I'm almost embarrassed to be asking this but I want to do my own instal for the first time since 1995 and I know there are some major pros on this site, here goes...

 

I'm keeping the factory radio, no NAV, no amplifier on my 2013 JEEP Wrangler with the stock 6 speaker system.  I plan on using my Audio Control LC2i as a line driver and purchasing a PPI 900.4 and mounting under the dash.  I bought a Bravox component system from this forum for the front and have replaced the sound bar coaxles with a pair of Alpine type S's I picked up for $25.  I'm using deck power for the sound bar, I hated the idea of rear speakers at first but a Jeep is  a rolling compromise, and will use 2 channels of the PPI for the components and the rear 2 channels bridged to a 10' sealed sub, the enclosure coated in bed liner of course.

 

I want to cut factory wires as little as possible, what do you guys recommend in the way of wiring harnesses?  Metra or Scoshe part numbers? or should I just man-up and start cutting, splicing and soldering.

 

I've got a buddy who helped me make custom baffles for the sound bar and will help with the front speakers, I will deaden the speaker pods with CLD tiles, and experiment with polyfil.  Wranglers do NOT have speakers in the doors, which is good because I roll with no doors as often as possible, the tweeters are mounted on "tombstones" on the dash and the woofers are in speaker pods in the lower dash, not optimal, but it is the safest place to put them in a JEEP.

 

Thanks guys.

The metra pieces (access) aren't that great. You will want to look into PAC pieces.

Seriously. Our shop uses metra dash kits and antenna adapters, but we stay away from that Axxess cluster fuck. PAC pieces work way better.

I looked at the PAC website, but I didn't see anything that fit my needs.  I'm keeping the factory HU so I don't want to spend $100 for an unneeded canbus.  If the Metra stuff is that bad I'll just borrow a friends soldering iron and chop up the factory wiring, I didn't want to do that, but I'd rather go slow and do it right than use garbage harnesses.