So, technically, I have everything installed already but I’m planning a rather large tear down & rebuild. The current equipment list is as follows:
Source: Kenwood Excelon DDX-395
DSP: PPI DCX-730 (being replaced)
Amps: Soundstream TN4.900D x2 These are the nice version, before they cheaped out & redesigned them.
Front stage: PPI 3-way components (The ones with the AMT tweeters)
Sub: PPI Phantom 15D2 IB
As mentioned earlier, everything is already in but just about everything is getting redone. I’m pleased with the a-pillars I made but there are little things that bother me & I’m going to try to put them a little more on-axis. The DSP was limited as far as outputs (6) so the DSP handled the front stage and the source handled the sub xover & time delay which I believe hindered my ability to get the sub up front no matter how hard I tried. So that’s getting replaced with a Dayton 408 which will let me control everything from one unit.
The trunk is where I really wanted to make the major changes. I was never really pleased with the cosmetics of the whole thing. The cutout diameter listed in the sub manual turned out to be off so the hole was too big and I had to hodgepodge the baffle together. Honestly, it worked and sounded good but it looked... meh. To me anyway. I never did clean up the wiring under the rack because I knew a redo was in the plans. Then I had an RCA cable for my mids take a dump so it was time to start over.
There are some parts of the original install that I didn’t take pics of, like the front woofers & head unit, so as I go along I’ll snap some and post them up. So now I guess it’s time for pics...
The car:
Some sound deadening:
The entire floor was done in Killmat as well as the rear deck, which I didn’t get pics of. And honestly the rear cover is a PITA to get off so I may never get a pic of it.
Front pillars:
Amp rack:
Here you can see the temporary cheapy red/white RCAs I had to use to actually have mids for my daily commute.
Trunk side:
I’ll try to get a better pic when it’s all done.
So that was where I started this morning. New updates to follow.