“spruce goose”2000 Ford Crown Victoria

Face removed from stock radio, dremeled out and some face buttons glued back on. The eject button fell off temporarily. Owner Used some felt to protect the Pioneer's face when in position. The green felt simulates the green of the removed LCD Owner The faux stock faceplate in position. Owner The faux stock faceplate removed. Owner Peering in the window with the stock faceplate on. Owner Listening to satellite radio. Owner It's always a good idea to disconnect the negative cable to the battery to prevent shorts and such when working with the car's electrial sy… Owner Pulled (3) of these plastic pins from the panel beneath the glovebox. Owner Removing this plastic pin holding the carpet aids in removing that lower panel. Owner Carpet is pulled back to aid in removing the lower plastic panel. Owner You'll want to squeeze the sides on this plastic pin for the lower panel to drop. Owner Twist the socket to remove the socket with the bulb. Owner Here's the panel dropped with just the connector to the auxillary 12v plug still attached. Owner Unplug the connector to the auxillary 12v plug. This is what I will use to splice the Sirius tuner into for its power harness. Owner I believe there were (2) of these 6mm bolts to remove the glovebox Owner Glovebox is easily removed by pushing the sides of the glovebox for these tabs to clear. Oh yeah, I had to remove the Traction control butt… Owner I tried and tried to find a good mounting spot for the Sirius Tuner behind the glovebox here but to no avail. I decided to mount it directl… Owner Drilled a hole in the back for the IP-bus connector to the radio and the power harness for the tuner. Applied some peel n seal to act as a… Owner Tuner sitting nicely in the back of the glovebox. Antenna runs out the right side. Owner Tuner in the glovebox with the Goose's Owner's Manual. Owner Splice/sodder the Sirius tuner's power harness in with the Auxillary 12V plug. Wrapped it up in some electrical tape afterward. Owner Sirius Antenna cable runs up along side the dash to the top of the dash. Owner Pop up the upper dash to run the cable under. Owner Attached the Sirius antenna magnet to the middle of the dash. This will be my first testing area. If there are no dropouts, it'll stay, oth… Owner This 2000 Ford Crown Victoria is shown from the front three-quarter angle. AI caption Rear view of a gray 2000 Ford Crown Victoria sedan parked on a road. AI caption