Honey, I blew up the G!

[MiloX]

Cross posting @ Zapco.com, ICIX & here....

Alright guys….

I have officially blown up the install in the G and am in the process of rebuilding her.

Better…Stronger…More sonic bliss than before.

I’ll add to this thread as things come along.

First… Here is the patient… 2005 Infiniti G35 Sedan 6MT:


And to give you a little flavor of the dash… Nothing is changing here. For now:



Here’s what the trunk looked like before:

I know there is a lot of eD bashing… personally, I loved the way these guys performed. Especially for the money. There was also a Zapco Studio 54 hidden away that pushed the tweeters.

Out with the old… and in with the new!

The catalyst for the rebuild are these:

Two DCREF 1000.4’s courtesy of Mr. Smith at Audio Designs of Atlanta.

So I decided to change things up a bit in the trunk. Here’s a pic of the mock-up. Yeah…. That’s poplar there. Hell of a lot easier to work with for mock-ups… no need to rip MDF etc..



Once I was satisfied with the fitment I ripped the MDF and started at it:





Here’s a peek at the new window:

[MiloX]

Update for this week.

FANTASTIC progress…and a minor setback.

First the progress.

Terminal blocks and new speaker cable ran from the rear of the vehicle.

Looks good!

The amp rack is fully wired. I’ve got to say… After installing a whole hell of a lot of amps in my day I just LOVE the flush set terminal blocks. Super clean looking and easy to use.

Amp “A” Wired up:






Relay fused and wired into place:


Amp “B” Wired up:





And power distribution is complete:





Ready to go put in the car:


So… here’s the setback… you know the number one rule of installing? You know.. the “Never drill into a panel unless you know what’s behind it.” Rule?

Yeah.. bit me in the ***. I was installing cable tie mounts on the transmission hump and the smell of petrol nearly knocked me over. I “knew” the gas tank was under the rear seat. I didn’t think there was any way it went up that high on the tranny hump. Well… it does. : Thankfully it was MY car I was working on… AND comprehensive insurance covers stupidity. So… I go to pick her up tomorrow. $500 later.

Could have been worse. Just stupid, stupid, stupid rookie mistake. From someone who knows better. :-[:-[:-[

[MiloX]

Here's a small update for those playing along at home.

With the car in the shop, I decided to turn my attention to the sub-stage.

Driver: Elemental Designs 13.Ov3 D2:


Coil #1:


Coil #2:


Binding posts inside enclosure:


#6 McFeeley's Pan-Head combo drives:


Ready to get snug as a bug:



Spent some time tonight doing some small upholstery work, and getting the amps inside the car.

Yeah... I got it back today. The shop did the work in 2 days. Fast!

On tap for tomorrow:

Changer, H701, signal connections, output to barrier strip connections, power cable cut to size and terminated, and ground to chassis. She may see power late in the day. Who knows with this kind of stuff though. Something always seems to creep up on ya.

Sunday:

Daughter's first birthday party. Made sure to get some stuff for the fellas:


Monday:

Definitely powered-up.

[MiloX]

OK… update time!

Made some great progress over the weekend. Got the amps in, wires cleaned up, and processor and changer mounted. No time spent tuning. But still sounds really good straight out of the box. The Lotus mids are just cranking out some serious midbass.

Picture time.

Passenger side rear terminal block mating amp output to speaker cable bundle:


Power cable entering trunk. I hate loom, but had to use it


Power cable and speaker bundle run:



Driver side rear terminal block:


Fuse block in rear seat pass-thru. Finish panel still to be made:


Look ma! No seats:


Optical changers FTW!!!!:



H701:



Symbilink:



Sub box termination:


Amps:



Still LOTS of work to do. Finish panels, carpeting the trunk, side lighting the window, etc….

[MiloX]

As promised, more pics.

Spent a bit of time in the battery compartment:

Looks pretty good. I just need to yank the stinger piece and go 1/0 with my grounds. Currently have 2 4 GA grounds to chassis. I'll be doing a 1/0 ground to chassis, and a 1/0 ground to the block. With a matching Streetwires terminal.

And back to the trunk. Like I mentioned a few days ago I made some serious progress here.

Side trim panel. CHECK!
Beauty board. CHECK!
Floor. CHECK!
Acrylic Panel. CHECK!



Still need to wire up the lighting. I have 4 white LEDS to side light the window, and have some amber LED strips to throw some orange glow onto the Amps.

As you can tell, I still need to lay carpet on the wheel wells. I'll do that when I have everything pulled out again.

And finally... A random shot of the sub enclosure.

So the thing with this enclosure was that it was made to be used with the factory trim pieces... which I am not using. So it doesn't integrate very well yet. I'll need to fab up some trim panels to flush it in better.

That's it for now.

Will be wiring over the next couple of nights and then heading to Jeff's shop on Saturday to play around with the Dyn 3 ways.

As you were!

[MiloX]

And that should bring you up to speed on the past 6 weeks of this build.

[alphakenny1]

so far looks great man. keep up the good work. man you got some processing, h701 and the dc's. crazy...

[fredridge]

looks great, been following it on ICIX, but like the way Vbulletin is setup here better, so glad you are posting.

Incredible wiring. I hope mine ends up looking anywhere near that good

[MiloX]

lol.. yeah... I am using the H701 for processing and the DC's for boost.

Next year will probably move the 200 & 701 into my wife's ride.

[tr0y_audi0]

Thats An Awsome Setup..
The detail in the wiring made me go pull my stuff out!
I gotta stepup my dakota install after seeing your's..
Thats one of the coolest..
Peace Troy

[chad]

Hot Diggity Damn that looks great! Your attention to detail is relentless!

Chad

[Weightless]

Beautiful work my friend...

I especially love the sub wiring...that's the kind of detail that makes my giggle like a school girl.

[Robert]

Great work & the effort put into the little details is excellent.

[hoamic11]

Holy crap, you did an awesome job, those speaker terminal blocks gave me an idea about how to clean mine up, just of course now i gotta figure out where to get them as well put them.

what type of eD sub is that?

[backwoods]

holy processing power, batman!

I love those amps, but why did you use the dc's with the 701?

[dlechner]

Nice work!

[Arc]

Originally Posted by hoamic11

what type of eD sub is that?

It's a 13ov.3. Same as teh ov.2 just with a black cone.

[DonovanM]

Looks better every time I see it. Nice work. Really an inspiration to do something similar on my install.

[rekd0514]

Awesome install! You can't get any better than that. I kind of wish you would of shown a little more of those purdy Zapco amps though.

[jearhart]

every time i see a pic of those amps i get happy in the pants!

great install, the wiring especially makes it awsome. i wish i had the patients to do something that well.

[Boostedrex]

I enjoyed reading this thread on ICIX and I enjoy reading it just as much here. Great work and I can't wait to see the conclusion of this install.

[MiloX]

Thanks for all of the kind words guys.

The H701 will remain for a while. At this point, everything is a-ok. My plan is to move it to my wife's car, and get a strict SQ deck next year. I would love to see Zapco get their deck released. Controlling the DC's from the deck would be sweet.

As far as displaying more of the amps... that will be resolved tonight.

[ClinesSelect]

That is nothing short of jaw-dropping. Incredible work and attention to detail.

[Boostedrex]

What about the Ural h/u? I'm not very familiar with it so I'm not sure if it would meet your needs or not. I would imagine that it's probably a pretty nice piece of gear though.

[lucas569]

u gonna sell the eD amps?