I tried to keep it clean and simple. The subs are a bit of an overkill for me, but I got a great price on the JL equipment and I figure I'll never need to get anything bigger. I was a little worried about the placement of the front speakers, but it sounds great to me so I'm not going to bother changing it. Plus I keep my dead pedal and it's one less thing I have to fiberglass. The only thing I didn't do was the upholstery since I don't have a sewing machine and I wanted the stitching to match. Turned out pretty nice, I'm very happy with the work. Only part that sucks is that I scratched a little of the vinyl as I was putting in the box. Hopefully I can patch it up somehow. Couple more things to add, but it's basically done, and I'm loving it.

 

This is one of the cleanest installs I've ever seen. You did it yourself?

 

wow, looks amazing, Great job on everything. Those are the best looking door pods i've seen so far for the Z.

 

Dude that is fricking awesome. What did you use to make that hump thing? Fiberglass?

 

Sweeeeeeeet!

 

Fiberglass door pods, fiberglass sub enclosure roughly 2.25 cu ft. with polyfil, lots of dynamat everywhere. Kick panels are stock panels with holes cut in them with dynamat on the back. Did everything myself except the covering.

Thanks for the nice comments everyone.

 

how was the difference in the dynamat with road noise?

 

Your first install? Don't take this personally, but I hate you. That looks very nice. Fits the character of the Z. Congrats.

 

How difficult was it to mount the amps in that location?

 

looks bad *** man i love those pods specially since you dont have to lose the cup holder big a+ man.

 

My first "completed" install. I did my other car, but it got totalled before I finished it. I learned how to use fiberglass, and that's most of what you need, along with a lot of time and patience.

Dynamat didn't make a huge difference with road noise, but it does make a huge difference with the sound of the system. I didn't cover absolutely everything. I used strips in most places and more in key locations. Just Dynamat Extreme, nothing else.

The amp rack was a pain. I had to do a little grinding and I had to put together the pieces inside the compartment. Barely any wiggle room. That took a lot longer than I thought it would, but it was worth it. I put 2 fans behind the amps and once I find a decent looking grill/opening I'll put it into the stock plastic cover piece. No overheat issues with normal listening for a 90min drive, but I'm still going to do it.

 

Very Nice Install!!

 

I'm sure the Bose cover piece would work to vent out the heat...



There's a heatwave here in Texas right now and my computer (which is hidden behind it) hasn't overheated at all. Even right out of the work/etc. when i'm sure it's like 120 in my car hehe.

 

Man i want those door pods with a extra spot above them to hold a tweeter! Great job man.

 

Very nice....

Re: placement of your front speakers.... when I had my mids and tweets in my kick panels, I was not satisfied with the sound. I had dash pods built and preferred that sound much better.... fwiw.

 

10/10 on install
10/10 on detail
10/10 on custom work
6/10 on equipment

 

I knew that was coming

I love the stitching!!!! are you going to continue that on the seats/shift boot/etc?

Very nice job overall. Also I wanted to give you props on speaker wire pants. Not too many people use them, but I find them to be one of those great 'finishing touches'.

 

I knew it was coming too, but I'd like to see better equipment for the price I paid Less then $1200 for a 1000/1, 450/4, and 2 10W7's all brand new.

The stitiching matches very closely to the factory stitching on the Nismo. I don't know why they didn't do the red stitching on the shift boot and knee pads, and the seats are cloth so I don't think there's much to do there.

 

everything looks very nice, my only suggestion is that i would have liked to see you do instead is forget about hte rear comp set, use the money saved and 1. get enough amp channels to run the front stage active, and 2, get a processor like the h701, that would, IMO, make for a better overall sounding system, but hey as long as you are happy with it, thats all it matters looks clean and nice

 

looks great!