Install in my G35 sedan

[noooorb 10+ year member]

So I used my break to upgrade the sound system in my 03 G sedan (which came with BOSE). I've done installs before into my Civic and RSX (now sold) so I had some experience coming in. The goals of the system were for it to take up very little space but yet be plenty loud, and also to not lose any stock functionality (access to the spare tire). I don't like a lot of bass where it interferes with the rest of the music being played - 300WRMS is enough for me.

The Pioneer Avic-D3. Great head unit but it in a sense forced me to upgrade the rest of the. The navi voice was not loud at all. Plus my music, even when I turned it up on the head unit (to 40), it was too quiet when going on the highway. Here's the finished product (with the Metra Kit):

Next was the amplifer. I wanted to mount it in a location that would not take away any trunk space. I decided to mount it above the spare, kinda where it is in a G coupe. I made a custom mount for it - first time ever I did something like this and it came up pretty good imho (yea the hole is not perfectly centered but 1) amplifer is blocking its view and 2) no one will see it anyway when the trunk is open). Having the right tools makes everything easier.It was also the first time I put carpet on something related to car audio. Hopefully the pictures explain my train of thought with each piece. It came out very sturdy, and I'm still able to get to the spare tire in less than 3 minutes if need be (just need a screwdriver to unscrew the amp).

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[noooorb 10+ year member]

It's an Alpine PDX4.150 amplifer. Boy is this thing small. I wanted one amplifier to power the front componets as well as the subwoofer. This is a great amp and I did cover the front portion where the adjustable settings are with the included cover.

Next up, the door speakers. Getting to them was very easy (I thinkI can do it in about 2 minutes now, obviously it took longer the first time). I bought Phoenix Gold RSD6.5 components - They really are excellent, very bassy and feel like they're more expensive - I've had CDT CL-61A's before and they sound better than the CDT's. I also used Edead V1 to deaden the doors (first time for me too). Very easy to apply stuff.

Had to dremel out some plastic to make room for the tweets:

Glue melted:

Fuse pannel unscrewed:

All done:

Now all I got to do is get a 4080 box for my Alpine Type-R 10". I'll do that in a few months (spent a lot on the upgrade so far, so the box can wait). Also, this week I'm gonna replace the rear doors speakers to some generic Pioneer ones (4ohm). They will be powered by the head unit since they're only rear fill anyways.

So anyways 150 x 2 for the front compoents and 300 W for the sub - I LOVE THIS SETUP.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif I had a slight imaging problem due to a mishap with my tweeter installation, but now it's great.

-Norb

 

[tEh koRnDog 5,000+ posts]

nice

 

[nauc 10+ year member]

DUDE, YOU JUST GIVE ME A GOOD IDEA WHERE TO PUT MY AMP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

sorry, ive been dreading where to put it

thanks so much //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

o yeah, your setup looks nice!!!!!!!! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[MTXman 10+ year member]

Looks awesome man. But you could definitely fit a much bigger box in that trunk haha but I know that's not what youre after.

Bet that sounds awesome man, great install overall.

 

[LBC99 10+ year member]

I never realized how small those PDX amps were, they look nice. I really want one of those now.

I did something similiar in my wife's car, putting the amp in the spare tire in her trunk too.

Looks nice, good job. I'm sure it sounds great.

 

[James Bang 5,000+ posts]

wow. those doors look sealed up before you even deadened them

 

[na_rsx 10+ year member]

hmm, had an rsx and sold it, you must be on clubrsx as wel right?

 

[noooorb 10+ year member]

^^^I still visit the forum many times (great resource).

Thanks for the positive responses fellas