So my project is complete - successful - but a little more involved. There are a lot of great write ups here so I will try to just add to and not repeat anything. First of all I want to underscore what was written in 360: the Mark Levinson factory amp was unable to respond to my new head unit, and required a significant departure of plan for me, but the outcome was better than I had planned!
Here’s the money shot:
My parts list included:
Climate controls from a wrecked land cruiser
Sony XAV-X1000 head unit
Rockford Fosgate R14X2 - 4” speakers for the rear doors
Rockford Fosgate R165-S - component speakers for the front doors
Sound Ordnance B-8PTD slim powered sub (this thing is awesome and I’m so glad I got it!)
4” and 6.5” speaker baffles slim-line depth - cheap, although I’m not sure they do much, they were easy to add between the new speakers and the plastic speaker baskets in the doors.
Crutchfield CK10 - amp/sub install kit
EFX 9-wire ultra flex speaker wire 12’
Metra 70-8113
The antenna splitter mentioned earlier, antenna adapter, solder seal connectors (lots of the red ones!), one of those pencil torches and fuel
I ordered 560-DNW1DW10 from Mouser Electronics - tiny bulbs for the climate control - I got 10 because one of them was out, and they ended up having that orange cast so I am glad that I replaced them all - they were $.56 ea, the shipping was pricier.
Here’s some random pics that I thought might be helpful:
The foam speaker baffle installed behind the speaker. Creates an air tight space? Is that important?
I didn’t notice until later that these four wires, which needed to be switched around following the wiring pin out map, were wrapped together... anyways I went to the hassle of stripping that white and green wrap around the four wires, and basically could’ve left it, so that was 2-3m of time wasted.
There’s some vague language in here about “grabbing the left door speaker” from the Nav DVD drive plug - that’s true! Basically the factory Mark Levinson w/Nav setup sends sound: head unit -> amp -> speakers EXCEPT the front door sound goes from amp -> Nav DVD -> Speaker; so you are looking for two pairs of pink & purple wires by my finger in one of the Nav DVD drive plugs, and you’ve gotta pull those through the bundle to find the 2’ Section that goes amp -> Nav, and the wires that go from Nav -> speakers. This whole thing is assuming you want to use the existing speaker wires in your new setup. As you can see here, I connected the 9wire bundle from my head unit to the existing speaker wires. That worked super well. No reason to run new wires. I used solder seal connectors here after confirming everything was working properly.
This thing is great! I hate how it sits in there, but there isn’t a lot of options unless I move it to the back or I start trimming carpet around. I ran the power through the driver’s firewall, behind the pedals under the carpet, and up under the gear shift trim, then under the carpet there where the awful stain is on the carpet. It’s a little janky of a setup but the wire shouldn’t shift or rub, and isn’t being pinched.
So, that’s the tale of my Nav Delete! Removed the factory amp, new speakers, etc... the sound is amazing, and I love the conversion to manual climate knobs. So much easier. I do not really know what I am doing with this, and I made it work, so anybody can do this.
Also, as previously mentioned, through the classifieds here and eBay I have sold everything but the amp and speakers so far, and I’m basically back to $0. Which is good, because it means my truck is very close to receiving a TJM T17!
Here’s the money shot:
My parts list included:
Climate controls from a wrecked land cruiser
Sony XAV-X1000 head unit
Rockford Fosgate R14X2 - 4” speakers for the rear doors
Rockford Fosgate R165-S - component speakers for the front doors
Sound Ordnance B-8PTD slim powered sub (this thing is awesome and I’m so glad I got it!)
4” and 6.5” speaker baffles slim-line depth - cheap, although I’m not sure they do much, they were easy to add between the new speakers and the plastic speaker baskets in the doors.
Crutchfield CK10 - amp/sub install kit
EFX 9-wire ultra flex speaker wire 12’
Metra 70-8113
The antenna splitter mentioned earlier, antenna adapter, solder seal connectors (lots of the red ones!), one of those pencil torches and fuel
I ordered 560-DNW1DW10 from Mouser Electronics - tiny bulbs for the climate control - I got 10 because one of them was out, and they ended up having that orange cast so I am glad that I replaced them all - they were $.56 ea, the shipping was pricier.
Here’s some random pics that I thought might be helpful:
The foam speaker baffle installed behind the speaker. Creates an air tight space? Is that important?
I didn’t notice until later that these four wires, which needed to be switched around following the wiring pin out map, were wrapped together... anyways I went to the hassle of stripping that white and green wrap around the four wires, and basically could’ve left it, so that was 2-3m of time wasted.
There’s some vague language in here about “grabbing the left door speaker” from the Nav DVD drive plug - that’s true! Basically the factory Mark Levinson w/Nav setup sends sound: head unit -> amp -> speakers EXCEPT the front door sound goes from amp -> Nav DVD -> Speaker; so you are looking for two pairs of pink & purple wires by my finger in one of the Nav DVD drive plugs, and you’ve gotta pull those through the bundle to find the 2’ Section that goes amp -> Nav, and the wires that go from Nav -> speakers. This whole thing is assuming you want to use the existing speaker wires in your new setup. As you can see here, I connected the 9wire bundle from my head unit to the existing speaker wires. That worked super well. No reason to run new wires. I used solder seal connectors here after confirming everything was working properly.
This thing is great! I hate how it sits in there, but there isn’t a lot of options unless I move it to the back or I start trimming carpet around. I ran the power through the driver’s firewall, behind the pedals under the carpet, and up under the gear shift trim, then under the carpet there where the awful stain is on the carpet. It’s a little janky of a setup but the wire shouldn’t shift or rub, and isn’t being pinched.
So, that’s the tale of my Nav Delete! Removed the factory amp, new speakers, etc... the sound is amazing, and I love the conversion to manual climate knobs. So much easier. I do not really know what I am doing with this, and I made it work, so anybody can do this.
Also, as previously mentioned, through the classifieds here and eBay I have sold everything but the amp and speakers so far, and I’m basically back to $0. Which is good, because it means my truck is very close to receiving a TJM T17!
