This is my 2004 Mach1 and cannot begin to tell you what an awesome job Dean and Fernando did. Absolutely love the sound. I recommend them to anyone and everyone. Their professionalism and attention to every little detail separates them from any other shop.
Giving a shout out to you guys! I have this car with mach system. So was looking for a remedy. Came across this video and was a massive help. I went followed step by step, made the same amp rack, used the same amp, same 5x7's focals & 2x jl audio 10's in the jl audio bass wedge box. Fit perfect! I only have a single din though. I also decided to run all new speaker wire. I got to tell you guys, I have so much respect for what you guys do! This is Not an easy job, I did this myself and I must of spent atleast 24 hours of labor on it. It was ridiculous! I took my time and did everything right, all the way down to tuning everything with an oscilloscope. SOUNDS phenominal ! And couldn't have done it without this video. I'm a hydraulic mechanic and thought this would be a breeze! Nope this job ain't for the faint hearted lol, especially being 6'2 240. Wasn't fun crawling around in that tin can! Anyways Thank you guys for what you do, you guys do phenomenal work! Keep it up
I have no audio skills, I spent 5k at our local car toys, they do great work. I have the drone mobile system as well. I see from watching your video it's a lot of know how that goes into great sound. Only problem I ever had was my battery cable connections weren't making proper contact, they replaced my cable tips and everything is working fine. Your video is a lot of knowledge and well skilled and entertaining. Wish I had a brain for the work, but you're a audio artist. Awesome thanks for the video.
I did sooo many installs years and years ago, late 90s early 00s , and now a custom builder cars/hotrods/bikes, havnt even thought about trying audio in a long time, Your level of quality is impressive !! and motivational to do it right .. thanks for sharing and the ideas , I just scooped up a 2000 Roush that will be basically the same as in this vid..
did this in my cobra, it was a nightmare ended up ripping everything out and started from scratch with all new wiring. and saved weight with that monstrosity box removed
My brother had a Mustang with a Mach system. His car was a ? I forget the year but like a 35th? Anniversary edition and the Mach stereo was full blown. 6 amps on a rack in the trunk. 4 on top and 2 on the bottom and it had two 10" subs, FACTORY, in each corner. To top it off, it was all factory Rockford Fosgate. I wouldn't even want ty think about swapping that out.
This came out after I Did the install in my 03 Mach. Same basic plan, just went with 5.25 focal separates (integration as well) up front and Focal 6.5 co-ax rear deck…I like the 5 channel amp based system in these cars…
I just finished installing a Kenwood DNX997XR in my 2006 Nissan Frontier Crew Cab! I have been using my DNX7100 which has been a great radio, But this new one is absolutely incredible! Next I’ll be installing some sound deadening material because this truck is extremely littered with road noise along with an amp and speakers in the factory locations! I will be finishing the system off with an amp and some type of sub, Some thing that will not take up too much room! The only complaint I have is that the new GPS antenna is not magnetic, I am currently living in South Carolina and double-sided tape does not seem like a smart choice to use in this type of heat!
I have a question about changing the original mach 460 cd changer out for the cassette radio that could have come in the car, I recently did this and all of the plugs went back into place on the cassette radio, but none of the woofers work now, was wondering if there's an easy fix for that, also I have a 2002 convertible.
Wouldnt it make sense to just replace the 5x7 with components hook them up to the stock amp and add a 4 channel amp for the 4x tweeters and call it a day???
That person must really be in that car 24/7 for the door panel to deform like that. I had Sn-95 for 30 yrs that got a lot of use . Door panels still looked new when I sold it.
J.s I have 2 fox bodys to play and race . A ford f350 7.3 to pull with , a fusion to travel with , an srx for the family, a crossfire for the wife to play in , and a hemi wagon to piss of the Camaro owners on cruise night :) . I'm not racist all car lifes matter.
I just noticed a huge issue with these amps I just realized! Why is there no subsonic filter?! I have a jl audio ported enclosure and just noticed this.....I find it odd that such a good amp doesn't have one.
Do you need the kenwood screen for this audio system. I’m looking at doing something very similar to this setup in my 99 and I have a Sony head unit i rather use
Have an o4 base model stang I put the small speaker on door but didn't come with the connection so I connected to the speaker at the bottom of the door.should I unplug the connection from the bottom speaker and run the wires from the amp to the bottom door speakers?
Did you connect the front speakers to the amplifier also? Looks like those are running from the head unit? I am never sure if you connect the door speakers to the amp I rarely see you running wires for them
Awesome video! I'm lost though. What did you do with the front speakers? How did you tie them into the radio? You had the factory connector hooked up before you started testing.
Mounting my Pioneer GM-A6704 amplifier the way you guys did doesn't sound like a good idea for me since it's huge. A floor mount would be best for me. If I decide to add a subwoofer I could get one of those that fit on top of the donut spare tire.
My Pioneer GM-A6704 says to use two 30 amp fuses in parallel to power the amplifier instead of one 60 amp fuse. Do you guys know why? It would be a challenge to get 2 fuse holders mounted close to the battery in my 2002 Mustang GT.
I know Kenwood and jvc are the same companies now and this head unit shows exactly that. My jvc kw-m865bw is exactly the same as what this Kenwood Excelon is as far as the features and looks go. But my head unit goes sub, rear, front for the rcas. I love it even though it was $600. But I was only looking for 3 sets of rcas, must be 5v preouts, and apple car play and android auto. The 5v preouts make a huge difference in overall sound quality and loudness. Im using the 6.5" alpine type r components in the doors and polk audio 5.25" in the rear. All running off a d4s jp234. It's very loud and clear to say the least lol. Do you recommend that I get a dsp and if so, what one?
I have the R type 6.5s in front and rear and they are loud and clear but I’m looking for more mid bass. Have you looked at any other components for the front that might have more mid bass?
@@bradvaughan1409 I know that a lot of bassheads use cresendo audio, prvs, and even the down4sound mids are all highly recommended. I'd personally would get cresendo 6.5s. Put a few of them on some good powered amps and they will definitely jam
@@Pittsburgh-412 thanks for the information. I’m really not a bass head I just like a little more than I’m getting out of the R types. I’ve always preferred the sound quality of round speakers but was looking for a great sounding 5x7 for ease of installation in my 01’GT. I made some mounts for the 6.5s but I’m not that fond of the way they look. I guess I’m just picky.
6.5 won’t fit. I would just use any 5x7’s I removed the Mach 460 box and used the existing wire to a 4 channel and that runs the 5x7’s and used the radio for the tweeterss
@@sidsideways2828 I made a custom plate from abs and removed a little bit of the door panel plastic on the back side. With fast rings I get plenty of sound directed into the interior. I was just thinking of upgrading to a better speaker.
Hello, I have a general question, I have a 02 Mustang GT Convertible, with the Mach 460 system, I upgraded the Head Unit, and all the speakers, I left the (2) amp in the back, all sounds great, except after 10 to 15 minutes, the volume lowers itself until I can't hear anything, this happens with BT, FM/AM, so I have to shut off radio for about 10 minutes, then it works, fine again, I have no idea whats happening, do u have any clue?
Love your channel and top notch installs!! I just don’t understand something I’ve noticed in most of your videos. I just can’t wrap my head around spending top dollar on a high end HU, then installing a 4-5 Chan amp to drive the mids and highs. Seems like a total waste to have 4 channels of premium audio not being used from the HU. I Know this is customer preference but maybe I’m missing something.
@@FiveStarCarStereoInc thank you for the info! I guess I will have to start looking at them as alternative signal outputs. Now to readjust my budget for my build lol
Please need help I have the wiring harness and radio ready to go from the radio end but it turns out they cut the factory harness connectors and it’s nothing but cables and colors that don’t match, please help mustang 03 GT, how can I do it??!!!
If it's already cut and you don't care to bring it back to stock, go ahead and look up the wiring diagram for your car and match it to the functions of the radios wiring diagram. Solder, heatshrink, done, but you won't be able to go back to stock
Awesome job, love your work. Just had a thought... why go to all that extra routing trouble and having to put bends into the plastic mounting plate when you could've just used a flat plate and mount the amplifier upside down? You said the power, ground and speaker inputs and outputs were on the opposite side. ??? No
Not a mistake. He clearly stated the amplifier is facing backwards making the rear speaker wires criss cross over each other. Which he didn't like and he switched the rca's in order to have the speaker wires go to the proper side. Making look neater.
Gotta ask since my wife has a glowforge for her business. I don't see how creating that tweeter mount was faster than using a router and other tools. The design and wait time for that laser seemed inefficient, along with costly,. since those dang things are far from cheap. I would expect you guys to have something a little more industrial if you were looking for precision and cost savings. Do you use it often for things like this?
Your right that a router is faster, but if your randomly remaking the same thing wouldn’t it be easier to just drop the file in the glowforge and let it do it’s thing?
I think every customer that brings that body style Mustang in for install asks "hey can you fix the door pulls...they are loose"...as bad as those were still better than Hummer 2 door panels....those are worst ever lol..just junk even when they were brand new...lol
Reminds of the genius who designed the door outside handles on the 2dr fwd olds cutlass supreme and the 4dr SL, and the Chevy Beretta and the lumina models!!
Hey now dean. I know your a chevy loven mullet haven cousin lover , but us tail gate pushen, sister riden , ford driven love our mustang's. 😂 hope you know I'm kidding.
Isn't "Hi-res compatible" Bull sh*t? There's no DAC in the amp, so It takes whatever analog signal you give it. So pretty much ALL amps are Hi Res compatible. LMAO
This is my 2004 Mach1 and cannot begin to tell you what an awesome job Dean and Fernando did. Absolutely love the sound. I recommend them to anyone and everyone. Their professionalism and attention to every little detail separates them from any other shop.
Could you tell me what size speaker box and the sub? Also, what make / model / watt is the sub? Please and thank you!
@@garymcnemar6620 12” P2
How much did everything cost ?
Any chance could the total cost amount?
@Fher Diaz Yeh but if I had that done and people asked how much the total cost was I'd tell them.
Giving a shout out to you guys! I have this car with mach system. So was looking for a remedy. Came across this video and was a massive help. I went followed step by step, made the same amp rack, used the same amp, same 5x7's focals & 2x jl audio 10's in the jl audio bass wedge box. Fit perfect! I only have a single din though. I also decided to run all new speaker wire. I got to tell you guys, I have so much respect for what you guys do! This is Not an easy job, I did this myself and I must of spent atleast 24 hours of labor on it. It was ridiculous! I took my time and did everything right, all the way down to tuning everything with an oscilloscope. SOUNDS phenominal ! And couldn't have done it without this video. I'm a hydraulic mechanic and thought this would be a breeze! Nope this job ain't for the faint hearted lol, especially being 6'2 240. Wasn't fun crawling around in that tin can! Anyways Thank you guys for what you do, you guys do phenomenal work! Keep it up
them wires are tiny eh lol
I have no audio skills, I spent 5k at our local car toys, they do great work. I have the drone mobile system as well. I see from watching your video it's a lot of know how that goes into great sound. Only problem I ever had was my battery cable connections weren't making proper contact, they replaced my cable tips and everything is working fine. Your video is a lot of knowledge and well skilled and entertaining. Wish I had a brain for the work, but you're a audio artist. Awesome thanks for the video.
just watched the whole episode and didn't even realize this was a whole hour long
Definitely a solid amplifier. "Feels like if you Chuck this at somebody, it's definitely gonna hurt them." 🤕
😂😂
Love the long format of your older vids.
I did sooo many installs years and years ago, late 90s early 00s , and now a custom builder cars/hotrods/bikes, havnt even thought about trying audio in a long time, Your level of quality is impressive !! and motivational to do it right .. thanks for sharing and the ideas , I just scooped up a 2000 Roush that will be basically the same as in this vid..
You did it during the golden age. Ever install audiobahn?
did this in my cobra, it was a nightmare ended up ripping everything out and started from scratch with all new wiring. and saved weight with that monstrosity box removed
You got an 03 or 04 cobra?
That’s a fabulous collectible mustang…Mach 1! Although your thumbnail is a terminator cobra…another level of classic collectible! Great work guys!
My brother had a Mustang with a Mach system. His car was a ? I forget the year but like a 35th? Anniversary edition and the Mach stereo was full blown. 6 amps on a rack in the trunk. 4 on top and 2 on the bottom and it had two 10" subs, FACTORY, in each corner. To top it off, it was all factory Rockford Fosgate.
I wouldn't even want ty think about swapping that out.
This came out after I Did the install in my 03 Mach. Same basic plan, just went with 5.25 focal separates (integration as well) up front and Focal 6.5 co-ax rear deck…I like the 5 channel amp based system in these cars…
I just finished installing a Kenwood DNX997XR in my 2006 Nissan Frontier Crew Cab! I have been using my DNX7100 which has been a great radio, But this new one is absolutely incredible! Next I’ll be installing some sound deadening material because this truck is extremely littered with road noise along with an amp and speakers in the factory locations! I will be finishing the system off with an amp and some type of sub, Some thing that will not take up too much room!
The only complaint I have is that the new GPS antenna is not magnetic, I am currently living in South Carolina and double-sided tape does not seem like a smart choice to use in this type of heat!
5 channel kenwood what a surprise
Thanks for adding this video, I have the exact car and been having trouble integrating the aftermarket radio to the factory amps
Wish I had all those nice toys for my stereo installs.
Great Vid as usual guys. I love when you upload the whole video at one time.
Would love to know how much an install so in depth like this would cost.
Awesome installation! The sound quality is incredible and the fitment looks great. Great job!
Man your amp racks are awesome!!!
I'd love to get ahold of a pair of those tweeter adapters. I've got an 03 GT I'm in the process of putting a complete system in.
Me too
did u get some or make some.. hole saw and jigsaw , sand edges drill holes
Fernado does good work!!
This one is gonna sound good!
Como siempre excelentes en lo que hacen, Felicitaciones desde Michoacán México
Te gusta el epicenter?
I'm sure it sounds amazing!!!
How did you end up connecting the new front speakers to the standard car cables?
I have a question about changing the original mach 460 cd changer out for the cassette radio that could have come in the car, I recently did this and all of the plugs went back into place on the cassette radio, but none of the woofers work now, was wondering if there's an easy fix for that, also I have a 2002 convertible.
Question Why did you leave the Front speaker wires on the Head unit connector? If the Front speakers are now on the Amp?
Thanks,
Could I buy a couple of those pieces you made for the tweeters from you?
I missed something somewhere. What did you do to secure the speakers in the rear deck? Nuts and bolts? Self tapping screws? Rivet nuts?
Thanks a lot for the video can you tell me the size of the woofer and the size of the Box
I was wondering the same thing, thats why I started reading the comments. I was hoping someone could answer that question?
Wouldnt it make sense to just replace the 5x7 with components hook them up to the stock amp and add a 4 channel amp for the 4x tweeters and call it a day???
That person must really be in that car 24/7 for the door panel to deform like that. I had Sn-95 for 30 yrs that got a lot of use . Door panels still looked new when I sold it.
Car sat uncovered in South Florida sun for 2-3 years
J.s I have 2 fox bodys to play and race . A ford f350 7.3 to pull with , a fusion to travel with , an srx for the family, a crossfire for the wife to play in , and a hemi wagon to piss of the Camaro owners on cruise night :) . I'm not racist all car lifes matter.
I just noticed a huge issue with these amps I just realized! Why is there no subsonic filter?! I have a jl audio ported enclosure and just noticed this.....I find it odd that such a good amp doesn't have one.
great work guys...
Dual Electronics XDVD276BT automatically turns one with volume at 15 out of 42. So no full volume attack on speakers.
How was the imaging of the front stage with that much separation between the mid bass driver and tweeter? Thanks.
Cool
Great awesome vid thank you so much guys keep up the great installs
Love your vids, very informative and entertaining.
Psst. the backside of those calipers is for measuring inside diameters of holes precisely
Also. The quality comparison by likelihood of injury is good
Do you need the kenwood screen for this audio system. I’m looking at doing something very similar to this setup in my 99 and I have a Sony head unit i rather use
Have an o4 base model stang I put the small speaker on door but didn't come with the connection so I connected to the speaker at the bottom of the door.should I unplug the connection from the bottom speaker and run the wires from the amp to the bottom door speakers?
Did you connect the front speakers to the amplifier also? Looks like those are running from the head unit? I am never sure if you connect the door speakers to the amp I rarely see you running wires for them
Everything is on the amp
How do you do your crossovers
Awesome video! I'm lost though. What did you do with the front speakers? How did you tie them into the radio? You had the factory connector hooked up before you started testing.
If you look at the time-lapse of Fernando he was soldering the crossover into the factory tweeter wires.
Mounting my Pioneer GM-A6704 amplifier the way you guys did doesn't sound like a good idea for me since it's huge. A floor mount would be best for me. If I decide to add a subwoofer I could get one of those that fit on top of the donut spare tire.
Have you done an install on a 2014 GT mustang? I'd like to buy some speaker adapters for the front doors.
My Pioneer GM-A6704 says to use two 30 amp fuses in parallel to power the amplifier instead of one 60 amp fuse. Do you guys know why? It would be a challenge to get 2 fuse holders mounted close to the battery in my 2002 Mustang GT.
With my rear deck there are no speakers and I’m sound deading it should I cover all the holes or do I need to worry about pressure
You can cover them unless you are adding a sub. If adding sub leave them open for sound
Assuming you have subs in the trunk, I'd leave the holes open to allow more bass into the cabin
Can you still get the spare tire out with that sub box in there?
I know Kenwood and jvc are the same companies now and this head unit shows exactly that. My jvc kw-m865bw is exactly the same as what this Kenwood Excelon is as far as the features and looks go. But my head unit goes sub, rear, front for the rcas. I love it even though it was $600. But I was only looking for 3 sets of rcas, must be 5v preouts, and apple car play and android auto. The 5v preouts make a huge difference in overall sound quality and loudness. Im using the 6.5" alpine type r components in the doors and polk audio 5.25" in the rear. All running off a d4s jp234. It's very loud and clear to say the least lol. Do you recommend that I get a dsp and if so, what one?
I have the R type 6.5s in front and rear and they are loud and clear but I’m looking for more mid bass. Have you looked at any other components for the front that might have more mid bass?
@@bradvaughan1409 I know that a lot of bassheads use cresendo audio, prvs, and even the down4sound mids are all highly recommended. I'd personally would get cresendo 6.5s. Put a few of them on some good powered amps and they will definitely jam
@@Pittsburgh-412 thanks for the information. I’m really not a bass head I just like a little more than I’m getting out of the R types. I’ve always preferred the sound quality of round speakers but was looking for a great sounding 5x7 for ease of installation in my 01’GT. I made some mounts for the 6.5s but I’m not that fond of the way they look. I guess I’m just picky.
@@bradvaughan1409 do you have the type rs on an amplifier?
@@Pittsburgh-412 yes they are on a Alpine 5 channel amp. I think it’s 75x4. I can’t remember what model it is.
Mustangs and F150s...I wanna see a full install on an '86 Escort. 🤣
I just want to know how I can get a set of those tweeter adapters.
I have a 01’ GT and I’ve been looking for some nice 5x7s. How do those Focal compare to the Alpine 6.5 R type speakers?
6.5 won’t fit. I would just use any 5x7’s I removed the Mach 460 box and used the existing wire to a 4 channel and that runs the 5x7’s and used the radio for the tweeterss
@@sidsideways2828 I made a custom plate from abs and removed a little bit of the door panel plastic on the back side. With fast rings I get plenty of sound directed into the interior. I was just thinking of upgrading to a better speaker.
Hello, I have a general question, I have a 02 Mustang GT Convertible, with the Mach 460 system, I upgraded the Head Unit, and all the speakers, I left the (2) amp in the back, all sounds great, except after 10 to 15 minutes, the volume lowers itself until I can't hear anything, this happens with BT, FM/AM, so I have to shut off radio for about 10 minutes, then it works, fine again, I have no idea whats happening, do u have any clue?
What’s that cost to do that install and to buy everything?
Love your channel and top notch installs!! I just don’t understand something I’ve noticed in most of your videos. I just can’t wrap my head around spending top dollar on a high end HU, then installing a 4-5 Chan amp to drive the mids and highs. Seems like a total waste to have 4 channels of premium audio not being used from the HU. I Know this is customer preference but maybe I’m missing something.
Head units use a very basic classD ic power amp. They are also only good for 15 to 18 watts.
@@FiveStarCarStereoInc thank you for the info! I guess I will have to start looking at them as alternative signal outputs. Now to readjust my budget for my build lol
@@Dcarr and so it begins...next thing you know you’ll have an extra battery in the trunk and a dm 608!
Please need help I have the wiring harness and radio ready to go from the radio end but it turns out they cut the factory harness connectors and it’s nothing but cables and colors that don’t match, please help mustang 03 GT, how can I do it??!!!
If it's already cut and you don't care to bring it back to stock, go ahead and look up the wiring diagram for your car and match it to the functions of the radios wiring diagram. Solder, heatshrink, done, but you won't be able to go back to stock
Awesome job, love your work. Just had a thought... why go to all that extra routing trouble and having to put bends into the plastic mounting plate when you could've just used a flat plate and mount the amplifier upside down? You said the power, ground and speaker inputs and outputs were on the opposite side. ??? No
The heat sink will not work as designed upside down.
@@FiveStarCarStereoInc ahhh... fact. I was thinking it would have better airflow but yeah the heat would rise and the heatsync would be ineffective.
I caught the mistake of left and right wiring from amplifier before the next frame showed them going the right direction!
Not a mistake. He clearly stated the amplifier is facing backwards making the rear speaker wires criss cross over each other. Which he didn't like and he switched the rca's in order to have the speaker wires go to the proper side. Making look neater.
Isn’t this a repeat episode from last year. I know I’ve seen this.
How much would this cost? Say i wanted it done...
Gotta ask since my wife has a glowforge for her business. I don't see how creating that tweeter mount was faster than using a router and other tools. The design and wait time for that laser seemed inefficient, along with costly,. since those dang things are far from cheap. I would expect you guys to have something a little more industrial if you were looking for precision and cost savings. Do you use it often for things like this?
Your right that a router is faster, but if your randomly remaking the same thing wouldn’t it be easier to just drop the file in the glowforge and let it do it’s thing?
I think every customer that brings that body style Mustang in for install asks "hey can you fix the door pulls...they are loose"...as bad as those were still better than Hummer 2 door panels....those are worst ever lol..just junk even when they were brand new...lol
Truth!
Reminds of the genius who designed the door outside handles on the 2dr fwd olds cutlass supreme and the 4dr SL, and the Chevy Beretta and the lumina models!!
Hey now dean. I know your a chevy loven mullet haven cousin lover , but us tail gate pushen, sister riden , ford driven love our mustang's. 😂 hope you know I'm kidding.
Haha I own a Mustang vert at the moment
Sou instalador aqui no Brasil seria uma horta trabalhar com vcs
Meus parabéns pela experiencias
I was barely gonna comment, what about the sub 😄
have u lost a lot of weight
Started off excellent with the deck & amp then it went downhill 🤷♂️🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
it has a mechanical motor in it, then it isnt mechless
its not an alpine
👍👍😎✌️
1 street
2street
?
Isn't "Hi-res compatible" Bull sh*t? There's no DAC in the amp, so It takes whatever analog signal you give it. So pretty much ALL amps are Hi Res compatible. LMAO
Never liked mustangs, nothing special about them. Love you guys work though.
The fact they started the pony car/muscle car era back in the 60s that brought us badass cars that we have today make them pretty special😂
66-73 those are the true classic muscle cars in my opinion as far the Ford mustang goes
Love Kenwood excelon products!!
Sent yal a DM on Facebook. Want to setup a build with you guys. Videos are awesome.