long. so i was left without sound system in the car.

i am of the firm belief that while driving down the highway, one is required to have his favourite beats playing. therefore this problem needed to be rectified. so i decided to install a new sound system. as my parents were currently in the states at this point in time i decide to purchase what was needed on-line and have them deliver it there, and they would bring it for me. so i went ahead and purchased a new 1600W amp along with some speakers and a new head unit to install in the car, all courtesy of Boss

this is what i bought.

now there are two ways to install a new sound system into your car.

1. if all your wiring from the factory is still present and in good shape you just need to change the head unit and get a wiring harness for your car to hook it into the existing sound system. then changing the speakers and amp, would be simply finding the correct size and then swapping them out.

however in my case, the previous speakers, amp and head unit were gone, plus the wiring behind the dash was messed up. so i have to do a complete rewiring. 

2. so option two, a complete rewiring for the sound system. i will have to run all the wires my self and find a way to tap into the cars power supply to get my system to work.

i was able to use the rear mounts for the speakers. however due to some issues in ordering the new speakers (did not pay attention to the speaker size) i will not be able to use the front speaker mounts. so i will be making some new mounts for the speakers to fit on the door instead of the dash.

the wiring in the dash for the head unit has been rendered useless by the fact that the old speakers are no longer connected and the wires are in a mess. so i will cut and seal the ends to prevent short circuiting and only use the power and ground from them. also the original antenna for the car is missing. so i will be using this as an opportunity to switch over to a new electronic antenna from Nippon America

as to the exact steps taken to install this i will make that known in a later post

see ya