My Install

[kursed]

well i certainly learned a hell of a lot about car audio in the last few weeks getting this system picked out and installed....

So its all done now - big thanks to craig at hornsby stageco who fabricated the mounts for both amps and tuned the system - and for all the good advice.

I ended up doing:

- sound deadened every inch of the big arsed skyline doors

- bought home made sub box with 2 x 12 type S subs and an alpine monblock amp.

- intalled HU / sorted wiring / added splits

- found out how shiaser the sub box was once it was in so ditched that and bought a factory one.

- bought new splits since the ones that came with the other gear were quite lame.

- splits needed amping to really pump, so ordered a pioneer 2 channel from bitaudio.com.au

- stage co installed both amps on a custom board behind the subs and hid all wiring and tuned it all

A few pics! yes i know its not super custom but this is just how i wanted it - other than opening the boot the car looks like its got bugger all gear in it

[raz0r$harP.UK]

Very nice. Do you have any pictures of the deadening in the doors? I'm sure a lot of people would be interested.

[kursed]

urr I did take some pics as I went along, I am not 100% I have a pic of it finished though. Will have a look through the pics tonight.

[Richmond98]

I am interested in this sound deadening. Do you have much boot rattle?

[kursed]

here are some pics from the deadening process.

I did the insides of the door skin, and also the door frame (the bit you can see). lots of layering and those pics were not the finished result, I put more under the joins of the trim and the door skin too.

the boot does rattle a bit, you can hear it from the outside - most of the rattle is the rear bar, but its inaudible from the inside. I might deaden the boot lid too soon.

[siddr20]

Very nice dude!! well done

Would love to do my doors these holidays!! Wouldnt mind doin it myself. Was it hard?? Wanna help me hahah??

So did you notice a big difference once sound deadend??

Edited November 14, 2006 by siddr20

[heslo]

Awesome work bud, care to share how the backing plate for the amps was mounted and where?

[WazR32GTSt]

where do you put the shopping?

[kursed]

it takes like 2 / 3 hours per door as the first step is cleaning all the crap off the door skin which takes aaaages. a good wax and grease remover is essential, strip off the plastic that covers the internals of the door, collect as much of the black gunk as possible before using the spray as it makes the gunk run and while it dissolves it, it takes ages to get off each layer. I found the best way was to collect a ball of the goo and keep sticking it to the other bits of gunk to bring it up. then used the spray to clean everything up once the majority of the gunk was off.

I then made 6mm MDF panels that roughly fitted all the major service holes in the door, put tape over the hole then placed the panel in that then layered it again. Theres a great tutorial for this on caraudioaustralia.com.au

When you start adding the deadener, use gloves as there are a multitude of very sharp corners waiting to fillet your fingertips! overlay each edge with another piece and keep it tight as possible. cover all holes where possible too.

no I don't think I want to do that again anytime soon

Very nice dude!! well done

Would love to do my doors these holidays!! Wouldnt mind doin it myself. Was it hard?? Wanna help me hahah??

So did you notice a big difference once sound deadend??

[kursed]

oh and the difference is about 50% more midbass and 80% less door rattles. well worth it in these long assed skyline doors!

Shopping? nah man i got another car for bitch duties like that

[dezz]

Also interested in how the amps are mounted on the flimsy factory boot wall

[Richmond98]

I am wanting too do my boot soon as well. Might look at getting some stuff to do it tomorrow. and do some more research. BTW i love your wheels. i want a set.

[kursed]

for those who were interested in how the amps were solidly attached to the crappy back wall - there is a long 18mm thick MDF panel that is screwed into the battery tray and the metal below (keeping in mind there is the fuel tank there so they made very sure the screws went no where near that! this board then has the normal flimsy trim placed over it. then they positioned and screwed in both amps. Now there is no flex at all in the rear wall, now I need to stop the rest of teh boot trim vibrating!

[paulr33]

my amps are on the shelf where the hicas puter and battery sit.

you can fit two amps under there easily in mdf framing.

[heslo]

Kursed, you able to indicate on a pic just where the screws you put in are?

Paulr33, I used to have that but my new amp does not fit there sadly

[donut_kng]

I also did an amp rack/bracket under the HICAS, wipped it up out of some stainless.

[kursed]

looks neat. doesn't it get pretty hot in there though?

[donut_kng]

looks neat. doesn't it get pretty hot in there though?

Nah not at all, has been in there for a good 2 months, no problems at all. 1 is only an amp for speakers and the other is a DVD unit reciever.

[Marsss]

where did ya get the sound deadener from... and how much was it??????

[kursed]

got it from Ryda. it was the double door pack. can't recall price exactly, but I got it below retail as a mate works there so it wouldn't be that good a guide anyway. Have a look on ebay there are some cheap buys on there (but postage can be be a stinger!)