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12-29-2013
Been a while since my last update, but the car is nearing the end of it's build. For the second to final step, I left the car in the care of Bing/JOey/Jesse at Simplicity in Sound. Below is a clip from the build log detailing the painstaking steps they took in building out this system. Goal was to have some nice bass along with some show appeal.
The goals for this project:
1. achieve a nice level of sound quality
2. Maintain an oem appearance on the interior and still maintain some usability in the trunk
3. obtain a elegant and class show factor in the trunk that goes well with the car
lets get started.
as with most 2gen IS installs, the signal source is the stock headunit and amp combo, the front stage is a set of Morel Elate 6.5" two way components installed in the stock location.
First, two sets of speaker wires were run into the doors, one for the midbass and one for the tweeter:
next, 7 blackhole tile sound proofing tiles went onto the outter door skin to help with resonance and backwaves:
the entire door was then treated with a combination of STP foam and CLD damper:
mounting/spacer baffles were match routed from the oem speaker assembly and coated with several layers of truck bedliner to protect them from the elements:
the baffle was then installed via the oem mounting points:
and the Elate MW6 midbass wired up and installed:
the same process was then repeated on the passenger side:
the oem tweeter mounting locations were disassembled, trimmed and the Morel MT250 tweeters fitted:
I mounted the mosconi bass control **** into one of the blank knockout panels next to the steering wheel, and recessed the LED within so it shines when the system is in operation:
next is a series of wiring pics as they travel from the front to the back of the car, ziptied to oem bundles every few inches
