Acura TL IB install featuring Obsidian and Sundown

I try to be as neat and tidy as possible. In these next two pics I will show how nice the Stinger kit is along with where to cut the power wire so that when you put the wire in the fuse holder you don't have any bright blue wire hanging out of the holder for a nice neat finish.



My thumb is right where I cut the wire and then stripped back just enough to go all the way into the fuse holder.



Next comes the subwoofer connection. I used a LOC for simplicity. Simply disconnect the plug to the subwoofer,



Use two male connectors and slide them into the female connectors of the factory connector to get your signal to the LOC. Here is a picture of one male connector inserted into the factory connector.



Next I started working on the subwoofer IB baffle. Cardboard and a contour gauge are necessities for this kind of work. Cardboard is easier to cut and a lot less expensive than wood. I used both cardboard and a contour gauge to get the shape of the baffle board.



The two open rectangles are where I will pass the wire through from one side to another and the dark line is where the baffle board is attached:



I also drilled a hole (two holes are shown) on the bottom baffle board towards the front. There is an open hole in front of the factory grounding point shown in the Acurazine link. I put a bolt through that open hole and used it to go through the bottom board and screw it down. That way the enclosure/baffle will not move!

Here is what the wall looked like before the wall was covered in black felt and the Obsidian Audio 12" subwoofer and Sundown Audio amp were installed.



I used spray adhesive to hold the felt in place and then stapled the felt to the underside and/or side of the baffle board to create a smooth look. Here are two pictures showing the final product.

One from inside the vehicle:



And one from the trunk side:



*I am going to tidy up the visible red wire in a few days.*

The best thing about IB is that you don't absolutely have to seal up the entire trunk/baffle. This install yields a flat response to below 20 Hz yet there is a 1" gap at the top of the baffle to the bottom of the trunk lid.

And with all IB installs the customer has almost 100% of her trunk available to put things and nothing she puts inside will damage any of the equipment! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

Probably close to 10:1. I don't know the exact measurements of that trunk but volume wise you could probably fit 3 mini-fridge's in it and those are close to 5 ft^3 each. If there is 12 ft^3 of trunk space it would be a 10:1 (trunk volume : Vas).

Hearing how this one performs I'm kicking myself in the *** for ever installing a sealed box!