I wanted to also share my car's build thread with this community, so if you like a lot of pictures please enjoy.



The car



Front wheel



Rear wheel, look at that lip



*** shot



Interior w/ suede dash



Suede headliner



Suede headliner again



Door stripped, I like how it has a metal sheet to seal off the inside from the out.



And the headunit/accessories.

 

First job is running the 0 awg into the cabin. Step 1, off comes the battery cover



Look at all of that room we have to work with now.



We pass the wire through the grommet conveniently located on top in plain view.



In order to get to the wire inside, we remove the door jam trim piece



And the kickpanel



which is secured by one screw in the back.



Then it just pops out.



Before we run the wire, we need to grab it from the box of goodies.



And techflex that sob



Snake!



Then We cut the hole.



And pass it from the outside



in



Next we disconnect the battery



And out come the seats, a bolt in each corner and some connectors on the bottom.



Bag and tag the bolts



Out she comes




Rinse and repeat




Next we tear out the dash.




Side bar, anyone else think this is too nice of them?

 

Bing taking care of the door pods for us in San Jose. Thanks Bing!

 

Time to gut the trunk



Take that **** off



Pop off foam



Then the wheel retainer



out



Out comes the wheel



Then you have to get this foam stuff off



Make sure to get the remains



Then to get the foam out, there are two plastic screws on the right



And one on the left



Then a bunch of these hooks



Thats what they look like out



I then proceeded to take out the weather striping



Looks like a snake



Its sharp without it



The pile of parts removed is starting to get big



Next we pop out the back piece



The next group of photos are my montage of taking the trunk apart









Doesn't the trunk look clean now?



Too bad the interior looks like poo poo, haha



Next I vacuumed and wiped down the trunk



Then I began with this, se^2



Stock bose amp, wait till you see the subwoofer.



I started applying se to what felt like trouble areas



Back of trunk



V4



Next the metal door skin



The motor is attached to the skin, so when we took it off, we had to tape the windows so they wouldn't move



Window motor

 

For the amp project, first unscrew the screws



This will leave you with a bare amp



Then cut the plexi with a razor and a str8 edge



Pop into place, with cold cathodes







The amazing stock subwoofer



I dont even know what to say





Besides this thing is the biggest waste of space ever




Deadened outside skin, this is two layers, feels solid as a rock




Photo of the festive work area

 

Nav Antenna, its going to be mounted on the rear strut brace under the plastic, so it wont be visible, but still get reception



Avic Z1 mounted in the dash, I think it really looks good here



RCAs and other headunti cables bundled and ran up the center console



And up the side



Installed, again, I think it looks fantastic here



This little box has its hands in so much stuff, if it isnt hooked up the gauges dont work.



Heres the cubby above the screen, I think we may add another monitor, so it can play movies while using the nav



Cubby closed, the suede kind of gets in the way, I'm trying to convince him to get a cf one to go with the other cf tidbits he just ordered.



Stock bose speaker



Just as quality a piece as the subwoofer.



This is what you have to do when you have an out of commision window, and you dont want the inside to get wet



Next step, probably the least fun of this whole process was runing the speaker wires into the doors.



Inside the door grommet



Inside the cabin grommet



Start by pulling the grey lever down to disconnect the cabin side



When you pull them apart you get this, coke can for scale



As you can see theres lots of empty spaces for an extra wire to pass through



I found the safest/most efficient way was to use an exacto with a push style blade on it



You have to take a bunch of crap off the other side





Then you cut in the corresponding location



Then, after much struggling, cursing, cutting my fingers, etc, it went through and the grommets snapped together



Ouch, the other side was pretty much the same, but its harder to get to the inside grommet since there is less access



Wires layed out for the speakers



Stock E Dead



Had two run two more wires for the midrange and tweeters in the kickpanels, luckily they were much easier



Up the side to the trunk



10w7 top



10w7 side



Wicked CAS understrut enclosure



It seems kind of flimsy considering they suggest two 10 w7s for it, I'll probably end up adding some more glass to it

 

Thats all for now. More to come late tonight or tomorrow.

 

SWEET! keep em comming! i know its gonna looks great...good luck!

 

Nice build and pics.

 

Install looks to be going great so far. Glad to see you are doing things the right way and not just throwing wires everywhere. They suggest 10W7's for that box? What is the net volume of it? I know the 10W7 requires what 1.1 cubes each before displacment. That doesnt even look close..

 

Nice pics!! Soooo many of them

 

How does the suede on the center counsel look in person ? I accidentally spilled activator on mine and it now has white streaks going down it. This seems like a cheaper way to re finish the dash instead of sanding and base/ clearing the center counsel.

 

Looking good,,,can't wait to see the finished pics...keep'em coming

 

In regards to the box, Nazar from WickedCAS qualifys this box up to 2 W7's. The box it self is 1.85cu ft, but each side is not segregated. Both subs will be hitting into the one airspace and with some polyfill and tuning we should still be very able to achive what we're looking for.

In regards to the suede, I love the suede on the dash. It looks great. Only complaint would be that when the sun hits it through the windshield it almost looks faded, but its far from faded.

 

Not feeling the suede mod... :P

Great products, install looks detailed. How come he didn't go the standard kick panel route with 6.5's? Those subs are massive, how heavy are they?

 

Why go kick panel route with 6.5's when you can go 3 way 8.3's and put the mid and tweet in the kick panel and a huge woofer in the door?

Yea the subs are heavy, 35 pounds per or something like that.

 

Great write-up! I definitly feel your pain with running the wires to the doors!

 

Some teaser update pictures... more to come probably monday.

DLS 8.3's installed and sounding AWESOME



Farenheit installed, No longer must the choice be Nav or Dvd

 

WOW

 

Wow, that loks really good man!! keep up the good work.