[jfrabat]

Originally Posted by TWDJ

I work for Apple and don't miss many opportunities, either.

Good thing I specified I was using a Walkman and not an iPod!

Originally Posted by TWDJ

Mounting on the floor just under the doors got in my wife's way getting when in. She is vertically challenged and, health-wise, a little unsteady so I wanted to put no more obstacles in her way.

Mine keeps complaining about the speaker being in her way; but that is why I made sure the sound system was LOUD! I can just turn it up, and all of the sudden, I dont hear her anymore!

Just kidding; you are right. My wife is 5'10", and she still complains about the speaker location. Not to mention that it would get mud and water when offroading (I dont really mind about that, though, as I can replace them at extremely little cost; but that is not the case for most Jeepers) every time you would get in and out of the jeep. The location I chose also makes them more obvious to people outside the Jeep, so theft also becomes an issue. I ussually ride with the hard top on, so this is not such a big thing; but when I do take the top down (on the weekends), I do have to be carefull where I park because of this...

Originally Posted by TWDJ

And even though I rarely have passengers, the back seat usually stays in and is just rolled forward which got in the way of the speakers placed between wheelwell and roolbar.

The sound wedges will still allow you to roll your seat forward; the only reason I cannot roll mine is because of the console, which is too big. But since my rear seat was rusted in place when I bought the jeep, and the console was the first thing I ordered for the Jeep, I did not find out until about a month ago when I finally got around to removing all the rust from the rear seat.... And by then, I had taken a liking to the console, so now I can only roll the seat forward about 3/4 of the way (still gives you more room to carry stuff, but not as much as I would have without the console!).

Originally Posted by TWDJ

Believe me when I say all options were given much consideration ... except for a soundbar. That never really appealed to me much and I'm not sure why.

I dopnt really like soundbars either. The only reason I kept mine was that it has the map light already installed, and I dont feel like installing a new one on the roll bar. Not optimal speaker location, they are EXPENSIVE, and typically (although not necessarily), speakers are too small anyway! The only nice thing is that they get the speakers out of the way...

Originally Posted by TWDJ

jfrabat, you're a genius!

NO ARGUMENTS HERE!!!!

Felipe