[Dexman1349]

Amp, LC7i, and Sub were installed this weekend. That really made a huge difference in the sound quality. I was actually caught sitting in my car last night just listening to the stereo. I am very happy with the build so far. I can't wait to get the speakers done (depends on when I can get some time off to get the car down to the shop). I still haven't gone through and adjusted the gains, filters, etc on the system to fully maximize the quality and will probably wait to get that done until after the new speakers are installed.

I only ended up using the ******** amp mount and am temporarily using a couple of their harnesses until I get the new speakers installed and rewired. I cut the existing harnesses off and just ran the original wires directly to the LC7i as it mounted up a lot cleaner that way without adding more things floating around back there. I have no intention of going back to the factory setup, so keeping the original harnesses wasn't necessary.

After going through the install, I can definitely say there is some value to the comments about removing the rear speakers from the equation. It sounds really good with only upgrading the amp and using the factory front speakers (center speaker deleted), but I am glad I am keeping the rears.

The only real challenge so far is that I don't have a mounting place for the amp. It ended up being just a bit too big to mount in the factory amp spot, so I used the ******** kit to mount the LC7i there instead and the amp is just sitting on the floor of the trunk. I was looking at possibly building some sort of mount to go in the spare tire hole, but I will consult with the speaker install shop to see what they would recommend (maybe have them do it).

Nothing to really post for pictures.