2009 f150 FX4 stereo wiring

[quick98gtp]

Just finished installing the system in my truck, just though i would share a few things i learned ( the hard way...) the door speaker wires do not match the colours on thee back of the factory deck. apparently you can un-attach the wiring gromet inside the door jam and get the colour , heard about this after the fact..for the remote turn on u can jump into fuse# 41 in the passenger kick panel..not the pro way to do it, but worked. I installed 2 "custom" amp racks, bolted them to the back wall, and used black fabric to cover them..there is a few braces on the back wall inside the cab just pre drilled holes and used 2" bolts (going through 1/2" MDF) power wire runs easily (with some WD40) through the fire wall on the passenger side of the engine bay. there is a gromet there (can't miss it) just have to go over the carpet and down and to the left, pulled off cover on side of dash and ran cable very easily through the channel in the door sills. Used factory deck, didn't have the upgraded sony stereo and stock system seemed almost like a mistake..used Hi-low convertor on deck, ran 4 channel RCA's down passenger side channel to a 4 channel amp, to 4 JBL 6x8's in doors. using an alpine V12 amp for sub, 500w RMS@2 ohms to a pioneer 10" 2 ohm flat, inside a 0.65 cubic foot vented box (homemade) system sounds awesome, but think 1 10 isn't enough, and will be getting another one. Both amps are grounded to the bracket that the back of the seats attach to, the seat bolt just wouldn't cut it, still not happy about the ground location so when i find more time I'm going to be running it to the frame. Total install time with racks was probably 25 hours...

[DoubleDee]

We need to see this!!!! No pics, doesn't exist!

[quick98gtp]

Her's a few pics, the power acoustik amp pictured was signalling a fault in the 4 channel amp ( NO IDEA WHY??) so I replaced it with an alpine amp Don't have pictures of the finished product yet as i got tired of looking at it.

[quick98gtp]

the sub