This is a build log for my 1998 Maxima.



The components to my system include.

Head Unit
Pioneer Premier 880 PRS
Front Stage
LPG 25NFA 1" Tweets Powered by a Kicker 100.2 with Seas Prestige CA18RNX 7" Mids Powered by two channels of a Kicker 850.4
Substage
2 Sundown 10" SD-1's powered by the other two channels of the Kicker 850.4 bridged to 4 ohms
Deadening
2 Rolls Raamat BXT and 6 Yards of Ensolite which will be focused on the front doors and the trunk

Day 1
After a bunch of planning buying talking and BS'ing about the system we finally got it started by deadning the trunk.


First we stripped to the bare bones

Prep/clean the trunk for a good stick

The stock deadning

The Goods

 

Always a great phrase to see

Michael(my roommate) working in the trunk

Our High Performance cutting board

Me getting under the rear deck

Rear deck complete and Rear fill FTW!!! j/k

 

The trunk is dead

This is all we had left of the entire roll when we got finished

*UPDATE* January 1st 2008
Got the Head Unit installed and the RCA's ran today!

The Stock Setup

Got Everything thing tore down. Had a problem with getting the hazard light switch unplugged so we just put the whole piece on the top of the dash and left it connected

Random Pic...

 

Had to custom fit a piece in the gap between the bottom of the unit and the pocket. The Scoshe kit provided a new pocket that only made it look worse

Remains of the piece that we hacked

Added a hole in the back of a pocket to run the Ipod connector into a sweet little spot.

Completed! Sorry about the quality of some of the pics, my digicam can be very finicky
New headunit is very nice and actually a lot more graphical then I expected. Under a quick listen the stock speakers sound a wee bit cleaner. I will be spending the entire night reading the owners manual lol. This is definitely a very involved headunit, but extremely nice

 

Lots of work done...

The Stock Doors

Raammat and ensolite on the outer skin

The monster baffles

Yes, 2 inches thick!

A little comparision

 

More woofer!

ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED!!!

Drilling for the power wire

Wires everywhere in the trunk.

Cut out for the tweetz

 

Some good deadning on the inner skin

Add some Ensolite and the monster baffle

Getting Close to completion! The tweetorz are happy

 

Some deadning on the panel to stiffen it up a bit

Install the Woofa!

Woofa Installed!

The completed door back together!

Its been a long process but very rewarding. Now time time to ask alot of questions! I'll post them in a new post in a sec. Sadly the Ipod connector doesn't work but it will get fixed/replaced. Time to start EQ and TA and set the gains =)

 

Starting the sub portion of the install


mmmmm MDF

First Cuts

Stacked....

And ready to be built

Got all the pieces cut out this weekend build to come next weekend

 

Looks very nice, clean 4th gen as well...

 

Very nice.

 

that is one thick baffle! looks great man.

i want to hear this. you should come out to the maxima meets.

 

ya the baffle is a little big the doorpanel didnt go back flush but is close enough! had to be that big cuz the speaker is a good 3" is depth.

ya i definately need to head over to one. just give me a holla. what day do yal normally hold the meets?

 

Wow very nice job.

 

i'll let you know when the next one will be. we had one today at U of H. would be nice talking about audio for a change. most of the guys there are more into motorwork and such.

http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=552568

 

nice build. good job. how does it sound? what sub woofers are you planing on running?

 

it sounds GREAT!

im running these for subs
2 Sundown 10" SD-1's powered by the other two channels of the Kicker 850.4 bridged to 4 ohms
they will be getttin ruffly 400rms
they are low wattage subs. if u want more info i can get ya a link.
im building the box to get everything out of them i can pretty much.

 

1 heckuva workshop u got there.
Dr J

 

interested in your thoughts on those sundowns, although they're too low rms for me.

 

i here they do quite well. just will have to see. im tuning my box to 28hz. i will definately give yal some feedback.

the sundown Icons are some excellent subs if u are looking for some more powerful ones. i will probably wont upgrade my subs for some time depending on how good those work. also got some more work today on the box would of got some more done but a lil thing called the superbowl got in the way.

 

Great build so far. I too live in Baytown and have a white 4th Gen. ('96). If you might be interested in doing some install work on mine to earn some extra cash, shoot me a PM.

 

more construction

 

right chamber


left chamber

 

gettin close

 

VERY nice job. Well documented, well done.

I'm thoroughly impressed with your craftsmanship and attention to detail.

 

Agreed, corner pieces for port noise and everything. +1 to whoever commented on having a nice shop too.

 

i wish the shop was mine but its a good friend of mine and he pays attention to details to a 32nd of an inch. the box is very percise but if i build another one it will be done different. just got to get the carpet on it and the rest of the wiring done hopefully can get it all done this weekend. crosses fingers

and thanks for yalls input

 

Should have put the subs and port on the same plane....

 

In the picture where you show the right chamber what is that blue thing sticking out of the side on the left

 

Looks like a small length of speaker wire.

 

ya it is the speaker wire that im goin to run through the box so i can wire the subs to 4ohms cuz they are 8ohm drivers. the wire is just there to see what size hole i would have to have. should be done this weekend and dont have to work tomorrow

 

Also maybe round off those squared port edges, but that shouldn't make too much difference. Helluva nice job.

 

ya i should of done that before i installed them but if i hear any noise im probably goin to scrap the box and make another one cuz with what i designed i thought i could still get to my spare but thats a negative. so if i redisgn it i got to shirnk some things.

 

nice box dude. you should come out to the SQL meet me and my buddy are holding. basically it's a friendly contest. we each get score sheets and go around listening to all those who enter. and then we tally up the points in the end.

 

when is this?

 

Those mids are 3.2 ish inches deep correct? how much clearence do you think you have from the back of the magnet to the window when its rolled down? I ask because I am going to try to squeeze something that is 3.5 inches deep

 

well my baffles are 2" inches think and with this the door panel doenst exactly fit back properly there is like an 1/8" gap i would say at the bottom of the door. if i recall they were like 3 & 1/8" deep im think 3.5 will be cuttin it pretty close. i cant recall how much space i had but i know it was enough sry. if i would guess i would say there was maybe a .25 to a .5 of an inch behind there maybe more.

 

I have to agree with the guys here, nicely done .

 

Awesome work dude!

 

sometime in march. i'll let you know.