Total stereo upgrade, took a couple weeks, did a little at a time, and kept going till everything was new (oooppppps it just happened) ....replaced front speakers first, that helped but still had crappy factor head unit. Then a new head unit, and two more of the same speakers for the sound bar, then the sub a week later, then the front speaker enclosures to fine tune sound, and the poly fill for the same, ............. The madness!!!!
Head Unit - Sony
https://www.crutchfield.com/p_158GS820BT/Sony-MEX-GS820BT.html?tp=5684
Speakers X4 - Infinity 5.25
https://www.crutchfield.com/p_1085211I/Infinity-Kappa-52-11i.html?cc=02&tp=97 These took finest to install in the front dash, left side was a tighter fit and had to cut a piece of metal strap for fit.
Sub box with Amp - Rockford Fosgate -
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00Y3WKUX8/?tag=wranglerorg-20
Sat Radio -
https://www.crutchfield.com/p_220SXV300/SiriusXM-SXV300V1-Tuner.html?tp=87
Speaker enclosures for front dash, helps project the sound out. I ran them for a week and realized these were very necessary. It took patience to set them properly, and I had to be REALLY careful not to tear the speaker as I finessed them into place. On left front I had to cut out a piece of metal strap back there for the speaker to fit. TIP — Put a piece of paper folder a couple times thick to insert against and flat over the speaker cone as some protection while you manipulate it into place, get the four screws in and tight, it takes a little time cause you don't want to punch a speaker with the screw driver (I almost did just that a couple times), the few layers of regular printer paper protects the speaker which will be touching other dash surfaces before the speaker is fully tightened down with all four screws.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0039YWT62/?tag=wranglerorg-20
Poly fill for the dead space in the middle of the sound bar, helps project more sound, no doubt. h
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I wired to battery directly, both the Sony head and the power to sub box. I grabbed the remote power for sub box wire by grabbing power off the radio fuse in the fuse box behind the glove box and running the wire back to the sub box, so the sub knows to turn on and off with the key just like the radio. I got one of these, add a fuse kit.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LFXA5XM/?tag=wranglerorg-20 The power wire to the sub box is direct from battery as I said, so you get max thump capability.
The Rockford Fosgate sub box will fit under the front driver seat no problem IF you raise the front seats with a 1.25 inch seat riser. It is great to lift the seat just a little for me, now the driver door with window down is the perfect arm rest height now for my left arm.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007TWOOGI/?tag=wranglerorg-20
Of course inline fuses, firewall plug was easy to punch a hole in for a couple 10 gauge wires, perfect install I must say! I had Crutchfield pre-wire Sony head for 19 bucks so factory plug and play with factory harness and used the existing speaker wire from the factory. I did splice out the yellow power wire that powers Sony unit, from pre-wired harness from Crutchfield, so I could power Sony from the battery and not have power draw for Sony from the regular wiring harness. More power directly to Sony from battery, means the 4X45 RMS sounds great at 60 mph and all the windows out. The amp in this head unit wth power from battery, with the four 2 Ohm speakers, and the sub sounds very good together. It was like $700 all in, and like we do.....I debated, and researched, wanting a good system, simply wanted to keep the speakers in factory locations, without any tweeter clutter on the dash, no big sub box taking up too much room, and this was the result. Made sure the wires I installed for sub box were running along the same factory wire location cluster pathway, took off trim and put back on etc, for a clean clean install. I did run the RCA cables from head unit to sub box along the passenger side, I know all the wires are insulated, but why not just keep the signal path RCA cables aways from the power wires.
I must say I can wire a stereo well but it had been a while since replacing everything. Pretty easy and I was patient which helped. It rocks now!
I'll grab some picts in the am.
