Teaser? nahhh... here's the new trunk setup in my GS
09-22-04 | 05:05 PM
#1
Thread Starter
Forum Administrator
iTrader: (2)
Joined: Feb 2001
Posts: 31,628
Likes: 2,359
From: North Carolina
Teaser? nahhh... here's the new trunk setup in my GS
Got all this done just before NOPI in Atlanta last week. Really I mean, just before NOPI as in 4:30am the day I drove down there. If you read my car of the month writeup in July, one area I thought my car lacked was 'bump in the trunk'. My old setup sounded pretty good, but IMO was not aesthetically appealing for 'show' and didn't hit terribly hard. Here's a picture of the "before" setup (10W3, JL 500/5)
So I decided with all the investment I had recently done in my car, I didn't want that one area lingering 'un-done'. I documented the progress all along in my website gallery (click here). In short, I had the following pieces installed:
JL 10 inch W7 sub
JL 1000/1 amp
JL 450/4 amp
Monster caps, 2 ga power kit, fuse holder, upgraded speaker wire and interlinks, distribution kits, etc.
Additional Dynamat throughout including front doors and new baffles.
We used the new Dynaxorb panels on the bottom or the sub enclosure
Other small stuff I'm forgetting and will add later
Like all the other stuff I've done to my GS, I wanted the trunk setup to be tasteful but noticable. Not over-done, but still easily recognizable as a nice modification. I still wanted to be able to use my trunk if I needed to and have access to store and pull out the spare tire.
I also wasn't willing to give up my rear strut tower brace, so my installer (Tweeter in Charlotte) worked around it, eventually embedding it in the design. If you look closely at the pics of the sub box, the Tom's STB is wrapped in a black shrink tube and sealed tightly going right through the middle of the box!
In addition to the imbedded STB, the box is pretty trick. The W7 is inverted in the enclosure and the connectors seem to end by into the side of the box. The inside back of the box is polished aluminum and the walls are a carbon fiber pattern vinyl. The outside of the box is a tightly wrapped black vinyl as are the amp racks. The amp racks are two level so all the wiring drops right down to the lower level. There are hidden neons (no bright neon) over top of the amps and white and light blue in the sub box for a little light.
Here are a few pics of the final "after" result:
So I decided with all the investment I had recently done in my car, I didn't want that one area lingering 'un-done'. I documented the progress all along in my website gallery (click here). In short, I had the following pieces installed:
JL 10 inch W7 sub
JL 1000/1 amp
JL 450/4 amp
Monster caps, 2 ga power kit, fuse holder, upgraded speaker wire and interlinks, distribution kits, etc.
Additional Dynamat throughout including front doors and new baffles.
We used the new Dynaxorb panels on the bottom or the sub enclosure
Other small stuff I'm forgetting and will add later
Like all the other stuff I've done to my GS, I wanted the trunk setup to be tasteful but noticable. Not over-done, but still easily recognizable as a nice modification. I still wanted to be able to use my trunk if I needed to and have access to store and pull out the spare tire.
I also wasn't willing to give up my rear strut tower brace, so my installer (Tweeter in Charlotte) worked around it, eventually embedding it in the design. If you look closely at the pics of the sub box, the Tom's STB is wrapped in a black shrink tube and sealed tightly going right through the middle of the box!
In addition to the imbedded STB, the box is pretty trick. The W7 is inverted in the enclosure and the connectors seem to end by into the side of the box. The inside back of the box is polished aluminum and the walls are a carbon fiber pattern vinyl. The outside of the box is a tightly wrapped black vinyl as are the amp racks. The amp racks are two level so all the wiring drops right down to the lower level. There are hidden neons (no bright neon) over top of the amps and white and light blue in the sub box for a little light.
Here are a few pics of the final "after" result:
Last edited by DaveGS4; 09-22-04 at 05:42 PM.
09-22-04 | 05:05 PM
#2
Thread Starter
Forum Administrator
iTrader: (2)
Joined: Feb 2001
Posts: 31,628
Likes: 2,359
From: North Carolina
Power and fuse holder under the hood, note the nicely ensheathed wiring
Back deck with Dynamat and 2ga wiring.
New door install. Turns out my old baffles were plywood, not MDF
Behind the back seat (caps, xovers, distribution, etc)
Running the wires down the door jamb
Lots more in-process pictures in the folder I linked above if you want to look through 'em
Still got to get this sucker tuned and get rid of a bit of a whine that won't go away. My OEM antenna was causing some noise as well. Looks wise, I'm feeling good about it.
Back deck with Dynamat and 2ga wiring.
New door install. Turns out my old baffles were plywood, not MDF
Behind the back seat (caps, xovers, distribution, etc)
Running the wires down the door jamb
Lots more in-process pictures in the folder I linked above if you want to look through 'em
Still got to get this sucker tuned and get rid of a bit of a whine that won't go away. My OEM antenna was causing some noise as well. Looks wise, I'm feeling good about it.
Last edited by DaveGS4; 09-22-04 at 05:54 PM.
09-22-04 | 05:18 PM
#5
Thread Starter
Forum Administrator
iTrader: (2)
Joined: Feb 2001
Posts: 31,628
Likes: 2,359
From: North Carolina
Originally posted by T.L.W.
hey Dave did the judges notice the tails ????
hey Dave did the judges notice the tails ????
09-22-04 | 05:29 PM
#7
Lexus Fanatic
Joined: Dec 2003
Posts: 14,523
Likes: 3
From: new jersey
Originally posted by DaveGS4
Nope, judges had no clue what they were. They were pretty disinterested in talking with us about the cars at Nopi and didn't spend a whole lot of time looking at them IMO. A little disappointing.
Nope, judges had no clue what they were. They were pretty disinterested in talking with us about the cars at Nopi and didn't spend a whole lot of time looking at them IMO. A little disappointing.
their loss
btw whos the ghost in your car lol
