Hi everyone,

This is a build we started many months ago but had to stop while the interior was being trimmed.

Some history of the car;

The car has been in Kevin's family since 1979 and he is the second owner of the car. Himself, his father, his sister etc all used to drive the car at one point or another and it is still in the family to this day.

Last year, Kevin was in the process of getting the car fully rebuild from ground up. When it was going back together, he wanted a nice sound system to compliment the vehicle on his long drives.

After sitting down with Kevin and working through the requirements of the system, it was decided to use the following equipment;

Pioneer P88RS headunit
Audio Systems 100.2 amplifier for the front components
Audio Systems 280.2 amplifier for the subwoofers
Gladen Audio RS165 components
3 x Gladen Audio RS8 8inch subwoofers
Ground Zero cabling
2 Bulk kits of Silent Coat sound deadening
Custom build enclosures for components and subwoofers

What was immediately decided was we were not going to cut holes into the original door cards to just 'lash' the speakers in. We would make kick builds to house the components so if needed, the car can be returned to stock and the audio system removed with no trace of it ever being there.

Right, time for some pics!









Some other interesting vehicles

 

Wow that's stunning! ! Looking forward to another sweet build

 

Another cool build from bass boy

 

Will be keep an eye on this.

 

Random engine shot








Test fitting sub box for the Gladen Audio RS08's




Amps will be going here


Speaker pods made


A nice selection of 8inch subwoofers!

 

I wouldnt mind some of them 8 inch subs. Is that sound proofing heavy then??

 

The 8's are great little subs!

The deadening is heavy but not massively...a bulk kit is around 10-15kgs in weight or there abouts!

 

Cool little project will be watching this one

 

 

That amp is massive lol.

 

Really cool build! Will keep an eye on this thread.

 

 

Looking good. Will there be a high powered alternator charging all this.

 

looks an interesting build

 

No need mate, its not a mega powerful install and the owner doesnt really listen to the music overly loud...he just wanted something that was pleasing to the eye and be able to play Reggae

 

as long as he's not going to rattle the car apart

looks nice, and the paint has really stood the test of time

 

Hardly any of the cars I do rattle if you let me go mad with them

He wont be listening to the music loud anyway...

Mind you, any rattles will be masked by how loud the exhaust is lol!

Paint work wise its had a full respray Hence why the windows etc were out in some pictures

 

So when you make a bass box like the one in the pics above how do you mount them to the car.

 

 

In his case, its bolted to the floor. You will see what I mean in the next set of pictures

 

Looks awsome, very clean car!

 

Nice new project, but i like that Mercedes more

 

Cool looking forward to the pics.

 

We gave the car to the trimmers fully working, and we got it back with everything ripped apart and not working...great!

The company who put the split charge system in didnt do a very good job, so I took it upon myself to sort out the wiring issues as I dont like people being taken for a ride especially when they are paying good money for work to be completed!

Earth point where the second battery was grounded...still had primer under it and wasnt making proper 'ground' contact


Properly ground back, cleaned with thinners and panel wipe




The power cables were re-routed slightly by the trimmer so they didnt interfere with the rear seat (told him they wouldnt touch the seat but he wouldnt listen). We also added brackets so everything was bolted down securely and unable to move




Sorry for the blurry pic

 

Looking good. I know what its like to pay good money for shonkey jobs to cars.

 

are the batteries supposed to live under the rear seats then or have you used that space for them?

 

I believe thats where they are originally, but its usually only one battery. Another company installed the second battery for Kevin but I wasnt overly happy with the job if im honest

 

Whats inside the box? It it some sort of foam. I take it the 3 holes for the subs are sectioned off.

 

Just realised I havent updated this thread with the final pictures!

 

Glenn, there is wadding inside the box...its the same sort of stuff you get inside duvets etc. It slows the air movement down and 'tricks' the subs into thinking the box is bigger than it actually is. This in turn helps with low end response and smooths the response curve out a bit...long story short, it can give you slightly deeper bass in a sealed box lol

 

love the OE look and then knowing it will knock pants off any wannabe sound chav with their tornado subs lol, proper audio sleeper

 

looks very innocent

 

Cheers guys! TBH it is pretty tame...its more of a sound quality install...get into it, play any type of music you want, and enjoy the sound! Pure Audio Bliss I like to call it!

There was always going to be a abit of a compromise as we didnt want to hack up any original panels etc and the car, if ever need be, could be turned back to standard pretty easily. Ideally, I would have liked to have raised the tweeters into the a pillars, but again, the amount of work would have exceeded the budget way too far and would have meant altering the lines of the dash etc which we didnt want.

Saying that, I got a text off Kevin from France saying he was loving the drive and the audio listening to some Bob Marley in the sun haha!

 

looks great

 

Lovely car, and I love the fact that it can all come out and no-one would know it had ever been in there. No hacking, no cutting etc.

Superb.

 

That's a pukka job! Looks really good (bet it sounds it too)

 

Cheers guys! I have to say alongside the owner, even I was impressed lol!

 

Top job mate love it

 

Top work matey. It looks amazing matey. I wish I could build audio installs like this. Top info about the foam in the box.

 

Bring it down and ill show you how its done...would love to get my hands on another Cossie lol