'97 Town Car "King Kongs" *No56k*

[CBFryman2 5,000+ posts]

First big one in a while. He is a friend so I'm only charging him $15 and hour on install and box labor. $2013 total but if he wasn’t a good buddy of mine it would be $2400. Of course a system of this magnitude would cost well over $4000 at most shops. This is going in a '97 Town Car fully loaded with leather seats and power everything.

Here is a list of Things to be done.

-Alpine 9852 w/ Alpine RUE-4202 Remote

He wanted something cheap, yet functional and he wanted a remote. With all of the bass going in it I felt alpine was a good choice so it doesn’t skip.

-Kicker RS 5.25" Component Sets in custom door pods

Door pods are a maybe. I will have to take some measurements to see. There are a lot of switches and crap. It may end up being kick pods or just extra deadening and sealing the doors.

-Hifonics ZXi 4006

possibly running active or just giving the components plenty of overhead power I will see how it works out as far as sound with the OEM Xovers.

-2 Fi SSD 15's With Flat wound Coils in 6cuft @ 32Hz with 90sqin port area

Yep, with the prices and the amount of bass he wants Fi was the best choice I could think of. SQ isn’t taking top priority. He just wants to shake houses when he wants to and have good bass for his reggae.

-Hifonics BXi2006D

Hifonics may not be the best, but my BX was reliable and gave plenty of power for the money. I don’t think I am going to get a near 2kw amp for $350 from anyone else brand new with 1yr warranty.

-80+ sqft Sound Deadener

The majority of it will be RAAMatt. Possibly something cheap like eDead where good adhesion isn’t top priority.

-Knu Konceptz 1/0, 4ga, and RCA cables including Big 3

Knu is cheap and it looks pretty so that is what he got. I'm not a Knu fan but it works.

I'm pocketing roughly $240 from this after materials. I figure one weeks work putting in 2-3hrs a day.

Here are some picutres of what has come in so far. The box is almost ready for finishing. I will get pictures up of it later. There is something wrong with what Onlinecarstereo.com sent me. If you figure it out you get an e-cookie.

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[woody89 10+ year member]

Looks nice, keep the pics coming.

 

[Demi 10+ year member]

*subcribed* Im excited dont keep us waiting on picture too long!

 

[phantom240 5,000+ posts]

lol

 

[OldManTod 10+ year member]

LOL at the "Trailer Park Car Audio Shop"...!!!!

(subscribed)...

- T

 

[CBFryman2 5,000+ posts]

Amp pics for you to look at while I go and sand some bondo and roundover some corners.

BXi2006D has some good looking innerds. Another great budget amp from Hifonics. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

China, and proving that Onlinecarstereo.com does NOT remove serial numbers on all of their products.

A pair of good looking boards IMHO but I am no electrical engineer.

BXi2006D No fuses no BS

ZX 4 channel. My girl has this amp in here car (05 version) and the innerds are different as far as I can tell. Her amps is a great amp too.

The car was scheduled to be here today but alas...not untill tomarrow.

 

[9512ds 5,000+ posts]

they are very hard to get loud inside. iw ould reccomend some rear deck modification if i were you

 

[CBFryman2 5,000+ posts]

I'm taking as much out of the rear deck as I can while keeping structural integrity and the back seat has a fold down center arm rest and behind it I am going to go in and operate removeing the plywood there while keeping the leather looking as stock as possible. He wanted to put a speaker there. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

Pics of the box in a few. It aint pretty yet but it will be getting primed and ready by tonight.

 

[bjfish11 5,000+ posts]

Countersinking FTW

 

[azbass 5,000+ posts]

lol. the screw head sticking out. id not pay money for that //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[mike dressure 10+ year member]

lookin good. keep em coming

 

[CBFryman2 5,000+ posts]

Countersinking FTW

Too bad all of the screws where removed after the glue dried. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

Screws are the poor man's clamp. They arent really needed after the glue cures.

 

[singlefordrange 10+ year member]

Sexy amps!

 

[THUNDERBIRD 10+ year member]

so what did you get sent wrong then?

 

[CBFryman2 5,000+ posts]

Black & Decker's best router + Spankin new carbide bit = butter cuts.

My first go at roundovers with this router and I was off by like 1/64th of an inch but oh well. 60 grit sand paper will take care of that.