bear down
04-27-2005, 04:06 PM
Had the system installed by a friend who just opened up a new stereo shop and decided to let him do my system. From day one the system was not up to my standards. Since then I have replaced some of the equipment but this system has been a money pit. I got estimates from 3 stores and wanted about $800 bucks to do the rewire and re located the amps. So I decided to take the project on myself. After pulling out the old wire my buddy used 10 gauge power/ground wire and 18 gauge speaker wire. I changed it to 4 gauge power/ground wire and 14 gauge speaker wire with copper ends and a new fuse breaker rather than glass fuses. Here are some before and after pic's...
This guy was not very clean in the way he wired the boat:
http://photobucket.com/albums/v120/beardown3450/th_boatsystem001.jpg http://photobucket.com/albums/v120/beardown3450/th_boatsystem002.jpg
http://photobucket.com/albums/v120/beardown3450/th_boatsystem007.jpg
But with a little love and tlc (and lots of beer) I tried my best to organize it.
http://photobucket.com/albums/v120/beardown3450/th_boatsystem006.jpg http://photobucket.com/albums/v120/beardown3450/th_boatsystem009.jpg
http://photobucket.com/albums/v120/beardown3450/th_boatsystem012.jpg http://photobucket.com/albums/v120/beardown3450/th_boatsystem011.jpg http://photobucket.com/albums/v120/beardown3450/th_boatsystem016.jpg http://photobucket.com/albums/v120/beardown3450/th_boatsystem015.jpg
This to me is probably a 6 out of 10 but not nearly as bad and much better than it was before...Thanks to all who gave suggestions in the audio/visual section of the board. This took me a total of about 7 hrs to do. Never installed a radio or an amp before. The system sounds much better.
This guy was not very clean in the way he wired the boat:
http://photobucket.com/albums/v120/beardown3450/th_boatsystem001.jpg http://photobucket.com/albums/v120/beardown3450/th_boatsystem002.jpg
http://photobucket.com/albums/v120/beardown3450/th_boatsystem007.jpg
But with a little love and tlc (and lots of beer) I tried my best to organize it.
http://photobucket.com/albums/v120/beardown3450/th_boatsystem006.jpg http://photobucket.com/albums/v120/beardown3450/th_boatsystem009.jpg
http://photobucket.com/albums/v120/beardown3450/th_boatsystem012.jpg http://photobucket.com/albums/v120/beardown3450/th_boatsystem011.jpg http://photobucket.com/albums/v120/beardown3450/th_boatsystem016.jpg http://photobucket.com/albums/v120/beardown3450/th_boatsystem015.jpg
This to me is probably a 6 out of 10 but not nearly as bad and much better than it was before...Thanks to all who gave suggestions in the audio/visual section of the board. This took me a total of about 7 hrs to do. Never installed a radio or an amp before. The system sounds much better.