George N's 2001 Ford Ranger

by Crutchfield's Robert Ferency-Viars

Vehicles in the Customer Car Showroom are submitted by customers and fans, and edited by Crutchfield writing staff. You can find more of these articles on the Showroom main page.

Nice truck

Items installed:

Alpine CDA-9847
Pioneer TS-A6870R 6x8 speakers (doors)
Jensen XS1683 6x8 speakers (rear)
Bazooka 8 inch powered subwoofer
Pioneer TS-T110 tweeters
Dynamat sound dampening
XTC speaker baffles

Installation Description

Please check my webiste at george-novak.com for all the pictures and installation instructions. I give Crutchfield full rights to use any of the pictures and information on my pages.

Editor's note: George has some great photos of the installation processes for his stereo and speakers in the Audio & Video section of his site.

Q&A Section

Why did you decide to upgrade your A/V system?

Factory system stopped playing CD's after a few years

What's the first thing you show people about your installation?

The Alpine stereo

Why did you choose these products?

Best quality

What was the most difficult part of the installation?

The additional wiring for my subwoof and tweeters

What plans, if any, do you have for future upgrades?

The Apline is starting to fall apart, so I want to go back to a Pioneer head unit

Alpine stereo

Alpine stereo installed in dash

Bazooka bass tube

Yes, an 8 inch sub will fit in the back of a 2 door Ranger

PDA

Using the AUX port to play a video from my PDA

Pioneer speakers

Pioneer speakers in the front

door

Dynamat and speaker baffles on the door

Jensens in the back

Jensens in the back

OBDII scanner on my old Palm PDA

OBDII scanner on my old Palm PDA

George

Only good picture I could find

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