Princecraft Deck Boat install

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The other day, my dad gave me a challenge. He said to me, "I want you to install a sub and amp for the sub and the 4 speakers in the boat. Budget is whatever you need it to be." A week later, $1220 in marine audio equipment has been ordered. We are going with a JL marine 5ch, 10" JL marine sub, SHCA 4ga, 2 secondary batteries separated from the main battery by a battery isolator, and a Kenwood marine bluetooth headunit. I am hoping to get all the equipment this week, as well as have it installed within a couple weeks. We are not sure what batteries we will be using as of right now.

Links to equipment:

Sub: http://www.crutchfield.com/p_136M10I....html?tp=61750

Amp: http://www.crutchfield.com/p_136M700....html?tp=61752

Pics of the boat





Stock speaker locations





Old, junk head unit



Spot where the sub will be mounted, livewell will be sealed off for the enclosure. Sub will be mounted to the face, where the little light is currently





Underneath the driver's console, where the amp will be mounted up and out of the way of storage

[Strakele]

Cool. I always wanted to upgrade the speakers and add a sub in our boat.

[Hi-FiDelity]

You should name it the Magic Boat and get some people to claim it's the best sounding boat ever.

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Got some goodies today now we are waiting on 4ga lugs, heat shrink, fuses, and fuse holders from Sky High, and need to pick up a couple more batteries and we will be all set to install










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[jrdnhsqwlmcbzndjkt]

Picked up a hydraulic crimper today, I shall forever use lugs and heatshrink

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Secondary battery is on the trickle charger overnight and boat is trailered on the driveway, will be starting the install tomorrow

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Got the secondary battery in, isolator wired up, and head unit installed today, all that's left is to mount the amp, run power and ground for the amp, run speaker wire for the sub, cut the hole for the sub, seal up the livewell/enclosure, and get bumpin




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Ran power, ground, and voltmeter signal/battery isolator signal wires today as well as hooked up the amp and tuned it, and the improvement even without the sub in yet is freaking amazing.


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Hole cut, expanding foam is, well, expanding






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[Hillbilly SQ]

Looking good. Probably wouldn't hurt to treat that 150 Opti with a 21p Trophy or Tempest prop as wellThe Tempest would be a little faster with better holeshot. Trophy holds the water better, corners better, and gives better fuel economy. Holeshot could be better, but that's just part of the puzzle. Tempest likes to be high on the transom, Trophy low on transom. Yes, I'm a boat guy and setup snob.