Computer subwoofer system retrofit into Jeep and audio upgrade

Awhile ago I was given an Alpine headunit from a neighbor and not thinking I had much use for it, I just tossed it in the back and there it sat till recently when I took a second look at it and realized how nice it was compared to my current Pioneer headunit. After hooking it up, it sounded so much better and looked nicer too but the Jeep still lacked some bass. I remembered I had a set of  Cyber Acoustic computer speakers with a subwoofer on them. I wondered if I could hook that up and use those to get me some more bass, so thats exactly what I did and thats whats ill show you how to do from installing a new headunit to the sub system,

Step 1: Ripping out the old unit

  Perhaps one of the more fun parts of doing audio is removing the old radio to make way for the new better equipment. the radio I took out was a Pioneer CD player unit from 2004 or so. It did the job but didnt have anything special about it, and it didnt have an AUX input either. 
 
  To get the radio out you have to remove a few parts of the dashboard that are in the way. On Jeeps it isnt too hard, there is just the instrument panel bezel that has two screws and clips. I was able to take it off in about three minutes. 
 
  The radio itself was held in place with two scews, so taking those off, it slid right out. Thankfully the previous owner used an after market wire harness adapter on here to put the old radio in so wiring it up will be a breeze. it just unclips off the harness, pop the antenna wire off and out it comes. (your experience may differ as more is involved with newer vehicles)

Comments

[Sparker94]

Pretty cool. Thats a nice idea with the relay to route the current from the radio. I'll have to apply something similar to mine! Good job.