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#1 conlad

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Posted 16 June 2012 - 11:25 AM

Thought I'd start a project thread for the other aspect to my motor

Made a few things already and got a nice setup ready to get put in, but its only going in when the other parts of the car (wiring, engine running) are sorted so thought I'd kick off by showing you all some things I've done and adapted ;)

First off, did this today - made and covered a parcel shelf 'bit', used an old one as a template and went from there.. used two bits of 6mm MDF and whacked them together and covered in the same stuff that you cover sub boxes with, pics:

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A few days ago I made the side bits for a center console, as I already has (strangely) the two middle bits, here we go:

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(not put together yet obviously ;D )

And finally my favourite.. The dash I did -_-

Bought this off good old eBay http://www.ebay.co.u...0#ht_500wt_1287

And a bit of time later..

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Beautiful :wub: :D

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Now the ICE stuff ready to go in..

Comps..

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Wiring and fuse etc..

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HU..

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And this beast..

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Should make for a good setup, now I'm off to make pods for the speakers ;-)

Comments welcome

Cheers

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Posted 16 June 2012 - 11:59 AM

Look's great, You've done a good job on the dash :gimme:

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Posted 16 June 2012 - 12:14 PM

Cheers man, a long time waiting I know, but hope its all good ;) :D

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Posted 17 June 2012 - 02:49 PM

looking good so far mate

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Posted 17 June 2012 - 02:59 PM

looking good so far mate


Cheers man :)

Got a mate who's good with all the sparky stuff so soon this will all be in the mini :D

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Posted 17 June 2012 - 03:40 PM

nice, i cant wait to wire all mine up

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Posted 17 June 2012 - 03:47 PM

Its the most troublesome bit aint it lol

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Posted 18 June 2012 - 09:26 AM

Nice set of components. One thing I would say is, from what I googled they are component/coaxial speakers. See if you can mount the tweeters up on the dash, will sound miles better than on the speaker themselves.

Part from that should sound sweet. :D

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Posted 18 June 2012 - 10:36 AM

Yeah man :D

They can be either, so going with components obviously ;)

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Posted 18 June 2012 - 12:31 PM

Nice set of components. One thing I would say is, from what I googled they are component/coaxial speakers. See if you can mount the tweeters up on the dash, will sound miles better than on the speaker themselves.

Part from that should sound sweet. :D


Well...

Here's the thing. Although mounting the tweeter up higher on the dash or A-pillars will help the 'stage height' have all the speakers in the same location give a single point of source... which is a good thing.

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Posted 18 June 2012 - 03:39 PM

So pods under the dash and tweeters in the previous air vents will do ok?? Only a matter of centimetres apart, anyhow... I will see what sounds best when setting up

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Posted 18 June 2012 - 06:01 PM

So pods under the dash and tweeters in the previous air vents will do ok?? Only a matter of centimetres apart, anyhow... I will see what sounds best when setting up


If your ok to separate them then do put the Tweeters up higher. The corner of the top dash or on the A-Pillars.


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Posted 18 June 2012 - 07:26 PM


So pods under the dash and tweeters in the previous air vents will do ok?? Only a matter of centimetres apart, anyhow... I will see what sounds best when setting up


If your ok to separate them then do put the Tweeters up higher. The corner of the top dash or on the A-Pillars.


Will have to come up with something

Do the tweeters need to be particularly enclosed with a backing?

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Posted 18 June 2012 - 07:32 PM

No. Usually they come with a plastic cup they fix to, but they don't need an enclosure like a sub etc.

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Posted 18 June 2012 - 07:51 PM

Yeah yeah tidy

Will sort out summit




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