65 Pontiac GTO Hybrid Audio/Kenwood Install

[NeverEnuffBass 10+ year member]

Started making the trunk panels:

Unfortunatley the right side of the trunk is not symetrical to the left so I have to do a template for that side as well

 

[NeverEnuffBass 10+ year member]

Did some stuff yesterday:

Panels and trunk floor will be wrapped in tan carpet and there will be cutouts where the amps & license plate will be mounted painted to match the car with edge lit plexi around it.

 

[NeverEnuffBass 10+ year member]

From last night:

 

[pro-rabbit 5,000+ posts]

Nice, I miss working with massively huge trunks..these new cars are horrible on space lol.

 

[CHRIS 323 10+ year member]

This build is for my father. He recently had his GTO repainted and decided to redo his interior as well. He asked me what I could do to give him better sound than what was currently in there. He is not looking for anything crazy in there as he'd rather listen to the engine. Here is what we will be using:
Kenwood KDC-X395

Kenwood KAC 1502s & 2404s

Hybrid Audio Imagine 5.25's & 6.5's

Hybrid Audio I6SW

Knukonceptz Wiring

RAAM Audio Sound Damping

The car:

Start of the kick panels

Start of the rear deck:

A little filler on the kicks, still need a bit of help

nice classic car man

 

[Bettr n' Revrse 5,000+ posts]

Awwww cheap kenwoods on such nice speakers //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

 

[DARKHART 10+ year member]

Awwww cheap kenwoods on such nice speakers //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

They're actually a pretty darn good match for the drivers chosen.....if you look past the b.s. peak ratings Kenwood still plasters all over the boxes, that's a good clean 40wrms per channel on the 2404 and 150wrms bridged on the 1502s......looks pretty well thought out to me, remember it's for his father who is not into ear shatterring spl levels lol........//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[Bettr n' Revrse 5,000+ posts]

Its a very nice install I just don't like kenwood anyhing since they haven't been a good company for years... Should do alright though...

 

[DARKHART 10+ year member]

Hey I understand what you're saying, I used to really love all things Kenwood, right up till they started with all the bogus ratings and stuff, so until recently I hadn't run anything Kenwood since the early 2000's.....I recently got a hold of the excelon x595 deck and was pretty impressed with it's features and I know that their amps are pretty decent if you look past all the b.s............

 

[Imtjnotu 5,000+ posts]

Nice, I miss working with massively huge trunks..these new cars are horrible on space lol.

i built a box for a g35 coupe........worst trunk space i have ever had to work with

 

[NeverEnuffBass 10+ year member]

A little behind on updates:

 

[jmax313 10+ year member]

Nice and clean I like!!!!!

 

[Sleeklsc 5,000+ posts]

That looks fantastic!

Good job.

 

[NeverEnuffBass 10+ year member]

Did a lot today

Painter promised me the middle piece for wednesday

 

[NeverEnuffBass 10+ year member]

Center piece installed: