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Motors my car and install

Discussion in 'General' started by samuelellis, 6 Aug 2005.

  1. samuelellis

    samuelellis What's a Dremel?

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    ok after speaking about ti a lot im finally posting pics on here

    kit is
    blaupunkt new york
    boston rc 61 6.5inch comps
    mac audio amp bridged to 2ch to run the front speakers (160w per speaker)
    audio system twister f2>500 2ch amp bridged to the sub (1250 watts)
    powerbass evolution sub

    sound dedening is dynamat extreme
    wiring CAD (www.caraudiodirect.com) wiring kit
    streetwires wiring

    the boot
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    door being dedeninged (5 layers in places on the outer skin, 2 layers in places on the inner skin)
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    doorcard with a layer of sound-dedening
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    doorcard back on with speaker fitted
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    tweeter mount
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    car looking good
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    headunit
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    needs more deadening int he front doors though
    need to use expanding foam to fill the voids in the boot lid
    find someware to mount a 2nd battery int eh boot (already got a larger battery upfront)
    posibally look at putting the sub in a ported box
    make a build int he govebox to hold my eq/mp3 player (reads mp3s off up to 5 mmc cards) and volt meter
     
  2. Sc0rian

    Sc0rian Here comes the farmer

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    looks good mate :)
     
  3. samuelellis

    samuelellis What's a Dremel?

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    my sunroof wobbles when i turn ti up and my rear wiper slighlyly bounces

    they dynamat set me aback 150 quid for the bulk pack and i stilla hve a fair bit left so im attacking the doors and gettign more in there

    the only issue was because the wetters are in the factory locations the windscreen turns into a giant speaker

    ah well, its still farly quiet outside the vehicle - jsut the eaxust rattles when the bass is going
     
  4. Constructacon

    Constructacon Constructing since 1978

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    Nice so far. Got any final pics of the boot install?
     
  5. tm36usa

    tm36usa What's a Dremel?

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    w00t a fellow VW owner! Nice Install
     
  6. samuelellis

    samuelellis What's a Dremel?

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    well ti does me, next things to go in are my velocity mp3 player
    mabey change my headunit to a becker nav system
    an epicentre is gonna be fitted at some point, probably when i redesign the boot

    lots more dedening is needed, i think the next thing si to remove the rooflining and cover the entire roof in dynamat extreme, replace the plastic trim on the outside of the windscreen as that is rattling like owt

    posibally chage the fronts to some morel/dynaudio drivers while keeping it looking stock
     
  7. samuelellis

    samuelellis What's a Dremel?

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    nope that is how the boot stands at the moment, i am looking at re-deshinging it by either makign a fibreglass stealthbox big enough to go ported or using the entire boot floor as a enclosure and ahve the sub mounted like that

    atm its thrown in as i may need to look at split-charging shortly
     
  8. fullfat

    fullfat What's a Dremel?

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    i like the tweeters you have there mate, ive also got a mk3, were they difficult to fit? and did they come with all the bits to do it properly?

    i would bet it sounds great in there

    :)
     
  9. samuelellis

    samuelellis What's a Dremel?

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    tbh they are the standard tweeter mounts that i butchered to fit mine in, if you dont want to butcher yours then you could probably get some from a scrappers easy enough, remove the speaker grill then the tweeter mount just pops out, when i was looking iirc the polo used a similar mount so you could get some form a polo but im not 100% sure

    knocked the old tweeters out, put the surface mount cup for the tweeters my comps came with in, glued it all together and dropped my tweeter in

    only problem is they are too high for the original grills to go back on so i got to make some, same as the doors
     
  10. Freedom

    Freedom Minimodder

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    That what i like to see i well thought out sound install with minum rattle dont u hate cars that havent been derattled(nt a technical term lol).
     
  11. samuelellis

    samuelellis What's a Dremel?

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    oh no the exaust still rattles fromt he vibrations of the hifi, the flase floor vibrates nad you can see the rear wiper moving

    cant reallyd o wot about the wiper though
     
  12. Freedom

    Freedom Minimodder

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    try geting some thin foam sheet underneith the false floor should stop it rattleing think it will still virate thou. Y nt take off the rear wiper and smooth it out. Thou i dnt know wat to do about the exaust. i think it would look pretty good if you made a case for the subthat moulded around one side and the boot and stealthed with a layer of matching car carpet over it. but good going so far anyway
     
  13. samuelellis

    samuelellis What's a Dremel?

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    nope next thing is a dirty low tuned ported enclosure
    the boot floor already has a sheet of extreme on there
    the rear wiper stays
    the golf has better bass response witht he sub facing the boot lid so thats how it stays
     
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    micb Minimodder

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    Play some tones and isolate the places that rattle then treat them. I've known people to use half cut tennis balls to act as a dampening suspention system to reduce false floor rattles.

    That PBX is going to hert when tuned to low 30's :D
     
  15. samuelellis

    samuelellis What's a Dremel?

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    oh i know, i alreayd get visible sunroof wobble witht he sealed enclosure

    half cut tennis balls you say, i had though sponge material under the sub enclosure and the false floor

    a poted enclosure is next on the hitlist tbh, but im mounting it arse out as the magent on the dirty drop monster is too nice to be hidden, im tempted to tune lower like you did with the infinity though

    but the ideas monster is saying to me ahve a look at the pbx comps or even a set of PHD's
     
  16. samuelellis

    samuelellis What's a Dremel?

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    ah well after going to source sounds in sheffiled i now hold
    3rd place in the uk in street a (db drag)
    2nd place in stock 1-260 in IDBL
     
  17. micb

    micb Minimodder

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    136db on a TL sensor is pretty loud (that is like 142db-144db on the old audio control mics) for sealed I bet that slams

    Tiss cool, when you port you could see past 140db!

    BTW been doing loads more deadening to my car, I got two layers of extreme (with lots of coverage!) in most places, the rear bar strut which is part of the shelf which caused me a good chunk of the vibration problems is stupidly dead now, I can't wait for you to try the knock test on it.

    Just got to do the wheel well, boot lid and then the rear part of the car is done.

    My car was not that bad when undeadened but it going to rock once done!

    I can't wait to hear the latest incarnation of your audio install Sam!
     
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