Ben's CTS-V Wagon (Opulent Blue Metallic)

Since there's been a little interest about CTS-V's lately, and I don't think I ever posted it here,
I'm going to throw up some pics of a CTS-V wagon I did a few years back.

IIRC, the engine was putting down something like 556hp to the wheels, before he added the nitrous kit.
I had to leave the spare tire well open to leave room for the 2 tanks.

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Ben brought me all of the equipment except the XD200/2....which consisted of
Hybrid Legatia L8's for the doors, Legatia 3.7" run tweeterless, an XD700/5,
a Rockford 360.2 (IIRC, might have been a 360.3) and an XD200/2. The sub
is a JL 12TW3.

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Going from memory, the 700/5 runs the front dash speakers, rear door speakers and the sub.
The 200/2 runs the midbasses in the door.

It wasn't a super complicated install. I made some ABS speaker adapter rings to fit the L8's in place of the Bose shallow 9".
There was about 1/8" of clearance on the back side. I may have had to space the window track in a little for clearance.

Speaker adapters got the 3.7's to fit in the dash with major mods.

The amp rack was a pretty basic carpet monster, holding the 360 and the two amps.

The sub enclosure was fun. I removed the side panel on the Driver's side, and built a box that fit in the empty space behind it,
then I cut the panel out so the box could fit flush.

It looks flat and vertical, but actually has a slight "twist" to it. I ended up taping the whole area off with green painter's tape, and fiberglassed
over it, did a little minor body work, and recarpeted it with factory carpet I got from the local upholstery shop. The JL TW3 subs are pretty impressive,
but I might go a different way if I got to pick the equipment, so I could hide the sub behind a grill and not have to deal with the mounting tabs.

I really liked this car. It sounded very good, looked very good, and was fast. I hope he still has it.

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I did this several years ago (probably 5 or 6, at least) and I have learned some new techniques since then.

Jay

Beautiful car! I love wagons!

Nice, did he retain the stock head unit?

Yep. IIRC, the kit hadn't come out yet for these.

Those photos just make me want a CTS-V more and more - Nice build

Also love performance wagons. Nice car!

I love wagons and hatchbacks as long as they are performance driven. :)

Beautiful