So I mentioned planning a system in another thread, and gravebox said ask for help if I needed it, and insted of threadjacking i made my own. Now I installed at best buy for 3 years, I know the basics of putting a system together, but I am no pro by any means, and if someone smarter and better then you offers help there is no reason to turn your nose at it. I am 100% confident on my install abilities, I might try to do some fiberglass with this install though and it will be my first attempt at that.
Ok, first off, I listen to everything, I LOVE big bass, but it’s not something I need. I manly listen to Rock, A7X, Green Day Nirvana, Rise Against, Mudvayne, ECT. If you have see my other thread, I want to add a screen above my rearview and I MIGHT view movies on it, but that is not a priority. This build will be a budget friendly basic build, I might be able to buy a project car in the next year and if I do I plan to go big in that, if not then I will come in and overhaul this car to a higher end system. But that’s not what I am looking for, now.
To start off I have a head unit in my truck that I am going to be trading in soon so the wife can get a new car. it’s a
Kenwood KDC-MP628 that I intend to use, I have not fully explored the abilities of this unit as it was my wife’s and I just tossed it in my truck when I bought it due to the lack of a cd player. It looks like it will do the job well, only has 2 preouts, but I only plan on running 4ch's so that’s fine, I need to see if the crossover and eq in it will suffice, or should I run an external. For the amp, I plan on running a single 4ch, front and sub, I am thinking of trying out the Elemental Designs NINe.4, I have heard allot of good things about them and the price is right where I want to be, I am up to other options, but I don’t want to buy from unauthorized dealers. If I had my way I would be running 2 Arc ks 125.2 mini and hide them in the dash, but they are about 350 a piece and that’s to much for me, but maybe later.
Front Stage
For the rest of the system I was thinking of trying out Elemental Designs. I am planning on a set of e9.65i 6.5 components in the front, I am going to place the tweeter in the stock location to begin with, and I might do a fiberglass pod on the door to hold the tweeter right above the speaker location. If I can find another set of door panels I think I will do full speaker pods, or I might try making full new door panels, but most likely not. Kick panel pods are not really an option for me, as my name states I am a bigguy, about 7' and I have a size 19 shoe, so I need all the space I can get there.
Rear Stage
Not wasting my time, the speakers are in a very bad location and I don’t really see the point in them, I fade the stock all the way to the front to begin with. If I can find door panels I would like to add a set to the back doors, but that’s manly a way for me to practice fiber glassing, so don’t worry about that
Bottom End
I also plan on using as little amount of space as possible with this build, and if I run the amp I plan to is capable of 150x1rms at 4 ohms or 100x2 at 2 ohms, so I have a few options, I can put a 10 or a 12 under the pass seat, this would be the easiest option. I Might be willing to give up the space in the back where the storage compartment is, if I do this I could fit 2 10's there, I would build a nice smaller box and mount the amp in a nice way, I would most likely fiber glass the side so I got the maximum amount of space. No my third option is also the most work and most likley the least amount of output, but it would be Fun, and stealthy. I could remove the 2 rear speaker and using a mix of expanding foam, mdf and fiber glass build an enclose and mount 2 6.5' or maybe even 2 8' subs in the stock location
Lastly I am aiming at keeping this under 1000, and even lower would be nice, I have all the wiring I need left over from my install days, and I plan to do some sound deadening, might do the whole car, depends on how much equipment I buy.
So any thoughts? Ides? Suggestions? I hope to be doing this by Christmas time.
