Audio forum's been dead lately, so i thought Id share a little. Its getting warmer out, people are beginning to want some bump in their car.. This install (at my shop) was pretty fun, and turned out pretty good.

The car: '07 350Z
The stuff: 3 10" Fi Audio SSD's, Blue-matching Fiberglass box, Hifonics Brutus 2k watt amp, Alpine Head, 0 awg wire

on to pics! enjoy

We also put 20% tint on in the same day, looks dark (he'll get pulled over im certain):




why we lose tools a lot


Dave beginning to wire up subs


Fi SSDs!

 

cont..


LOTS of cutting/grinding had to be done to get the subs to fit. The customer had a company (that does Fb boxes) make this box for him, with a standard 10" ring, and the Fi's basket was a bit off


looking good


total 1 ohm load..

 

from the rear


pass


driver


amp and cap in glove box


bling BL1NG!

 

Source, Alpine 9855

sorry for the soso pictures, took them quickly.

Impressions:
Sounds good, real good. Output wasn't as much as I had hoped, but SQ department, they're a good bang for the buck. They move a lot, and their surrounds are really stiff out of the box it seems. Build Quality is top notch on these subs, the motor structure looks really strong, and stable. The dust caps are rock hard as well..overall i'm definately considering a Fi as my next sub...

questions, comments welcome!

 

Just curious to know if it would have helped if the subs were facing back towards the hatch. Seems they would sound better not having the cones bouncing right behind the driver/passenger heads. And you could have potentially gained a few decibels as well facing rear. Right?

 

Not enough power!!!!!!1


I remember you mentioning that car. Looks good man! Good job!

 

possibly correct, yes. but the enclosure was designed to face the way its facing . So it wouldnt sit/look right facing the rear..

 

thanks parag


haha, just under 700 watts a piece, so yeah. they're 750 rms each i think... could have taken more, yes.

 

Could def have taken quite a bit more, throw another amp on'em!

 

Nice clean setup!

 

The guy buys a '07 Z and slacks on the amp?

BTW, dont tell me it was your idea to put the REMOTE sub gain right next to the amp...

 

kinda silly huh? At least his remote sub gain works! LOL...the DLS one barely does anything.

 

Maybe you set it up wrong?

 

i know. what are ya gonna do


He didnt want it mounted anywhere on the dash..

 

Freakin Noobx cube................

 

Dont connect it at all? Just a though here...

 

we gave him the option, thats where he wanted it.

 

Manny noticed it in his car too when he had the DLS's....
There's nothing really to setup though...just plug it in. right?

 

nice job with the fiberglass, looks like alot of people are starting to learn about that spot to mount the amps :O .

 

He didn't do the fiberglassing, IIRC.

 

looks nice

and damn that pole vent is big...those SSD's use 4" coils or what?

 

fiberglass enclosure was done by some other company.


i think they're only 3, but they're beefy!

 

the enclosure looks nice..goodjob.

Btw how big is that glove box to fit the amp in there?

 

OMgAwd who is this guy?!?!?!

 

he's alive!

 

scary isnt it?

 

Thanks for sharing the pics, interesting amp placement in the glove box.

I know you didn't fab it but that sub box is sexy!

 

bad *** enclosure!

 

Looks really nice.
I miss RI.
Snif!

 

It would have been nice to put an LED fan in the glove with the amp, also to cool/circulate.

 

Nice job...but why the cap at all

 

I imagine the customer had it and insisted.



at least I hope...

 

trust me, i exlpained how useful the cap was going to be..


you guys really thought we suggested it?