After looking around for a multi purpose vehicle, I decided on a Volvo 850 AWD estate (wagon). It needs to be able to carry the family in comfort, carry my painting gear, and have enough room left over for an ambitious install. It should manage all of these with ease, but my first pic will show you the cars normal use:
Loaded up with gear for my evening/weekend painting jobs (I'm a professional painter with a proper day job, but like to earn a bit extra when I can).
I've always been a fan of ZX amps, and recently managed to bag these little beauties:
The ZX350 looks like it just came out of the factory, and the other two were pretty close.
The ZX450 was the worst of the bunch, with a few of the usual minor rust blemishes (caused by poor factory coating!), and a scuff on one of the windows. After a few hours of detailing they came up looking as good as the ZX350 though.
Now we need somewhere to put them. My plans have changed a few times for various reasons, but I'm pretty much set on the amps going into the spare wheel well on a false floor which hides the processor (H700) and various wiring underneath them. I'm thinking of laying the bigger two out back to back (ZX950 style), with the ZX350 facing you as you look in. This is the space I have:
Driver choice is almost decided on - Hybrid Audio L1 & L3 driven active by the ZX450, some CDT 8" midbass in the doors (@2 Ohms off the ZX350), then an IDMax 12 run from the ZX500. The midbass are the only ones I've not fully commited to, but we'll see how that one pans out.
It's going to be a long slow process as I never have much time on my hands, but I'll get there in the end
