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The goal is to provide music without building a crazy sound system. I also don't want a head unit so I choose the Kicker PXiBT50.2 Blue Tooth amplifier. (( 04-04-20 ))

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I am still trying to figure out where I am going to install the controller.

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Installing a Kicker 100amp amplifier for the rear 6 x 9 speaker in the factory location.

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Building the Amp Rack and keeping it compact as I would like to keep it tucked under the package tray.

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Bringing the cardboard back out.

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Back to the MDF

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Laying out the amp locations and where the holes need to be for wire routing and mounting of the amp rack.

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Looks like my planing so far is working out.

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Thankful for great neighbors (( 04-05-20 ))

So I called my Buddy Ben and asked if he had a small aluminum sheet and guess what he had it so work continue's on Sunday.

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Due to Covid-19 he cut it and left it on his tailgate for me to pick up.

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It's all in the details and I wanted to make sure I didn't miss anything before I started drilling holes in the only piece of aluminum I could get on a Sunday.

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Transferred everything over and started drilling holes.

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So far so good.

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Time to test fit the panel under the package tray. So back in the trunk and make sure you take your Cell Phone just in case you get stuck in the trunk you need to call for help.

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So I got tired of laying on the floor as it was very uncomfortable and I just so happened to have a factory carpet so I brought it home
and laid it out on the drive in the Sun to warm it up so it would lay kind of flat.

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and while it was Sunning I washed the car.

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Test fit and it fit good-enough.

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Boy it would be nice to roll the dang windows up and down. (( 04-10-20 ))

Yahoo I found another window crank and it's even black.

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Going back in the trunk (( 04-10-20 ))

Time to bond in the "Weld Mounts" and well I didn't like where two of the mounts were so I moved them so I could use two of the corner mounts for cable mounts.

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Time to cut of the rest of the MDF for supports while the panel bond is trying.

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Test Fitting to see if it will work.

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Back to the Center Channel for final fitting before powder coating.

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It's amazing how carpet makes it look further along then it is.

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Back to the Trunk and making sure the Amp Rack is anchored to the package tray. ((04-11-20 ))

Well here goes nothing.

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So I grabbed the sides and lifted myself up towards the package tray.

Good news the Weld Mounts stayed attached.

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Cont.

Did the same for the speaker wire.

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and yet there is more...Fuel Pump Wire

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Next up is to neatly run the wire is the channel in the rockers. For now the wires are twist tied together so I can add or remove wire as needed.

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Routing the wire into the wire clamps that are mounted to the inside of the "B" pillar.

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Kicker Sound System (( 04-15-20 ))

So I need this bracket and I am having no luck finding one.

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Yes, I bought the cheap version just for this bracket.