hey guys,

Since i became affliated with Ed a long time ago, i have always wanted to do an ALL ED car...but due to various reasons, i never had the chance to Finally, the stars aligned this month when a friend of mine, with a daily driver/show car, expressed interest in doing an ALL ED install. I was delighted of course

so lets gets started:

goals:

1. A unique, simple, and clean show design
2. able to be hidden completely and keep full usage of trunk space
3. add some video to the install (it does show afterall)
4. nice sound quality

the car is a 2001 Volvo S40. and here is hwat it looks like:



now BEFORE you get all riled up and flame the graphics, know this, this isnt some mickey mouse vinyl decal, these are AUTHENTIC British Touring Car Championship graphix, straight from the BTCC S40 that was campaigned back in the late 90s. Here is a picture of the race car itself as proof:



also know that the car has a slew of turbo/engine upgrades and definetly has a bit of GO as well

anyway...the system:

headunit: We decided to retain his JVC avx-1 dvd headunit with a small built in screen, it has decent sound quality, and provides video capabiltiy to the minitors. Note the bass controller from the Nine.1 installed int he pocket:



front stage is a pair of EDi 6500 component set, installed in kick panels. We went with a simple durable carpet design because the car does get driven quite a bit.












moving on the trunk...here is what it looks like when the truck mat i made is in place, as you can see, completely hidden, everything usable:







on the trunk lid, as the customer wanted, i molded a rack for two 7" widesreen monitors. the rack flows out and aims downward so its at a reasonable viewing angle when the lid is fully up. note the tiny camera in the middle of the rack so you can see yourself

the rack is wrapped in light grey suede with a dark blue front plate for hte monitors. each monitor is capalble of displaying either the HU's input, or hte cameras:









back to the floor, lift out the carpet mat and here is hwat it looks like. a large mesh grille, with raised VOLVO letters is int he middle, and two dmaller covers with the volvo logo (yes its the male symbol) are on the side. the entire floor is the same light grey suede, with matching dark blue vinyl trim:







now here is osmething kinda neat i thought up, for shows, i want my logo displayed, but i coulpdnt find anywhere in the trunk to put it. So, i built a rack with my logo on it, secured magnets on the back, so it can attach itself to the strut bar at shows, and easily removed by pulling it off here is the back of the rack



HMM...i wonder whats underneath that HUGE grille int he middle? could it be two 16ovs? 19ovs? well...not quite lets slap on my logo rack and take all the covers off









yup, 6 7kv.2 are looking at you. they are sitting in a flaoting baffle in the middle of a curved fiberglass well. the well was painstakingly wrapped in one piece suede, and the rack itself is dark blue vinyl. a Nine.1 and a Nine.2x flank the subs, powering the entire system

there are some lighting as well, though my camera sucks big time, here is one pic of it, there are acutally lightisn below the well shining up, and then leds shining down at it:



overall, sounds very good, the 6500s provide awesome midbass upfront, and the 6 7kv.s easily sound like two 12s

here are some behidn the scene pics of the large amount of wiring and dampening below it all, as well as the intersting subbox/well:

 

very nice

 

I'm quickly becoming a fan. Nice job. I may try one of those ED 10" subs sometime soon. They require such a small enclosure- that makes them ideal for Z's and F150's (under-rear seat installs).

 

yeah the sq10 is a pretty nice piece, and the small enclosure coupled with thin mounting opens up a lot of possiblities, infact, i am going to do two of them in a G soon

b

 

Great Job B,,,,,I always get excited when I see you unveil a new creation. Awesome work.....

 

Wow, that's awesome! Should Dynamat be applied everywhere on the trunk floor even if there's a sub box mounted towards the back end?

 

Wow that brings back memories. That Volvo S40 looks familair. I use to own a s40 before my Z so i may have since it in a s40 mag.

Good work 16psibrick

 

WOW that is my Friend Alen Kwong's car! Excellent!!

He is part of our S40 Club. My S40 has a similar design, I will have to post up some pix!!

GREAT JOB on the system!!!

(SQ40, My Screen Name stands for Sound Quality 40, S40...)

Here are some Pictures of my Sound Deadening Install in my S40; http://www.b-quiet.com/volvo.html

 

hehe, i was a moderator on volvospeed for quite a few years, as the sound moderator are you on there?

i think we even talked before on s40concepts hehe

dont post these pics, my camera is terrible, i am going to have Alen take pics and post up himself

i know about your car from other sources too by the way, awesome awesome work, what were you currently running in there? some MBQ if i recall?

any more plans to compete wtih the Z? meca is big in your neck of hte woods

b

 

Cool man, Small internet, I am a moderator on S40concepts, been on there for a long time and have met quite a few of them members, including Carlos. That has to be one of the best communites going. All Volvo boards seem to be full of great people.

I hope Alen posts some pix up on the forum, I think you have done a Fantastic Job on his install.

As for competing, I actually still have the Volvo Built up for competition, but quit competing when I started Judging SQ for USACi. If did that for a couple of years and got out of it. Got a bit expensive and I have a family now, so I just enjoy listening to it. In the Volvo I run all Alpine and MBQ, I am running a Mid-range Alpine HU, PXA-H510 EQ, 2 MRV-T707 Amps with MB Quart Q's Up front and a Premium 10 in the back in an Aperiodic enclosure.
All of my wiring is Stinger, run though Conduit and covered in flame retardant mono-filament. I will have to post some pix up.

 

definetly...the head of team DLS is not too far from you, keith doney, not sure if you know him, with an EVO...hes in PA...love to get you to be part of the team hehe, good group of guys that includes 5 out of 8 class wins at iasca

just send me an email sometime, simplicitysound@yahoo.com

b

 

Those kicks look GIGANTIC bet they sound nice though.

Trunk looks sweet .. very clean install!

 

6" subs FTW! Any reason you didn't go with a more conventional pair of 10s?

 

cause we wanted to go with something that would stand out a little and 6 of these sound just like two high powered 10s

now imagine what SEVEN would sound like in a Z :O stay tuned...

 

Bing, as always, phenomenal work! I especially love the "man" symbols embossed in the amp covers...nice touch! ha!

-J