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Old 06-26-10, 08:30 PM
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good stuff man
Old 06-26-10, 08:41 PM
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Originally Posted by LexusGSF
Carbon, your car is F***ing hot!
thanks!

Originally Posted by sleeper408
Your car has come a long way. Too bad I can't hear the audio in person afterwards!
yeah we have decided to run the hybrid audio imagines up front so the front stage should be great with the Arc KS in the rear for fill. We've done several build with this staging and it should be awesome! It will be a good platform for me for the time being and will be easy to upgrade speakers later since I am doing all the deadening and running of wires now. Prepping now for later down the road.

Originally Posted by scannmann
Very nice build I am impressd
Thanks!

Originally Posted by del3180
I definitely like the final result.
lol there is no final result. I don't like keeping things the same for too long. Gotta change it up every now and then.

Originally Posted by tmf2004
Tony wheels look great on the Audi.. I don't think they could fit any better.. Nice work
yeah I know, they fit like a glove with those adapters. Luckily, his adapters were the perfect size. The fronts could have sit out a little more but it wasn't bad for the random idea. Just tried them and they fit nice. Almost makes me want to sell them and get newer wheels, almost haha. That will be part of the next phase in changes.

Originally Posted by RAWKUSsd
cars looking really dope keep up the good work
thanks!

Originally Posted by Automan
Very nice man! I am assuming I will see this featured in a booth at HIN-NOPI in a month?
lol yeah right we are, however, hoping to have this done and squared away for the ELITE Summer Nationals in Spartanburg, SC in August. It would be nice to have it at the HIN/NOPI event in July but we will see.
Old 06-28-10, 07:23 AM
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keep it up tony..... looking good
Old 06-28-10, 04:43 PM
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Good work Tony...
Old 06-29-10, 02:07 PM
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thanks adrian! tested out the hybrid audio imagines today. wow! building the baffles and rings was more work than i thought but it was all worth it!

Stock speakers in stock location



Took out the amoeba pod lol



Disassembled the pod



Check out this crazy pioneer port action from factory



Made some baffles from 3/4" mdf



Looks like a little pig shape to me but whatever works







Magnet size difference



Speaker surface difference


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Old 06-30-10, 06:25 AM
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Cutting out the holes for the speakers to drop in next

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Got around to taking apart the mirrors and painting them black. I was going to do carbon wrapping but the curves on the mirror proved to be too extreme for the threads to stretch without looking funny. Big thanks to Bucky for spraying them black for me.

Tool off the mirrors while John was getting his Miata painted





Rough sanding down of the white paint that was on there



Took apart the mounts and mirrors to get both surfaces sanded and painted evenly

Sanding the mirror cups



Sanding the mirror mounts



Ready for paint



Bucky at work



2nd coat



Cleared over



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Started to wire up the trunk





taping up the wires and labeling them



ran a set of primary wires for “custom wiring”



Wrapped up my door panel inserts



Took apart the panels























more to come soon.
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looks great
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I knew it!
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Very nice
Love your work
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The carbon fabric on the door inserts turned out great!!
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Originally Posted by Mv350
looks great
thanks!

Originally Posted by Automan
I knew it!
you knew what?!? you haven't seen any pictures of the top secret project trunk!

Originally Posted by LexusGSF
Very nice
Love your work
thanks!

Originally Posted by veritek
The carbon fabric on the door inserts turned out great!!
thanks bing! can't wait till this trunk project is done!!!!
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took you long enough! when I first saw this stuff come out, I knew you were going to do it. Looks good, now learn to sew and do your seat inserts Gandor mirrors are a nice touch as well
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Originally Posted by speedaddic
took you long enough! when I first saw this stuff come out, I knew you were going to do it. Looks good, now learn to sew and do your seat inserts Gandor mirrors are a nice touch as well
there's been a lot more progress i just have to refrain posting pictures of it until it is all finished. kinda like a top secret project lolz


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