Its pretty rare that we get to do a version 2.0 on a previous installation, but, it just so happens that a car i did almost five years ago came in last week for a freshen up.
here is a link to the old install from back in the day:
Newest simple G35 Stealth Install - G35Driver
the ONLY changes he made to the equipment of the trunk is to swap out the idmax 10 with a specially built 4080 box housing a single RE 12" sub.
it is actually a surprise that the owner of the car has kept it all these years (my sports car customer base seem to have a high turn over ratio not only that, he has steadily upgraded it into a daily driver/show car.
The reason behind the trunk rebuild is that he is going onto air ride suspension and need to integrate the tank, the compressors and all the accessories into the fold.
So here are the goals:
1. rearrange the trunk to allow proper fitment of air suspension components
2. retain ALL existing gear and upgrade the installation technique as i have improved over the years
3. add a touch of lighting to the overall design and still maintain some slight usability in the trunk (some towels and cleaning supplies etc)
4. build it so the air ride installer can easily do his tasks without having to mess with the stereo components
so lets get started. the car actually came to us BEFORE the airride system was hooked up, and had me do all the work, and then, it went off to get it done, and then came back for me to snap some more pics
so here is the car in its full up and full down position...the body panels are oh so close to the ground hehe
so let us take a quick look at the new trunk build. here is the normal every day view, a new fake floor is in place, that covers the entire trunk. his 4080 box housing the RE12 is on the left as before, and the air tank and compressors are visible upfront, trimmed in white vinyl, in the back, a pop off cover allows him to throw some items in the trunk without damaging or scratching the amps
lift up the floor cover and here is what you see. two zapco i-force amps are trimmed in white vinyl, with a strip of 3M CF trim separating them. (matching the CF trim he has on the interior) also visible is a strip of 1/2" frosted plexi on the inner opening of the cutout.
flick on a switch embedded in a trunk panel and two things happen. first, the plexi strip around the cutout lights up with 6 feet worth of RGB Leds, a wire less controller allows him to cycle through various color and changing schemes. secondly, three mini LED flood light he provided me baths the air tank and compressors in a gentle glow, highlighting them at shows:
turning the garage lights off gives you a better sense of the various lighting effects...i will just let the pics do the talking
so thats it...it sounds just like before, of course, whcih is to say, pretty nice daily driver with a lot of bass so here comes the build pics.
here is a link to the old install from back in the day:
Newest simple G35 Stealth Install - G35Driver
the ONLY changes he made to the equipment of the trunk is to swap out the idmax 10 with a specially built 4080 box housing a single RE 12" sub.
it is actually a surprise that the owner of the car has kept it all these years (my sports car customer base seem to have a high turn over ratio not only that, he has steadily upgraded it into a daily driver/show car.
The reason behind the trunk rebuild is that he is going onto air ride suspension and need to integrate the tank, the compressors and all the accessories into the fold.
So here are the goals:
1. rearrange the trunk to allow proper fitment of air suspension components
2. retain ALL existing gear and upgrade the installation technique as i have improved over the years
3. add a touch of lighting to the overall design and still maintain some slight usability in the trunk (some towels and cleaning supplies etc)
4. build it so the air ride installer can easily do his tasks without having to mess with the stereo components
so lets get started. the car actually came to us BEFORE the airride system was hooked up, and had me do all the work, and then, it went off to get it done, and then came back for me to snap some more pics
so here is the car in its full up and full down position...the body panels are oh so close to the ground hehe
so let us take a quick look at the new trunk build. here is the normal every day view, a new fake floor is in place, that covers the entire trunk. his 4080 box housing the RE12 is on the left as before, and the air tank and compressors are visible upfront, trimmed in white vinyl, in the back, a pop off cover allows him to throw some items in the trunk without damaging or scratching the amps
lift up the floor cover and here is what you see. two zapco i-force amps are trimmed in white vinyl, with a strip of 3M CF trim separating them. (matching the CF trim he has on the interior) also visible is a strip of 1/2" frosted plexi on the inner opening of the cutout.
flick on a switch embedded in a trunk panel and two things happen. first, the plexi strip around the cutout lights up with 6 feet worth of RGB Leds, a wire less controller allows him to cycle through various color and changing schemes. secondly, three mini LED flood light he provided me baths the air tank and compressors in a gentle glow, highlighting them at shows:
turning the garage lights off gives you a better sense of the various lighting effects...i will just let the pics do the talking
so thats it...it sounds just like before, of course, whcih is to say, pretty nice daily driver with a lot of bass so here comes the build pics.