Some of the equipment...

 

The subs...

 

Nice set up, bet it sounds great.

 

I did one layer of dynamat extreme and then a layer of fatmat in the trunk...

 

then I made a baffle for the rear deck componnets...









The for the front I used two layers of dynamt and fatmat...

Before...







After....

 

The extra battery...





I made a quick box for it....

 

Where the old cap was mounted...





The lanzar amp for the subs...





Starting to wire everything up...

 

Installing the Avic...

 

the ipod cable going through the center console...hidden

 

From the back...





The finished dash....





Pics of the car...

 

I know there is a crack in the bumper....Winters here raped me within the first 2 months of buying the car. It's at the shop now being all fixed up though. Bought a new bumper and get RAPED on the price but what could you do.

 

also I have a CAI, XS Power Headers, UR Crank Pulley, and optima under the hood.

 

also have a cat converter but you can't see that lol

So what do you all think?

 

Looks pretty good.

I like to have my trunk space though

 

I'm use to it...I've installed a system on every one of my cars. I don't ever use my trunk ne ways lol

 

1) No Trunk Space
2) WTF is Lanzar?
3) I would've repainted my car before I dumped that much time and effort in to the system.

 

I lovee those focals! i also used dynamat exactly how you used it but havent heard of fatmat before. Nice custom rear speakers! Id love to hear that stereo and see how well you tuned it!

 

I'm diggin the setup but I would go for a double DIN in our cars.

You don't really need that little compartment in your bracket. You look to be pretty hands-on, I'm sure you could dremel the middle out and get a double DIN in there.


edit: like so: https://acurazine.com/forums/ramblings-12/can-you-say-blowout-195820/

 

thats gonna be one slow/heavy ass CL! But I bet it sounds good. The MPGs are gonna kill you though. I also would have gone double din.

 

1) I DON"T CARE ABOUT TRUNK SPACE once again
2) A cheap brand but was running at .5ohms and this was an amp that they made that was actually VERY good.
3) The car is in the shop. Makes no difference if I did it before or after

 

It's actually still very fast. MPG wise only lost 1. And yes it sounds absolutley amazing. I'm getting a double din. I am goin' to order one from the guy on here and am exchaning out the Avicn4 for the new pioneer 90bt

 

thats HELLA pics, lol, good work

 

Good god! What size subs are u runnin?Im guessin 15's with a box that big for them , all in all it looks like u did a good job, I would have to hear the system to say what else I think

 

I was really suprised that you went through all that work, and dident go custom box. I did an all infinity setup, pioneer head, and down fire 12" perfect sub. Sound quality is incredible and I can still fit 2X sets of golf clubs in the trunk. Love your choice of Focals, their mids and highs are allmost unmatched.

 

just to clear things up...

there are great brands which are NOT mainstream. the general public doesn't know jack about the audio world... JL is not god trust me... heard of audison or hertz?

 

DUDE I AGREE 100%!!!! JL suck, but the W10 bumps like no other hahaha. i've heard of hertz, but im running a lot of old school stuff in my car =] 12.5lf boston acoustics pro, diamond HEX (ok, so these are brand new but watever), and i'm powering it with a phoenix gold sapphire for the components and a ppi pc 2200 for the sub.

back on topic, your shit must bump hella!!! nice set up with the focals!

 

I had 2 Hertz 10"s for a while in the CL. Its a great cheap alternative. I did however exhange them for one W6 and never looked back.

 

Man, I had two old school W4s (one of the best sounding JLs that I've heard, so tight especially sealed) runnin in my old car with a pair of MBQ 6.5 components, I need to through those into the TL... I miss the system and this is my inspiration. Nice setup man

 

1. Lanzar used to be hot back in the day... Now they are pure shit since they got bought out many years ago (and no im not a brand whore, this is from experience)

2. Looks like you really need to upgrade the speaker wire from the amp to the subs. Is that 20g wire

3. Sub box looks like ass, you could have easily fit those two subs in a custom box and saved half you trunk space. Even if you don't use your trunk it would have looked 100X better

Props on doing the work yourself, there are few things you could improve on though

 

I'm fairly sure EVERYONE that's actually into car audio knows of audison, lol, they're incredibly old and one of the best. Lanzar optidrives are great amps, every reviewer of them gets blown away. Great system, you really went all out. Poly V2's are still my favorite speakers under 400$.

 

I use to run audison amps but ive yet to get hertz! Though I know they are good! I really like the helix amp I'm running though unbeatable sq!

 

it seems alot of you must not know bout running boxes properly and why my box is so big. Its all tuned to a certain frequency for maximum output! And that box is actually an AMAZING box so to say it looks like shit your insane. A custom box won't sound anywhere nearly as good as mine! And I gurantee that! This system right here would probably sound better n get louder then a lot of peoples systems here.

 

If those are 15'' subs yes they will hit harder with the bigger box you have, but that box is a prefab box. If you get a custom box made to the specs you want and to how low in Hz you want the subs to hit it with the right size port it will hit all the frequencys of the sub. The box you have probly sounds kick ass but a custom box can test the subs real potential in cleanness and range.

 

lol who said that was a prefab box. It's not prefab at all! That was made specifically for those subs and tuned for those subs. It's not a prefab at all it's all custom. and they are 12's

 

my bad my badd. it is too big to be a prefab now that i think bout it. did you build the box?

 

A buddy of mine on another forum did. He makes AMAZING boxes

 

Props for the work, but that sub box needs to go. You did all that work & just ghettoed the sub box?
That's a ton of sound deadening! I surprised the panels were able to be put back on.

 

sub boxes produce good sound though...

anyway hertz has a really expensive line. i, myself am a noob in car audio, but know enough for now. i seen $1k components from hertz god damn

 

Props on the whole setup.

I love your choices on the setup.

Do you know what was your mounting depth for those Focals?

I am assuming they wouldn't have gone in with the stock location so please can you tell me what size spacer ring did you use to make those fit in the door?

Thanks and looks like a ton of work!!!

 

JL suck? wtf?