Finished installing components *Pics - 56k is warned*

[cleanerupper 10+ year member]

I finished yesterday installing my components into my 06 Accord. They are Boston Pro60's powered with a JL 300/4. Also I have a Kenwood KDC-K990 installed in the lower pocket with the metra pocket kit for Accords.

The tweeters are held in place with 3M adhesive putty and extra strength double sided tape. To adjust tweeter angle I simply push the tweeter at the desired angle and the putty keeps the exact shape. The putty does not dry out. *This is temporary - I am trying out different tweeter positions then I will cut holes where needed*

The woofers are in the stock places, held in with a 3/4 mdf baffle. I also put 2 layers of dynamat under the door panel. I still need to dynamat the inner door skin.

So far I really enjoy the sound of the Boston Pro's, nice and bright tweeters with very strong midbass. I had to attentuate the tweeters to -4db at the crossover, otherwise they were overpowering the midrange. I also had to EQ a -3dB dip around 4KHz as the tweeter can get a bit harsh with the vocals in that range. Along with that they were given a +5dB boost at 12.5KHz and a +3dB boost at 80Hz for added exaduration of midbass and cymbals. They are HPF'd at 80Hz with a 12dB slope I believe.

Oh yeah, the amp is mounted all the way to the right because I'm adding a subwoofer soon so the amp for that will go on the left. It's too bad Ascendant Audio has taken 8+ months to recone my Avalanche and I still haven't got it back from them.

So without further ado, here are the pics:

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[boomanchu]

Those black JL's are nice.

Where in so cal are you ?

 

[cleanerupper 10+ year member]

South Bay

 

[kpozr2 10+ year member]

you gonna mold the tweeters or keep usin the 3m stuff?

 

[cleanerupper 10+ year member]

The 3M stuff is temporary. I'm just testing to see what angle will work best. I'll probably get them glassed in eventually.

 

[kpozr2 10+ year member]

sweet, i bet they sound clear.

 

[supraman1379 10+ year member]

That looks nice

 

[TSL13505 10+ year member]

Pretty Sweet =)

 

[azbass 5,000+ posts]

have you tried the tweet higher up?

 

[cleanerupper 10+ year member]

Nope, haven't tried the tweeter higher up yet, where would be a good place to try? The dash?

 

[superdooperman 10+ year member]

Nope, haven't tried the tweeter higher up yet, where would be a good place to try? The dash?

Id try just higher up in the door panel, as close to the dash as you can. Or if you have a larger sail panel (the panel adjacent to your side mirrors) you could try them there, although depending on your dash it could lead into some cancellation issues.

 

[smd4life 5,000+ posts]

nice work...waht subs will you be using?

 

[cleanerupper 10+ year member]

Well Ascendant Audio has been reconing my Avalanche 15 for the past 8 months (since Dec. 05) so I don't know if I'll ever get the darn thing back. The owner Chad seems to be giving me a different excuse every time.

If I don't get it by the end of August I'll probably look into getting a new sub to be powered with my Hifonics Brutus 1500D I have sitting in my room. Any recommendations?

 

[6spdcoupe 5,000+ posts]

Good job Mike, I love how the V6P guys started bashing... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif

 

[Freestyler717 10+ year member]

How do you feel about having the head unit below the factory grill???

I have an Accord too and I thought about that option but didn't want to go through all of the hastle to place it underneath then have the old volume knobs etc not working. Why didn't honda just leave the headunit area replacement-friendly?? **** you honda!!!