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<blockquote data-quote="robbythedude" data-source="post: 8348371" data-attributes="member: 661682"><p><img src="http://i.imgur.com/JIVaPMrl.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Hey,</p><p></p><p>Last week was entirely spent ripping my car apart and upgrading all the audio tenfold with my father. A first ever father/son audio project. I was going to post a day-by-day sort of log, but instead I am going to log pictures into sections of relevance and how it was done. I was to lazy for a day-by-day log... As my first 18" project comes to an end, there will be much more for Soul in the future.</p><p></p><p>The build is completely SoundQubed equipment with a Pioneer headunit.</p><p></p><p><strong>Subwoofer:</strong> <a href="http://www.soundqubed.com/HDC3118-Copper-Coil-Subwoofer_p_25.html" target="_blank">HDC3.118 Copper Coil Subwoofer</a></p><p></p><p><strong>Mids:</strong> <a href="http://www.soundqubed.com/QP-MR65-Sold-As-Pair-Grills-Not-Included_p_103.html" target="_blank">QP-MR6.5</a></p><p></p><p><strong>Tweeters:</strong> <a href="http://www.soundqubed.com/QP-TH25-SuperTweeter-Sold-As-Pair-_p_104.html" target="_blank">QP-TH25 "SuperTweeter"</a></p><p></p><p><strong>4-Channel Amp:</strong> <a href="http://www.soundqubed.com/Q4-90_p_252.html" target="_blank">Q4-90</a></p><p></p><p><strong>Monoblock Amp:</strong> <a href="http://www.soundqubed.com/Q1-2200D_p_31.html" target="_blank">Q1-2200D</a></p><p></p><p><strong>Headunit:</strong> <a href="http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/PUSA/Car/CD-Receivers/DEH-P980BT" target="_blank">DEH-P980BT - Premier™</a></p><p></p><p><strong>High Resolution Album:</strong> <a href="http://imgur.com/a/Yvgoi/embed#0" target="_blank">Soul 2014</a></p><p></p><p><strong>Index</strong></p><p></p><p>Doors (below)</p><p></p><p><a href="http:////forums/car-audio-build-logs-cars-trucks-suvs/612878-kia-soul-2014-many-images.html#post8660538" target="_blank">Headunit</a></p><p></p><p><a href="http:////forums/car-audio-build-logs-cars-trucks-suvs/612878-kia-soul-2014-many-images.html#post8660539" target="_blank">Wiring</a></p><p></p><p><a href="http:////forums/car-audio-build-logs-cars-trucks-suvs/612878-kia-soul-2014-many-images.html#post8660541" target="_blank">Deadening</a></p><p></p><p><a href="http:////forums/car-audio-build-logs-cars-trucks-suvs/612878-kia-soul-2014-many-images.html#post8660542" target="_blank">Amp Mounting</a></p><p></p><p><a href="http:////forums/car-audio-build-logs-cars-trucks-suvs/612878-kia-soul-2014-many-images.html#post8660542" target="_blank">Box Build</a></p><p></p><p><a href="http:////forums/car-audio-build-logs-cars-trucks-suvs/612878-kia-soul-2014-many-images.html#post8660545" target="_blank">Big Three</a></p><p></p><p><a href="http:////forums/car-audio-build-logs-cars-trucks-suvs/612878-kia-soul-2014-many-images.html#post8660545" target="_blank">Misc</a></p><p></p><p><strong>Doors</strong></p><p></p><p>Speaker was mounted to the plastic...Ripped the speaker from the plastic, dremel the ****, and got new screws.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i.imgur.com/w1Olrmml.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Mounting the new 6.5" to the OEM bracket. Finished speaker in back, no going back to OEM speakers.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i.imgur.com/ARSTbIKl.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Here you can see OEM sound deadening. Bottom right of panel you can see plastic speaker ring that presses into the foam of speaker bracket.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i.imgur.com/ROTBl7Ul.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>This is not necessary.....A huge pain in the *** this plastic piece was. The speaker mounted here, not a big deal. BUT, to deaden behind this on the sheet metal required the removal of the windows, door handles, plugs, etc...</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i.imgur.com/ISEHHGal.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Here you can see where the foam presses against the door frame plastic.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i.imgur.com/eJvCWVYl.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>No different, but the speaker is removed.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i.imgur.com/tJ5paSnl.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>It looked allot bigger on the outside, but this is all I have... Ended up pulling em out and putting the closure back together.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i.imgur.com/FFcSjn1l.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Big tweeter was not going to fit in that dinky OEM hole. So, one was made for them right above the 6.5" speaker</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i.imgur.com/yA1L0yvl.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Looks really nice, I could not be happier with the outcome of this.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i.imgur.com/Iu6KWbdl.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="robbythedude, post: 8348371, member: 661682"] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/JIVaPMrl.jpg[/IMG] Hey, Last week was entirely spent ripping my car apart and upgrading all the audio tenfold with my father. A first ever father/son audio project. I was going to post a day-by-day sort of log, but instead I am going to log pictures into sections of relevance and how it was done. I was to lazy for a day-by-day log... As my first 18" project comes to an end, there will be much more for Soul in the future. The build is completely SoundQubed equipment with a Pioneer headunit. [B]Subwoofer:[/B] [URL="http://www.soundqubed.com/HDC3118-Copper-Coil-Subwoofer_p_25.html"]HDC3.118 Copper Coil Subwoofer[/URL] [B]Mids:[/B] [URL="http://www.soundqubed.com/QP-MR65-Sold-As-Pair-Grills-Not-Included_p_103.html"]QP-MR6.5[/URL] [B]Tweeters:[/B] [URL="http://www.soundqubed.com/QP-TH25-SuperTweeter-Sold-As-Pair-_p_104.html"]QP-TH25 "SuperTweeter"[/URL] [B]4-Channel Amp:[/B] [URL="http://www.soundqubed.com/Q4-90_p_252.html"]Q4-90[/URL] [B]Monoblock Amp:[/B] [URL="http://www.soundqubed.com/Q1-2200D_p_31.html"]Q1-2200D[/URL] [B]Headunit:[/B] [URL="http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/PUSA/Car/CD-Receivers/DEH-P980BT"]DEH-P980BT - Premier™[/URL] [B]High Resolution Album:[/B] [URL="http://imgur.com/a/Yvgoi/embed#0"]Soul 2014[/URL] [B]Index[/B] Doors (below) [URL="http:////forums/car-audio-build-logs-cars-trucks-suvs/612878-kia-soul-2014-many-images.html#post8660538"]Headunit[/URL] [URL="http:////forums/car-audio-build-logs-cars-trucks-suvs/612878-kia-soul-2014-many-images.html#post8660539"]Wiring[/URL] [URL="http:////forums/car-audio-build-logs-cars-trucks-suvs/612878-kia-soul-2014-many-images.html#post8660541"]Deadening[/URL] [URL="http:////forums/car-audio-build-logs-cars-trucks-suvs/612878-kia-soul-2014-many-images.html#post8660542"]Amp Mounting[/URL] [URL="http:////forums/car-audio-build-logs-cars-trucks-suvs/612878-kia-soul-2014-many-images.html#post8660542"]Box Build[/URL] [URL="http:////forums/car-audio-build-logs-cars-trucks-suvs/612878-kia-soul-2014-many-images.html#post8660545"]Big Three[/URL] [URL="http:////forums/car-audio-build-logs-cars-trucks-suvs/612878-kia-soul-2014-many-images.html#post8660545"]Misc[/URL] [B]Doors[/B] Speaker was mounted to the plastic...Ripped the speaker from the plastic, dremel the ****, and got new screws. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/w1Olrmml.jpg[/IMG] Mounting the new 6.5" to the OEM bracket. Finished speaker in back, no going back to OEM speakers. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/ARSTbIKl.jpg[/IMG] Here you can see OEM sound deadening. Bottom right of panel you can see plastic speaker ring that presses into the foam of speaker bracket. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/ROTBl7Ul.jpg[/IMG] This is not necessary.....A huge pain in the *** this plastic piece was. The speaker mounted here, not a big deal. BUT, to deaden behind this on the sheet metal required the removal of the windows, door handles, plugs, etc... [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/ISEHHGal.jpg[/IMG] Here you can see where the foam presses against the door frame plastic. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/eJvCWVYl.jpg[/IMG] No different, but the speaker is removed. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/tJ5paSnl.jpg[/IMG] It looked allot bigger on the outside, but this is all I have... Ended up pulling em out and putting the closure back together. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/FFcSjn1l.jpg[/IMG] Big tweeter was not going to fit in that dinky OEM hole. So, one was made for them right above the 6.5" speaker [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/yA1L0yvl.jpg[/IMG] Looks really nice, I could not be happier with the outcome of this. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/Iu6KWbdl.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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