Hey whats up guys!!! Check out what Ive been doing for about 11 hours yesterday. Im telling you, the guys that dont get the BOSE system in their cars are lucky as hell. I have had to gut the car to run new wires, and dismantle my doors completely.
I replaced all but the rear 6 1/2 speakers and I still have the driver side door to fish for my new components to go. Ive run 12 guage twisted speaker wire to everything. Here are the pics of what 11 hours of progress looks like......

 

you'll be happier that ur doing ur own work. it'll be done right the first time! good luck...

 

Yea, and I know there wasnt any cut corners. I just hope everything sounds good. Thanks for the vote of confidence!

 

Good luck and keep at it!

C.

 

Good luck!

 

good luck man, its lookin good

 

Ok guys here is what I did with the front doors. Im eventually getting some pods, but im on a budget so for now im going to install the speakers inside.

I decided to just use the existing bose speakers as spacers. Here is how I did it.

Here is the stock setup before everything is done.



I cut the speaker cone out with a razor.





Then I trim out the supports and I have a regular spacer left.



Then I installed the new setup.

 

Now its time for the tweeter..



Take the old one out, but save the bracket. It will hold the new tweeter in place with new longer #6 screws.



Now its time for the worst thing to do on our system. The fishing of the new wire through the connector to the door!!!

Here is what I did that made it kind of easy for me. I disconnected the harness going to the door. I puuled the grommet through the door itself and pulled it out of the hole for the speaker.



Notice the ***** of the window in the background.

Then I took the plastic cover off of the connector.



Once that is off, peel it back and expose the wires. Now you can drill a hole in the connector, and fish the wire through without damaging any of the wires.



More to come in a min as im writing this as I go....

 

Ok, here is the connector complete with the plastic car re-installed and the wire going through it.





Now I drill a hole in the corresponding connector making sure it lines up!



Now slide the wire through both the outide connector and the inside. Connect them together and its done!!! 15 min worth of work...

Here is the finished product.

 

Im going to get back to work on the rest.

 

looking good....i so love the frost interior!!

 

Looks great so far! Glad to see your going the extra mile.

 

Ok guys, the interior is 90% back together. All the wires are channelled through the center console back. I have cableized and neatly tucked away.

I still have some work to do inside the old bose sub section. I ran my satelite and other things through there.







I also installed a Farenheight screen in an 03 cubby, and placed the 2 farad cap in the glove box so its hidden. I placed it to where the display faces me. I ran my remote bass control module to the center console where the little storage space is.

glove box open


closed

 

Finally done!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OMG, the sound is soo crystal clear. All this work is worth it.

Thanks to the people at Crutchfield, Zenclosures, IkeSound, Circuit City, and my wife for all the help!

 

NICELY done.

 

nice work...i wish i had the guts to do my own install...

 

NICE! Thorough and clean. I hate to add this, and it's a minor detail sort of point but you can get a more flush mounting of your double DIN screen in the console if you want. It might be the way I'm seeing it, maybe you already did it but it looks like it's sticking out some in the picture taken from the passenger side, 3rd picture in the last group of pics.

Maybe a project for another day but if you pull out the factory bracket and drill new holes about 3/8" back from the existing holes and remount the double DIN head unit using the new holes, it will sit nice and flush at the corners. The top and bottom edges will be set back just a bit cuz of the curve of the console. When I did it I could only use 3 out of the 4 screws because of the way the one of the brackets is shaped.

 

good work man. got the exact same subs and amp in mine.

 

it was a messy job but some1 had to do it. it must feel good to have put all that together and finally be finished. congrats!!! looks very good, probably sounds a lot better

 

nice install looks like its gonna be very clean. hey are you a member on importsnc? your z looks familiar think ive seen it on there before.