My Pete rebuild

[Nostalgic]

(01-31-2019 )bazdan902 Wrote:  I still keep checking in when I see it on the homepage, looks like it's gonna be a nice truck, real pleasure to drive I bet once you get rolling. FYI, the platinum interiors come with mid bass speakers in the exact spot you are locating yours behind the seat... I agree there's lots of wasted space but that just means lots of room for improvement and customizing, never ending project!... I'm not sure about your truck but the sleeper HVAC control panel, in behind there is a great spot to hide amps as well as up in the headliner. Platinum cabs also have amps in headliner.

I never liked burying amps - I know, I know, once they're tuned in, you really never need to touch them, but above the headliner would haunt me since it's one of the hardest panels to take off. I agree, the HVAC cubby would have been perfect, but I have a Espar in there... The battery powered A/C sits back dead center below the bed and takes up a lot of space too. I plan to try it out this summer, but if it doesn't perform enough to justify the battery bank, it's gone and I'll high idle...

It's still tough to make adjustments on the amps, but I opted to use the closet. Unlike the previous owner, instead of running the power wires through a jagged hole and siliconing the carpet, I used a grommet and put a ANL fuse @ the battery.



My first time dealing with ground loop noise, and I still blame the cheap amps, but putting ground loop isolators on the 4 F&R channels took most of it out. I bought everything from Crutchfield's scratch-n-dent store, and despite the non existent budget, pieced together a pretty good sounding system.