Hello my fellow CL members,

I recently got back from San Jose where my baby Lex has a complete sound system upgraded. The shop I picked for this project is no other than Simplicity in Sound, and I'm quite sure many of you are familiar with his awesome work of arts in system installations. Here are some details:

The goals:

1. good sound quality on a relatively tight budget
2. clean and fully stealth, with as little room taken up as possible.

Let's get started:

For HU, I chose the Premier 690UB headunit which resides in the stock location, note the USB cable coming out of the pocket:

http://simplicity.elitecaraudio.org/dangs1.JPG

The stock location for the front speakers is pretty bad, i believe 4" stock sizing with not much room, plus its middle of the door...so basically, if you are looking for good SQ, the best approach would be to move away from that location.

I already have a set of old school sound stream exact 5.25component sets, these were very nice sound comp sets back in the day, better IMO than anything SS has made in a long long time. Anyway, Bing complimented the set by switching to a set of DLS UR5i 5.25" midbass, and built simple little kicks for them. The driver side was specially tricky since the parking brake pedal still needs to come down:

note also the Phoenix Gold LPL remote bass control **** between the two factory switches on the left end of the dash.

http://simplicity.elitecaraudio.org/dangs2.JPG

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The back door speakers, he ran new wires from the headunit to the output side of the stock amp in the trunk, to run them as well. While also removing the stock subwoofer on the rear deck for better venting into the cabin:

http://simplicity.elitecaraudio.org/dangs7.JPG

Moving on to the trunk...the first gen GS has a very short, albveit wide and deep trunk (gas tank takes up the front half of the trunk area)...so its tailor fit for a spare tire well enclosure type of stealth install.

Here is the view with the carpet in place, as you can see, floor wasnt raised an inch

http://simplicity.elitecaraudio.org/dangs8.JPG

Once you pull the carpet off, you can see a whole new fake floor trimmed in grey carpeting, with a big cutout in the middle. Bing also built a side rack on the passenger side, with two additional covers:

http://simplicity.elitecaraudio.org/dangs9.JPG

http://simplicity.elitecaraudio.org/dangs10.JPG

and here is what it looks like with all the covers off. two Nine.2s flank a single image dynamics IDQ10 Version 3 10" sub. With all three under a white vinyl and routed top cover. On the side rack, facing sideways into the trunk, is a Pioneer 12-disc cd changer, while on top, a Phoenix Gold EQ215ix EQ/xover resides. This way, everything can be hidden yet easily accessed for tuning or cd insertion with the removal of a cover.

http://simplicity.elitecaraudio.org/dangs11.JPG

http://simplicity.elitecaraudio.org/dangs12.JPG

http://simplicity.elitecaraudio.org/dangs13.JPG

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http://simplicity.elitecaraudio.org/dangs15.JPG

http://simplicity.elitecaraudio.org/dangs16.JPG

and one last pic showing the wiring and assembly neatly mounted under the floor and covers:

http://simplicity.elitecaraudio.org/dangs17.JPG

Let me tell you, this system sounds and performs incredibly awesome, and despite the facts that I drove hundreds of miles for this installation project, it's all well worth the road trip. Not only Bing a highly respectable installer, but a great guy to work with as well. I hope you all enjoy the thread and pictures -- I know I'm.

Danny

 

Thanks Danny, it was great working iwth you as well, let me try and fix the image links for ya

[QUOTE=Temptation;3076229]Hello my fellow CL members,

I recently got back from San Jose where my baby Lex has a complete sound system upgraded. The shop I picked for this project is no other than Simplicity in Sound, and I'm quite sure many of you are familiar with his awesome work of arts in system installations. Here are some details:

The goals:

1. good sound quality on a relatively tight budget
2. clean and fully stealth, with as little room taken up as possible.

Let's get started:

For HU, I chose the Premier 690UB headunit which resides in the stock location, note the USB cable coming out of the pocket:



The stock location for the front speakers is pretty bad, i believe 4" stock sizing with not much room, plus its middle of the door...so basically, if you are looking for good SQ, the best approach would be to move away from that location.

I already have a set of old school sound stream exact 5.25component sets, these were very nice sound comp sets back in the day, better IMO than anything SS has made in a long long time. Anyway, Bing complimented the set by switching to a set of DLS UR5i 5.25" midbass, and built simple little kicks for them. The driver side was specially tricky since the parking brake pedal still needs to come down:

note also the Phoenix Gold LPL remote bass control **** between the two factory switches on the left end of the dash.












The back door speakers, he ran new wires from the headunit to the output side of the stock amp in the trunk, to run them as well. While also removing the stock subwoofer on the rear deck for better venting into the cabin:

 

Moving on to the trunk...the first gen GS has a very short, albveit wide and deep trunk (gas tank takes up the front half of the trunk area)...so its tailor fit for a spare tire well enclosure type of stealth install.

Here is the view with the carpet in place, as you can see, floor wasnt raised an inch



Once you pull the carpet off, you can see a whole new fake floor trimmed in grey carpeting, with a big cutout in the middle. Bing also built a side rack on the passenger side, with two additional covers:





and here is what it looks like with all the covers off. two Nine.2s flank a single image dynamics IDQ10 Version 3 10" sub. With all three under a white vinyl and routed top cover. On the side rack, facing sideways into the trunk, is a Pioneer 12-disc cd changer, while on top, a Phoenix Gold EQ215ix EQ/xover resides. This way, everything can be hidden yet easily accessed for tuning or cd insertion with the removal of a cover.














and one last pic showing the wiring and assembly neatly mounted under the floor and covers:



Let me tell you, this system sounds and performs incredibly awesome, and despite the facts that I drove hundreds of miles for this installation project, it's all well worth the road trip. Not only Bing a highly respectable installer, but a great guy to work with as well. I hope you all enjoy the thread and pictures -- I know I'm.

Danny[/QUOTE]

 

Thanks again Bing! I now look for excuses to take my car out more often to enjoy listening to my music.