Two months ago i started a project to choose, purchase, and install a car stereo into my 1995 GC8. Well i feel as if i'm almost there. Just wanted to thank everyone for the help thus far.

This weekend i installed the power wiring for the amp, and thought i'd post a few pics along with some things i learned for other DIYers.

You'll notice i still have a few things to "clean up" on, like moving the handle under the wires and adding a rubber boot to the front battery post, but overall, it's in and looks cool (at least to me ).

LESSONS LEARNED:

1. Avoid cheap stuff as much as possible. The amp came with a free wiring kit, including electrical connectors, a fuse box, fuse, wiring, etc. Needless to say, most of this stuff was trash once i started working with it. After wasting 20 or so minutes, i went down to my local car audio store and bought real materials and put and end to my struggling.

2. I saw everyone say this, but only half believed them. It's true. Take it from my expirience -- plan as much as you can before you get started. Lay everything out, and make sure you know what you're going to do and that you have all of your materials before you get started! I had to make 2 or 3 trips down to the local hardware stores or auto parts stores picking up stuff just to finish the job. Also, make sure you've got sockets/wrenches for whatever it is you need before you get it half apart! It'll make a big difference.

So with all of that out of the way, here are a few pictures (although it's sorta hard to see what i've done.)

Engine top view:

 

Here's a closeup of the circuit breaker:

 

It sounds like you learned alot and it looks like you did things the right way besides the extra trips to the hardware store. Good job

 

Clean job! What kind of circuit breaker is that?

 

I believe it's made by Lightning Audio. I picked it up at my local car audio shop. It's good up to 10 years and whenever it pops i can just reset it. What's also nice about it is, i can manually open the circuit so that if i let someone use my car or take it somewhere, i can effectivly disabled the subs to keep them from getting "tested".