alright guys, just got done with CEO350z's 06 roadster, i have to say, this turned out to be one of hte most technically challenging builds i have done in a while. I sorta shot my self in the foot with the design i came up with but it turned out okay

goals:

1. nice sound quality, able to rise above the wind/road noise with the top down while on the high way yet remain controled and clean

2. A clean and neat display for amp and subwoofer

3. Trunk must be kept completely clean

4. add rear view camera, and dvd player into the mix...

anyway lets get started:

upfront is an pioneer avic-d2 nav unit, note hte remove bass controler sunk into a new panel taking place of the stock slide out tray and the rear view camera in action



the gps atenna comes out on top on one side, while the IR eye for the removely mounted dvd player comes out the other side, this way, full control of the dvd playe5r can be had by pointing the remote control forward



to get the volume needed for the ZR, we decided to go with TWO PAIRS of the new DLS ultimate UX26 6.5" component coaxials. these are no slouches, each essentially a DLS ultimate component set built into a coaxial configuration. and they sound just as good one set was installed into a set of door pods, while the other set was install into kicks.

each outter door panel was heavily dampened:













here is the rear view camera, just a stnadard bolt to the license plate deals, no cutting, no drilling no glue



now onto the main attraction, and why this install was challenging for me. I decided to show off the INSIDE of the subbox via a plexi window. well, this require a normal square box of sorts to be built wiht the inside angles nice and clean, it also meant i have to figure out how to secure this box so it sits level in the stock location....and to figure out how to display it properly after much cursing and trial and error, i figured it out.

An image dynamics IDQ10 sub sits in a .5 cubfeet sealed enclosure on the driver side, I molded the factory bose cover with a window cutout so i can look into the sub box through a piece of plexi.

note also the DVD player flushed into the slot that used to house a glove box.



on the other side, the factory cubby was glassed, painted and acts as an amp rack for a DLS ultimate A5 3 channel amp.



and here htey are upclose and personal





flip the center switch and the plexi infront of the subbox as well as under the amp lights up white, high lighting hte logo on the subbox. since its brightout, its hard to tell...





so i gave it a crappy shot at taking it inthe garage and putting it in night mode lol






all in all, i think we acheived our goals, i just took it for a spin with the top down, we can deifnetly hear it loud and clear above all ambient noise

 

wow! that turned out great!!

now you gotta move to so. cal

 

nicely done!!!!

 

kind of off-topic: but in order to connect the rear view camera, would it just connect to a video rca? or does it also need to be connected to somewhere else?

 

so hot. great work as usual.

 

video rca to the rear camera input pont he headunit, but hte reverse sensor wire on the headunit also needs to be hooke dup to the reverse wiure, along with the power wire for the camera, so that way, when you switch into reverse, the headunit goes into rear view mode and the camera turns on

 

love how each individual wire go thru a grommet.

 

Hey Bing, so this was the 350z taking up your time

Looks awesome, I especially like how the kickplate+door go together. Very nice work.

 

looks great

 

sick!!!

 

Very nice. Suuuper clean. Another great job.

 

Always clean. Thats what I like. So many installers want to re invent the wheel. I like that you use the cars storage units for functionality. Great job.

 

Another great job.