I've been meaning to post some pic of my audio install. Rather than write an essay I will be brief with lots of pictures.
Aim of the system was light and competition level sound quality. I used CLD, Egg box foam and 3M thinsulate to sound deaden. The latter two are very very light. I added 6kg of CLD total.
I decided pretty quickly to have a front and sub with a fully active setup. Pioneer Headunit with DSP and crossovers built in and 3 amplifiers; a two channel for tweeters, a two channel for mid/bass and a single channel for sub. The two front amps fit under the drivers and passenger seat. The sub amp goes in the back mounted to the sub box on isolation feet.
Doors were damped with CLD, sealed to make air tight as possible and foamed to prevent rattles. Speakers mounted on MDF baffles treated to seal them from water damage.
I also added sound deadening to rear arches which made a world of difference.
System Spec
DEH-80PRS Headunit
Genesis Profile 2 for Tweeters (under passenger seat)
Genesis Profile 4 bridged to drive the mid/bass (Under Driver Seat)
Genesis Profile Sub for the Sub (boot)
Morel Virtus 602 component fronts
Peerless XLS 10 4ohm subwoofer
Van Damme Pro Audio Blue Speaker Cable (2.5mm for mid/bass and Sub, 1.5mm for tweeters)
Van Damme Pro Audio Instrument cable with Brass Gold plated RCA connetors
CCA 4AWG and 8AWG power cable
Here is a ton of pictures.
The headunit
Dash in pieces fitting the Microphone for the bluetooth phone calls.
Surround was glued together and covered
Filled
Next up - The Battery
Installed an AGM battery for better voltage regulation
The Doors
Damped with CLD and added some Egg box foam inside
Sealed to make as air tight as possible
Whole door covered in closed cell foam
Speaker baffle with acoustic foam to protect the back of the speaker from water
behind the speaker
Tweeter in the dash
The Amps
I forgot to take a pic of the passenger side but here is the drivers side for the mid bass (its bridged Genesis Profile 4)
The Sub
Sub enclosure is a hybrid MDF and Fiberglass molded to the base of the boot and bolted down using the spare wheel anchor and screwed to a bit of MDF glue the panel at the back.
Sizing it up
ready to fibreglass
curing
Made the top and test fitted the sub and Grill
covered
amp mounted on isolation supports
installed in car
Finally some addition sound deadening to block some road noise
Layer of CLD to reduce panel resonance
and two layer of 3M thinsulate
This is the best place to start with sound deadening. Reduced road noise massively.
So there it is. Hope you like it. Any questions please ask away.
Cheers