Loud & Low 8th Gen Civic - Time to say good bye to her.

[scooter99]

So basically this is where it's going. Flipped around so the home button is on the driver side though. I have some thoughts on how I want to mount it, but I have to see where that goes. You all know me, I usually get into it and things change. Also I want to still take that vent out on the left, and put my S3 there. My plan is to utilize the NFC chips for the phone and the tablet, and then I can slide them in and they'll do what I want them to do. This is going to be fun!

Also ordered this up to get my amp rack finished. Oh my! I thought I was ordering a quart, and it ended up being a gallon!! NICE!! 1 Gallon, off Amazon for $48.97! I'll take it! I should be pretty set on filler now for a bit. Happy! Never used Rage anything before but after talking with Kyle and using the other stuff for so long, i thought I'd give it a try. He said it was well worth it, and being an amateur like me, I was excited to hear that from him.

Check out his build log if you haven't seen it. Speak of the devil, see the link "It's rebuild time" in his signature the post above this one. Hi Kyle, I know shameless plug! All for you buddy!

Also had some big plans to customize my amps. Those things are sick already but I wanted to be separate from everyone else. So I got these to do some of that with. These are actually not the good ones. There were some issues with them, and the letter sizing and looks. But we talked and he figured out the issue, and he's already re cut them and they're on their way as we speak. Great guy. I'll refer him to anyone if he wants me too. Until then, I'll keep it anonymous. No it wasn't Carbon's Graphix, sorry don't know that name off the top of my head. Anyway, let's take a look!

There are two different sizes. These are the 3/4"

And these are 1" or 1 1/2" I can't remember.

Next, along with the changes to the tablet and dash, I also decided to make another step and add some stuff to the system.

My kids are in my car with me daily, either in the morning, or afternoon or both. Depends on the day and my wife's schedule. I've been driving around now for about 3 months without rear speakers as a test. Every time we're in the car, they ask me to turn it up cause they can't hear it. By the time it's loud enough to hear, it's almost too loud for me up front. I know I only drive a Civic, but still I can understand why it's not "loud enough" for them. It' not that it's not loud enough, it's that it's not clear enough.

The speakers stock locations are down on the bottom of the door and makes it very muffled when people are sitting there. Even when it's just me, it's a little muffled. I can tell when I move my legs around. That being said, I finally decided that I was going to go ahead and spend the money to add speakers to the back.

Well along with that, and my ocd of matching equipment, I decided that I'd go ahead and add a pair up front too. This way I can really separate my frequencies up front. Right now I have the set up planned of 2 PWX8's, and a single FT-1 tweet up there. By adding the PWX6s I can cross the 8's lower and use those more as mid bass, and then make the 6's more the middle range frequencies. I actually thought of this long ago, but never really had the reason to do it. Now by adding the rears, it gives me a reason.

So with those, I'll also be adding in a second Crescendo c1100.4 to power those.

Here they are. Dropped off by Mr. Jon Rabe himself! Pristine boxes too might I add!

I have to get some payments on my card made and then I'll be placing the order for the C1100.4. Besides paying off a little debt, they're not in stock at the moment. So By the time I'm paid up and ready, they should be back in stock.

So now the design of the trunk has changed a little bit, but not much. I'm doing some moving around of a few things, but nothing will be slowing me down at the moment. Unfortunately the enclosure will most likely take a back seat to the rest of the stuff in the trunk. Reason being is that with the amp rack the way it is in the spare well, I won't have the ability to mount the second amp in there if I have to wait to get it. So, I'll still work on the enclosure, and I have to make some alterations anyway, but in the meantime, I'll move onto the other parts of the trunk.

I think that's about it for now. Monday or Tuesday the build should start back up. Thanks for being patient with me guys! I know it's been a while. I'm chomping at the bit too!

More to come, stay tuned!

[scooter99]

shit..

and a for real OPTI dig out?

Yes sir! I have a converter that will convert the digial HDMI signal into both analog RCA's and an optical output. I still have to do some testing on this to make sure it's going to work, but from all the testing I did before on the other tablet, it worked just fine. Pandora, Spotify, Netflix, etc all worked. My only concern that I have to check is to make sure google play and the SD card work on it as well. I don't know how much I'll listen to those, cause I prefer the streaming music, but I want to make sure just in case.

[goodvibez]

awesome man cant wait to see how you do your speakers

[Twostrokeking]

That tablet looks much better damn I cant wait lol

[dolarbilz]

Full of pics tuned!

[scooter99]

Ok folks. We're starting back up this week! Gonna try to make some stuff happen tomorrow night after work! I do have to clean up the shop first.

But, I also want to get that amp rack finished.

Another dilemma I'm facing is the next workbench in the shop. Do I just bite the bullet, and wait one more week and get that thing built and get the shop in order, or do I get back building first? Really think i should do the shop so building becomes easier. Need to hook up the new compressor............................oh I didn't post that up did I! SO I think I may get that done first.

Opinions and thoughts?

Couple new things to show. Got my new replacement decals in the mail. Much better uniform in the 4. The old ones are on the bottom and the new ones on top.

Then here is the new toy!

But where am I gonna put it!?! This looks like a good spot!

Yeah I think that will work for sure! "Like a Glooooovvvvvvvveeee"!!

Anxious to hear your thoughts.

Build benches or start the build. Let me hear em!

[audiolamb6]

well if u need the space to do ur work then id do the bench first but if u dont then start building again

[Trey_Dog650]

Finish shop to build car easier makes sense to me! Get to it!!!

[scooter99]

It would make life wayyyy easier if I had the shop done.

[scooter99]

Ok folks, pics are uploading as we speak, and this BIOTCH IS UNDERWAY AGAIN!!!!

Before I get too far with this, I want to announce a little contest that I'm having. MOD's if this isn't cool let me know and I'll take it out.

On my facebook page here: Loud and Low 8th Gen, I am having a contest to generate more notoriety. The build is back underway now, and I'm planning a lot of work in the up coming month or so until it's playing. This is one of those things. The contest is simple. Like the page itself, and when we hit 100 likes, I'll do a random drawing to select 3 people to win a lanyard from 3 of the companies I'm using in this build (DC Audio, Sky High Car Audio, and Crescendo Audio).

So go to the link, like the page if you haven't already, and if you have then share the page with someone you know who hasn't. I'm thinking of more giveaways later as I get more likes.

Now, onto the pics, well soon anyway.