erwin, i am not so sure about custom cutting, unless you got someone with a really good cnc

if you can live with it for a while, give me a sometime, i get G35s all the time as you know, and the next 03-04 model i get, i will tell them i already got the double din taken care of for them, (if they have a silverish interior), andt hen i will go ahead and tell you to order the black one, and then once you get it in, come by and i will do the swap, and i will give you money to pay for hte one i am taking...cool?

i am in south san jose, just PM me and i will send you some directions, but i dont run a shop, do installs by appoint at my house but i always have guys stopping by to chat and take a listen to my car. hehe

as for making amp racks, sorry, i would need to do it in a car, to make sure its attached right and all that, sub box area easy to preb, but amp racks are not

yes, with a high popwered enough sub, i do thik the 4080 grille wil lcome loose...but what can you do? one thing you can try is drilling two holes and then screw it down...but may look worse...

 

HAHA I say the same thing all the time

 

Thats nice.....how much was all that?

 

Approximately how much did this set-up cost if you don't mind me asking?

 

hmm sans the headunit since it was cusotmer supplied, this set up is int he low 2k range for all equipment and labor

b

 

Damn, it's a shame you're not located in NJ.

 

hehe, i hail from the metrapolis of Sparta, NJ lol, doubt you know where that is, exit 35 off rt 80 lol

b

 

Why are mids and tweeters in the foot well? I guess I am missing something but mids and high frequencys are directional so why would they point to peoples feet?

 

4080 just told me today that they can make a custom grille for these cases. I just sent him money for it. Maybe it will solve the problem.

 

a common misperception is that high frequencies are like light beams, being a focused type of energy.

this is infact, not true, if you could "see" the sound coming from any speaker, it would be in a pretty wide radiating pattern. different speakres are different, hence some speakres are better off axis than others.

the DLS ultimate line of speakres, works extremely well both ON and OFF axis...

in this kind of set up in the G...the sound sounds like they are coming from about dash level high...

you can ask anyone who has had or heard a similar setup done by me int he past

 

Hey ttrank, who did you talk to? I've sent them emails before but never got a reply so I gave up. How much did you send?

 

The speakers aren't pointed at the feet but are angled up towards the listener slightly. The idea is to try and get the distance or "path-length" closer to equal between the 2 speakers as well as keeping your tweeters as close to the midrange as possible. When tweeters are high in the door, your driver side tweeter is only about 2.5ft as opposed to your pass side tweeter which is about 4+ ft away and vice-versa when you are sitting on the passenger side. This not only makes the tweeter you are closer to sound louder to you but the music arrives to your ears at slightly different times. You may not consiously notice it but there is a difference. If you can get the path-lengths to be more equal, the image and staging is MUCH better.
As for keeping the tweeter close to the midrange/midbass... In a good system you shouldn't hear where the tweeters are. In a stock system there is little doubt when you sit down whether the tweets are in the dash, pillar or door. When you move the tweeter closer to the mid, you correct many phase problems created by the distance. This helps them blend better, you will have smoother vocals, better imaging, better staging and no tweeter screaming at you saying "Hey! Here I am, I'm a TWEETER!!!"
All this is assuming you are using quality speakers with a quality install.

 

hi from a fewllow 12v insider

 

Haha, just don't give out the secret handshake.

 

I can't seem to get a single response from 4080 about them replacing my grill. I'm not even asking for a free grill. Are they still churning out boxes for other people?