I carpeted the front spare tire tub and put my A1800DT in there...that's the big mofo powering my subs. A continuous flow of 1,800W at a stable 1ohm load. Unbelieveable. Here that is:

The tub:


Then I stuffed the amp in there, to make sure it would even fit, lol:


It fit almost perfectly, so I decided to measure for the mounting holes:


Then I flipped it over, and made sure I had clearance for the signal cables:


Again, it worked out perfectly, so I bolted it down:


Pretty cool, eh? I've got the rest of the front compartment stripped down to nothing, so I'll finish carpeting that, probably tomorrow, and I'll ge tthe drawings finalized for my amp rack. I've almost finished my highly modified overhead console as well, so I'll probably finish that tomorrow. Watch for that.

Told ya I'd have pictures for ya...here's my modified overhead console:

Here's the bass boost dial mounted in the console:

I picked that location, because that's where the stock one goes. I realize the stock one is a slider, but I think this works rather well.

Now, most people hardwire their remote turn-on wires right to the head-unit, so when that turns on, so do the amps. Personally, I like having a switch. Basically, with a switch, I can turn on the amps at any time, given that the head-unit is turned on as well. This allows me to kill the amps in a residential area late at night, so I don't wake everybody up and I can still listen to my music. Basically, what I did was modify the map lights, so that they're both on the passenger side switched circuit. When the passenger side switch is activated, both map lights are turned on. This leaves me with the driver side switch open. I'm sure you can tell what I used that for. I'll be using that switch for my remote turn-on wires. Perfectly stock, and works I'm sure it'll work damn well too.

Here's the provisional wire/switch for the remote-turn on wires:

That picture's slightly blurry, only because the camera is so zoomed in. You can see a little better in the next pircture.

In this picture, it's fairly easy to see the modified light wiring, and also the modified switch/remote wire:


That's all I've got for today...maybe I'll get out there and finally carpet that damn front compartment tomorrow morning before I go in for training. I can probably do a lot of cutting and wiring tomorrow evening in that case then. I'll be able to reassemble the interior next week (I hope).

I'll leave you with this picture:



Let me know if you've got any more questions or comments.

[This message has been edited by 1986 Fiero GT (edited 05-25-2006).]