Henry's $120.00 stereo system

[Hank_]

Well I was having trouble deciding what to put in the bronco for a stereo. When I mounted my PCM for my fuel injection system it took up space right behind where the stereo mounts. I tried the stock radio but it was just too deep. I have a console that will house a radio but did not want to go that way. Looking for a cheap radio to install I came across the Clarion FZ 150. No CD player but does have aux inputs for mp3 and a nice tuner. When I unpacked it I was surprised how shallow the radio was. When I got home I measured and the radio was only about 3 1/2" deep. I measured the dash and was happy it would clear. So I took the cut off wheel and cut the hole for the radio. I had also been looking at some speakers for the back. I would love someday to get the Crawl Tunes speaker set up but its not in the budget right now. I came across these on Amazon.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008DJT5QK/ref=oh_details_o02_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
These are not a great speaker but for the money quite good. Over all I am very happy with how the system turned out. Sounds nice and plenty loud when playing through my ipod. I like the looks of the radio and it tunes in local stations very well through the stock bronco antenna.

Because of where I wanted the speakers to mount I just welded a couple down tubes to mount them to.

Nice simple radio without a bunch of knobs and buttons I will never use.

Nice and shallow fit.

Even has a nice cover that snaps on the front to keep crap off of it when not in use. So for $120.00 I got the whole system in the bronco. I do have a pair of Rockford Fosgate 5 1/4" speakers I will install in either the door or some where up front. A nice little amp would also be nice to finish things up.

I will now run the permanent speaker and power wires to finish this install up.

Henry

 

[White Knight]

radio

Can you use I-tunes from your I phone?

 

[astark]

Nice setup

 

[blubuckaroo]

That would come in handy for those installing a Vintage Air unit. A typical CD player won't fit anymore because it's too deep. Thanks for the tip.

 

[sprdv1]

Nice bud... Thanks for sharing.

 

[Crimson66]

Heck Yea

It must feel good to be at the Radio phase of your build... Congratulations.!

 

[Hank_]

Can you use I-tunes from your I phone?

You can use your iphone and I use my Android phone. Great little radio.

Henry

 

[Hank_]

It must feel good to be at the Radio phase of your build... Congratulations.!

Thanks Wendel. I was actually thinking of you when I started driving my bronco. I really hope you are able to get yours on the road soon. It really is a lot of fun to drive and I know you will enjoy yours. How is your project coming along?

Henry

 

[joshnjulie1]

It must feel good to be at the Radio phase of your build... Congratulations.!

I second that...
I keep staring at the prices of fender flares, a back seat, and a center console. Once I pull the trigger on those, I will be at the stereo portion. I am starting to do my thread surfing looking at options for speaker mounting.

 

[Pa PITT]

That radio does look nice.
.. It looks like you guys are running topless with just speakers on the roll bars. But FOR MY Half cab I built a top gun rack shelf after getting it installed .. I decided to put 4 inch speakers in both top corners. Great .. for the 1st time I can hear and understand my tunes. I used a set of $30.00 Walmart speakers. thinking it'd not work But man have I been impressed.
... Oh my gun rack shelf has the same skin as the outside of my Bronco . So It's almost hind.

 

[Hank_]

That radio does look nice.
.. It looks like you guys are running topless with just speakers on the roll bars. But FOR MY Half cab I built a top gun rack shelf after getting it installed .. I decided to put 4 inch speakers in both top corners. Great .. for the 1st time I can hear and understand my tunes. I used a set of $30.00 Walmart speakers. thinking it'd not work But man have I been impressed.
... Oh my gun rack shelf has the same skin as the outside of my Bronco . So It's almost hind.

Nice job on the speaker install. When I have some time I need to figure out what I want for front speakers.

Henry

 

[americanhorses]

I second that...
I keep staring at the prices of fender flares, a back seat, and a center console. Once I pull the trigger on those, I will be at the stereo portion. I am starting to do my thread surfing looking at options for speaker mounting.

Looks good Henry...yes keep the ideas coming. I'm almost at the stereo phase myself.

 

[Madgyver]

Nice! Thanks for sharing....