Hokay so.. Ive got an hour to kill while I wait for something.. so i figure that I may as well share with Aussie Magna my latest build in my VRX.

This is still very much half finished as you will gather, and a lot of the info is copy/pasted so bear with me if something is reference to something that doesnt make sense :P


Here we go!








ecent upgraded my Magna to a... Magna, yay!

The new one has 5 years on the old one, a bigger engine, and a VRX badge biggrin.gif


The Old
http://members.westnet.com.au/woobie/build/old.jpg

The New!
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First order of business was getting my good bits off the old Magna and onto the new one.. so off went the rims! (Picture shows the springs before i drove the car so it looks a hell of a lot higher than it actually is.

http://members.westnet.com.au/woobie/build/rim_swap.jpg
(hehe)

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hen I got stuck into the audio side of things.

The design process is the single most important part of any job, without it you are merely improvising as you go along. These are a few of the sketches I drew when trying to think of what the hell I was going to do. Sketching designs also tends to lead to a much better design than if you were to not have done it in the first place, as long as your pen is always on the paper and you arent staring at a blank piece of paper, inspiration will come!

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http://members.westnet.com.au/woobie/build/design2.jpg

If you have a lot of trouble trying to design things, just start by drawing random shapes and patterns on the paper.. a lot of the time you will notice something in one of these patterns that you really like, and the design will flow from there.

Satisfied with what I had designed (plenty more sketches of the way it is to be built lying around too), I moved on to the first stage, fiberglass!

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While I stuck a few coats on that I got started on the baffle.

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Also while I was at it I thought I would pull one of the doors off and start fabricating the new mounts for the 8" mids. This required for the baffle to be angled to match the current baffles.

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The on the edges show where I am going to plane down to, once planed I can easily cut the rings out from the non-planed edge.

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I'm not quite happy with the angle yet, so ill figure out how i plan on increasing the angle later on, but it will probably involve setting the spacers into the baffles to achieve the higher angle.

Meanwhile, yay! Fiberglass has had a few coats, and is strong enough to pull out of the car and proceed from there.

http://members.westnet.com.au/woobie/build/8.jpg

Starting to take shape. 3 more coats and then I can do the bean test to see what volume I've got, and fill a bit, and decide what size the port will be from there.

A bit later in the day, my mate came round with my other Magna (he is using it while I don't need it), and we ripped out all of the old gear ready to start putting into the VRX during the course of this week.

http://members.westnet.com.au/woobie/build/9.jpg

What a pile of unorganised crap! Inside that pile consists the following:

1x Alpine 7998R deck
2x Eclipse XA4000 amps
LOTSx speaker and power cabling
6x channels worth of Kicker RCA
6x 2 million colour led tubes
2x Hertz Space 8 8" midrange drivers
2x CDT Kama 1" tweeters

All will be going into the new car, I was considering getting new tweets, but I decided im happy with the sound these ones make so why bother ruining a good thing.


Thats all for now, should have a few more updates later in the week.. and a bit further into the install I will unveil my 'signature' styling on the isntall smile.gif A few might be able to guess what it is.. for the rest of you, wait and see!

If anyone has any suggestions on things that could be done differently to a better quality or greater rate of work, by all means tell me, im always looking to improve my knowledge in all areas!

I also acquired a HID kit quite cheap, which came with 6000K and 8000K globes. I got around to fitting it the other day, and all I can say about it is WOW, 6000K, when properly aligned, absolutely crap on standard globes!

I had a mate in his car drive around with me to ensure that the light wasnt irritating other drivers, and he assured me that it was more comfortable to drive near than his Evo's standard HID's were.

The amount more detail you can see on the road, not to mention street signs is incredible! And while driving last night it started hammering with rain, and the HID's provided driving clarity that standard globes could NEVER achieve. Its a real shame that they are illegal after market.

This is a comparison before the globes were adjusted.

http://members.westnet.com.au/woobie/images/hid.jpg

While the light difference doesn't look much different there, when you get on the road it becomes really understandable.

The one issue I have with them so far is that the ballasts seem to cause a bit of RF noise.. thought I have been told that ferrite blocks inline with the ground wire can greatly reduce this, so I will try it in the near future.

fairly lazy day today, just got a bit done on the box (baffle is on), and finished the speaker baffles ready for painting. Cant work on the box until i get some more matting sadly sad.gif Should get it some time this week. but its done enough to start on the next step of the boot biggrin.gif

I ended up routing a series of stepped rebates into the baffles, so that the spacers sat on a greater angle. Could have done it in a single depth rebate, but stepping the rebate meant there was less of a gap under the spacer to be filled.

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Amp Rack:

First of all a mock up of what its going to be when i screw it together.. also so I can mark where required holes will be routed.

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Holes for speaker cables and RCA's to run through. Also the Meranti rails around the side of the rack are in place so i can screw up into the rack fascia for a strong fixing (as the rack is mounted above the spare tyre, strength is important when the rack is lifted.)

http://members.westnet.com.au/woobie/build/914.jpg

Holes! 2 4ga power, 2 4ga ground, and a little one for the remote wire. The idea with running the power cables above the rack, and the RCA's below was to maintain as much seperation as possible to avoid line noise.

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And finally the underside of the rack. I cutout a large unseen section from under the amps to reduce weight and allow a bit of ventilation into the spare wheel area.

http://members.westnet.com.au/woobie/build/917.jpg

Got lazy and didnt bother doing the fascia tonight, but it will get there, more to come!



ew more hours over the last 2 days.. and i am happy to say that the single hardest piece of the install is done. a piece that looks surprisingly simple is a lot more complex than it looks, as it has 2 compound miters either side of it, is shaped to the rear of the car, has a big hole in it to fit the amp rack properly, and mounting a piano hinge on one side of it!

and to boot, i was doing the compound miters with a jigsaw and leccy planer (and im happy to say came out as if they were done on the panel saw)

The install so far:
http://members.westnet.com.au/woobie/build/918.jpg

Team Mascot slacking off in the footwell!

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thought i'd show a few random pictures of some semi cool stuff ive built as of late. lets see if you can guess what i do for a job!

Reception counter for the local library, a good $100,000 for that one, very underpriced.

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Crystal cabinet, a gift to my mum after my brother put his foot through her last one while chasing me around the house 12 years ago or so

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The one for all my good bits (much better bits in it atm), trophey cabinet

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If you havent figured it out already, heres a pic of the workplace! That big brute of a panel saw comes in handy for doing boot installs and whatnot

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I have seen your install thread on MEA.....and let me just say....when this is finished....it will win many an award around the country.....you are one magnificent wood worker. Love your work dude.

I leant a very valuable lesson today. no matter how confident you are you arent going to touch any other wires, DO NOT put a drill bit near a firewall grommet that your ECU harness is coming out of. I managed to shred 4 cables, one which controls the transmission, so i spent the trip to work this morning in 'limp home' mode. 3rd gear all the way!

the cables that i shredded couldnt have been in a worse place in the entire car. dead center of the console, behind the engine block, on the firewall. it took 2 hours of slowly slicing away the loom surround, soldering wire extensions on and testing with a ecu tester thingy to fix the problem. NIGHTMARE!

On the plus side.. the VRX now has its active front stage up and runnings smile.gif speaker baffles worked perfectly, ill get pics later this week!





ay, i got de-lazy and did some work on it today!

Here is the boot to date, totally usable to throw crap in which i am very pleased about. as much as it is ugly as hell.

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Side flap, with temporary metal figure 8 to stop it from coming open! It will have 2 magnetic latches holding it in place

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Back flap (not the kind you poop out of!) This one I put in because i thought the space under the false floor was just wasted otherwise. its the perfect spot to stick my socket set and a few other bits for easy access.

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Peekaboo! amps hiding in their little cozy home.

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And finally the amp flap.. the amp rack isnt attached atm because im still pulling the boot panels in and out to work on them.

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If you noticed the rather large panel gaps, just remember that the boot is yet to be trimmed, so they allow for the carpet so they close nice and snugly smile.gif

with luck i will be ready to start my little 'signature' touch to the boot within the next week. then trimming can begin shortly after.

Cheers for looking!

more stuffs done! hooray for stuffs!

first off, this is my humble little workshop. a week ago, those woodgrain cabinets you see were someones kitchen, when we ripped it out to replace it, i got the boss to swing by my house and stick it in my shed, it was a perfect fit biggrin.gif

So far, the entire install has been carried out in this room, all cuts have been done with a jigsaw and planer, i am yet to use the panel saw at work for this.

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Safety is #1 priority at all times.

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uhh... utmost importance i tell you!

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Cutting a hole in the side flap! (God it looks ghetto when you make jig's out of offcuts!)

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All done! With a rebate cut for a panel to go behind it!

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That panel to be precise.

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And what 'that panel' has just been turned into!

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More to come later when I can be bothered doing more cutting smile.gif


EDIT: One last little burst of inspiration for the end of the night.. after a pint of Beam, i had a sudden burst of realisation, and the next half of my install has taken a very dramatic change, which I am very excited about smile.gif By the end of this weekend I hope to have everything ready for trimming!

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Big weekend Special!
Now things are starting to get fun biggrin.gif structural crap out of the way and onto the slightly more creative side of things.. this has taken a solid 10+ hours this weekend, and im quite happy with the results. getting ever so close to the trimming stages!

First step, as always, is designing and templating.. this was fairly easy in concept, but i went through about 6 templates before i was satisfied with the curves of the design.

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Once happy i got the bits cut out, and stuck a bit of gum tape over it for strength (basically the sticky stuff on envelopes, its activated by rubbing it across a piece of damp cloth).

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Then we glue it onto the mdf backing! (Since I dont have a press capable of the high pressure needed to press veneer onto mdf.. i kinda improvised)

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All glued, tape removed, and sanded up. yay!

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I wont bother showing you through the creation process of the other bits... so here are come photos fitted in the car (un-shellac'ed)

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Note in the above picture, I got the tongue and groove sorted out on the slide out piece to get the spare tyre out of the car! yay


So there you have it folks.. my little personal touch to the install that i have kept quiet thus far.. one of my great wood working passions, veneer inlay biggrin.gif Hope you like!

trim step 1. stupid shop didnt have the colour i wanted.. but after some thinking, i decided that black would be better to make the veneer the defining highlight of the boot, so black suede it was!

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trimmed it myself, ever so slowly getting better at doing things like inside edges and whatnot smile.gif


so the other day we were using the toaster, and suddenly there was a 'bang', a bit of smoke, and half of the power points in my house stopped working..

thinking it may have needed cleaning i went to pull it apart, and discovered this.

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bloody poker night on saturday. hooligans.


and now onto the most uneventful update in history...

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Yay, officially completed the Tafe portion of my apprenticeship as of today smile.gif

Here's the result of ~100 hours!

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Still needs a more thorough sanding, and a lick of lacquer but shes finally completed and im quite satisfied with the result.

On a frustrating note.. I went to buy the mechanism for it today and it turns out they are $1000... so my grandfather wont be getting it THIS christmas

wow finally got 10 seconds that im not doing something and started getting back into the install.

firstly today i got the tint on, now im a bit more sensible than the silly 5% i got last time.. i opted for 20% Safari, semi-reflective tint. One of the only tints that comes with a lifetime warranty against fading. (need daytime shots)

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And then pulled the install back apart, and fixed all of the leaks in the sub box. next time i tackle a fiberglass to mdf merge, im going to do it a lot differently. i poured a bit of water in the box, swirled it around until it leaked out, then reglassed the patch to stop the leak. after severe irritation of doing this, i ended up just getting some fiberglass filler and spamming the hell out of the box! certainly doesnt leak now.

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Yep, decided to port it up biggrin.gif That thing was not fun fitting into the box. its now so tight between the port and the box that i cant get my hand past to trim off the excess silicone on that nice piece of glass there sad.gif

hoping to have continuous progress for the next few weeks until completed smile.gif fingers crossed!

oh yeah and i listed my old magna on CarSales, and the new owner was driving out of my driveway 22 hours later. lol.

and thats it to date :)

really happy with the way the sub sounds inside its now home.. next step of the install it to do a touch of trimming.. and set up the light show :D this is the bit im really looking forward to :)

Stay tuned for the rest of this really long and boring thread!


Tuffy you ninja, slipped a post in :D

really looking forward to seeing this
between you and hlucin8, looking like WA will easily take out best audio install this year :)

Woob.

I hate you.

I mean this with the utmost respect.

Im now not so sure of posting pics of my install, I thought mine was 'ok'.....and now im nearly in tears :redface:

Sen*****sational. Im speachless.

i still dont get what you do for a job? :P
boot install coming along nicely :)

what tafe did you go to? we didnt do that sort of stuff at thornlie :(

Nice job mate, looks like alot of work.

I've got another boot waiting for you when your done with that one :D

By the way is it gonna be easy to get at your spare when you get a flat?

Spare is really easy to get out, ive already done it once, the whole amp rack will lift, inc cables, latch onto the top of the boot, and the spare slides straight out.


Roberto, mate of mine went to Thornlie too, he really didnt like the projects they did there and I found out that Balga was a little more intricate in their designs so i opted to go there instead.

Ers, this is about my 30th boot install, my build quality used to be very dodgy indeed, im confident in saying that however yours finishes, it will be better than the first half of my installs :P I'll be keen to see when your done, and if anything, hopefully youll be proud of what youve created and walk away with something for next time!

Even now there are certainly things I would do differently next time, and depending how the finish looks, parts may be rebuilt.

I came.

Twice.

Woob...
Wow!!
:thumbsup:

lol just gave up on working on it today before i even started. opened the boot, stared at it, and closed the boot :P

WAYYYYYY too hot today!

Where's the cake?! :(



Jk... Looking da goods mate! Looking forward to seeing it complete.

Btw - is it just me, or do the amps look scratched on top?

http://www.100xr.com/100_XR/Artists/C/Cake/Cake-band.jpg CAKE!

guy who does my tint didnt cover up the parcel shelf in the old magna while tinting the back window, his cleaning fluid dripped through the 6x9 hole and made a mess. i cleaned them yesterday actually :)

Wow! absolutely amazing mate!! :pray: would love to have u do my boot half as good as that

Top shelf!

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sif lie, refer to my previous post with a photo of the band Cake :)

Now apologise dammit :D

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Hallarious!!

Woob you must be keen mate, all i did today is install a new set of 6x9's and i was already over it.

****** of a job by the way, all that shelf space and they stick 'em 2" off the window,i thought about hiring a 6yr old for their little hands (purely to take out my speakers before anyone comments on that, sick bastards!).

Hahaha don't worry Toocky I got the Portals reference.

http://ui26.gamespot.com/825/cakelie_2.jpg

lmao! never got that game.. played it on a few friends pc's and it was awesome tho

Hahaha don't worry Toocky I got the Portals reference.

http://ui26.gamespot.com/825/cakelie_2.jpg


you and my friend
http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs19/f/2007/298/0/5/Love_Your_Companion_Cube_by_CalicoStonewolf.jpg

freo doctor came in and made it a bit more comfy to work. got the rear trim piece done that will hold the access hatches glass and veneer piece.

http://members.westnet.com.au/woobie/build/948.jpg

http://members.westnet.com.au/woobie/build/949.jpg

i was trying to avoid doing this in peak heat, because sweat + routing MDF is not very pleasant.

thought i'd show a few random pictures of some semi cool stuff ive built as of late. lets see if you can guess what i do for a job!

Pastry chef?

i love the install, and i'm sure the quality will be top-notch, but i've never been a fan of little logo's and patterns through boot installs.

i await the final result though

what tyoe of cake?

could of atleast made the gaps even :P
so ummm when you coming to do mine? :D

Where's the cake?! :(
The cake is a lie lol

Install is looking awesome Similar layout to what I'll be attempting soon - Won't be any audio gear in it :P but it'll be good practise.

do de doo. made up some housings for the led tubes that are going in the left compartment. the light was getting unevenly dispersed when they were on their own so i added some help!

http://members.westnet.com.au/woobie/build/950.jpg

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and now a first look at what it will kind of look like when the install is finished!

http://members.westnet.com.au/woobie/build/952.jpg

Still much to change and touch up etc, and improve the light dispersion, but im happy with where im at :)

Mate this install just keeps getting better, can not wait to see it finished/in person one day

Dude this looks awesome!!

I wish i had skills like this, and all the tools, and the time, and the patients, and the money...one can dream tho...one can dream:cry:

Hey mate, awesome install.

Seeing your router work, and the fact that you like doing intricate work, the first thing I thought of when reading through this thread was a PC Case I saw a while back, where a guy had done some awesome stuff with LED lights and routering shapes into acrylic. He entered it into OzCaseMods 2007/08 modding competition and came in second.

Anyway, it is something I thought you may want to try.

His full build thread can be found on Overclockers AU at:
http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?t=645375
and for those who like piccies, here is one of the things he did:
http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o198/nino_82/Hello_Kitty_PC/DSC03919.jpg

Cheers

Jimmy

heres a pic of my case i did a long time ago, it gets fairly neglected these days and doesnt have any lighting in it any more.. but it gives you a vague idea of my background before cars :D Did this case when i was about 14.

nice suggestion with the case modding ;)

http://members.westnet.com.au/woobie/case.jpg

lol at the hard drives sitting on the bottom of the case

you gonna be at motorvation this weekend? might come for alook see if you are :D

wish I had the skills to do case mods, my little brothers attempting one at the moment, but i dont think he understands the skills needed to do logos etc in them

heyyy, that car looks familiar lol

looks like you've been really busy mate, but it all looks like it's coming along nicely. well done.

Awesome install, just read through your thread......

made a crack on the A pillars today.. spent most of my time playing around with positions, trying to figure out where the hell i wanted to put them..

In the end i cut a large section out of the pillar trim, and set the tweeter mounting half in/half out of the trim. doing so means it doesnt stick out half a mile which i hate seeing in installs, and makes for a nice wide stage!

Doing so however.. to get maximum depth, I 'modified' the metal structure of thr A pillars slightly. (bashed the crap out of them until the tweet mounts sat back nice and deep).

Ugly as hell right now, half dried fiberglass and untrimmed strands of matting everywhere, but it gives you an idea of what im ranting about

http://members.westnet.com.au/woobie/build/953.jpg

http://members.westnet.com.au/woobie/build/954.jpg

Should be bogged and sanded by the end of the week

(The holes above the tweet mounts are from the previous install)

Been watching this with great interest, hows the rest of the install going? Done much more work to the boot?

boots sitting dormant until i can afford the material to trim it in.. this should be here in around 2 weeks, before then ill make the trim piece for the sub box, and we should be pretty much ready to roll :)

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wee!

whats with the big hole above the tweeter?

Speed holes, they make the car go faster....

please be a 3 way setup!

lookin good woob, but i have to ask... Is your avatar the ****puncher logo??

****puncher indeed! :D

not a 3 way setup.. holes are because i recycled the pillars from my last install. they will be filled and sanded over wednesday night.

i dont bother with 3 way speakers.. why go 3 way when you can do it with 2 :D

Cool, but why didn't you just use the standard delta covers lol It's literally 2 inches away and the effort you'll save would have been enormous :P Looks good so far though, kudos.

3 way splits aren't to be sneezed at ;)

Speed holes, they make the car go faster....

ha!:bowrofl:

those few inches are quite a far way as far as getting a good stage depth is concerned. plus ive got the ability to choose my angle to be spot on by fabricating my own.. and MT23's are a substantially large 'small' tweeter :)

plus this ways more fun and cheaper than buying the verada sails

nothing wrong with 3 way splits, they can be fantastic, but given the reproduction im getting from my 2 way system, i certainly cannot justify a 3 way system for any reason whatsoever :)

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just needa track down the material to trim, and theyll be good to go :)

What sort of material will u be trimming the pillars in mate?

looking for something with a standard trim feel to it, like a flece or suedeish, but not so fine.

or a kind of material with square indentations through it.. hard to describe, i cant even find a pic on google. will see if i can find whats in my head, fingers crossed!

Have you thought about crocodile skin?

or you could be really cool and go with shag carpet

shag sucks, theres quite a few installs around with it.. the only time people use it is to hide the fact that theyre too lazy to finish their fiberglassing properly. i dont want leathers or anything, a nice standard fabric is the aim

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that is awesome shot gun you doing my install. if you ever decide to do them for work.
no joke very nice love the use of lighting.
just saw your in W.A.
need to make a how to guide

very proffesional.

i liked ur patch up job. nice and clean. can i ask what ur gonna do in terms of painting it?

no paint, trim :) finally found the material i wanted so ill be heading up to perth on thursday hopefully to purchase it

Thats it end of this year im re-doing my boot.

Some of the best lighting (if not the best) i've seen.

i don't know if you said this or not, but have you made it so you can still access your spare tyre?

i don't know if you said this or not, but have you made it so you can still access your spare tyre?

Pretty sure the whole amp rack is mounted on hinges so u access it pretty much as u do normally

From previous pics I think I spotted a piano hinge (think thats what its called?) for the amp rack.

yah amp rack is on a piano hinge.. im not 100% happy with the face of the amp rack so i may redo it all, see how we go.. getting the material tomorrow.. getting a bit excited :D

Any updates on the install mate?

sorry ive actually been meaning to update for ages. most of the boot is now trimmed.. but i cancelled the internet at home and have to remember to bring to camera to me mums place to upload. will do asap!

Any updates round here mate?

sorry ill do it this week i promise :P

Starting to come together really nicely. I can tell you know what you doing when it comes to wood :D

No pics = ban. :facejump:

hokay... so!

as you can see i got lazy as crap most of the way through trimming... mostly because ill be remaking the surround for the amps out of solid timber so it isnt as weak as piss as the current mdf. and because ive been making other stuff in the mean time.

you can also notice the missing bit of glass on the left side... it shattered while putting them in :( ill get a new bit cut some time soon.

also note i need something to cover my boot lid :P

anyway on with the show!

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looking real good mate, very original, not seen anything similar before
awesome work :)

Looking real nice there :)

Is that the slightly thicker trimming carpet aswell? Looks like mine - absolute prick to work with.

Also yeah - MDF for anything other than sub boxes seems to not work out very well, learnt that the hard way :eeek:

its a thinner than usual carpet that has stretchy properties. Last night while i was in perth i paid a visit to one of the best trimmers around, bought a roll of material to trim the interior, and got to chatting to him about the carpet..

he reckons he trimmed an entire bus without cutting a single bit of the carpet, just stretched it around every single curve :P

Haha I used some thicker carpet, basically normal auto carpet without the hard backing.

An absolute nighmare to trim......never again.

Cant wait to see yours finished - got soooo much room, damn well impressed.

Poor woofer looks like it has some scratches. You may need a grill :D

I hate grills on woofers lol

I like the towel rack bars infront for the bigger objects though. Woob should know what im talking about - and should be easy for him to make/find some :)

What wrong with a 9ct gold grill filled with some fake diamonds.... would look wicked under lights!

Just trying to look out for him when he goes shopping and stuff, groceries can be a pain in the ass.

Awesome :D Love the lighting and the tweeter location.

Where do you get your fibreglass stuff from ? Im gonna need a crap load of resin, matt and release agent as im doing my install soon :happy:

Gemini - I know bunnings do sell big kits of fibreglass, including resin, catalyst, glass, mixing equipment, tools etc...

Bro this is a f*kin awsome install!
i love it!
nice work
im thinking of doing a sub install in my car but with the limited space the GTO has in the boot area im finding it harder and harder.
what do you think about removing the rear seats for a sub install cause i dnt really want the seats anyways
lol

FRE5H - hope you're good with fibreglass. Also - you'll need to go to the RTA and have yours re-rego'd as 2 seater (and you'll get a nice new shiny plate to put inplace of your current 4 seater ADR plate).

Other than that - you can look at small 10" subs (which in a GTO should be more than enough) I'de prefer these over shallow mount. Hell some good 10" subs can work in 1/2 cuft of internal space :woot:

FRE5H - hope you're good with fibreglass. Also - you'll need to go to the RTA and have yours re-rego'd as 2 seater (and you'll get a nice new shiny plate to put inplace of your current 4 seater ADR plate).

Other than that - you can look at small 10" subs (which in a GTO should be more than enough) I'de prefer these over shallow mount. Hell some good 10" subs can work in 1/2 cuft of internal space :woot:
cool
yeh i was thinking thered be sum sorta RTA guidline around it
grrr
so hate having 4 seats lol
plus my lil mascot from the old car is still riding up back so i was gunna try to mould a lil seat for him
hehe
but its an idea for now.
i have two twelves which i had from the rada also but like i said its just a lil hard to fit em in the boot. if i dnt do the rear seat conversion id atleast like a nice boot install.

Bro this is a f*kin awsome install!
i love it!
nice work
im thinking of doing a sub install in my car but with the limited space the GTO has in the boot area im finding it harder and harder.
what do you think about removing the rear seats for a sub install cause i dnt really want the seats anyways
lol
Hey mate, have a look at the pioneer sub they made for confined spaces, ie; utes and stuff. Might be an idea if your space concious.

Woob,
Again great work on the install and also agree on putting a grill over the sub.

cheers guys, atm i am extremely careful when things go in the boot. unfortunately, sourcing a JL grill is freaking hard these days. if anyone can help out it'd be much appreciated, but it seems there are grills floating around for every model out there apart from the 10W6V2.

Sub hasnt really copped any scratches since ive owned it, the flash exposes a few streaks that are very much not noticable in person however.

hoping to make a start with the interior trimming this weekend, if i start it, chances are ill finish all but the A pillars (which need to be modified before trimmed).

Will try to keep you updated as things happen!

also in that floor compartment, i now house a socket set, a set of jumper leads, and my new gas soldering iron.. turned out to be the perfect size for stuff :D

got the doors trimmed today, wasnt expecting much being plain black but damn you can tell the difference between cheap and expensive meterial, sexy as :D pics asap

Without pics that post is a fail my friend :gtfo:

:woot:

Without pics that post is a fail my friend :gtfo:

:woot:

the man speaks the truth :)

looks so good i wish i could do it for my car :( lol!

wow what a thread, really excited to see the finished product, good work!

less fail more pics.

NAKED VRX!
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laid out on the material, slightly tight fit, i wanted 3 meters but the trimmer only had 2.5 meters left on the roll.
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uh.. make that.. a very tight fit.
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new doors
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new b pillars
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c pillars and rear doors
http://members.westnet.com.au/woobie/build/966.jpg

A pillars are waiting on new fiberglass and roof lining is waiting for the new lights to arrive.

moral of my story.. expensive material creams all over cheap crap. $55 per meter for this stuff and i'd gladly pay that amount, if not more again.

i still dont see any cake :(
looks the goods, chrome handles will go down well with this :)

Hey mate what exactly is that material? Would be very interested in something similar in my car, that looks sweet!

I'm sorry mate but I dunno about that..... looks kinda cheapish from those pics

is it meant to be carpet or something????? Got any close pics?

I'm sorry mate but I dunno about that..... looks kinda cheapish from those pics

is it meant to be carpet or something????? Got any close pics?

Guessing as its dark, i know i had huge trouble taking pics of my suede door cards.

Only thing i would change woob, would be paint that little surround where the seat belt goes into the c pillar, the light grey looks really outta place

Finally some more pics and less fail :P

Nice work - looks a bit like carpet in shot 2, but looks like suede in shot 3 (C pillars), and looks different again in the first shot lol

Whats the material called?

Did you end up sourcing that sub grill?

edit: p.s im envious of the doors and interior :P

Mine looks ghetto, and will continue to look ghetto - no one will insure my stereo :( just need wooly seat covers for my car to complete the look.

yea i agree but im VERY anti painting, painting bits in a car is the quickest way to make it look P plater spec imo. ill consider dying it, but that can waitg for now. also have the sun visors and handles that will need doing. visors will prolly be trimmed.


material.. im not sure what its supposed to be called.. its actually meant for trimming seats so its really tough stuff, its a very black material usually, but under the right light it shines like it does in the pics, imo this is what makes it look good. kinda thing you have to see in person i guess.

Sometimes camera's dont take great pics of somethings - as I said it looks good in 1st and last pic, 2nd pic for some reason turned out wierd.

Also - what adhesive do you use?

it'd look perfect with chrome handles!

Bostik Anchor Weld #2701. if your going to use Bostik, dont use any lower quality than the 2701 as they dont react to heat quite so well.

wow i just read through this entire thread and i gotta say mate u have done a fantastic job. the boot looks amazing and the lighting effects are just one of a kind. have u finished it then and do u have any other pics?? would love to see an update :thumbsup:

WOW nice car, once im finished yr 12 exams n shit ill be doin a heap of work to my boot, mines pretty much stock wit an amp n sub so ill buy sum new equipment, with your LED lighting in your boot, did u cover up the holes in the wood with perspex or anything or just let it shine through the gaps?

Cheers mate. The holes are covered in 6mm cloudy glass. Only last week I actually got around to finishing the boot. Everything trimmed, just waiting on fixing up the lighting and doing the roof now :)

I'll see if I can upload pics from my phone.

i just read your whole thread and i have one word, AWESOME :thumbsup:

I remember reading this thread ages ago and being very impressed and motivated to do something like this to my car. I really like the artistic designs you have created with the timber. congrats on a very nice install.

cant wait to see this in person next weekend :woot:

ur not from around morley are you?

no he's from Mandurah

ahhk well i saw a magna similar to this one drive past me yesterday and the clear repeaters caught my eye, its not everyday you see a random magna with them
well at least for me it isn

bringing this back from the dead!

This is an awesome install and wanting to see how it turned out????

Woob,

Now I know why you labelled my install "interesting", mine definately does not compete with this and more proof why I valued your opinion on my install. I would love to see some pics of your front door install. Your supporting comments though to people to just get in and have a go is very supportive and in the end, we all have Magna's!!!

DJ

wow havent seen this thread in a while :P cheers guys i appreciate the comments!

ill try and get some pics of the door skins if you want em, its nothing to stop and stare at but it sure as hell gets the job done :)


huh... i didnt realise that never posted the finished pics of everything... as soon as i find my camera cable ill snap some photos and post em up!

Needs moar pics!

how much would all that boot install weigh? looks quite heavy. looks amazing tho great wood working skills

including sub and amps, less than 60kg

whats the finish result?

Thought I should mention that one of the amps was being a bitch, so I replaced them both with these.

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The quality difference is ridiculous to the sub, getting used to running the sub off a 4 channel I had forgotten to appreciate how much better a sub sounds off an amp with a good buffer!

And the different that my crossover settings made with the new amps was insane, it showed that Eclipse amps produce filtered sound whether you have the settings turned on or off which really annoys me.

I have always loved the sound from JBL Crown amps, but the sounds that these cheaper series produce really did surprise me, I highly rate them!

They looks nice Woob.

This is coming along well.

Read the whole thread and love your work.