PAGE 1: Getting Started
PAGE 2: Sound Deadening / New System
PAGE 3: Painting the interior trim
PAGE 4: Headlight disassembly
PAGE 5: Updated pictures
The latest work has been in the kick panels and the trunk. The kick panels will be home to an Oz Audio 3-way set. a 6.5" midbass in the floor, a 4" midrange in the side kick, and a tweeter somewhere in between. I've cut out a cavity in the floor of each kick for the midbass, and vented this to the outside. I have some more sealing to do since this factory made cavity has some openings that let water in. the roof vent i'm using will resist water very well.
drivers side is the same. i still have the side midrange hole to cut. lucikly, most of this area is free of wiring.
I also re-routed all of my wiring. i removed the factory floor vents and used that path for all of my split loom covered processor cables, signal cables, speaker wires, etc.
The Alpine RUX-C701 controller for the PXA-H701 is in the same location as the previous ERA-G320 controller. I liked it previously. I would prefer to eliminate the carpet and fiberglass a nicer looking mount.
The trunk recieved a facelift also. I started with a new grounding distro block. 1/0 wire to the floor to a distro block for 4awg grounds to each amp.
The addition of new gear meant a new amp rack. I am keeping the two xtant 403a amplifiers in the same location. But adding an xtant 3300c and the H701 brain in the spare tire well. I made a new mounting board from 1/2" MDF
I carpeted the amp board because i hate exposed wood and i would like to show off this gear. the false floor i made before still fits well, it covers the spare tire well and allows adequate air circulation.
I made more progress with the kick panel enclosures. I started by remaking the midrange baffle so it wasn't a square, and eliminated the square openings.
Now they are sealed and secured to the car, they won't come out without a fight. Non-hardening modeling clay is used to create midrange seals and smooth the transtion from the baffle to the opening. deadener is used over the clay to prevent messes and further seal them to the openings.
