Thos,
Your post is inspiring! However, could you please elaborate on "Cutting the spliced grounds"? MY car is an '87 and I'm not sure of the extent at which my stereo differs from yours. I have 8 wires snipped from the fader (you had 6) which I have pulled through the cave, and the 4 wires (imposters) which came from the radio output. Are you saying that if I stip the sheath from the fader bundle, some spliced wires (grounded) will be found and I should use them for the negative lines of the front speakers? Or are these to be simply unspliced?
Thank you and for more information on my situation, please see my post here in Car Audio forum.

Freybird