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So this is the new layout/setup of my stereo system (same equipment) that I worked on over the summer. It's not quite done and I had to put the project on hold because I went back to school and I live in a dorm here to its kind of hard to work on my car better yet have time to do so. Anyways, I hope you enjoy the setup so far. I know the red doesn't go with the interior but I am planning to change the green in my interior to all black. Comments welcome! Let me know what you think!

Just in case you haven't seen the old setup yet, here's the list of my stereo equipment:

-Pioneer DEH-P6900UB Head Unit
-Alpine SPR-17C Speakers (Front)
-Alpine SPR-69C Speakers (Rear)
-Alpine Type-R SWR-1242D Subwoofer
-Alpine MRP-F550 4 Channel Amplifier (Powers Speakers)
-Alpine MRP-M650 Mono Amplifier
-Knukonceptz.com Amp Kits and RCA Cables (6 Channel)

Again you can view of this here .

View into the trunk in the dark showing the 2 alpine amps and Type-R subwoofer illuminated my RGB LED strips and behind plexiglass.

Note: I haven't completely fasted the carpet down making it appear jagged edged.

Ok so like I said this is a work in progress. Some parts that are still missing are the sides of the trunk, I have fiberglassed the basic shape but need to dremel, sand, bondo, and carpet them, then the trunk will be complete. Here is the process I went through for the trunk:

Started out by cutting a single piece of MDF as kind of a baffle piece and cut holes for the trunk arms:

I then built a subwoofer box . Also a picture of my sister, she helped me a little bit. You can also see a rear "base" piece of mdf that is attached to the car from the orginal setup, this will act as my anchoring point.

Here you can see I used a jigsaw and cut a hole in the baffle and then cut a piece of plexiglass and screwed it down and siliconed it in, this will be the window into the sub box.

Here you can see that the baffle acts as the 6th/back side of the sub box and it is held to it by screws.

Next you can see the baffle attached to the box along with the "box" that will be holding the sub/mon amp.

I then attached the mono amp box to the back in a similar fashion as the sub box and of course, also cut out a "window" with a jigsaw.

A closer up view of the baffle with sub and amp mounted along with a picture of my sister being goofy.

I then built another "box" for the 4 channel/speaker amp.

I then mounted it in a similar fashion (cutting a whole with the jigsaw again first) to the rear of the baffle and then attached a plexiglass window.

Here is a close of view of the sub compartment along with a rear view of the baffle and "boxes."

Once I mounted the boxes I then placed them in the trunk which proved quite difficult in order to get it back in. I had to attach the individual "boxes" once they were all in the trunk. At least this will make it a little harder to steal, not the easiest for me too hehe.

One of the things missing here in a removable floor piece which I cut later. Note that my setup allows me to keep my spare tire.

Vinyl Time!!

I then got some red vinyl (to go with the type-r and gunmetal colors) and cut it and attached it to the inside of every box.

I then mounted it all back in the car. Looking better!
If your wondering how this stays attached well if you can see those 2 bolts, those bolts hold the box down to another base piece of mdf that is mounted to the car already. This in turn holds down the entire baffle and all the boxes.

You can see here how the individual compartments work. The amp "boxes" are actually missing a side, the sub box acts as the missing side. You can also see how I mounted the RGB LEDs.

In order to avoid carpeting over the baffle which would make it almost impossible to remove my equipment without tearing off the carpet, I took a 1/8" piece of MDF and made a trim pannel the same exact shape as the main baffle. This piece is then held by a couple screws to the main baffle making removal easy.

You can see the trim pannel attached here, again the floor piece is still missing but you'll see it in a couple pictures from now.

Ok well I'm not any fiberglass expert but me and my friend tried our best. That's my friend Daniel in the pictures.

We masked off the area and used a "rib piece" along with some material to form the basic shape.

Then comes the resin along with a couple good layers of fiberglass.

You can see that once it gets dremeled, sanded, bondoed, and carpeted it will fit quite nicely and look very professional, hopefully :-).

And then we did the other side.

Again I am not done with this, pretty much what is left is finishing off those fiberglass sides. Hopefully I can do this in December when I go home for Christmas. Well I'll keep you updated! Check back in like 2 months!