I have been meaning to do this for more than a year but keep forgetting. When I got this CRV It took me a while to figure out the best way to do a stereo install. My problem is the amp is to big and even though there are a couple of nice installs floating around the WWW, very few helped me out. Most of the installs on CRV's use the spare tire area, I could not do that. I am 50, I know how important a spare tire is. I also needed a smaller speaker box that was easy to remove, in case I need to get to the spare. The difficult part was where to put a huge amp. Most of the class D amps are tiny, you can easily mount them under a seat. This amp was not going under a seat. Another problem I had was I do a lot of hiking and frequently leave my truck out in the boonies. I could not mount the amp on the floor, again, spare tire. That is what I loved about my 97 CRV, the spare tire mounted on the back door. And, it still had a spare tire compartment in the floor! Anyway, as you can see in the photos, that is what I came up with. Hopefully, it will help someone out. There was a lot of head-scratching on this one. Oh, and if you are wondering why the amp was raised off of the floor, it is for air circulation. Class A/B amps can get hot. The amp is 6 years old and still pounds pretty good.
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