Maxima - Audio Build *N00bie*

[LeX 10+ year member]

LoL nah man I like to be able to use the trunk //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif
Alright LeX hopefully you don't forget to do that for me. I wouldn't want them to install it then accidentally blow the speakers because the gains were all the way up haha.

idiot installers do it all the time .You think they're smart but you'd be surprised. They always seem to crank the bass boost up (wtf)

 

[JessAlba452 10+ year member]

Well it's 5 days and counting down until this goes in!

I've done a quick photoshop of what I want it to look like once it's done.

Let me know what you all think though...and of course don't be afraid to share your ideas!

I would place the solid audio amp in between the rear seats and the box, but that's where the arc kar amp will go.

I was thinking of putting the amp either on the trunk floor with plexi to show it off, but I want to be able to get to my spare tire easily.

Also looking for it to look asthetically pleasing. I really want the 15" fi q to be in the center of the box, but no idea where else to place the amp.

Thanks for your opinions //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[HitManSE 10+ year member]

Nice. regardless of what you do its going to be a pain to access the spare. Hope it turns out well.

 

[JessAlba452 10+ year member]

Update: 5/01/07 It's time for silence...

Well something closer towards it anyways. I finally got the pics resized and all that for your viewing pleasure.

I bet the UPS man loves me today...nearly 50lbs worth of deadening arrived at my door.

Argh I don't want my parents seeing this! So into the car it goes! That is why I love tinted windows, since the boxes wont be super noticable.

I kind of forgot to take pictures of what was inside the 2 boxes of damplifier. But that's alright, this overkill pro is awesome. Really heavy duty stuff. I used some of it in the rear deck to cover most of the rattles. Even though I spent 2 hours deadening the bottom and top of the rear deck the rattle is still there slightly.

Not too sure right now though, because my Bose sub and amp are not audible. I took them out, and the bose is playing infinate baffle inside the trunk haha. Well either that or my trunk is just deadened so well that I can't hear it. But I don't think so...

Close up of the thick Overkill Pro- Thanks goes to Anthony over at SSA(Second Skin Audio)

Ah lovely product placement hehe

So this is where it all begins...an empty trunk. ***** rear deck. I think I'm in love. Haha nah.

Here you can see that I have left over Dynamat Extreme from deadening the bottom of the rear deck about a month ago. It was my first time deadening as you can see by the little pieces. But, for the rest of the trunk large sheets were used.

The tedious process of putting down deadening. Like I said it took about 6 hours to do the trunk, trunk lid, and top of the rear deck. Maybe 50sq ft of Damplifier was used. 1~2 sq ft of Overkill Pro for the top of the deck. It took about an hour to remove all panels, and such maybe 30 minutes to put it back on. Good thing LeX was around to help me with everything or it would've taken 2 days!

After a few hours...

Few more...

Donnee...

Forgot to take pictures of the rear deck all done. But I went from the top of the rear deck down to the wheel wells. I didn't have enough time to do the area underneath the seats since it was dark out.

I took it out for a test ride that night, and it did make a slight diffrence in road and wind noise. Once again the sub could not be tested out, so we will see how the rattles are once all the audio goes in.

Sometime in May I will begin to deaden the floors with Damplifier and Overkill Pro to reduce exhaust and further road noise. It was a GLE after all, and I want my luxury of silence back!

So until next time...I still have a noisy Maxima. Haha :hs:

 

[LeX 10+ year member]

thanks for thanking me *tear* how sweet //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/yumyum.gif.0556df42231b304b9c995aefd13928a8.gif lol. Tomorrow I need to redo those front sidemarkers and probably will tint the back red ones a little bit... anything you need to do? I have a term paper 6 page draft due Wed too //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

 

[JessAlba452 10+ year member]

Update 5/3/07

Well I just got in the last thing before it all gets installed this weekend. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/thumbsup.gif.3287b36ca96645a13a43aff531f37f02.gif

Can't wait AAAHHH!!! LoL plus will be getting an alarm installed at the same time. That way I can have some sort of peace of mind.

T minus 2- days and counting hehe.

So back to what I have here...

It's a Stinger SXBTM battery terminal. It cost a pretty penny too, but I thought it would be a nice accessory. It's black chrome and has a digital voltage read out. This will come in handy whenever I want to know how the battery is doing under load.

Odd thing was that USPS reported it delivered a day early. So I panicked and thought maybe it got lost.

But it got here within 3 days thankfully haha.

It's felt like Christmas at my house for the past few months lol.

Close up of the terminal inside it's packaging. So shinnny!

 

[LeX 10+ year member]

Update 5/3/07
Well I just got in the last thing before it all gets installed this weekend. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/thumbsup.gif.3287b36ca96645a13a43aff531f37f02.gif

Can't wait AAAHHH!!! LoL plus will be getting an alarm installed at the same time. That way I can have some sort of peace of mind.

T minus 2- days and counting hehe.

So back to what I have here...

It's a Stinger SXBTM battery terminal. It cost a pretty penny too, but I thought it would be a nice accessory. It's black chrome and has a digital voltage read out. This will come in handy whenever I want to know how the battery is doing under load.

Odd thing was that USPS reported it delivered a day early. So I panicked and thought maybe it got lost.

But it got here within 3 days thankfully haha.

It's felt like Christmas at my house for the past few months lol.

Close up of the terminal inside it's packaging. So shinnny!

it's so big! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fro.gif.c695f1f814b01c4ad99fe7f8cccadd29.gif

 

[Omarvelous 10+ year member]

You could put the amp behind the box, and show it off when u drop the seats OR on the side...

 

[JessAlba452 10+ year member]

You could put the amp behind the box, and show it off when u drop the seats OR on the side...

I have a dual amp set up..1 for speakers and 1 for Sub

So the ARC audio amp will be at the back of the box while the Solid Audio amp which is larger will be on the front.

Both amps won't fit at the back though... If it's placed on the side then it's harder to get to IMO. I want it to be easy without always having to move the box too.

I guess that's the final plan, as pictured for the setup //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif It'll look nice!! Hopefully sound nicer hehe.

 

[JessAlba452 10+ year member]

Update...Car went off to get the alarm and audio install done.

I will be able to pick it up on Sunday so sit tight everyone //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

Haha it's crazy I miss her already. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crying.gif.ec0ebefe590df0251476573bc49e46d8.gif

 

[SeaKid 10+ year member]

Where are the installed pics?

Dont be too happy listening to it and forget about us....

 

[LeX 10+ year member]

it's not quite done yet... almost //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[JessAlba452 10+ year member]

Will be worked on again tomorrow. It'll be 100% done lol. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif So far I've just been enjoying the alarm. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/cool.gif.3bcaf8f141236c00f8044d07150e34f7.gif

 

[LeX 10+ year member]

hey I can drive you over there tomorrow or whatnot.... I have an interview in the morning and some other stuff to do but otherwise I can. Might trade in my car for subaru as well

 

[JessAlba452 10+ year member]

Dunno yet, since I'm off tomorrow I might stick around and help or something.

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif Shouldn't take too long to put the sub+box in and hook up the amps.

They actually got the tweeters to fit in the a-pillars. Lovin the stealth look, want it heard and not seen lol.

Not sure if they got to deaden the doors, so I'll take my door panel off somehow and take a look.