my install

marko · Post by **marko** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 12:20 am

here's my install, all done by myself inluding trimming the door builds in alcantara which was a real bitch to do but well worth the hassle!

marko · Post by **marko** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 12:23 am

focal audiom and utopia components and TI1 headunit

Haz · Post by **Haz** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 7:59 am

Hi,

Which car is this and do you have the rear seats taken out?

Haz

Post by **mr tibbs** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 9:04 am

Wow, wow, wow, beautiful install!! Nice work man!

twisted · Post by **twisted** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 9:50 am

i must say that is very sexy

marko · Post by **marko** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 11:17 am

Haz wrote:Hi,

Which car is this and do you have the rear seats taken out?

Haz

it's a skoda octavia vrs, still have the rear seats and still have a reasonably large usable boot too (made all covers to protect everything)

Post by **Bfowler** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 11:25 am

i hate you and your headunit!!!!!!!!!!

but jesus, nice job

brenzbmr@sb · Post by **brenzbmr@sb** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 1:49 pm

i always admired the amount ofms amps inyour install.
its clean and i wish i could actuallly hear it.

cool

tsonka · Post by **tsonka** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 2:01 pm

Marko that is awsome

marko · Post by **marko** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 2:17 pm

thanks for all the nice comments guys, i've been tuning it for over a year now and it gets better and better, has one of the best stages i've ever heard in a car, i do think the extreme low end could be better though, shame i can't IB those idmax's

Post by **Francious70** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 7:47 pm

Dood, I love your install each and every time.

Mastiff · Post by **Mastiff** » Mon Dec 25, 2006 9:25 am

meh....

j/k nice work

HoseHead · Post by **HoseHead** » Mon Dec 25, 2006 12:06 pm

Very nice. A professional installer would show envy.

Q - I've never installed drivers in the kicks. How the hell do you keep them from getting a beating? I understand the benefits of this location, but they are so suceptable to getting punched in with goofs in boots.

HH

marko · Post by **marko** » Mon Dec 25, 2006 12:17 pm

it's a lot more challenging to do kick builds in a right hand drive car, this is one reason why i chose my car very wisely, i knew VAG cars had big kick wells and i managed to get 6" mids in there very comfortably!

i envy you guys with left hand drive automatics

HoseHead · Post by **HoseHead** » Mon Dec 25, 2006 12:34 pm

Can we get some views from further back, please? And some of the hinges you are using? Thanks.

HH

Post by **Francious70** » Mon Dec 25, 2006 2:23 pm

HH, you could put metal grills to keep you from hurting them.

Post by **bdubs767** » Mon Dec 25, 2006 3:45 pm

marko love it...are your midranges on axis?

marko · Post by **marko** » Mon Dec 25, 2006 11:43 pm

HoseHead wrote:Can we get some views from further back, please? And some of the hinges you are using? Thanks.

HH

just standard door hinges lol! they take the weight all day long, i routed them in flush with the 18mm mdf to which the amps are mounted.

note the old rockford audiophiles before upgrading to max's!

marko · Post by **marko** » Mon Dec 25, 2006 11:51 pm

bdubs767 wrote:marko love it...are your midranges on axis?

on axis with opposite listener, no time allignment used and have near perfect imaging/staging

have been tempted to swap the tlr's out for beryllium tweeters but not convinced i'll be better off, those tlr's work wonders for imaging/staging

brenzbmr@sb · Post by **brenzbmr@sb** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 1:23 am

i see someolder rockford punch audiophilles woofers in there.

marko · Post by **marko** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 1:30 am

brenzbmr@sb wrote:i see someolder rockford punch audiophilles woofers in there.

yes, these were in for last season and sound very nice, thought i'd upgrade so i could do the ms2250 justice at 4 ohms instead of 8ohms!!

Post by **bdubs767** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 6:48 am

marko wrote:
bdubs767 wrote:marko love it...are your midranges on axis?
on axis with opposite listener, no time allignment used and have near perfect imaging/staging have been tempted to swap the tlr's out for beryllium tweeters but not convinced i'll be better off, those tlr's work wonders for imaging/staging

where your tweeters are placed from what I heard the tlr are hands down the winner everytime...the kings of the pillars

Post by **VW337** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 3:46 pm

Always envious when I see this install...........nice very nice.

jbondox · Post by **jbondox** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 7:02 pm

marko, nice install, I skimmed through the posts and heard you say alcantara was a biatch on the doors. were you using panel or cover? panel stretches pretty good, and have got it to form to some reall weird shapes. there is a few other types of alcantara auto formal, soft, cover and panel... just a 411 in case you didn't know

marko · Post by **marko** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 1:19 am

no idea what grade of alcantara it is but if i get chance i'll take some clos up pics..was a real nightmare to trim but kept on tugging and stretching and made it fit!!