The Radio mounting location stayed the same.
The XM and GPS stayed in the same place.
The radio control head was moved to over head though! Sure is a lot easier looking up at it while driving, not only that but now the sun won't
wash out the display when i'm trying to read it.
Didn't really know where else to put the mic so I used one of the Motorola mic hangup clips to put it on the ceiling.
The Speaker, amplified Motorola speaker for more oomph for us hard of hearing folks, is mounted to the passenger side of the center console. I also relocated the two auxiliary power ports from the radio console to the center console by the speaker. The cable laying on the floor is the coax for the scanner antenna, I haven't done anything with that yet, looking at getting a smaller digital capable scanner, or just something smaller, to replace the older unit I had in there.
The GPS computer got relocated from the bottom side of the radio console to underneath the passenger side seat, it had to go in rear facing though because the vehicle's airbag control unit is mounted under the passenger seat under the carpet. But this arrangement doesn't pose any problems and actually makes it easier to change the CD if needed.
The biggest change is where the wiring is located now. The bottom middle of the vehicles dash there is a storage compartment, looks like it was designed to hold cassette tapes or CD's, our van never came with anything to sit in there though, so I made it a wiring access panel now. Fuse panel on the left side, much easier to get to now then it was in the old radio console, relay's so all the added equipment follows the ignition, and of course a ground bonding point which is fastened to the frame behind the plastic console. You can also see the back end of the power ports on the right side. Now I can get some spare fuses in there and a small flashlight and it will be easy to change one night and day.
Now I just have to save up and bring her in for a carpet shampoo, getting dirty in there again! And man was it dirty under the console mounting plate that i removed!
