Phoenix Gold Phorum

HAPPY NEW YEAR ALL!!

Well I just put the Teg up for the winter and finally shot a couple quick/crappy pix. This install was started about three years ago and most of it was done while I was still employed at Tweeter. Therefore I never did take a lot of install pics as I was tag teaming regular daily appointments and this at the same time

1/8" steel rings were welded onto the inner door skin. I'll be the first to admit that my welding skills are far from perfect, but it did the trick. The new rings provide the foundation for the midbass rings which are integrated into the door panel. Threaded nutserts were riveted to the steel rings which mate to the mounting holes of the drivers. When the door panels are mounted, and the drivers installed, everything gets sandwiched and provides a super solid baffle. The new rings are also about an inch more foward and lower in the door panel compared to the factory provisions. And yeah... the car was originally red.... yuck





Here you can see where the mdf baffle rings mount to the steel rings and the beginings of the new panel





Here's just about the only fabrication shot I have for the hatch area. Fiberglass/mdf enclosure for a single 12" and a welded amp rack using 1/2" square steel stock



More to come...

nice! i have been looking for a good integra install to base my brothers on. he has a sedan though. so far he has a x100.2 under each seat for a beefy front stage tbd.

keep em coming!

Will do bud! Not sure if you saw my first system in this exact car but here's the link

http://phoenixphorum.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=13737

These are virtually the same kicks from the previous system. I just basically stripped them down and retrofitted them for 5's instead of 6's, then repainted and rewrapped them.







Here you can see the tweets have their own mini chambers

Wow - looks great so far!

A dash kit just wouldn't do, so I spent a few days fabricating my own mount and trim. The deck now sits exactly in the middle of the double din opening and is trimmed with aluminum and black plexi (which looks far better in person than in the pics.

Wrapping one of the door panels with oem vinyl

Splash guard for the midbass

So here's pix of the finished (mostly) install. All custom panels were wrapped in factory matching oem vinyl. All of the silver painted pieces match the custom powder coated rims. Most of the trim work consists of three or more pieces: Black Plexi, Aluminim, then Clear Plexi. String neon was glued behind all of the clear plexi for a blue glow at night. There's also some grill material used for extra accents as well. All in all there's 66 trim (accent) pieces not including the actual custom panels or glass work.











vinyl lifted a bit here...

And the hatch. I still don't have the neon wired up yet

absolutely spectacular... amazing install

That install is sick! Excellent FG skills there.

Thanks guys! She's all going to be torn out this spring since I'm giving the car to the wife.

Man what a shitty install! You sure do like cutting corners!

stipud wrote:Man what a shitty install! You sure do like cutting corners!

I know I know. That's why I quit my day job

good stuff! I have been trying to see as many door project like that as I can before I start putting my ti9s in the doors.

excellent work.
great pics, too.

damn that is NICE work!

i would love to have a ADS 310rs sub for my truck......but good luck finding 1!

hey shawn

nice clean install, i like this style of symetry in an install. i like the hatch area its clean and well thought out. your door panels are also very slick, and lets not forget your kick panels too.

i need to do this to the celica im working on also so come help me out lol, i only have one day a week to do this.

aloha
marc

brenzbmr@sb wrote:hey shawn

nice clean install, i like this style of symetry in an install. i like the hatch area its clean and well thought out. your door panels are also very slick, and lets not forget your kick panels too.

i need to do this to the celica im working on also so come help me out lol, i only have one day a week to do this.

aloha
marc

Hey thanks man!

Oooooooooooh how I'ld love to go to Hawaii! And doing installs in Hawaii... forget about it.. that's like heaven on earth for me My wife might not agree however

Speaking of "the wife" she now drives this car. I tore out this system a few months ago. There's just too much up keep for an install like this and I know (from experience ) that she'll just beat it up anyway.

hahaah i agree but you know that you would love to install here no matter what. you like me once u give to wife its lost. my wife just wants the trunk back and stuff like that. anyway if u make it out here i promice u visit my island then ill take you to nice places.

aloha

']['HRUS'][' wrote:You've given me inspiration!! I think I'm going to attempt to make kicks exactly like yours for my '02 Acura RSX. On second thought, I'm wondering if those would fit in my RSX?!? Hmmm.
Only difference is the full-coverage grills I'd want and I'm concerned about the clearance with the clutch pedal and provision for the hood release latch.

Sweet man. If you need any help along the way, don't hesitate to ask any questions.

I doubt these kicks would fit your ride though. The backside is molded (fiberglassed) to the frame of the Teg specifically. I was worried about clearance for the clutch pedal as well. I spent a lot of time on these, and the kicks didn't protrude any further than the factory panels I also moved the hood release lever up under the knee bolster without much effort, so hopefully that might work for you as well..?

Tiffany Lamy wrote:what size of piping should this car run?i realized that this amp is sound and base is good and heart touching I am asking since I know someone that has an integral also and wants to run 3 inch piping. I think that's too big.

mmmm, 3" is excessive unless they have a large Turbo with over 20lbs of boost or something.

shawn k wrote:

Tiffany Lamy wrote:what size of piping should this car run?i realized that this amp is sound and base is good and heart touching I am asking since I know someone that has an integral also and wants to run 3 inch piping. I think that's too big.

mmmm, 3" is excessive unless they have a large Turbo with over 20lbs of boost or something.

Shawn...she's a femme bot. "She" takes words from different replies to make a none sense reply.