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    2016 Chevy Silverado Duramax

    I have been posting some of my progress on a different forum and I wanted to get a thread going and show you guys what I have been doing.

    Right around when the pandemic started I decided that I couldn’t take the Bose system any longer. I have always had nice systems in my vehicles and when I bought this truck brand new I tried to tell myself that I was going to leave it stock. I made it a month before I started upgrading. But I did make it almost 4 years with the stock system.

    I have been researching and buying gear, then selling and buying more gear for the last year. I have finally figured out what I am going to put in (I think) and got started with the install. So here is what I am doing and will update with pictures along the way.

    Stock head unit
    Pac amppro with toslink
    Minidsp 8x12DL
    2- Mmats Hifi 6150’s- one left and one right- 4x150 + 1x1000 each
    Scanspeak 3004’s in Valicar pods in the A-pillars
    Xcelsus XXM325’s in the stock dash location
    Dynaudio MW172’s in the doors
    CDT Unity 8’s in the rear C-pillars
    2-Audiofrog GB12d2’s in an MTI enclosure.

    Here’s a couple of pictures of the truck.
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    Re: 2016 Chevy Silverado Duramax

    That's a nice looking rig you've got there.

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    Re: 2016 Chevy Silverado Duramax

    Here’s a couple of pictures of the front 3-way.
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    Re: 2016 Chevy Silverado Duramax

    Rear fill and subs.
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    Re: 2016 Chevy Silverado Duramax

    Amps and processors.
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    Re: 2016 Chevy Silverado Duramax

    Around the end of March I finished up a kitchen remodel and flooring project, so I finally got some time to start working on the install. I knew it would be slow going with two kids and summertime coming, but I work on it when I can.

    Since it was going to be slow going I wanted to leave the Bose system playing as long as I could. So I started on the backseat area getting the panels off and some sound deadening done.
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    Re: 2016 Chevy Silverado Duramax

    Up next was starting to layout the amp rack and an equipment shelf idea that I had been thinking about for a while. There isn’t a lot of space in these things, so I wanted to utilize what space I did have. The shelf was for the dsp, distribution blocks and for a spot to relocate the Bose amp. It is also the base for the amp rack, it bolts to the floor using the seat bolts and is made of .5” hdpe.
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    Re: 2016 Chevy Silverado Duramax

    Next I cutout the amp rack and used #10 threaded inserts and stainless cap screws to bolt it together and mount everything.
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    Re: 2016 Chevy Silverado Duramax

    With everything mounted, I got to work wiring it up.
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    Re: 2016 Chevy Silverado Duramax

    That looks like some stuff you'd see on 5-Star Car Audio...very nice! Where did you get those cable tie-downs? I don't recall ever seeing those.

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