Point.Blank Posted April 18, 2012 Author Report Posted April 18, 2012 Where you from bro? Hopefully you can bring her out to the Alpine show next month. And bring Don with you. I'm down in Dana Point. Never been to a show/meet before but I'll try to make it if my build is done by then.
Jaloosk Posted April 18, 2012 Report Posted April 18, 2012 Looks good! Like how you mounted that amp. "Cheap, good or fast. You can only pick two out of three." "Have money? Love story! No money? I'm sorry."
Point.Blank Posted April 18, 2012 Author Report Posted April 18, 2012 Looks good! Like how you mounted that amp. Thanks man I'm happy with how it turned out. Forgot to mention I layered some electrical tape under the amp to make a black floor look in the amp rack area. I had an unattractive yellow foam there before that I couldn't stand to look at. Welcome to the thread Jaloosk!
Point.Blank Posted April 24, 2012 Author Report Posted April 24, 2012 First of the parts express packages came today . Includes the Vifa tweeters and Dayton 3" full range I will be using as center. Going to install later tonight once I get some connectors for the speakers.
Point.Blank Posted April 24, 2012 Author Report Posted April 24, 2012 Yes the A4 does have a center. But it still takes some modification to get the Dayton 3" to squeeze in nicely. Got quite a bit done once my speakers came in. I replaced all the dash speakers which are definitely the hardest to work on with the window being so close. Took a total of 5 hardware stops before I had everything I needed to complete the job. I replaced my center speaker with a Dayton 3" full range woofer and changed the two tweeters with the Vifa dual ring tweeters. For the tweeters I added about a foot of extra wire for if I decide to place the tweeters in the A-pillars later on. I fabricated speaker mounts out of a vinyl tile I got at home depot. The material actually worked out really well cause I had a wooden looking top for nice aesthetics while the bottom side was sticky so it wont budge at all when screwed in. For the center I had to modify the bottom under the speaker to get it to fit nicely. I also had to stack 3 layers of the vinyl tile to give it a little extra room. I made all the baffles by hand so it was tricky and took a while to get everything perfect. 60 grade sand paper helped me grind the center circle perfectly. Only got to listen to it for about 1 minute but it already blew my socks off. It sounded so much more natural and clean and im pretty sure It got even louder than the factory speakers. I have to test it out for a longer period of time and see how the factory amp responds. So far I'm very happy with the results. The Dayton 6" woofers don't come in till thursday but I wont be able to install those till I get my deadening material from SDS. Here they are :fro: Going to be running a sharpee over the silver screws. At the right angle and right light you can see them shine through. Easy fix though
doc_c Posted April 24, 2012 Report Posted April 24, 2012 damn nice. the car still looks factory and thats the best
Point.Blank Posted April 24, 2012 Author Report Posted April 24, 2012 damn nice. the car still looks factory and thats the best Thanks doc! That's exactly what I'm going for besides the sub enclosure in the trunk. But to go ported you have to take up some trunk space
ItsAJeepThing Posted April 24, 2012 Report Posted April 24, 2012 Looks really nice. Love me some FI Q
Point.Blank Posted April 25, 2012 Author Report Posted April 25, 2012 Looks really nice. Love me some FI Q Thanks Jeep welcome in
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