Someone asked me what my end goal was with this car. I referred them to this picture:
It's clean, empty, simple, and focused. Nothing there but what you need. I love it. Notice what's NOT there? A stereo. Despite my JUST saying I love the empty look, I DO want a radio. But with modern phones, why have a head unit at all? All you really need is a little bluetooth amp to connect to the phone and a holder. Well lookie lookie what just arrived from China! It's a super-cheap AliExpress 50W+50W Bluetooth amp. Shown here testing before I install, along with what are literally the cheapest new speakers I could find on the internet. Another piece to be replaced at a later date.
Wiring up the little bluetooth amp:
I broke the damned door card holder doohickeys taking off the door card:
Attached some spade connectors to the existing wiring:
Went to install the speakers and... Uh-oh. I should have bought 6" speakers instead. OK, it's not like I'll not be replacing these eventually. For now, let's just screw them in halfway and see how they sound. (I had considered designing and printing up some spacers... dunno why I didn't.)
Plugged in the little amp:
And a quick test...
Zip-tied it up under the dash:
There we go. My phone is now my radio. And of course I need a new battery. So...