BITLD Posted June 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2011 Making the battery box which is ever so tight. Secured to back of the wall with some 1" thick 45s, also on the sides in the same manner onto the floor piece which is 2" thick to avoid the weight of the batteries bowing the wood, around 100 kilos for just the 3 batteries! M24 stud bar.. Cut Test fitted... don't worry there are square washers inside and out coming as you will see later and slightly recessed lower nut to clear back of the battery case.. As you can tell theres no luxury when it comes to room. Sourced M24 dome nuts for the front.. not easy to come by! OK, so now to face the amps... After alot of head scratching and messing about with ideas.. figured best way to mount all three amps. 1st of the ICE-3500Ds to be mounted on a baffle mounted off the top of the back wall 2nd to of the ICE-3500Ds to be mounted on a bracket made from MDF The ICE-150.4 mounted off a bracket suspending it over the 2 amps.. Using M6 thread insets and machine button head screws Like so Everything getting a coat of black paint along the way.. Starting the panels for the battery cover Routed out hole Cut Quick round over Checked for position www.BladeICE.com UK/European Distributors Ascendant Audio Fi Car Audio XS Power KnuKonceptz.co.uk Facebook Youtube Channel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BITLD Posted June 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2011 Amps installed Mock up for panels top and bottom And we leave it there. The panel will be removeable with the floating amp still in place, which can be removed in less than 5 seconds to access any fusing later on. Adding some initial pieces to help form the shape Few more Starting with this then applying bridge filler Right about now camera has gone tits up. Its an old Ixus 75 which spent most of its life in a pile of dust or next to a dozen subs, so it was no suprised it went grey eyes lol Fine filler Couple of skils at a time over the bridge then sanded Repeated till the panel was close to how we need Like so Next to work on something to hide the wires on the floating ICE-150.4 Camera flash not working, sorry!! couple of pics time I use my other Ixus 90IS... www.BladeICE.com UK/European Distributors Ascendant Audio Fi Car Audio XS Power KnuKonceptz.co.uk Facebook Youtube Channel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BITLD Posted June 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2011 Starting with this.. 3 End up with this.. Adding some dowel pieces to make things flow End caps and other accent pieces on the install getting painted 2 pack gloss black as you'll see later on. Working on getting the batteries in... Using 8mm thick copper bar (60mm wide) Earth bar installed, with 2 runs of 1/0 earth. Lower part of the box is screwed down, but for extra safety using some 45s to anchor it down some more.. Same on the top and other side. Finishing off the panel for the battery cover.. Almost there with the panel. www.BladeICE.com UK/European Distributors Ascendant Audio Fi Car Audio XS Power KnuKonceptz.co.uk Facebook Youtube Channel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BITLD Posted June 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2011 Next up installing a Bosch 180A Alternator. Engine had to dropped about 15mm for me to remove the lower bolt, so undone the engine mount bolts on the top side of the engine lowering the block slowly till I could extract the offending bolt. Once removed you can see the old alt is quite a bit smaller, its a 70A unit. Installed the new unit which was extremely tight getting inside the bay but got in there albiet with a couple of grazed knuckles! Inline fuse installed and secured safely out of harms reach. www.BladeICE.com UK/European Distributors Ascendant Audio Fi Car Audio XS Power KnuKonceptz.co.uk Facebook Youtube Channel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BITLD Posted June 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2011 Wired up the amps.. Got some lighting going too.. More or less completed here, just the panels left to install/trim. Moving back to the wall. Piece of large acrylic for the front face Using template from the front wall Test fitted. Time to paint the port, first up 2 coats of MDF primer Followed by 2 coats of black gloss. Thin skim of instant grab adhesive.. before applying the panel ontop... And on the front face.. Few screws to help it which are removed following day.. masked up ready for panel work next.. www.BladeICE.com UK/European Distributors Ascendant Audio Fi Car Audio XS Power KnuKonceptz.co.uk Facebook Youtube Channel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BITLD Posted June 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2011 Making up panels for the front wall Mocking up lower panel Making an outer frame to dress the wall Little more work on the lower section Rounded and smoothed off All done, cept need some lighting SMD LED tape. Should provide a nice glow. www.BladeICE.com UK/European Distributors Ascendant Audio Fi Car Audio XS Power KnuKonceptz.co.uk Facebook Youtube Channel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BITLD Posted June 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2011 I wasn't really keen on the OE seats, so looked round for alternatives. MK4 Golf GTI Recaros came up, and required little modification. These sit nice and low compared to the stock items, when pumped all they way down. Mr 'Big' soon appears like a 2ft midget sat behind the wheel lol. Pieces all ready for triming. Seats, door cards, Door & tweeter builds sent off to http://bespokeautointeriors.co.uk for triming.. more on those later. With the theme I went with I pulled anything I knew that could be hit with piano black paint. All items were sent to my buddy Sam who did a fantastic job. Also modified the ICE Series end plates and shot these in the booth too. Time to fit the subs and install back the stud nuts... Square washers were also shot black.. Done. Next up a panel to display volt meter and master bass control.. This slides into a lower1/2 slot. Using some acrylic being used elsewhere in the build.. Done. . Back to triming, Alcantara shows up from Italy.. Lower panel done. Wall trim panel done. www.BladeICE.com UK/European Distributors Ascendant Audio Fi Car Audio XS Power KnuKonceptz.co.uk Facebook Youtube Channel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BITLD Posted June 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2011 Peeled back the protection layer to reveal glass like finish. LED tape installed wired Triming lower battery cover Top portion.. BTW those little brackets are removed now Done! No lights on here, the plex will pop Like so Was hard to capture it on that day.. www.BladeICE.com UK/European Distributors Ascendant Audio Fi Car Audio XS Power KnuKonceptz.co.uk Facebook Youtube Channel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BITLD Posted June 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2011 Seats back from Bespoke Auto Interior's. Phil did exactly what I asked him, took a design from a seat I had previously seen.. I chose a thread I knew that would match with the rest of the build (he has alot of reels!!) finalised the panel work and left it with him for few weeks.. Couple of weeks later I failed triming the door builds so back to Phil to help me out! (I'm getting to the limit of where 'stretch' will allow me to go.. Phils impecable stich work should have me out of bother for future builds from now on) Same colour thread used in all stichwork throughout the build. Tweeter builds also done by Phil, 1 piece! And alot of F"£$"££"$!! I'm told lol Not keen on leaving fixture points showing on the mids I had thes acrylic rings CNC machined, attached with a 3m tape. They can be removed, but will require re-application of the foam tape. Don't worry they dont fall off with the flex Doors complete! www.BladeICE.com UK/European Distributors Ascendant Audio Fi Car Audio XS Power KnuKonceptz.co.uk Facebook Youtube Channel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BITLD Posted June 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2011 So when I took on this project I had freedom to get creative on the exterior too. After searching forums, classifieds, ebay etc for several weeks I came across these. Very rare Borbet Bs. 7.5x16 ET30 with BMW fitment (PCD 4x98) Fitted with Pirellis finest PZero Nero 195/40/16s. On intial fitting the rears had room for spacing.. Stock archs, needing some rolling/flaring here! Front passanger side arch looking little worse for wear.. On with making the weeks tuck and poke for the perfect stance, I pulled out my arch roller and got to work. KW Variant 1s fitted already.. as you can see after few pases the paint was cracking. I made no effort to heat the panel as we already decided to respray the car. How the rears looked after.. All 4 were done the same. Fronts were little harder to achieve a fully flat result due to the limitations of the arch roller.. Lupos are pretty small cars! How it sat after adding 12mm rear spacers and 5mm up front. Final offset of ET18 rear ET25 front. But at this ride height the driveshaft was rubbing on the chassis. Well known problem on some VWs... www.BladeICE.com UK/European Distributors Ascendant Audio Fi Car Audio XS Power KnuKonceptz.co.uk Facebook Youtube Channel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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