Everything shown on the driver's side is duplicated on the passenger side. To make it a true mirror image, the passenger's side amplifier's external were reversed so logos face the outer of the car so that both front floor amps have the speaker terminal facing the rear of the car. This was custom machining was done at the USAmp's factory.
Left picture shows the driver's side new kickpanel speaker location. The picture also shows one of the custom floor mats. Right side photo shows the amp's first cover made out of white plexiglass with the factory's matching seat cloth covering the top of that.
The left photo shows the driver's side Focal speakers and also the backside of the speaker's cover. Once again, white plexiglass was used for the covers but this plexiglass frame was wrapped in factory matching, sound transparent, grey cloth. The right side photo shows the custom cover removed to show the amp's second removable cover which is made of 1/4" glass (NOT plexiglass, real breakable glass that doesn't scratch as plexiglass would). Underneath that glass cover is one of the two USAmp VLX-25 with a 1" wide white plexiglass trim ring around it. The USAmp amp is in a 16 guage steel tray that was welded into the floorboard. Before cutting holes in the floorboards large enough to hold the 26" long steel trays, consultation with a Chrysler engineer was done and now the car's entire chassis is stronger than stock. The inside of the trays were painted and the exterior of the tray was undercoated. The amplifier's compartment has air intake on the front and two temperature controlled exhaust fans towards the rear.
Above and below are some pictures of the passenger side. The right picture show the car minus the driver's seat. I took the seat out to get better pictures. CD is in picture for size reference.
Right picture show the first cover over the wiring display taken off. The wires are covered with a glass panel.
It's a monster! This is a big amp, almost two feet long. This U.S. Amps 2-channel amp is rated at 12.5 watts rms per channel, lol, no seriously, it's true, 12.5 watts rms per channel. The pictures also show the amp's bottom cover was removed and a clear cover was put in it's place. The pictures also show that all wires (pwr,gnd, speaker, and RCA) were directly soldered to the amp's circuit board. I know what you are wondering...what is the amp's actually output? Well, it varies since both sub amps (passenger side has the an identical amp under the seat) can be selected to power different sub pairs. Anyhow, each amp is capable of putting out a bridged 800 watts rms with ease!
Left picture looks like a wiring mess but it is a custom ribbon cable for the Orion processor. Required much expertize with a soldering iron. Right picture shows all the relays required for the many options of which subwoofers selected. The Focal's were ran with no subwoofers (for SQ), sometimes with just the with the 8" subwoofers (for SQ), or just the four 10" subwoofers (for SPL), or all six subwoofer in my regular stereo setup. (I personally like extra bass in the car)
Left picture shows the second Optima Red Top battery. This battery is located next to the driver's side rear seat. It is vented to the outside (yes I know the Optima's does not need venting but IASCA rules do) and normally covered up by the factory panel. Right side picture is of the passenger door. The door has no speakers but lots of sound deadning like the rest of the car. The Focal speakers are in kick panels for better imaging height. The 8" Image Dynamic woofers are in the floor boards ahead of the subwoofer amps.
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