Most of the people that frequent these forums know Bing's work, especially if you live in NorCal. I spoke to three of his previous customers and checked out his work up close before I decided to hand over the keys. The cost was more than I originally budgeted, but after seeing the work he did and listening to the final result, I now know where that extra money went. You will never have buyers remorse if you go with the best and that is exactly what he provides. I just drove over 2 hours home and I still feel a bit hungover; I was in an audio trance for the entire time.

If you want to contact Bing - visit his website at: http://simplicity.elitecaraudio.org/

Bing gave me permission to re-post his build thread here and I'm proud to show it off to G35driver:

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A Little Show, a Little SQ, a G35 Coupe to Top off 2010

2010 sure went by fast! Before I knew it was time for the last full install of the year. And lucky for me, it is a car I am vastly familiar with: an Infiniti G35 Coupe. (30 some and counting)

This particular one is a 2005 white model that is part daily driver, part show car.

The goals as we worked out:

1. Achieve a decent level of SQ

2. Maintain a classy and elegant design in the trunk while maintaining space

3. Squeeze as much bass output into the system as possible given space and budget


First, a few shots of the car:









Let’s move onto the system:

The signal starts with a Pioneer AVH-P3200BT double din LCD headunit, picked up by the customer, it resides in the stock location via a JDM double din finisher and AC controller. I also secured the vehicle mounting bracket for his Droid phone in the upper cubby lid, and ran a powered USB charging cable into the same area:





A JBL MS8 (my 7th one) provides tuning for the system, and the LCD display is mounted in the glove box along with an extension cable for the measurement mic:



The front stage consists of a set of Seas Lotus Performance 6.5" two way component set, the midbass is mounted in the stock lower door location via a bedliner coated spacer, the entire door panel has been sound proofed with a combination of closed cell foam and vibration damper, and new wires are run into the door through the stock molex plugs:



Quick shots of the speaker termination and mounting onto the door:

 

The area on the plastic door card around the speaker is also dampened as it is prone to buzzing:



The same treatment was then performed on the passenger side:











The tweeters are molded into the stock A pillars firing off axis across the car, and wrapped in black vinyl to match the dash. The stock finish is this weird material in a color that I can’t match, so as always with the Gs, I went for a match with the dash and upper door instead:

 

A few quick build pics of the pillars:

First the rings were aimed and secured to the pillar, and the entire surface was scuffed with 60 grit to provide better attachment for the fiberglass:



Then, grille cloth was pulled, resin applied, allowed to harden, and then a mixture of duraglass and resin was poured into the inside to strengthen it:



After that dried, the pillars were covered with filler and sanded smooth:



Black vinyl was then applied:



And the Seas tweeters installed and wired up:







That’s pretty much it for the interior, aside from removing the rear deck 6x9s to facilitate bass entering the cabin, and the rear deck sound proofed to minimize buzzing:

 

Moving onto the trunk, and here it was extremely difficult to get a good picture of the setup, since the trunk is pretty wide and long but the opening is very small...but here goes.

As mentioned before, the idea was for stealth and usability, so here is the view with everything covered up, the floor did not raise at all, and the stock trunk mat still fits in place for a 100 percent stock look:



Pop off the carpet and you see a fake floor trimmed in black CF vinyl, with two big cutouts that have breathable grilles over them, and a center cutout with my logo. The floor is done in 4 separate pieces in order to physically fit through the trunk opening:







Pop off the grilles and here is what you see, and again it’s really hard to get a sense of what the entire install looks like shooting through the trunk opening, but I tried my best.

Up front, two Stereo Integrity BM MKIII 12" subwoofers reside in a 1.2 cubic foot sealed enclosure, at the back, the JBL MS8 is flanked by two Alpine PDX amps, and M12 on the right sends 1200 watts to the subs, and a F6 on the left provides each mid and tweeter with 150 watts rms. All the equipment is trimmed in white vinyl and flush mounted.

All the equipment was chosen specifically because their size and performance parameters suited the customer’s needs and the space constraints of the trunk.

















A few pics shot from the interior looking into the trunk:







Onto the build pics of the trunk. First is the subwoofer enclosure, before and after applying a layer of white suede so no bare MDF shows up around the subwoofer's flush mounting:





Here is the subbox secured in the trunk, with the foundational support for the amp/processor rack also in place:



This is the actual board the amps and MS8 sits on, with all the supports for the fake floor in place:



Here is the trim panel before and after being wrapped in white vinyl:





Here are the top fake floor pieces before and after wrapping in black CF vinyl. I was hoping to get the thinner Ebony color, but they were out of stock, so wrapping these pieces in this ultra thick black CF was quite a PITA My fingers were burning after 4 hours:









Here are the two grilles before and after carpeting:





And finally, a few pics of the wiring in the trunk:







Overall, I can honestly say that cosmetic wise, this is perhaps my favorite G35 coupe that I have done. It isn't the most complex or showy, but I think because we were able to use equipment that were the right size, I was able to give everything the amount of spacing and trimming I prefer.

Sound wise, it’s quite nice and easy to listen to, the Seas is very smooth and well balanced, and the MS8 gives the car an overall airy feeling. The center is decent, though not as good as the Zapco dsp tuned cars I have built before, but the stage is nice and high and pretty wide.

I continue to be impressed by the SI subwoofer, in this little car, they ROCK! Spitting out tons of clean SPL. I have to say that without them, a system with two 12" subs featuring this much output while still maintaining a fully stealth fake floor is pretty much impossible with the G coupe. Bravo!!

Anyways, that’s all folks, a few small projects left and I can relax and look forward to CES!

Bing

 

looks like a sick sound system but holy huge pics batman!

 

I'll save this spot just in case - nogoodname: You just beat the edit of the monster pics.

 

Good stuff!

 

looks sweet man.. alotta work... it looks heavy too..

 

Wow Rob!!! Looks absolutely amazing! Love the sleek black and white theme. Clean yet totally show. Mad jealous. Congratz!

 

Thanks Jeff! For a Christmas gift to myself I had to make a choice between sound system, custom paint, air ride suspension or some new wheels+tires and I think I will get the most immediate enjoyment out of this.

My collection of Dubstep mixes has taken on a whole new flavor! I'll have to demo the system for you next time I'm in the Bay Area.

 

Very clean install. I was most impressed with the fact that they used closed-cell foam on the doors instead of just wallpapering the inside with multiple layers of vibration dampener.

Just a note, that headunit pictured is the Pioneer 3200BT. There's no 4200BT, and the 4200DVD is a 7" touchscreen, not the 5.8" with front inputs seen here.

4200DVD:


3200BT:

 

Love his installs.

 

So clean man, great job!

 

Good eye! I corrected the original post.

Bing recommended the 4200 but I actually liked the screen better on the 3200 and having the USB and SD card slot on the front.

To be honest, I checked out a bunch of different models from Kenwood, Pioneer and Alpine I wasn't impressed with any of them. They all seemed laggy and had horrible interfaces. Why can't I make a playlist and why does it take forever to load filenames. I also remember not being able to navigate backwards through directories, like back up one folder... so frustrating.

 

shows how much attention i pay for headunit model numbers