sound/stereo system

Mine are in the footwell area, I glassed stainless steel bowls from the buck store on the back side in the inner fender area to waterproof them and increase bass response. Tweeters are within the rocker structure so are automatically covered on the back. Lot less strain on the door and lift cylinders.




Had I put them in the door I would use the 4 contact pins like those found on the sliding doors of 2002 Ford winstars. I uaed some fom an early 80's Chevy Astro Van for my remote door solenoids.






Pins in door



plates in door sill

I think the sound response is better in the foot-wells plus the whole area is more megaphone shaped. My bass-woofers are behind in the panels under the quarter windows, driving with all the road & muffler noise is easily drowned out by the sound system, to me the door panels would be better real estate for making arm rests that open to hold things like cd's and other stuff.

Glass-Action makes a set of under dash speaker panels for the Bugs, With a little triming they should fit the GT2s

Wyn



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I have mounted a video monitor and stereo in the instruments cluster panel and mounted all the gauges in the dash in front of the driver. I am going to expaned PVC plastic sheet material as a bazel for around the monitor and stereo. I have also picked up a 3" video monitor I'll mount on the dash above the steering column. I'll use it for a digital tach and for digital display of hi beam, oil pressure, and any other fault indicators.

Wyn

Great idea. Never thought of that. But it raises one concern. Will the hinge supply a constant connection or will it cut in and out over bumps.

The connectors Wyn shows look nice but it will be difficult to ensure they line up and always make full contact. That is why I used the sliding door contacts. Much bigger target and as my doors flex a bit when closed, they always stay connected. By placing them at the bottom of the door/ top of the sill there is lots of room internally for the switch and wiring.





I put the radio below the gauges because it is one of those things that you don't have to access too much compared to the switches.

The "normal " switches are to the left of the steering column but a little different. This location makes them very convinient to access.

The heat switch will be changed to be a heat/ac selection switch if I complete my plans this winter. All switches came from Princess auto {comparible to harbour freight} $2 each. I used a variety of on/off and on/on switches.



On the right of the column are the switches that control fan and fan speed.



As the glovebox is prety useless I used it to house the monitor for my rear view camera.



Still some finishing touches to do.

Wow, you guys have really customized your Bradleys. Thanks for all the pictures and ideas. Wyn, I remember seeing that picture at one point before joining the forum, I like everything you did. I looked up those switches you bought, they are nice but pretty expensive :/ I also like your placement of the stereo Dan, it seems like a relatively easy job to do and most logical. The hinge trick seems like a good and simple idea, I would have never thought of it, but if you're using a jamb connector for the positive lead then might as well do it for the negative, too.

I still really like my idea of putting the stereo behind the glove box door, I feel like it will be really clean to have the original look but still have a stereo; not to mention protection from the wandering eyes. I don't plan on putting any other extras in, like a backup camera, so I think it will be safe to use up that space for the stereo. I was just curious about everyone's stereo setup, for ideas and suggestions. Thanks for all the great ideas so far, guys.

Sorry charlie, but it's a back up camera as it has the lines on it.
Rear view cameras no lines.
Got you!

Hey everyone,

So I decided to start installing my stereo since I have finished some bigger projects on my list over winter break. I already ordered a good set of speakers and I am going to use an old deck I got 7ish years ago until I can afford a better one.

Right now my concern is about the rear speaker placement. Here is how Dan MacMillan did it:


Which, in my opinion, is the best placement for the rear speakers in the GT2. However, because the rear of the speakers are exposed to the outdoors he had to fabricate an enclosure for them.


Another idea is how mj placed his speakers:


So far my plan is to place my 6X9s around where mj placed his rear speakers in hopes that there is a well in the body that can enclose the rear of the speaker. Does anyone know if there is such a well? or does any hole cut on the back end of a GT2 go straight outside of the car?

OR!!!
I used these in my Rambler; I could use them for the 6x9's and place it where Dan placed his, right?
speaker baffles

did you mean foam cups? If so, those are also "speaker baffles," like these www.crutchfield.com/p_237XT65/XTC-6-1-2-Speaker-Baffles-3-1-4-depth.html?tp=2809#Tab

right?

Cool, thanks, I'm going to order a set of baffles then. My main concern was just avoiding having to fabricate an enclosure, but I guess this takes care of it

Thanks

oh wow, that's a pretty innovative idea, probably not something I would have though of.

Hey Dan, your front 6's are in front of the air vents, so is the back of the speaker sticking out in the wheel well? Don't you have problems with the tires rubbing on them? (my tires already rub the inside of the fender.)

Also, are mj's rear mounted speakers sticking out in rear tire wells?

Did you place the speakers where the foot vent is supposed to be?

This photo was posted above in the thread:



The hole in the bottom left corner is the foot vent, my GT2 has the same thing. I think it's safe to assume it was part of the original design, but I can refer to my big blue book to double check.

My GT2 also uses this in front wheel wells:



Yours just had PVC going directly to the top hole which leads to defrost. So I would guess either the previous owner of your GT2 or yourself did a little modification to the original design. Likely the person before you since you seem unaware of the foot vents.