nismopc

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So I had some spare time today to get some more of me stereo install completed. On Tuesday, I installed my headunit and a PAC SWI-PS steering wheel control interface.

Today, I installed some MDF rings with Infinity 6.5 6012i Reference speakers and bass blockers (caps) in the front doors. I also installed RCA cables, remote turn-on and power, Alpine amp and original 10" Kicker Solobaric.

Here is the stereo...

nismopc

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Here are the MDF rings and speakers before and after install...






I broke the 2 tabs off the factory speaker and used the speaker as the template.

nismopc

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Here is where I ran my power wire thru the firewall for my amp...




I used the passthru where the cable driven accelerators are on the early gens. Since the 5.5 is electronically driven, this opening just had a rubber cover over it instead of a cable. It was too small for my power wire, so I had to remove the pedal accelerator to get my drill in there to widen the hole, but it was quite simple and looks great. Added a rubber pcv valve grommet that I got from AutoZone to protect the wire from getting stripped on the bare metal.

DcMaN

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nice man mdf rings look good. What size wood did you use 1/2 inch or 3/4 ?

nismopc

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Thanks! I used 3/4" MDF.

BBOYSTEVIE

Looks nice and clean. I'd recommend deadening/sealing the doors and any other rattles. Other than that, looks great. Enjoy!

Now for the important question...how's it SOUND?

nismopc

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Well, I still have the factory rears. I purchased a set of Infinity 6002i 6.5's (previous version of the 6012i) and am awaiting delivery of those. I think the bass blockers are cutting off too much midrange, so I might purchase some capacitors of my choive and change the cut-off points.

The Solobaric is in a .75 sealed airspace as recommended and I have a Alpine 200w amp running it. Sounds eh... I am changing the woofer out today and porting the box. I have never had ANY luck with sealed enclosures or woofers, so I think the Solobaric is out.

Other than that the front sounds great!!

1996blackmax

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Good work .

I had the an older 12" round Solobaric. I think it sounded better than the Square one that I had after it.

nismopc

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This is the round S10c. I've had it since it was new and have never been able to get it to sound good in any of my cars with any amp. I give up on that.

I just ported the box with 2 1.5" round x 4.5" long ports and installed a cheap a$$ FREE 10" DUAL subwoofer. Actually sounds better, but still not what I expected. Several years back (several), I ran 2 10" Kicker Comps (each at 8ohm into parrellel to 4 ohm) off of a 120 watt bridged Alpine and those things were insane. Massive bass response. I have never been able to recreate the sound I got from those. That setup was also in a hatchback so...

nismos14

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Pics of substage?

nismopc

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Well, sub and amp are out of the car as of this evening. This morning I went to get gas, had the stereo up pretty loud. The sub began to crackle. Sounded like a sizzle. I turned the radio off, opened the trunk and smoke was pouring out of the ports. The woofer is fried. Guess I know why Best Buy was giving them away FREE!! ...

So, is that normal for a sub to actual fry like that and smoke from too much amperage. The smoke came from the voicecoil vent in the center of the magnet.

MIXXMAX

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Install looks good. Maybe, one suggesstion, though. Spend some money on a GXE trim kit. Your center panel will look much better and more factory like. I think that Metra and Scosche don't quite match the dash right for the headunit. Other than that,

AscendantMax

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those Duals can't take too much power going to them. burnt VC smell

but looks good. i did very similar MDF mounts of that exact shape. Except I glued 3/4" MDF rings onto a 1/4" plate. I then mounted that to the stock bolt locations.

nismopc

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It's been 9 hours and the damn voicecoil still reaks! Looking for another option now.