janaka Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 Well I know my car is fast so that aspect has been taken care of. 11's on street tires is good enough for me (for now). My interior looked nice before, have Recaro seats, custom door panels, autometer gauges etc.. I had Focal speakers in the door panels which never sounded quite right for being an awesome set of components, needless to say I was disappointed. This winter I decided to tear the stereo down and try again. I was after something that sounded awesome and looked the part also. I do take the car to shows and such and my stereo was definitely my weakspot for competitions and such. So I pulled out my old Pioneer deck, replaced it with a new Kenwood Excelon deck. USB, iPod compatible. Cool stuff. Pulled old RCA's out, replaced front and sub RCA's with Audison interconnects. Nice wires, easy connectors with 90* fittings which keep the wires a little nicer. Small touches make me smile. Pulled out the 4awg power wire, my two amps. Ran new 0 awg wire and a new 5 channel amplifier. No distro block, just wire straight into the amp, big ground wire too. Bridged the 4 speaker channels to power the front speakers, 350w RMS per side to the focal components. I didn't have a sub set up in the car before that was worth anything so we started from scratch. For shows I decided to go with 3 12" subs, invert mounted firing into the spare tire well. All 4ohm DVC's so they run at 2.66 ohm to the sub channel of the 5 channel amp. About 500w give or take to the 3 subs. I made the sub panel at home with my wife and she wrapped it in leather which was left over from the seats and door panels. Looks nice. So now all said and done this things ROCKS. Its not a be loud bass machine like a lot of cars out there but its setup to sound good and to be able to enjoy music which is what I'm about when it comes to my stereo's etc. From my short demo in the garage with a wide variety of music I'm very happy with the sound quality so far. I cant wait to get some more "musical" music in the car to see how it reacts but my wife's Grey's Anatomy CD sounded pretty good all in all. I don't have completed pics yet but here's some pics nevertheless: Subs inplace, not wired - crappy phone pic Interior shot from the summer. Door panels, seats and speakers: Pic with old deck installed: No pics of the new amp or the wiring yet. Will try to get some shortly once I get it all sorted out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLOZ UP Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 Parhaps I missed a build thread, but what are you doing/have you done about sound insulation? I'm interested to know about exhaust muffling as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mxgsfmdpx Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 Your interior looks awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janaka Posted March 3, 2011 Author Share Posted March 3, 2011 Parhaps I missed a build thread, but what are you doing/have you done about sound insulation? I'm interested to know about exhaust muffling as well. That was one of the first things I did with the car a few years ago. I did eDead sound deadener throughout the car (just not on the firewall which I intend to do before spring. I have it on the doors, floor, spare tire well already. Marginal difference for me, but the straight through exhuast and now cutout don't help much, lol. Pics: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossman Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 I'm not a fan of big loud sound systems but you did a Great Job. The interior looks very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janaka Posted March 4, 2011 Author Share Posted March 4, 2011 I'm not a fan of big loud sound systems but you did a Great Job. The interior looks very nice. Thanks. Its more for shows and just enjoying some tunes for the wife and I. I'm definitely past the boomin' stereo's stage in life Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janaka Posted March 6, 2011 Author Share Posted March 6, 2011 Completed pics of the audio from today - still dusty but hey its in ! Door panels - even added power windows- no cranks! Focal 165 mids and TN52 tweets Interior shot. Recaro's, door panel, center panel all wrapped in same leather. Autometer gauges, shift light, kenwood deck, short shifter for T56, Hurst 6spd ball From the hatch: 3 13kv.2 Elemental Designs subs, wired to 2.66ohm off the sub channel of the Elemental Designs nine.5 amp (5channel) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oddmanout84 Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 Pretty sweet job on that interior. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billseph Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 I love that whole interior. Where did you get the glass door panels?? Those are awesome...I'd love some glass panels to load some components into. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZT-R Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 want to make me some door panels like that? got a mold? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rags Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 ZT-R, Look here http://forums.hybridz.org/index.php/topic/101709-fiberglass-door-panels-wspeaker-holes/ Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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