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12v Power Supply Install
It was rather cold today even working inside the car in the garage and had several layers on too!
With the help of Matt's tutorial I removed the back seats and side trim panels. http://www.sportsmaserati.co.uk/showthread.php/979-Passneger-rear-quarter-panel-trim-removal the 4x blots holding the back of the seats in place were on really tight I had to use a breaker bar to free them... seat sections are inside the house going to take this opportunity to clean thoroughly shampoo and condition prior to reinstalling... the side panels on the drivers have some damage on them probably from someone trying to get in/out who maybe struggled a bit (won't get into stereotypes)... so i will need to get these plastic welded...
I bought the Vibe 8 gauge wiring kit from halfords for £20 it has everything needed and more
Once the seats were out it went something like this:
Step 1 - isolate battery at switch... did this early so i did not forget... the amp wiring kit also tells you to take the fuse out of the fuse holder
Step 2 - strip the lining around the battery in the boot - this is done by unscrewing the black plastic shroud that is around the base of the lock. Pull the boot floor carpet free... then pull the boot seal back and pry the lining around the battery away firmly from the boot
Step 3 - lay the power cable... the route is following the loom going in the battery void up through the parcel shelf and into the cabin. Run the cable along the loom down the side along the front of the back seat, near the middle there is a tunnel where the loom goes through and into the floor... popped it through there and along the carpet on the side of the transmission tunnel and into the centre console...cable tied took in the slack
Step 4 - using crimp connectors wire the new power cable to the provided connector and a black spade connector to the ground cable on the provided clarion connector and fit to the amp... the black cable now gets ground to the chasis via the Allen bolt that holds the back of the centre console in place using the black spade crimp connector from the Vibe kit mentitled above... so the NIT end of the installaton should be complete now everything connected with the back of the centre console screwed down
Step 5 - wire the cable to the fuse, find sensible/Tidy path to battery... connect to the battery and insert fuse. Turn isolator switch on (car will be alarmed now so have your keys ready)
Before reassembling the rest of the centre console and back seats test to make sure the amp is on and all speakers are powered correctly
It was very easy just a little time consuming... was hoping to find some old change but just a micro car smart car and a pink crayon lol. Cleaned out some crumbs using th
e vac but generally quite clean under there. I have disconnected the rear parcel shelf speakers while I was in there as many have reported much better sound quality without them.
I'll be installing the rear speakers next followed by the sub I bought the other day and fronts will go in maybe next month as I have a busy few weekends coming in January and I need to pull the car out of the garage and have the doors open as I intend to remove the door cards so it's not one I can work on for a bit in the evenings after work in the garage sadly
It was rather cold today even working inside the car in the garage and had several layers on too!
With the help of Matt's tutorial I removed the back seats and side trim panels. http://www.sportsmaserati.co.uk/showthread.php/979-Passneger-rear-quarter-panel-trim-removal the 4x blots holding the back of the seats in place were on really tight I had to use a breaker bar to free them... seat sections are inside the house going to take this opportunity to clean thoroughly shampoo and condition prior to reinstalling... the side panels on the drivers have some damage on them probably from someone trying to get in/out who maybe struggled a bit (won't get into stereotypes)... so i will need to get these plastic welded...
I bought the Vibe 8 gauge wiring kit from halfords for £20 it has everything needed and more
Once the seats were out it went something like this:
Step 1 - isolate battery at switch... did this early so i did not forget... the amp wiring kit also tells you to take the fuse out of the fuse holder
Step 2 - strip the lining around the battery in the boot - this is done by unscrewing the black plastic shroud that is around the base of the lock. Pull the boot floor carpet free... then pull the boot seal back and pry the lining around the battery away firmly from the boot
Step 3 - lay the power cable... the route is following the loom going in the battery void up through the parcel shelf and into the cabin. Run the cable along the loom down the side along the front of the back seat, near the middle there is a tunnel where the loom goes through and into the floor... popped it through there and along the carpet on the side of the transmission tunnel and into the centre console...cable tied took in the slack
Step 4 - using crimp connectors wire the new power cable to the provided connector and a black spade connector to the ground cable on the provided clarion connector and fit to the amp... the black cable now gets ground to the chasis via the Allen bolt that holds the back of the centre console in place using the black spade crimp connector from the Vibe kit mentitled above... so the NIT end of the installaton should be complete now everything connected with the back of the centre console screwed down
Step 5 - wire the cable to the fuse, find sensible/Tidy path to battery... connect to the battery and insert fuse. Turn isolator switch on (car will be alarmed now so have your keys ready)
Before reassembling the rest of the centre console and back seats test to make sure the amp is on and all speakers are powered correctly
It was very easy just a little time consuming... was hoping to find some old change but just a micro car smart car and a pink crayon lol. Cleaned out some crumbs using th
e vac but generally quite clean under there. I have disconnected the rear parcel shelf speakers while I was in there as many have reported much better sound quality without them.
I'll be installing the rear speakers next followed by the sub I bought the other day and fronts will go in maybe next month as I have a busy few weekends coming in January and I need to pull the car out of the garage and have the doors open as I intend to remove the door cards so it's not one I can work on for a bit in the evenings after work in the garage sadly