audiofanaticz Posted June 30, 2012 Report Share Posted June 30, 2012 So this is my buddies car Ive been doing a install on. Been kind of an ongoing project for few months now Id say. Simple reason behind the time being so long is A) waiting on product here and there, Its a lot of work, C) My actual work time is very limited with his work schedule along with being a Professional Arm wrestler. So Usually I get 1-2 nights a week to work on his car from 7pm til daylight when the birds start to chirp. The car is getting close to being built (well the box is at least) lol So heres a little list of the product being used: Subs: Two Fi BTL N3 12s dual .7ohm coils (and Scott at Fi was nice enough to send a free pair of recones along with the subs) Amps: Two Sundown SAZ-4500D's (strapped at .7ohms). Two Sundown SAX-100.4s. Mids: Four Sundown NeoPro 8s (2 in each front door). Possibly a NeoPro 10 in each rear yet, not sure. Highs: Four Selenium ST-200 supertweets (2 in dash, 1 in each front door) possibly another tweet in each rear door, not sure. Mids and highs will be ran active. Battery: Three or Four XS Power D3100's (maybe more if needed) Headunit: Pioneer AVH-P4300 Wiring: Two runs Positive, Two runs Negative front to back Knukonceptz flex OFC 1/0. Roughly 260+ feet of Monster Cable 12awg for mids/highs. Kicker 3channel RCA's, Knukonceptz OFC 4awg for mids/high amps. AudioTecnix 4 or 8awg for sub wires. Stinger volt meter Sound Deadener: A little bit of everything Trunk was done before with "80mil Zillmat" that was actually asphalt based not a butyl/asphalt mixture like advertised, and was about 50ish mil thick.. Also got some Secondskin Damp Pro 80mil, and a good 50ish sq feet of 80mil AudioTechnix (need to order more for the 4 doors and roof). Alternator: Still not sure. DC Power XP series more than likely (seems I have no problem getting product from there). Otherwise maybe a Mechman. Whichever brand it is, It will be 300+amp with a hairpin stator for sure. Think the stock alt is 160 or 180amp hairpin does pretty good for now. Wood: Four sheets of 100% Baltic Birch 13ply. Not that cheap 40$ stuff most people buy that is plywood. The real deal stuff that uses no bogus fir filler and costs $75 per sheet and often times a special ordered wood... Think thats about it for the product, besides the 3 gallons of resin so far, bunch of body filler, fiberglass mat/cloth, fleece, greatstuff, black vinyl, spray adhesive, brushes, lots and lots of sandpaper, and all those other little supplies that add up very fast and often overlooked. Not sure where to start with the pictures... Ive recently switched phone carriers so I could get the Samsung Galaxy Note, and Im sure I lost a few pics here and there.. This car is being built tough, and done right with no skimping on this or that, or rushed to get it done. It is not a competition vehicle in anyway, just a daily driver. Air shocks in the rear are already needed and thats without the subs/amps installed (just box and battery weight). The box was built and dry fitted in my garage with clamps, than built inside the car. Alot of the box is 2,3,and 4 layers thick in spots. Every seem/joint is being overlapped for added strength. It is also completly sealed off from the trunk. No trunk rattles at all. The previous box I installed broke the trunk latch and tore the sheet metal and has been fixed 2 times now with 1/8inch thick steel. Ok now onto the pics... LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanitarium Posted June 30, 2012 Report Share Posted June 30, 2012 you sure you don't wanna change those tweeters and headunit out for sundown gear as well? LOL. bring on the pictures!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdog Posted June 30, 2012 Report Share Posted June 30, 2012 you sure you don't wanna change those tweeters and headunit out for sundown gear as well? LOL. bring on the pictures!!!! subs too!! REP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fx4trucker Posted June 30, 2012 Report Share Posted June 30, 2012 damn thats it ... lol im tuned in for this one .... more pics alpine head unit (freebee 2009 model)2 sets of eclpise 5.25 comp. speakers. 1. set is in the a-pilors 1. memphis mojo 2500 watt amp 1. rockford fosgate t2 15" dual 2 ohm wired to 4 ohm . seeing 600 watts 1. realm audio 600 watt 4ch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audiofanaticz Posted June 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2012 Some of the box being built and test fitted together held together with clamps and what not since its being built inside the vehicle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audiofanaticz Posted June 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2012 Some of the pre wiring fun! Think it was around 30degrees when we where doing this. Nice little outdoor heater was FTMFW! All interior of the vehicle was stripped (except the dash), wire installed, deadener installed and put back together over night... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audiofanaticz Posted June 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2012 Just found some more old phone pics. uploading now. Trying to go somewhat in order of how everything was done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audiofanaticz Posted June 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2012 The above pictures are just rough sanding.. Everything inside the box is almost flawless currently. Id estimate a easy 20+hours between 2 of us sanding.... Lots of hand sanding the past couple times we worked on it, some spots a sander just dont fit no matter how many I seem to have Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanitarium Posted June 30, 2012 Report Share Posted June 30, 2012 That wood gives me wood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audiofanaticz Posted June 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2012 Front clip off... to do some wiring under the hood, and clean up a few things that where previously done... All that work just to hide wires.. PITA!! On the good side of things, it was easy to change out the HID bulbs, and replace the fogs, lows, and highs with new bulbs. All 55watt ballasts, 6000k bulbs, and wired up so All 3 sets of lights can be on at once... Nice and illegal err I mean bright! His 22s would look aight on my lac Also ordered a bunch of PlasmaGlow RGB LED's. Plan is to replace his old solid green color interior lights with RGB, and also light up the port of the box with them as well. Main problem is his PlasmaGlow underbody led kit is like 4.2 million colors, while the new rgb leds I bought are "32million" color. They claim you need to buy a $70 external brain for them since they will not plug into the underbody kit brain.... So I said screw that noise. And ordered a extension cable for the underbody kit. I chopped the plug off, hooked it into a free spot on the brain for the underglow, and started testing wires with my DMM. I pretty much got all colors except for a few hues (which to be expected since one kit is capible of more colors than the other). So whatever color the underglows are, the interiors will be the same, and also strobe. Only feature he lost for the interior lights is different flash patterns (but the lights will do way more than his old interior kit) so win win.. Was bored so screwed them to a piece of wood for testing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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