Fiat 500 Abarth (Hertz, Helix, alpine)

[bigaudiofanatic 10+ year member]

Today the build started for a customer and his Fiat Abarth. He contacted me talking about hearing the factory system in the BMW M6 and wanted something just as good if not better. Having a limited budget I tried my best to meet that goal. He wanted to limt the space taken as he uses the car daily. We talked over products for a good week, finally with the list in hand I was given the keys and cued the music. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

The list

Amp

Alpine PDX-V9

Front Speakers

Hertz Hi-Energy HSK165

Rear Speakers

Focal Access 165

Processor

Helix P-DSP

Sub

Alpine Type R 10

Sound Dapening

Dynamat Xtreme

Second Skin Overkill Pro

Power/Speaker Wire

KnuKonceptz

Head Unit

Pioneer App Radio 2

Additional Items

Laser jammer

Hard wire V1

Here are the items so far.

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[bigaudiofanatic 10+ year member]

RCA's and wake up wire zip tied every 6 inches

Bose amp next to alpine

Door panels removed

Speakers removed

Dynamat installed

Removed side panels

 

[bigaudiofanatic 10+ year member]

Ran the speaker wire

Removed the intake to access the blank grommet

Testing the processor and updating

Installed the DSP in bose factory amp location. Used the bose power wire to feed it.

Label speaker wires

 

[bigaudiofanatic 10+ year member]

How does she like the 10 in that size car? I will start glassing in the next few days, I have to build the false floor first.

Thanks //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

Today I got a late start simply because I was waiting for the set of focal's to get in.

Focal's

Factory head unit pulled out, had to pull the vents out as well for the double din.

Ran all the wires to the trunk.

The stock rear speakers. What a piece of junk :surprised:

Stock Vs aftermarket. I'm surprised the bose speaker didn't fall apart

 

[bigaudiofanatic 10+ year member]

Speaker wire soldered and heat shrunk.

After drilling out the rivet holding the stock speaker in place and installing a small amount of dampening material I installed the speakers with no problem.

Believe it or not there is a small amount of space still there.

 

[bigaudiofanatic 10+ year member]

Wires organized to the trunk area

All wires ran and labeled

Idea of where the amp will go.

Been a busy few days. I didn't get a chance to work on the car yesterday however today I did get a few big items started. The head unit as well as the wiring harness came in. I am still waiting on the hertz speakers for the front! That is what's holding the front being completed. Tomorrow I will go ahead and make the spacers for the doors as well as install the laser jammer.

Wiring harness made.

 

[bigaudiofanatic 10+ year member]

Installed and programmed the steering wheel controls.

Masking up the area for the fiberglass

Laying the fiberglass

Cure time

 

[bigaudiofanatic 10+ year member]

Today I built the spacer rings. They will be bolted into the factory location. Luckily the windows don't even come into the area the speakers are located.

First I made the correct opening with my circle jig. Than placed the factory speaker in the hole and traced out the outside.

Mounted the fuse block and took the strain off the wire with clamps. This is located on the plastic shroud below the windshield.

Another layer of fiberglass was done on the sub box. Tomorrow laser jammer.

Today the laser jammer was installed. Luckily I didn't have to fully remove the bumper just worked behind it. I used the included mounting brackets and installed them into the slit towards the middle of the fiat's bumper.

 

[bigaudiofanatic 10+ year member]

Installed the spacer rings after a coat of paint. They were mounted to the factory holes using bolts and locking nuts.

Ran the laser jammer wires through the firewall.

Installed the power switch for the jammer.

 

[fasfocus00 5,000+ posts]

Great Work man

 

[Kingstroker 10+ year member]

Nice job, can't wait to see more. Was it just me or did anyone else notice the battery was almost as big as the motor.

 

[bigaudiofanatic 10+ year member]

Everything is starting to wind down. The speakers come in tomorrow and most of the car is already put back together.

Installed the double din dash kit. Sadly you have to cut your vents but a double din looks fantastic in this location.

Amp mounted and tested. A full amp rack will be built later when the sub box is done.

More progress on the sub box.

Much cleaner, I decided as a thank you to my customer to do a full detail.

 

[kramer_212 10+ year member]

uhhaaaahhhggg.

 

[bigaudiofanatic 10+ year member]

uhhaaaahhhggg.

Is that good? lol

 

[TheycallmeJT 10+ year member]

Build looks great. Such a tiny *** car