I'm doing a small audio upgrade in the element. I dont want anything too fancy in the E since it's my daily which I park outsideat night, and I really dont want to clutter the interior or have to worry about theft, so everything but the HU will be stealth mounted like factory.

I'll be installing an Alpine CDA-9835 HU later on this week. I chose this model because it was last years top model which featured the Bio-lite display and the internal V-drive amp, 27 true rated watts per channel. Most decks might say 50x4, but you actually would be lucky to get 15x4 rated. I will be running all the door speakers off of the HU internal amp to keep it simple.

Today I mounted the front tweeter amp that will power the new tweeters in the pillars. It's a small sony that I had laying around. I chose this because (it was free), and I thought it could fit in the EX stock amp location. Not too many amps out there that small.

Here are a few pictures of the install...

The amp
http://images.snapfish.com/344%3B%3B3%3B923232%7Ffp63%3Dot%3E2335%3D983%3D7%3 B%3C%3DXROQDF%3E2323%3B59926247ot1lsi

Size comparison
http://images.snapfish.com/344%3B%3B3%3B923232%7Ffp45%3Dot%3E2335%3D983%3D7%3 B%3C%3DXROQDF%3E2323%3B59926245ot1lsi

A bit or wiring
http://images.snapfish.com/344%3B%3B3%3B923232%7Ffp64%3Dot%3E2335%3D983%3D7%3 B%3C%3DXROQDF%3E2323%3B59926249ot1lsi

Ready to install
http://images.snapfish.com/344%3B%3B3%3B923232%7Ffp63%3Dot%3E2335%3D983%3D7%3 B%3C%3DXROQDF%3E2323%3B59926242ot1lsi

and I can still adjust my gains by simply popping off the dash side panel :grin:
http://images.snapfish.com/344%3B%3B3%3B923232%7Ffp7%3Enu%3D3244%3E892%3E6%3C %3B%3EWSNRCG%3D3232%3C4%3A83532%3Bnu0mrj

Nice install. Just one question. Dan Blocker on CD? Where in the hell did you get that? :?

I want to thank you for making me feel a little less stupid for buying an old record by Walter Brennan. :grin:

Nice install. Just one question. Dan Blocker on CD? Where in the hell did you get that? :?

I want to thank you for making me feel a little less stupid for buying an old record by Walter Brennan. :grin:

thats lagwagon not dan blocker. http://www.lagwagon.com/

-tom :)

Dan Blocker on CD? Where in the hell did you get that?


http://yelims4.free.fr/MDR/MDR85.gif

Impressive.... most impressive.

^ I dunno. It's not that impressive. Lorne Greene had a #1 hit in 1964 with the song Ringo.

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-1/940070/lornegreen.jpg