My Audio Install ... Truely 1 of a kind !!!

mikegronholz · 08-04-2004, 08:38 PM

Still working on it, but you guys will get the idea !!! Here is the setup ...

Alpine 9835
JL Audio XR650-CSi (Front)
JL Audio 650CXi (Rear)
JL Audio 300/4
JL Audio 500/1
2 JL Audio 10W3v2
Custom fiberglass and 1" MDF box under rear seat
Custom dash kit (I can make more if any of you want one)
Alpine XM
Alpine 12 Disc Changer
Alpine 7" monitor (removed from its own drop down and custom mounted in ceiling console) - in progress
Alpine 5205 DVD - in progress .... going in 2nd DIN slot

Amps are under the front seats and have trays built on top of them for cooling fans, the crossovers and the CD Changer. XM is behind the rear seat.

Here are some pics of the progress ...

GETSOMZ28 · 08-04-2004, 08:51 PM

Looking good!

KY TITAN · 08-04-2004, 09:58 PM

very nice! you do all the work yourself?

FXR · 08-06-2004, 11:35 AM

Nice install!
I am runnig that same amp on my seperates.
I ended up running the front dash speakers off of the rear output of the deck and the front and rear seperates off of the rear out RCA's. You can then fade front to rear to add fill up high from the dash 1-1/2".
I am running the following:
Pioneer DEHP-9300
JL 300/4
USA-700T
2 Diamond MacDaddy 10's
6-1/2" Diamond Hex Seperates, Front
6-1/2" Diamond Coax, Rear

dooboy2112 · 08-06-2004, 11:48 AM

That's nice good work.

SarkaZm · 08-06-2004, 10:20 PM

Nice amps, good quality.

04TitanXECC · 08-07-2004, 08:10 PM

That's a nice set up. Me personally i like all the Diamond Audio stuff. I had a JL 12W7 powered by a MTX 81000D and that wasnt bad but the sound quality wasnt there. Now, in the new Titan i'm going with all Diamond Audio equiptment. Im going with TDX 6 1/2 components with a silk tweeter up front. In back im going with M6 6 1/2 component with an aluminum tweeter, with all of it bi-amper with a pair of D5 600.4 amps. And for subs im going with a pair of M6 Mach II 10D4's powered by a D5 1200.1. And for a head unit im going with an Eclipse CD8454 so i can get all the time alignment with a professional set up.

MaxPowers · 08-07-2004, 08:47 PM

Wow, sounds expensive but would sound great too.

04TitanXECC · 08-08-2004, 10:28 AM

Not as expensive as you think. For everything except the HU its just over $2000. And im going to do most of the building and install so thats where im saving all the money. The hardest part of it all is going to be the time alignment and bi-amping the components, which a buddy of mine is going to do it all professionally. And building an enclosure for the subs, which isnt really hard its just time consuming. All in all its gonna cast me about $2800 and a case of beer to do everything.

JoshJam · 08-10-2004, 05:23 AM

I'm considering the same subs and sub amp. How much air space are you getting on each sub...? Is it LOUD...?

Thanks,
Josh

mikegronholz · 08-10-2004, 08:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JoshJam

I'm considering the same subs and sub amp. How much air space are you getting on each sub...? Is it LOUD...?

Thanks,
Josh

Getting right at .8 per ... and is it LOUD ... it can be

JoshJam · 08-10-2004, 08:43 AM

Because of the similarity in our systems, I'm going to bother you some more. (I'll be running the same amp on the highs as well)

1)Are you running a capacitor...?
2)What gauge wire did you run back...? What gauge to the amps...?
3)Did you run new speaker wire for the door speakers, or tap into the factory wires...?

Thanks a ton...?
J

04TitanXECC · 08-10-2004, 08:47 AM

Im running a Directed 5F cap just for the subs and thats it. I ran 1/0 and split it to 4ga and ran that to the amps. And i never use factory wires, they are too small, i always replace factory wires.

mikegronholz · 08-10-2004, 09:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JoshJam

Because of the similarity in our systems, I'm going to bother you some more. (I'll be running the same amp on the highs as well)

1)Are you running a capacitor...?
2)What gauge wire did you run back...? What gauge to the amps...?
3)Did you run new speaker wire for the door speakers, or tap into the factory wires...?

Thanks a ton...?
J

No cap. You have to REALLY let the subs thump to get any light dimming effect !!!

Ran 4 gauge to each amp, 12ga to the fronts, used the factory for the rears (to much of a pain to use the POS hose Nissan gave us) and 8ga to the subs. All JL wire.

It would have been nice to run wire to the rears, but Nissan dropped the ball on wire loom to the rear doors on the KC !!!

smoketitan · 08-10-2004, 11:00 PM

how did you all run wire through the front doors through that rubber housing in the doors?? I fiugred I had to take the dash off--please do tell d loved to not have to splice the thin stock wire