2015 Subaru WRX

[Beerdrnkr 5,000+ posts]

Got the amp halfway installed. Still gotta clean up the wiring a bit.

 

[Beerdrnkr 5,000+ posts]

Big thanks to my buddy Ryan for building the box for me. 2.5c/ft tuned to 32hz and fits perfectly snug in the smaller opening in the trunk and i was able to save a big part of the trunk.

The car is a lot louder with the subs facing to the rear but the trunk looks like it's about to fly off the vehicle and the rear deck even though it's sound deadened still rattles like crazy. So my solution to this was subs facing forward and that yields much less rattle overall. I still have a little bit of rattle from the rear deck but it's not bad at all. I also had a bad rattle from the rear view mirror but some clear silicone should help that out and finally i have a small rattle from the front drivers side door that I'll have to tackle soon as well.

The subs sound great and with the subs turned down a bit I get nice up front bass and it blends well with the mids. Whenever i feel like getting a little loud i can just fold down the rear seats and get all the bass i need. Really enjoying this system so far and should only get better once i get the 3way frontstage going.

I'll get some more pics in the morning.

 

[BoomTaco64]

it will sound a lot better if you sealed off around the box and the rear deck from the trunk.

 

[Beerdrnkr 5,000+ posts]

Yeah Ryan and I were talking about that but it's such a tight fit as is. It barely fit through the trunk opening so we'd have to make a detachable baffle that we can mount to it once it's in the trunk.

 

[Beerdrnkr 5,000+ posts]

Really loving these subs, they sound great. As soon as i take care of some rattles it'll be a really clean sounding setup. It'll get much better once i complete the 3way frontstage too.

My new 4's came in.

 

[akadj 10+ year member]

Big thanks to my buddy Ryan for building the box for me. 2.5c/ft tuned to 32hz and fits perfectly snug in the smaller opening in the trunk and i was able to save a big part of the trunk.
The car is a lot louder with the subs facing to the rear but the trunk looks like it's about to fly off the vehicle and the rear deck even though it's sound deadened still rattles like crazy. So my solution to this was subs facing forward and that yields much less rattle overall. I still have a little bit of rattle from the rear deck but it's not bad at all. I also had a bad rattle from the rear view mirror but some clear silicone should help that out and finally i have a small rattle from the front drivers side door that I'll have to tackle soon as well.

The subs sound great and with the subs turned down a bit I get nice up front bass and it blends well with the mids. Whenever i feel like getting a little loud i can just fold down the rear seats and get all the bass i need. Really enjoying this system so far and should only get better once i get the 3way frontstage going.

I'll get some more pics in the morning.

What was the outside dimensions, i have a friend looking for a box in his wrx but for a single 15" and it looks like you used max height and width

 

[Beerdrnkr 5,000+ posts]

Yeah, it's pretty much as tight as it can get. You might be able to get some 15's or 12's in there if you go with an IB setup. The box specs were 14 1/2" depth x 36" width, and 15" height. Like I said it was a really tight fit and was about as big as you can actually make fit in through the trunk opening.

 

[Beerdrnkr 5,000+ posts]

Money is a little tight with me trying to buy a house around December/January but I'll still be purchasing small things here and there. Just a few pics I took. I debating on if I should buy a couple of perfomance parts or audio parts first. The new PPI DSP88r is really tempting right now.

 

[Silver-N-Black 10+ year member]

Money is a little tight with me trying to buy a house around December/January but I'll still be purchasing small things here and there. Just a few pics I took. I debating on if I should buy a couple of perfomance parts or audio parts first. The new PPI DSP88r is really tempting right now.

Early congrats on the purchase car looks bad azz. Try it out i need to buy something like that for the truck. Was thinking 360.3 but this looks cool too.

 

[Beerdrnkr 5,000+ posts]

Early congrats on the purchase car looks bad azz. Try it out i need to buy something like that for the truck. Was thinking 360.3 but this looks cool too.

Well I don't have anything yet but hopefully soon. Really wanting to run up some credit cards and get this car build done though! lol

I've had the 3sixty.3 before and it was a pretty nice unit. I just wanted to try out the PPI unit since it's so cheap and see how well it does. I'll probably have it by next week and then I'll be able to install the 4" mids and AMT tweeters after. I'll run 2 channels to the mids 2 channels to the tweeters and then bridge the last 4 channels to the mids in the doors.

 

[Beerdrnkr 5,000+ posts]

Just a little non audio update. I received my intake and should be getting it installed next week. Should see about 30hp and later on I'll be adding the ecutek tune for about 70hp with the intake installed. I'll also be ordering a new crank pulley hopefully next week as well.

 

[Beerdrnkr 5,000+ posts]

I couldn't handle the rattles from the rear deck and the buzzing from my doors anymore, so I bought so Raamat and ensolite from Raamaudio and what a HUGE difference! Sounds much cleaner.

When I crank it up i still have a little rattle but at that point it starts getting drowned out by how loud the music gets.

Tomorrow I'll have the intake installed and we'll see if I notice any sort of difference in power.

 

[Beerdrnkr 5,000+ posts]

Just another quick update: First off, the extra sound deadening has been a night and day difference. Everything from the extra snap to the midbass to the bass output of the subs. I get very little rattles from the rear deck when I feel like cranking up the bass with the seats down. I have no rattles with the seats up and the bass output is literally 10x better than it was before, I actually have really good output now with the seats up (no more riding around with the rear seats down all the time).

Raamaudio products are legit, I'm really happy with their sound deadening.

I had the intake installed yesterday and it sounds AWESOME! I definitely noticed some better performance out of the vehicle but nothing too crazy, with a tune I'm sure it will really pick things up. Another nice thing I noticed that I didn't really think about was the better gas mileage. I always drive 80mph on the highway and average 28mpg. I did a lot of driving yesterday and was consistently getting about 30.5mpg. So I'm really happy with the intake overall.

I just ordered a few other items I should receive soon:

SubiSpeed DRL Harness for Boomerang (C-Light) - 2015 WRX Base / Premium - Lighting - 2015+ Subaru WRX

OLM HP LED High Beam / DRL Bulbs - 2015 WRX / 2015 STI - Lighting - 2015+ Subaru WRX

I'll also be purchasing this crank pulley next week: Raceseng Revo Crank Pulley (various colors) - 2015 WRX / 2013+ BRZ - Engine - 2015+ Subaru WRX

I also got a quote yesterday on smoking my taillights (a light smoke), debadging the rear badges, and smoking out the side chrome accents, so I'll probably do that next week as well.

Not too much more to go on this car. Still debating on which processor and DVD hu to go with so I can install the 3way frontstage setup.

 

[Jroo 10+ year member]

where did you find the AMT tweeters? It looks like the pair that come in the PPI 3 way set. I want to try a pair as I think they will be close to my old Infinity ribbon tweets.

Crap after posting here I was on Parts Express. Do your tweets happen to be the Daytons? Any comment on how the sound?

 

[Beerdrnkr 5,000+ posts]

where did you find the AMT tweeters? It looks like the pair that come in the PPI 3 way set. I want to try a pair as I think they will be close to my old Infinity ribbon tweets.
Crap after posting here I was on Parts Express. Do your tweets happen to be the Daytons? Any comment on how the sound?

Yeah they are the Dayton AMT tweets on partsexpress. Haven't installed them yet, I still need to figure out which processor I want so that I can run a 3way active frontstage up front. I would try them out now but they don't reach low enough to match up with my mids.