New setup - 1990 Maxima

[Luda]

Well ive started getting my new cars system installed. this ride is temporary so im not going all out, but i figured id go ahead and make a thread and see if anyone has any POSITIVE criticism or comments.

The ride:

1990 Nissan Maxima SE

3.0L

5spd

Stock motor/drivetrain/wheels/etc.

The Head unit:

Kenwood ..... well i can't remember the model number... will update after work

The Fronts:

NONE - the front bose speakers are blown, and are 3" w/ a triangle mounting pattern, i can't find shit to replace them. so im looking into custom fabbing a mounting bracket for 6.5" components and mounting the tweets @ the base of the A pillar.

The Rears:

Kenwood 6x9's - Rear fill... nothing amazing just there for the people in the back seat

The Subs:

2 Alpine Type R 12"

DVC 4 ohm

each sub wired in parallel for ~ 2ohm final resistance

im sure you all know about these, so no need to elaborate

The Amps:

2 Kenwood KAC-9102D

rated for 850WRMS @ 2 ohms

got each for about 140$ via a hook up @ bestbuy, and they sound pretty good, especially for the amount i paid for them.

Install notes:

just a couple things that are unique or caused me a headache during my installs.

1)The previous owner cut the stock harness, thus no wiring harness for me. BUT he did use a kenwood headunit, so mine plugged right in.

2)swapped the new head unit it. wouldn't turn on. spent 15 minutes playing with wires, realized the antenna was unplugged.... plugged it in... worked fine. it seems like it grounds out through the antenna instead of the chassis... weird.

3)had to drill a hole into the fire wall... PITA to get 4 gauge wire through, its gonna be even worse to get 2 or 0 through when i upgrade.

4)Car came with a Stock bose system, thus i had to do a decent amount of cut and splice all over the place to get standard connections and what not to work.

ok well theres where am at right now. I still have the fronts to figure out, and i need to get an O-scope on my amps to finish tuning them, there tuned conservatively for now, since the rated RMS on the Type Rs is only 500WRMS [although ive HEARD about people running a lot more daily, but i haven't had that confirmed]. This is my Daily Driver, so im not going nuts on it, but i do like to set some alarms off every now and then.

any comments/critiques/advice is more then welcome, and thanks for reading that long ass post.

[LSN2meBoom916]

I have modded those BOSE boxes/pods inthe front foors on my buddies cars on more than one occasison and kno a trick or 2 if ur handy/decent @ cut/chop/rebuild type stuff.

Let me kno if you get stuck on those I'd be happy to help and I have pics avail as examples.

If you can post which pods you have that'd help too as I have worked on a few Nissan 90-94 300zx's (z32's) and I'm thinkin the pods are the same but ya never know for sure.

In case no one's welcomed you yet, welcome to SMD.

[Luda]

im a lurker here, but thanks for the welcome.

il lget some pics tonight, i think there the same as the Z32s, but ill check.

and what can you actually fit in them? there not all that big...

[ChevyBoy]

The Subs:

2 Alpine Type R 12"

DVC 4 ohm

each sub wired in parallel for ~ 2ohm final resistance

dont know if box rise would be that much, but youre looking at 1 ohm.

[Luda]

look @ the amps... im rolling 2 deep.....

and those kenwoods are 1 ohm stable, they just done mention it. [yes ive run them @ 1 ohm] although the box rise could have keep the impedence up above 2ohms... so iunno... but ive run them @ 1 ohm, and im running 2 amps.

[ChevyBoy]

my b, didnt see the "2"

[LSN2meBoom916]

You can fit just about any 5 1/4" comp set in them lil boxes and w/ some creativity some 6's for sure. Like I said lemme know what ur workin with  and I'll help ya fit em depth wise. I've done them lil pods both ways: modding em for after market mids 5 1/4-6"  and deleting the box altogether and making a bracket to house 5 1/4 comps and up, w/e u want. Both are fairly staright forward.

[Luda]

i was thinking about ditching the pod and doing a custom 6.5" mount, and then doing tweets on the base of the A pillar, where the manual mirror adjustment would go... if i didnt have automatic mirrors

[LSN2meBoom916]

Yea that is prolly the least amount of "MOD" work.

Look in the build i posted in the member/show off section of the 90 Z32.

There's only one pic of it but it shows the mdf "bracket" I made on that one in a hurry and it worked perfectly. Uses the same mounting holes and hardware.

<--Being Lazy.  

Right here:

http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/forums/in...hp?topic=3460.0

BTW that one is a 5 1/4"comp set and there's room for the tweet & xover w/ door panel clearence in that position. You might have to relocate the xover.

[Slinky]

just so you know, i drive an 89 maxima and i also have a 94 maxima (they are both the same car as the one you have) and the front speaker pods are for 4x6 inch speakers .  there is plenty of room to take out those pods and build your own with some 6 1/2 's.