i can't stand this factory radio any more, i need bass and accurate high's, i have an 18 inch kicker comp. sitting in the garage i thought about building a box and adding a few amps. what have all of ya'll done as far as a custom system? has anyone figured out how to hook up the factory cd changer to an after market radio without using an rf adapter

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2000 SILVER L
2000 MOUNTAINEER V8 AWD
1995 FLAIRSIDE 4X4

 

I recently installed a din and 1/2 kenwood head unit. It has a single disk, cassette player and changer controlls. I love it. It fills the hole in the dash perfectly.

I have MBQuart 3-ways (tweet,4" mid, and 6-1/2" driver) in the doors, and 6-1/2" seperates in the rear.

I installed 2 JL Audio 10" subs in a custom Lightning box (awsome inlayed a lightning emblem and covered with vynle) in the rear.

I will post pics when I get a chance to take some. I will tell you that it jams.

 

i haven't had a chance to pull off the door panels, what lies beneath? is it the dreaded 5x7's that ford is known to use.

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2000 SILVER L
2000 MOUNTAINEER V8 AWD
1995 FLAIRSIDE 4X4

 

Yes, the doors contain 5x7's, but its real easy to replace them with 5 1/4" 3 ways or components. I had my front speakers replaced by making a 5x7 plate that mounted the woofer and tweeter from a 5 1/4 component system. No holes had to be cut in the door panels, kick panels or A pillars to mount the tweeters.