donpisto's '01 Accord Build Log (Alpine, Zapco, TC Sounds)

[donpisto 5,000+ posts]

HID's wont work with the headlights I got //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

Sucks, but oh well...I actually need a horn...a loud one. Might pick one up from an old cadillac or something from a porsche. i know the old school benz horns get loud as well. I'll probably double the amount of horns as well //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[mdillon 10+ year member]

holy liquid deadener batman! how much weight have you added to the car by now? i woulda got tired of doing it by now and threw the rest of the system together. way to stay patient.

 

[donpisto 5,000+ posts]

I'm not quite too sure to be honest, but my hood and trunk lid are quite heavy. If there's a way to convert $600 into weight, then that's how much extra my car weighs, lol. The deadener was not done all at once, it was over time. If it was all at once, well, that woulda been something real interesting. Not sure if I would have had the patience for that.

 

[95Prober 10+ year member]

man, i applaud you!!! nice to see a properly deadened car!!

 

[donpisto 5,000+ posts]

I got around to cutting the doors. I only did the driver door since I want to make sure everything works just fine and then I'll move to the passenger door. I accidentally messed up by cutting the size of the speaker instead of the cutout diameter. It's not too big of a deal, just need to make the baffle a little bigger and cut more of the door panel, maybe by half an inch each side.

With the door panel I placed the thin foam gasket that came with the mids where I would want the mid to be so that it would fit well in the area I need it to be.

Took the door panel off and marked with a Sharpie where I need to cut.

Did the actual cut with a jigsaw. It was very easy and I found it to cut in a circle by itself somehow. I was hardly turning the jigsaw itself //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif I started using some sheet metal cutters at first but felt it would take too long and the jigsaw was a good idea. The little piece in the upper left corner sticking out has been removed, just not pictured.

Put the door panel back on to see if I needed to make any adjustments, but it seems it turned out quite well.

 

[donpisto 5,000+ posts]

Got my Sharpie out again and traced where the door panel was so that I know how to cut my baffles without them touching the door panel itself.

Reason I did that is because I will be using 1" baffles which will more than likely work. If not, 1.25" baffles will definitely work. As you can see I have a little under 3/4" of space from the door to the door panel, so anything larger than that, the baffles will not allow the door to remain in place via the clips.

Tested to see how the mid would with the door panel on. I inverted it to see better and get a better idea since as I mentioned, if the baffles are in place, the door panel will be sticking out. Everything seems to be going well.

Tomorrow I will be cutting the door panel a little and start on the baffles. I plan to trace the stock speaker grill so I have a general idea what the maximum size and shape the baffle should be within.

 

[MikeyB 5,000+ posts]

Nice!

 

[donpisto 5,000+ posts]

Decided I'll probably even mount the tweeters in the A pillars. Gonna make them flush as well. Once doing that I will cover the pillars with grill cloth for a stock lock and nobody will even know I have tweeters //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[donpisto 5,000+ posts]

Didn't do any baffle work today since I was waiting on a call for something, and won't be able to tomorrow. Might be able to on Thursday or Friday. I did check some things out though. My stock locations for the tweeters are up on the dash by the windshield. I was getting reflections off glass to the dash and it messed with the imaging so I got a dash mat. I am going to end up doing the tweeters in the A Pillars.

They were quite easy to take off (thank goodness). Here is a picture of it nearly taken off.

A shot of where the wires will come, which will be on the left side by the A Pillar. You can also see where the tweeters were originally mounted. I will either use my 2nd dash mat since it doesn't have the openings for tweeters or I will cover them with speaker grill cloth I just bought.

Reverse side of the A pillar panel and where the tweeter will be mounted.

I have plenty of room thanks to the short mounting depth of the Zapco tweeters. It doesn't look like there is in the pictures, but visible to the human eye there is plenty of room.

General location of where the tweeter will go.

 

[donpisto 5,000+ posts]

As I just mentioned, I bought some speaker grill cloth. Part of it will be for the lower portion of the door panel and another part will be for the rear deck cover. The only holes that will remain uncovered will be the furthest left and right one on the top (or rear) and the two small ones in the center bottom (or front). Everything else will be covered.

 

[James Bang 5,000+ posts]

Hurry your *** up.

 

[tc3k101 5,000+ posts]

hey levon im steal your car ur in temple city right //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

be sure to have all ur focal subs like all 7 with tc in the trunk too

sick *** job on the deadning

 

[ssj2xxgotenxx 10+ year member]

I'm really enjoying the thread DonPisto. However, I don't necessarily agree with your choice in headlights/taillights. I think you do great work, and with craftsmanship of your caliber, you should be doing HID retrofits on your stock headlights and LED conversions for the taillights. You can use the ebay ones for temporary use while you work on the project and sell them once your done. I hope you don't take this comment the wrong way, but the quality of the retros will be worth the time and effort.

The baffles could also be improved ascetically. The build looks great, and best of luck with the project.

Love the Mugen shift knob BTW.

 

[XaznKewLguyX 10+ year member]

fudge that looks nice. i wish i cut my doors. but its too late now //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

[donpisto 5,000+ posts]

hey levon im steal your car ur in temple city right //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gifbe sure to have all ur focal subs like all 7 with tc in the trunk too

sick *** job on the deadning

Close, but no cigar //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif