1998 Civic SQ Project - Page 3

**DAT** · 03-25-2009

Very nice, hmm might be interesting to try and drive a car with the wheel on the right side...

Damn us silly americans

maxxis · 03-25-2009

Just as strange as it would be for us and the EU guys to drive a left hand drive vehicle.

I was in the US a while back and drove a left hand drive car. It was a really interesting experience to say the least

AndEE · 03-27-2009

How do you see out the mirrors with the mids being in that position? Probably not as bad as the pictures make it out to be, but overall great work!

AndEE

AndEE · 03-27-2009

How do you see out the mirrors with the mids being in that position? Probably not as bad as the pictures make it out to be, but overall great work!

AndEE

NOTORIOUS97200 · 03-27-2009

your first instal ?? waouh!!!!!!!!!!!
You 've got to make it your job!!!!!!!!!
wonderful!!!!!! Never heard the DLS speakers, but they should be good!
Félicitations pour tout ce boulot!!(in French)

Echo42987 · 03-27-2009

Looks amazing! I miss my 9835 SSOOO much lol

**Niebur3** · 03-27-2009

That is a great looking build. I like where the midrange are located!

maxxis · 03-30-2009

Thanks for the comments guys.

The right mirror is completely visible with the midrange in that position and the left mirror only gets slightly blocked on the inside. The vehicle is completely safe to operate

@ NOTORIOUS97200 - First full install yes. In the past I only installed amps and subs in off-the-shelf enclosures etc.

The car was at it first competition this past weekend with the new install and placed second in its class and fourth overall I think. Im pretty happy. IASCA season starts this weekend and I have a little bit of work to do this week to get everything perfected.

maxxis · 05-16-2009

Update time.

Frame and layout of the new install.

Boot all taped up

2 layers of glass down. Could have done 3 I think. Would have helped with flex in the next step

Fabric under the fiberglass mould. Next step was to attach it to the frame I made last week.

Mould attached to the frame and glassed up. Sealed the mould to the frame with a thick milkshake mix. Creates a solid seal around the frame.

Ready to lay down another 8 layers of fiberglass now. Tomorrow anyways

For now im taking it easy. Very happy with the progress today

-dave- · 05-16-2009

You should be very happy with the progress today. Nice build....fun to watch!

lsm · 05-18-2009

Nice work!

maxxis · 05-19-2009

Tub is done. (actually looks like one now

) Rubberised the inside to reduce resonance and add some weight.

Terminal cup broke when I attached it to the box. Oh well. Good reason to glass it into the box. Used some premix fiber filler. This thing is going nowhere. The fiber filler also adds some extra weight to the plastic. Not that it would flex to begin with.

Next up is the baffle for the sub. Need to cut this hopefully tonight.

maxxis · 05-20-2009

Bare MDF nicely cut to size

The scariest tool I own.

Custom circle jig. Haha

Perfect 280mm circle cut with a $20 jigsaw. Ive had this little beast for 5 years and its still going strong.

Cover test fit

Final layout from the looks of it. Grille height is perfect for the 2 amps. Ill gain around 20mm with the custom amp rack frames that will be suspended on 4mm rubber to reduce vibrations in the amps.

**DAT** · 05-20-2009

I always like the DLS grills, never own any

maxxis · 05-25-2009

Amps all wired up and sounding awesome. Next up is the trim panel to cover the wiring.

IBcivic · 05-25-2009

lookin good.

Jbird · 06-25-2009

Really nice work on the door pods! How many hours do you figure you are into the pods for? Thanks

maxxis · 06-26-2009

Hi Jbird

Good question. Those were built quite a while ago and I can't remember quite how long they took.

I would say 15 to 25 hours to be safe.

As for the rest of the install. I actually finished it a while back. Sorry for not updating.

Ill take some better photos of the car this weekend.

As for the car itself.

I placed 1st in Amateur SQI IASCA at the last show here and 1st overall for the day.

The car is sounding phenomenal at the moment.

Now to get a new deck so I can go full active.

Jbird · 06-26-2009

Nice work! I'd like to see the rest of the install as well!?

Blown Mustang GT · 06-27-2009

I like the new layout much better, good job on the re-do. Glad to hear the car is doing well in IASCA. keep up the good work!

fit_tuner · 06-28-2009

good stuff, got any more pictures of the tweet pods?

bigaudiofanatic · 06-28-2009

I'm sorry but sony dose not scream SQ. If I were you I would take the sony out and just run active with a alpine 9887.

maxxis · 06-29-2009

You would be surprised with the performance of the Sony GT700D. 24bit DAC, TA, 13band EQ per channel. It really is an excellent deck.

I have a 9887 in the car at the moment with the worst noise issue in the world. Never had a single issue with the Sony. Each to his own I guess.

Yoursogansta · 06-29-2009

From my experience Sony makes great sounding sources... Sony and Clarion are very similar.

bigaudiofanatic · 06-29-2009

I had to chucle a little there is no way you can compare sony to any other company. If you were to post that you were using a sony head unit for a SQ setup on caraudio.com you would be getting your balls busted sony has become absolute crap. I mean there sold at walmart for crying out loud. I think you would hear the difference instalntly by going with a alpine deck. But if that is what you want that is what you want.