Show off your work - Page 3 - The Ford Focus Forum

**bndallas** · 11-19-2004, 02:29 AM

oops sorry
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...s/DSC00002.jpg

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**ETzx3** · 11-23-2004, 10:21 AM

heres mine I did this summer

**bariman1226** · 11-26-2004, 01:26 PM

it snowed 2 days ago so i just put the car in the garage for the winter ::sigh:: i'll try and get some pics after i fix a few things

**pinKRUSHER** · 12-05-2004, 05:35 PM

Here are some pics.....

Head Unit - Premier DEH-P860MP
Doors - Kicker K57.2 components
Rear - Kicker K57.2 components
Amp - Kicker KX 700.5
Subs - Kicker CompVR's
Box - Ported to spec
Misc - (((XM))), 12 Disc changer.
Power - Optima Yellow Top, 200 amp alt. Monster Cable, Audiopipe cap/connectors.

All work done by Lester and the boys @ Cartronics. Located North Miami Beach & Pembroke Pines Fla.

**IslandFocus** · 12-07-2004, 12:01 PM

CF Vinyl Box
CF Vinyl Box Closeup

**Ray** · 12-07-2004, 12:25 PM

Nice work Island!

And welcome to the best underrated forum on the message board!

**IslandFocus** · 12-07-2004, 01:26 PM

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Nice work Island!

And welcome to the best underrated forum on the message board!

Thanks for the kind words. Its a work in progress right now but my near future plans are a pair of Alpine Type R 12's and a pair of Alpine 350W mono amps mounted on each side.

**dday216** · 12-07-2004, 06:33 PM

this is from the back of the amp rack/the front of the car. the f340 amp is under the 1001

this is what i have
MRD-M1001 (amp for subs)
MRV-F340 (amp for speakers)
2 x SWR-1221D (12in type Rs)
SPS-571A (type S component speakers)
IVA-D300 (head unit / touch monitor)

hope you all like it

**Majikal** · 12-07-2004, 06:35 PM

beautiful setup DDay, I like that a lot.

**Jobin** · 12-08-2004, 12:05 AM

Quote:

beautiful setup DDay, I like that a lot.

yes! very clean!

I wish I wasnt a bass head so I could do something simple like that...

**GlennH** · 12-08-2004, 07:55 AM

i love the vinyl look man

**focuzed7** · 12-09-2004, 07:01 PM

can you seriously get good sound with the subs mounted like that? like ddays setup??

**Majikal** · 12-09-2004, 07:57 PM

it sounds the same as if theyre mounted the other way.

**dday216** · 12-10-2004, 06:18 PM

thanks, and yeah the sound is the same. still kicks like a mofo

**spots25** · 12-12-2004, 03:49 AM

i'm pretty sure that even Jobin would be happy with two 12"s, if he got the right ones

Anyways, thats a really tight install, but ya gotta do a little more wiring work on that front amp

**gage** · 12-12-2004, 08:00 AM

I don't think you can see that front amp...It looks to me like it is hidden in the back of the box under the larger Alpine...Am I missing something?

**Ray** · 12-12-2004, 08:04 AM

Yeah, just that some of us here treat all wiring like it is to be shown... so even places that you cant see, the wiring is groomed, secured, and flowing.

Dont ask. It's a sickness, really.

**gage** · 12-12-2004, 08:16 AM

I see. I must just be a shallow person only looking skin deep. Never getting or developing the soul of the install.

**dday216** · 12-12-2004, 04:34 PM

the 340 amp is under the 1001 and that pic is with the back seat down, when the seatis up it goes right up to the back of the 1001 and you cant c the 340

**MAlby7** · 12-13-2004, 11:49 AM

**Ray** · 12-13-2004, 11:58 AM

malby7, i would be concerned with the wiring going under the back seats, especially the power cables, as they can chaff from folding the seats down and you'd pop your ANL under the hood. Also having the amps bolted to the steel like that might induce a ground loop (but not necessarily).

Overall, clean, and effective

**intuneauto** · 12-13-2004, 03:08 PM

yeah that would be my concern with the wires but as far as ground loop that can be averted just place a 1/2 sheet of mdf and screw it to the seat and then the amps can go on them

**MAlby7** · 12-13-2004, 07:34 PM

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malby7, i would be concerned with the wiring going under the back seats, especially the power cables, as they can chaff from folding the seats down and you'd pop your ANL under the hood. Also having the amps bolted to the steel like that might induce a ground loop (but not necessarily).

Overall, clean, and effective

Well when the power wire comes out from under the driver's side door frame how can I get it to run to the trunk without going under the seats. I have since moved the ANL fuse holder to the engine bay. next summer I'm gonna be changing my setup also. I will be mounting the amps to the sides of the hatch on a piece of wood. What recommendations do you guys have for me?

**Ray** · 12-14-2004, 07:41 AM

You can run the power cable under the rear quarter panel trim, then into the trunk behind the carpeting that way.

**intuneauto** · 12-14-2004, 12:12 PM

Run the power cable UNDER the car,There is a body Plug in the left rear quarter that you can come up thru

11-19-2004, 02:29 AM	#51 (permalink)
bndallas Rookie Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: irving tx Posts: 45	Re: Show off your work oops sorry http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...s/DSC00002.jpg mod edit: image too large to embed. click the link

11-23-2004, 10:21 AM	#52 (permalink)
ETzx3 TEAM Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: MSU - East Lansing, Mi Posts: 154	Re: Show off your work heres mine I did this summer

11-26-2004, 01:26 PM	#53 (permalink)
bariman1226 TEAM Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Cambridge, MA Posts: 828	Re: Show off your work it snowed 2 days ago so i just put the car in the garage for the winter ::sigh:: i'll try and get some pics after i fix a few things

12-05-2004, 05:35 PM	#54 (permalink)
pinKRUSHER Senior TEAM Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. USA Posts: 1,743	Just finished my system last week, simple but sounds SICK!! Here are some pics..... Head Unit - Premier DEH-P860MP Doors - Kicker K57.2 components Rear - Kicker K57.2 components Amp - Kicker KX 700.5 Subs - Kicker CompVR's Box - Ported to spec Misc - (((XM))), 12 Disc changer. Power - Optima Yellow Top, 200 amp alt. Monster Cable, Audiopipe cap/connectors. All work done by Lester and the boys @ Cartronics. Located North Miami Beach & Pembroke Pines Fla.

12-07-2004, 12:01 PM	#55 (permalink)
IslandFocus Senior TEAM Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Nassau, Bahamas Posts: 2,702	Re: Show off your work CF Vinyl Box CF Vinyl Box Closeup

12-07-2004, 12:25 PM	#56 (permalink)
Ray Driver > Car Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: CT Posts: 28,121	Re: Show off your work Nice work Island! And welcome to the best underrated forum on the message board!

12-07-2004, 06:33 PM	#58 (permalink)
dday216 TEAM Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Wayzata, MN Posts: 548	Re: Show off your work this is from the back of the amp rack/the front of the car. the f340 amp is under the 1001 this is what i have MRD-M1001 (amp for subs) MRV-F340 (amp for speakers) 2 x SWR-1221D (12in type Rs) SPS-571A (type S component speakers) IVA-D300 (head unit / touch monitor) hope you all like it

12-07-2004, 06:35 PM	#59 (permalink)
Majikal MAKE IT RAIN! ... is that like $@(3+/ a $!@" and @)(+/#? Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: West Hartford, CT Posts: 11,790	Re: Show off your work beautiful setup DDay, I like that a lot.

12-08-2004, 07:55 AM	#61 (permalink)
GlennH TEAM Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Posts: 616	Re: Show off your work i love the vinyl look man

12-09-2004, 07:01 PM	#62 (permalink)
focuzed7 TEAM Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Westbrook,Maine Posts: 129	Re: Show off your work can you seriously get good sound with the subs mounted like that? like ddays setup??

12-09-2004, 07:57 PM	#63 (permalink)
Majikal MAKE IT RAIN! ... is that like $@(3+/ a $!@" and @)(+/#? Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: West Hartford, CT Posts: 11,790	Re: Show off your work it sounds the same as if theyre mounted the other way.

12-10-2004, 06:18 PM	#64 (permalink)
dday216 TEAM Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Wayzata, MN Posts: 548	Re: Show off your work thanks, and yeah the sound is the same. still kicks like a mofo

12-12-2004, 03:49 AM	#65 (permalink)
spots25 Senior TEAM Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 3,109	Re: Show off your work i'm pretty sure that even Jobin would be happy with two 12"s, if he got the right ones Anyways, thats a really tight install, but ya gotta do a little more wiring work on that front amp

12-12-2004, 08:00 AM	#66 (permalink)
gage TEAM Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 171	Re: Show off your work I don't think you can see that front amp...It looks to me like it is hidden in the back of the box under the larger Alpine...Am I missing something?

12-12-2004, 08:04 AM	#67 (permalink)
Ray Driver > Car Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: CT Posts: 28,121	Re: Show off your work Yeah, just that some of us here treat all wiring like it is to be shown... so even places that you cant see, the wiring is groomed, secured, and flowing. Dont ask. It's a sickness, really.

12-12-2004, 08:16 AM	#68 (permalink)
gage TEAM Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 171	Re: Show off your work I see. I must just be a shallow person only looking skin deep. Never getting or developing the soul of the install.

12-12-2004, 04:34 PM	#69 (permalink)
dday216 TEAM Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Wayzata, MN Posts: 548	Re: Show off your work the 340 amp is under the 1001 and that pic is with the back seat down, when the seatis up it goes right up to the back of the 1001 and you cant c the 340

12-13-2004, 11:49 AM	#70 (permalink)
MAlby7 Senior TEAM Member Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Woodbridge, Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,561	Re: Show off your work

12-13-2004, 11:58 AM	#71 (permalink)
Ray Driver > Car Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: CT Posts: 28,121	Re: Show off your work malby7, i would be concerned with the wiring going under the back seats, especially the power cables, as they can chaff from folding the seats down and you'd pop your ANL under the hood. Also having the amps bolted to the steel like that might induce a ground loop (but not necessarily). Overall, clean, and effective

12-13-2004, 03:08 PM	#72 (permalink)
intuneauto Senior TEAM Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: souther california Posts: 1,453	Re: Show off your work yeah that would be my concern with the wires but as far as ground loop that can be averted just place a 1/2 sheet of mdf and screw it to the seat and then the amps can go on them

12-14-2004, 07:41 AM	#74 (permalink)
Ray Driver > Car Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: CT Posts: 28,121	Re: Show off your work You can run the power cable under the rear quarter panel trim, then into the trunk behind the carpeting that way.

12-14-2004, 12:12 PM	#75 (permalink)
intuneauto Senior TEAM Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: souther california Posts: 1,453	Re: Show off your work Run the power cable UNDER the car,There is a body Plug in the left rear quarter that you can come up thru

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