2013 GTR SQ/IQC Competition Build

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next lets take a look at this Gladen aerospace 6.5 midbass, its got a pretty cool design and motor cover unlike anything i have seen before, just very esoteric and have superb fit and finish. I didnt know it by looking at it but this has got to be one of the most beefiest 6.5" drivers i have ever used interms of midbass impact and especially extension. it also comes with a nice cosmetic trim ring that you can show off should you choose to mount them in a more visible manner:

the speaker wires for them in the door was also heatshrinked and labeled, and the speaker wired up and bolted in place:

meanwhile, the plastic door card was smothered with blackhole Foil CLD damper to eliminate resonance:

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while the now useless midrange grilles was wrapped in factory matching vinyl and reinstalled:

No way we wanted the surface of the speaker grille to still say bose, so the grille was taken apart, the bose emblem removed, the grille mesh hammered smooth, grille cloth attached and then reassembled and installed back onto the door:

next, the same process was repeated on the passenger side:

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next up are the tweeter pods. here r the stock tweeter pods after sanding and prepping, the oem tweeters remoted, and new mounting rings for the Gladen tweeter fabricated:

nexting, using some stubby laser pointers, I aimed and secured the mounting rings for the tweeters

next, mold cloth was pulled, resin applied, allowed to cure and then the pod was reinforced from the inside via duraglass/resin mixture, then it was rough sanded and grinded:

then i sorta forgot to take a pic but basically, you know what happens next i laid on the filler and sanded them smooth. then the two pods were primed and texture coated, then dyed via a custom mixed batch to match the oem color:

here is a quick look at the Gladen Aerospace teeters, again, it follows the cosmetic and quality standards set by the midbass...i also took the time to techflex and heatshrink the factory wires:

the tweeters were then mounted and secured, and the pods snapped back in place, and the wires connected and the junction point labeled and heatshrinked:

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Moving onto the A pillar midrange fabrication.

Here are the stock A pillars before and after stripping them of the factory vinyl:

and lets take a look at the aerospace 3" midrnage, what stands out is the pretty unique phase plug on it...but again, super build quality and unique look:

these units originally did not come with grilles, but the folks are Orca and Gladen were nice enough to airship us a pair along with the grille adhesive and we attached them together:

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then, a set of baffle rings with flushmounting walls made from low heat plastic was fabricated:

next, since i wanted to recess the midrange as outboard as possible, i made a matching cut above the mounting point of the baffles so that portion will not present a blockage and reflection surface:

next, mold cloth was pulled and using a stack of rings as a press, i was able to create the necessary concave shape in the cloth after resin was applied and allowed to cure:

then i reinforced the shape from the backside with both duraglass and the resin/duraglass mixture:

then several layers of filler and hours of sanding ensued, and i ended up with a smooth shape:

then, i wrapped both pillars in a factory matching premium vinyl, which was uh..kinda fun lol

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and the speaker wires were labeled and heatshrinked, the pillars snapped in place, and the gladen midranges wired up and installed:

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Moving onto Misc Interior Stuff:

this is a bunch of random stuff in the interior that doesnt really fall into any of the other categories.

first up is Joey's modification of the stock USB slot and securing the pionner USB end into it:

next up are the various wires for the two switches and the stinger power supply controller, as they are routed around the center console and hooked up to various points in the car:

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here are some pics of what i did to the facoty bose woofer grille, previously it was attached to the main trim panel itself, i cut out the plastic mesh, took off the bose logo and removed the metah mesh, covered that in grille cloth, and reattached it to the front fascia. there are metal washer epoxied to the locating pin openings on the main trim panel and neodymium magnets secured to the locating legs on the fascia, so the entire panel is held down by magnets but still easily removable for quick access to the fuse distribution block:

We also did a full compustar two way paging alarm and remote start with Drone tracking in the car, but for obvious reason, we are not going to show the actual alarm install...but joey made sure it looked completely oem interms of wiring and hid it in a pretty ingenius spot that is almost impossible to find. but here is something thats pretty cool, he hit the alarm's antenna and LED in the factory rear view mirror, so you dont see it from the outside and its in a pretty ideal location:

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and finally, a few pics of the full sound proofing of the rear deck, with BAM XXXL on the metal shelf and open cell foam decoupler on the rear deck cover: