alright, how much tearing apart my truck will i have to do to rewire it, im thinking the rear doors are probably going to be a pain, but the front doors shouldnt be too hard or maybe I'm wrong, anyone done it in a quad cab?

 

you have about 13 plastic push in clips in the front door and like 7 in the rear door with a couple metal push in tabs. the metal ones will snap if you aren't careful. you should invest in the door panel removal tool, its kind of like a wide flathead with a groove in the end to slide over the clips so you can take them out without tearing them up. if you do tear them up then you can get new ones pretty cheap. other than those clips you have to take a fat bolt out of the rear door handle and a couple screws out of the handle on the inside of the door. then on the front you have to take your switches out and theres a couple screws on those and up by the front of the window too. its pretty easy to get the door panels off but you should plan on shredding a few of those plastic push in door clips.

heres the clips
http://www.clipsandfasteners.com/Tri...s_p/a19213.htm

 

1+ Sheriff.

Matt the front panels are not hard at all. The back panels are pretty easy themselves.

 

how can i mount these bad boys....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8m8fbnShPcw




















j/k j/k

 

um.....uh......hmm.... I don't know how to respond to that.....

*custom* mount?

 

(picture me sitting here like monte burns)

"Excellent"

(note: DO NOT PICTURE BILL AND TED, HA YOU KNOW YOU DID NOW!!!!)

 

ik how to get to the speakers but to rewire it am i gonna have to pull up the carpet, or am i just gonna have to feed it through? and where do i get that tool? autozone? lowes?

 

The front panels are easy to run. You can push the new wires through the rubber door boot in the door, then run them behind the dash. The rears can be ran the same way and you can remove the kicker panels that hold the carpet down, and run it that way.

 

k good i was hoping i didnt have to tear it apart to be doing this, that should make it easy...i hope

 

I would post pics, but I didn't take any during my install.

There is a cheap tool that helps with those clips...

Some people have good and bad luck with them. Personally, I have yet to tear up any of the clips on my truck or any of the other trucks I've pulled the panels off with. That tool should be about $8.00 at most parts stores.


Aslo, I'm sure you already know this, but this is for a reminder, and a tip for anyone else following this thread.

When you are running your power wire for your amp, make sure that it is on the opposite side of the vehicle. Meaning, run the power down the passenger, and then run your speaker and RCA wires down the driver's side. When you put the power wire and feed wires next to each other, you run the risk of getting feed back from the engine bay. IE: You'll hear the engine running through the speakers. It may sound cool for awhile, but it's annoying as hell when you have the volume down and your trying to talk on the speaker phone.

Another thing, in case I didn't say it above, when I gave you the idea of running your wires under the kicker panel, make damn sure you push the wires away from the screw holes. It would really suck to pierce a wire when you reinstall that plate.