Radio

Susan, here are some pictures that I took a few minutes ago of a unit that I'm installing in a friends new Ranger. It's just an inexpensive radio from Walmart and 6 inch speakers. I like the model because it uses a tape or has the small stereo plug in the front that allows for the XM Radio to be plugged in or use the tape adapter, not many have that feature anymore. The price is reasonable so if it gets trashed you won't be out much. I think speakers and radio was around $50 plus get an antenna for around $10. Picked up a sheet of finished 1/2" plywood at Home Depot. They have partial sheets that are like 3'X4' and it's enough if you cut the pieces right. Made it fit on top of the roll bars front and rear, cut the front and rear edges on an angle and shape with a belt sander to get the lowest fit. Used a clamp on the rear and a small bracket to fasten it at the front of the cage just to keep it in place. On the one for my Ranger I used smaller speakers and mounted them in the sides but the six inch had to be added on the 45 degree sides. The six inch have much better sound over the smaller ones. The upper section is for trail maps, cb radio, or what ever. I store the antenna there so it won't get tore off out side and it picks up very well. Of course this will get a soft cab installed to keep it in the dry, along with brush guards and other items. By the way welcome to the PRC.
This is the left side
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This a top view at the rear
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This the right side
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This a rear view
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Hope this gives you some ideas, good luck...

I installed an Ipod system in our Ranger. Mounted a 10" sub in the underseat storage, two 6" in the kick panel speaker pods and wired the Ipod thru a 900W amp. It sounds great and I dont have to worry about getting dust in a radio or having a disk skipping.

Here's a pic of the amp installed

Hey Susan,

Here are a few more pics. I chose to use a 6" bazooka tube for the bass and mounted my speakers in the kickplates. Sounds really good and the whole project cost under $500. I used a CD player that has an aux input for an mp3 player.











You can use a powered bazooka if you run an aftermarket battery, but the stock battery doesn;t have the poop to power it up. I used a cheap 200w amp for the sub and the speakers run off the deck. Plenty loud.

Matt

That looks good, unfortunately the only place left for me to put a radio is in the glove box or as part of the roof.

Susan here is what I did for the glovebox install. Living in the desert keeping the sand out of it is job one!