This is stage 2 of my new stereo. The first stage was putting in a Kenwood DNX691 and idatalink maestro. Here's the parts list:
Polk PA D500.5 amp
DB6501 components
DB651 2 way
boom mat
poly fill
underseat mount (ebay)
audiopipe power wire
sky high audio speaker wire
T spec RCA cables (6ft)

I covered the inside of the front speaker boxes with Boom mat. One 12x12 inch piece was enough for each box. Then filled with polyfill. I found that removing the bracing bar on the knee panel allows the pesky drivers side box to be wiggled an removed a little easier (it was only 2 bolts.


Same thing was done with the speaker bar, but only one piece of boom mat laid in behind the speaker (2 more 12x12inch pieces). New speaker wire was run down the B pillar.

I mounted the amp to an underseat bracket I got from ebay (after I gave it a quick coat of paint).

see next post for more

 

Amp mounted on seat bracket

I enlarged the hole in the tomb stone tweeter mounts to fit the press in cups from Polk. This was time consuming even with a paper template to follow. Lots of test fitting.

I'll post a picture of the final look in another post (I didn't get a picture yet)

Here's the amp all wired up


The crossovers are velcro'd to the inside of the plastic knee panel on each side. Pull the glove box or the driver's knee panel and they can be easily reached and removed to work on. I couldn't get a picture of these.
This took about 16 hours to do. I tried to stay neat about everything using zip ties and hiding all the wires. I have not tuned the amps yet (need to borrow an oscilloscope), but it sounds great. I've never used Polk before (mostly Pioneer), but I like them. There's a reasonable amount of bass considering it's just a 6.5 inch.

 

Where did you get the power for the amp?
(Did you run all new line to the battery?)

 

Yes. I got a 4 AWG power wire 20ft. Ran it from the battery through an existing hole on the passenger side just behind the side dash panel. It goes down the rest of the A pillar, along the edge of the floor to the B pillar where it goes to the amp under the carpet. I can get some pictures of this for you. There's a ground point on the tunnel under the seat bracket. I used that for a ground. It's tricky to get to without pulling the seat bracket up, but with an angled ratcheting box wrench it's possible.

 

Yes, would love to see the pictures. That's my next project

 

Looks nice!