• One Bass Amp
• One 4 channel Amp
• One 12 Disc changer
• One Digital Graphic Equalizer.
• One MP3 capable Head Unit
• One Stiffening capacitor (added after the fact)
• One  XM Receiver (added later)

1000 W RMS Kenwood Excelon bass amplifier

Installing these took a lot of time - mostly just figuring out where to put the suckers. The bass amp ended up in the wheel well while the 4 channel amp sits vertically on the right side of the trunk.

Both required custom mounting brackets and lots of new holes in the trunks metal work. Brackets were made from 1/8" x 1" alloy bar.

Ground isolation necessary.

I found a compatible Panasonic changer with the most number of supported discs - 12. At the time I did the install, there was no MP3 disc support so the changer simply supports CDDA with 100 CDs of text data capability, which I've never actually use.

I store all my favorite D&B discs in the changer.

The images show the final mounted changer and the brackets. The changer was mounted on the left side of the trunk. I had to consider the location of the bass box to ensure the changers tray could open all the way.

So I install the system and start thumping away only to notice that my lights keep dimming when the system is pumping. I wondered if that might happen and when it did off I went and bought a stiffening capacitor to even out the peak current loads.

Now for drum and bass it can't really keep up but then again, neither can my ears. For straight banging techno it certainly helps. And it just looks cool.

It is wired in parallel with the power supply to the bass amp and as close to the bass amp as possible.

Coolest thing I ever bought. Umpteen channels of great quality sound.

It performs very well in the urban jungle and only has problems in dense tree covered roads. The main reason I got it was because my commute is 30 minutes on the Pike which is all open.

Favorite channels are of course the techno channels, the comedy channel, some bluegrass and some 80's. They had a liquid metal channel but that's gone now. It is always expanding and well worth it if you are a serious music lover.

The head unit has to be XM ready of course, but I had already considered that before I bought the Panasonic head unit.

Tear apart the Mustangs front panel and put in some new head units - it's pretty easy.

Follow the wiring instructions, use a volt meter to figure out what is what (the colors of the wiring are pretty standard).