Anyone JL Audio HD Series HD900/5
08-17-2011, 05:50 PM
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Start by removing the door sill covers, kick panels, rear seat, and lift carpet...pretty much the same for every car. Sometimes you have to remove a front seat, and try to run all signal cables on one side preferably without or far away from any oem wire harnesses, and run amplifier power wire on the opposite side of the car. make sure you leave enough slack to allow cables to sit comfortable and not bind on anything, and route cables away from potential dangers like sharp edges and moving parts that may pinch them or cut into them. Use flexable loom (ribbed, split plastic covering) in areas that need extra protection. Use decent quality rca cables...$20.00-30.00 retail for a 15 ft run is good, anything more is overkill, but avoid 5.00 plain black cables from electronics stores..always have noise problems with those (made for indoors in which they work fine). That's about it..as far as the basics go..every car has it's own little issues, but for the most part..at least the last 100 cars I've installed in have been pretty much the same. Good luck and have fun!
08-18-2011, 01:08 PM
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Start by removing the door sill covers, kick panels, rear seat, and lift carpet...pretty much the same for every car. Sometimes you have to remove a front seat, and try to run all signal cables on one side preferably without or far away from any oem wire harnesses, and run amplifier power wire on the opposite side of the car. make sure you leave enough slack to allow cables to sit comfortable and not bind on anything, and route cables away from potential dangers like sharp edges and moving parts that may pinch them or cut into them. Use flexable loom (ribbed, split plastic covering) in areas that need extra protection. Use decent quality rca cables...$20.00-30.00 retail for a 15 ft run is good, anything more is overkill, but avoid 5.00 plain black cables from electronics stores..always have noise problems with those (made for indoors in which they work fine). That's about it..as far as the basics go..every car has it's own little issues, but for the most part..at least the last 100 cars I've installed in have been pretty much the same. Good luck and have fun!
08-18-2011, 05:46 PM
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I haven't done professional installs at a shop in a long time and I only have time these days for my carsm family and friends once in a while( I haven't had to do an install in over a year now...mine when i rewired and changed some gear). Call around or check Kijiji, there's lots of installers that work on the side on there. Cost depends on what exactly you want, how the speakers will be connected ( for example; if the factorey wires are being used and an adaptor or simple hook upis possible that would cheaper than running new speaker wires into doors etc..).
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