hershy573 Posted December 22, 2020 Report Posted December 22, 2020 I have a 2010 Kia Soul + that I'll be doing an install in fairly soon. First one in over 10 years. This will be all Memphis Audio equipment except for the head unit. No idea what head unit I'll be using though. So far I have a VIV 900.5 5 channel amp, PRX60C 6 1/2" components, PRX602 6 1/2" coax, and a PRXE10S2 sub with box. Plus the amp install kit and extra rca's from Memphis Audio as well. Still have to get a head unit, speaker wire, and sound deading material. Wont be an elaborate install, but it will be better than stock. Pics will follow soon as the order from Memphis gets here.
hershy573 Posted December 23, 2020 Author Report Posted December 23, 2020 This is what the system is going in.
hershy573 Posted December 28, 2020 Author Report Posted December 28, 2020 The stuff from Memphis audio finally came today. Should have it installed and playing soon.
liteblue Posted December 29, 2020 Report Posted December 29, 2020 Very nice. Excited to see how to the build goes! Also I recommend a head unit with gps ^.^
hershy573 Posted December 29, 2020 Author Report Posted December 29, 2020 I learned that the amp is capable of hi and low level inputs so sounds like I can leave the stock head unit in for a little while longer. At least till I find something I really like. No point wasting money on one that I'm not happy with. In the box with the amp there was three sets of rca adapeters (that's what I'm calling them). They had a rca jack on one end and bare wire on the other. Trying to figure out how to wire these may or may not be easy. My car does have a factory amp, so can I just tap into the wires going to it for the time being?
liteblue Posted December 29, 2020 Report Posted December 29, 2020 Great that it came with the RCA's adapters and the amplifier is capable. Using the factory amplifier out voltage might be too much for a good experience. I suggest tapping in between the receiver and the amplifier and cutting it out of the equation.
hershy573 Posted December 29, 2020 Author Report Posted December 29, 2020 That's what I was planning on doing.
hershy573 Posted January 5, 2021 Author Report Posted January 5, 2021 Spent nearly 7 hours today trying to get the wires ran for the amp. 5 of the hours was trying to access the factory amp so I could disconnect it and splice into the wires going to it. Good news is I have the wires ran to where I want the amp to sit, now I just have to run wires to the doors and dash and install the new speakers. Only 2 days left to get this done thanks to the A-hole old man winter. I'll get it done, even if I'm working by flashlight on wed. night. I pulled the stock sub while I had access to it, I think it's seen better days.
hershy573 Posted January 6, 2021 Author Report Posted January 6, 2021 Today I made a lot of progress on the install. I removed all the stock speakers and ran new wire to each door. Of course with each step forward is two steps back. I don't have the speakers in the doors installed just yet, hopefully tomorrow. I do have the amp wired and sub playing, but that's all so far. When I took the pic the amp wasn't hooked up (clearly) so that's why you can see the ground wire. I really hope to have everything back together tomorrow, cause snow is coming starting tomorrow night and I don't have a garage. Now it's time to rest and figure out what my next move is.
liteblue Posted January 6, 2021 Report Posted January 6, 2021 Very cool progress! The sub is done, put it out to pasture. The new sub and amp look really great. Running new speaker wire to the door is the way to do it, i am just too lazy! Super cool 👍
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