This is my third complete Car-PC/Audio system. I did one in my 300ZX, then Prelude and now my G35. Ive learned so much from reading the posts on this forum, I figured I'd share some of the pictures I took during the build. My goal was to keep it simple and somewhat lightweight.
The CarPC:
Intel e8200 Dual core 2.66Ghz
Corsair Dominator DDR2 1GB 800Mhz
Samsung 500GB 3.5" SATA drive
Opus 150w DC-DC PSU
Bu-353 USB GPS receiver
Digital Wheelz Xenarc touch screen housing
Xenarc 700-TSV
Boyo reverse Camera
The Audio:
Zapco DC360.4 (4x50w) - Running active
-Morel MT-22 Tweeters (in kick panels)
-Phoenix Gold RSD Mids (in stock location)
Alpine PDX 600.1 (1x600W)
-JL 10w6v2 (in 4080 enclosure)
Street Wires CBR44S - Combo Fuse Block
HippoHiFi Bloat v2 USB DAC
Lots of wire
First I beefed up the grounding by making one of these (2x4 gauge 1x8 gauge):
Fatmat on the door skin:
Then I had to run the speaker wire through the door Molex connector...:
...By drilling giant hole through it:
And feeding the wires though:
Then I painted and premiered the speaker rings I bought from ebay:
All the speaker wires were routed under the rear seat to terminal blocks. I have 2 sets of wires to the kick panels and 2 sets into the door if I ever chose to enable my super-tweeters or add some 4 inch mids and go 3-way.
And then those wires go into a nice disconnect able plug that goes to my amp wire harness:
Then the back speaker area got some attention:
Then I pulled the 4 gauge power through the factory loom with a coat hanger:
Here is where everything went:
Then I went to an art supply shop and bought some foam core board they use to back pictures and cut a template, well it took 3 before I got it right:
I then traced that template out on a giant piece of fiberglass I laid out. The ripples were from the Baltic mat which tends to crease and leave resin deposits:
Which was a blast to cut:
Then I made a ring to lift the board off of the trunk floor:
And fiber glassed it to the back of the board:
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I lost my camera when I was finishing up the install, but here is how it all turned out.
Everything mounted to the carpeted board:
The trunk with the FG board all carpeted and the components mounted. All the wires were run underneath the amps. I added handles on either side of the Zapco amp so the entire thing can be lifted out.
CarPC with the cover off:
The 4080 enclosure with a JL w6
Tweeters installed in the kicks:
Reverse camera:
The dash with a JDM double din and a CF filler that I made for it:
I’m really happy with the sound of the system, although I plan on switching the Phoenix gold RSD mids for something else in the future.
I tried to keep the weight that I added to the car to a minimal... the board with all the amps mounted weighed 10lbs more than the 32lb spare tire. The sub and enclosure added some ~40lbs and deadening added ~25lbs and I pulled out the ~5 lbs Bose amp.
So I had a net gain of about 100lbs, not bad.
Questions, comments?
The CarPC:
Intel e8200 Dual core 2.66Ghz
Corsair Dominator DDR2 1GB 800Mhz
Samsung 500GB 3.5" SATA drive
Opus 150w DC-DC PSU
Bu-353 USB GPS receiver
Digital Wheelz Xenarc touch screen housing
Xenarc 700-TSV
Boyo reverse Camera
The Audio:
Zapco DC360.4 (4x50w) - Running active
-Morel MT-22 Tweeters (in kick panels)
-Phoenix Gold RSD Mids (in stock location)
Alpine PDX 600.1 (1x600W)
-JL 10w6v2 (in 4080 enclosure)
Street Wires CBR44S - Combo Fuse Block
HippoHiFi Bloat v2 USB DAC
Lots of wire
First I beefed up the grounding by making one of these (2x4 gauge 1x8 gauge):
Fatmat on the door skin:
Then I had to run the speaker wire through the door Molex connector...:
...By drilling giant hole through it:
And feeding the wires though:
Then I painted and premiered the speaker rings I bought from ebay:
All the speaker wires were routed under the rear seat to terminal blocks. I have 2 sets of wires to the kick panels and 2 sets into the door if I ever chose to enable my super-tweeters or add some 4 inch mids and go 3-way.
And then those wires go into a nice disconnect able plug that goes to my amp wire harness:
Then the back speaker area got some attention:
Then I pulled the 4 gauge power through the factory loom with a coat hanger:
Here is where everything went:
Then I went to an art supply shop and bought some foam core board they use to back pictures and cut a template, well it took 3 before I got it right:
I then traced that template out on a giant piece of fiberglass I laid out. The ripples were from the Baltic mat which tends to crease and leave resin deposits:
Which was a blast to cut:
Then I made a ring to lift the board off of the trunk floor:
And fiber glassed it to the back of the board:
------------------------------------
I lost my camera when I was finishing up the install, but here is how it all turned out.
Everything mounted to the carpeted board:
The trunk with the FG board all carpeted and the components mounted. All the wires were run underneath the amps. I added handles on either side of the Zapco amp so the entire thing can be lifted out.
CarPC with the cover off:
The 4080 enclosure with a JL w6
Tweeters installed in the kicks:
Reverse camera:
The dash with a JDM double din and a CF filler that I made for it:
I’m really happy with the sound of the system, although I plan on switching the Phoenix gold RSD mids for something else in the future.
I tried to keep the weight that I added to the car to a minimal... the board with all the amps mounted weighed 10lbs more than the 32lb spare tire. The sub and enclosure added some ~40lbs and deadening added ~25lbs and I pulled out the ~5 lbs Bose amp.
So I had a net gain of about 100lbs, not bad.
Questions, comments?
