Stock Radio and Speakers Creative How-To

lilolneon · Post by **lilolneon** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 2:00 am

I found a good use for the stock radio and speakers since i replaced all the speakers with Sony Xplod's

Now I have the stock radio setup in a box, and the speakers in their own boxes too.

Its quite simple to accomplish, ill post some pictures tomorrow.

If you wanna do it, heres the simple supply list...

1 AT Computer Power Supply
1 OEM radio harness (can be gotten off ebay for about $5)
2 Speaker Wall Plates (foudn at home depot, lowes, and etc.)
1 Universal Antena (i used a small black flexible one from autozone)
1 Antenna Adapter Universal->OEM (purchased mine from wally world)
appx. 25ft of speaker wire (home depot, lowes, car toys, and etc.)
Speakers
Radio

And heres the how-to

What the power supply is for is to provide the 12volt's needed to power up the radio. Simple take 2 sets of the wires and cut off the molex ends. The red wires wont be used, only the yellow and black. The yellow is the 12volt and the black is the ground. The harness i got from ebay was color coded like the aftermarket harnesses. I will post pics of the harness tomorrow also. The wall plates I used so i dont have to always ahve the speakers plugged up, altho you can set this up to your own prefs.

Ok, heres how to hookup the wire harness...
RED = 12 Volt Ignition (tie this to one of the yellow wires from the power supply)
YELLOW = 12 Volt Memory (tie this to one of the yellow wires from the power supply)
ORANGE = Dash Light (not nessecary, but can be tied into one of the yellow wires)
BLACK = Ground
BLUE = Power Antenna (not used)
[Speakers]
WHITE = Left Front +
WHITE/BLACK = Left Front -
GREEN = Left Rear +
GREEN/BLACK = Left Rear -
GRAY = Right Front +
GRAY/BLACK = Right Front -
VIOLET = Right Rear +
VIOLET/BLACK = Right Rear -

If you choose to put your speakers into boxes like I did which i recomend, make sure you seal the box, and port it. Mine isnt acoustically acurate for the porting, but it serves its purpose.
When hooking up the front speakers, make sure you tie the tweeters to the front speakers.

To make the enclosures for the speakers and radio, you can use your own imagination for it. I just used some wood that was laying around to make mine.

Overall, i spent maybe a total of $30 for all the supplies, and it sounds good, makes for a great cd player too.

if you have any questions just pm or email me

dinetuner · Post by **dinetuner** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 2:14 am

...lol ghetto...

Ifixyawata · Post by **Ifixyawata** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 2:16 am

That would make an excellent garage sound system. I'd love to see pics of it.

lilolneon · Post by **lilolneon** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 2:17 am

actually it looks kinda redneck

all it needs now are some Type R stikers!!!

Ifixyawata · Post by **Ifixyawata** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 2:25 am

I'm sure it resembles the "boxes" my friend and I built for a set of 6x8's that we snagged out of a Mustang at the junkyard with a Mach 460 sound system. Back when we were poor and couldn't afford real speakers or amps or CD decks. The wood we used was barely thicker than balsa wood, I dunno how it lasted as long as it did.

lilolneon · Post by **lilolneon** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 2:36 am

Ifixyawata wrote:That would make an excellent garage sound system. I'd love to see pics of it.

Thats exactly what im going to use it for!

*EDIT* Here are the Pics!

Those are angled becasue i originally had them on the floor.

(I made the top removable incase i ever add in the 6 Disc Changer

)

Ifixyawata · Post by **Ifixyawata** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 3:06 am

Awesome.

Now all I need is all new speakers for my car.

MyNeonSaysHi · Post by **MyNeonSaysHi** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 3:00 pm

lmao nice dude

ilpadrino · Post by **ilpadrino** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 3:14 pm

nice work! Grade A effort

refect · Post by **refect** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 4:35 pm

haha damn that is ghetto, but creative as hell. i give you thumbs up to it. and i bet it would make a nice garage system for when working on the car and stuff.

3Bar_Mopar · Post by **3Bar_Mopar** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 7:18 pm

I had a job delivering and filling vending machines for Calderon Brothers Vending. My truck had NO radio and I had to spend all day in this thing from 6am until I was finished, which was usually around 3pm-5pm....which really sucked with no tunes..

I took a spare car CD player and attached an old car cell phone cigarette lighter plug to the power, ground, and ignition wires, then ran the two front speaker wires to some cheap home sattelite speakers with a quick connect plug at the radio. I wrapped the harness on the back of the radio really neat with electrical tape and put the speakers behind the seats of the truck facing up.

Now, every time I went to work, I'd carry my radio and CD's under my arm and plug into the speakers and plug into the cigarette lighter.....I had music all day....sounded pretty good too.

Post by **Diablo0** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 7:22 pm

LMAO....

Sadly I have extra neon speaker laying around and a few stock radios hahah... I'm gonna have to build this.

Awesome work!

dblsg · Post by **dblsg** » Fri Nov 25, 2005 2:28 am

back when i was in the army, i too made a stereo box... mine had the speakers on the side... it was awsome, since military vehicles don't have radios (at least not for music

). i ended up giving it to my one of my guys who stayed in after i got out.

lilolneon · Post by **lilolneon** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 1:43 am

If ya need any help Diablo0, just drop me a line, ill be glad to.

I was just thinkin... this would have been awesome to build into a computer

WiTeOuT · Post by **WiTeOuT** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 3:19 pm

Hey if anyone wants to do this and needs the speakers I have them for sale.

Yes I know a shameless plug but I had to try. By the way this looks really cool...if I had the time I might attempt it myself.

BlackRoseRacing · Post by **BlackRoseRacing** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 6:31 am

Ive actually got a walmart cheapo cd player mounted on the door to my book cabinet in my grarage, also using the AT power supply and a non working power antena for the reception...

Great shop stereo thats mounted out of the way

AntiFreeze Neon · Post by **AntiFreeze Neon** » Mon Dec 12, 2005 1:35 am

dblsg wrote:back when i was in the army, i too made a stereo box... mine had the speakers on the side... it was awsome, since military vehicles don't have radios (at least not for music ). i ended up giving it to my one of my guys who stayed in after i got out.

I did the same thing in the desert, everyone loved my Hummer for that reason......I had a cheap ass Rampage CD player with a set of 6x9's and a cheap walmart vr3 amp with on of those cheap lighnting audio 10's in a prefab box. believe it or not that thing rocked in that turtle shell

lilolneon · Post by **lilolneon** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 3:09 am

nice, i just got reallly bored one night and drew it all out and built it over a month or two in my free time.