Just Purchased A Pioneer Deh-p8650mp Plus A Load Of Other Gear

[dazzxr6t]

As I have no premium sound I thought its bout time for an upgrade.. only had the car 2 weeks!.

Anyone have any feedback on these decks?. I hear they are pretty good. Too late now as Ive bought it . The big task tomorrow is to install the sucker into the "tissue box" haha. Wish me luck. Any tips on mounting this?. Im going to read through the post's tonight.

I have some good pioneer 6" splits to go in the front.. I have some good 4 way pioneer 6" to go in the rear. The guy at the audio shop was nice enough to cut me some mdf templates to convert the 5x7 to 6".

I also have a Alpine V12 amp and alpine ZR sub to go in the boot.

Should sound good cant wait to get started tomorrow

[dazzxr6t]

Sorry the splits and the rears are both 6.5" not 6".. will post pictures and details of the install stay tuned

[PIT STOP]

the head is a good unit if you got it for the right price.I would if it were my car try and find a good 5x7 to go back in rather than screw mdf spacers to my pride and joy. if you are going to run the speakers off the head unit you will find your left front and left and right rear speakers in the left hand kick panel which will be a set of orange ,blue &pink then run your powers over to the phone kit plug up under the right hand side of the dash (blue plug) and then your right hand side speaker in the right kick panel which is a set of greys .remember if you are unsure ask a shop cause airbags dont tickle and your unit should look like this

[dazzxr6t]

the head is a good unit if you got it for the right price.I would if it were my car try and find a good 5x7 to go back in rather than screw mdf spacers to my pride and joy. if you are going to run the speakers off the head unit you will find your left front and left and right rear speakers in the left hand kick panel which will be a set of orange ,blue &pink then run your powers over to the phone kit plug up under the right hand side of the dash (blue plug) and then your right hand side speaker in the right kick panel which is a set of greys .remember if you are unsure ask a shop cause airbags dont tickle and your unit should look like this

Thanks Pit Stop, about to make a start. With the surround I would like to retain a small pocket under the deck, I have seen a few post's on here where people have done that. Dont know how secure the deck will become though. I may have to brace her up. Thanks for the info regarding the speaker wires, very handy!.

[dazzxr6t]

OK.. well. Peth decided to piss down on us today which meant it was hard to get anything done.. Few brews went down a treat and my cousin ripped off the door trims and we got the splits in. Im not 100% sure about the mounting spot for the crossover but I dont know where else to put it atm. If anyone has any better ideas maybe you can let me know. Apparently its pretty hard to get the wiring through the door/firewall. ATM it seems dodge.. its wrapped up in a plastic bag that it came in and taped up tightly.. all wires are tie'd up to the other's amongst the door, using the factory wires from the deck to power the speakers. Soon to cut and join in the new deck. This can always be changed and im hoping for a better solution.

I didnt read a post on mounting the rears.. but what I found was it was easy to remove the rear grill's and you gain access to the srews that hold in the speakers.. should be plenty of room to work. Dont need to remove the shelf at all, kinda handy . Anyway heres some pics so far.. more to come.

I should point out that I had a little 1/4" drive ratchet set that was able to get the bolt's out of the speakers.. (if you dont have the fitting) cant remember what size socket it was now but ill let ya know when I tackle the rear again.

Till next weekend.. will slowly get there. Pray for better weather next W/E!!

Edited 15/04/07 10:32 AM by dazzxr6t

[PIT STOP]

the little torx screws are a 5.5 mm torx screw try and hide the crossovers in the cavity towards the back of the door make sure the crossovers are wrapped in plastic and face the wire down so water doesnt work its way into the bag last time I looked there was a styrafoam like block a the back of the door trim I carved a a small section out and with the snug fit the crossover was held in tight.

[dazzxr6t]

the little torx screws are a 5.5 mm torx screw try and hide the crossovers in the cavity towards the back of the door make sure the crossovers are wrapped in plastic and face the wire down so water doesnt work its way into the bag last time I looked there was a styrafoam like block a the back of the door trim I carved a a small section out and with the snug fit the crossover was held in tight.

Yeah I didnt have any torx attachments so I was "almost" stuck. Very good idea though PIT STOP . I will look at doing that this weekend. I am abit worried about winter and what you suggested sounds like a very good idea. Im hoping I have 2 days of sunshine to get the whole project finished. Rears are ready to go in, I might try get that done one night after work if I finish early. Then hopefully leaving the amp/sub & head unit/facia to do over the weekend. Thanks for your tips mate