Right well seeing as my cabriolet is going on a long road trip and the stereo is so weak that you can't hear it when the roof is down, i decided to pack it full of music!!!
i got:
2 X 2 channel 75w RMS Mutant Amps
1 X 16.5cm shallow mount Infinity component speakers at 2 ohms impedence and 90w RMS
1 X 14cm regular Infinity component speakers at 2 ohms and 75w RMS
1 X CBR10 active Vibe base box, with 10" sub
1 X Vibe fast plug to disconnect the bass box easier
1 X High quality Mutant wiring kit
2 X Sunvisor screens
the first problem was that the boot on the Cabriolet is so small that the bass box would not fit in it, so i had to make a new box using the parts. the new box is only 2cm smaller but it makes all the difference. the boot is so small that in some places the 10" speaker on its own will not fit in.
so i made a new box and that all went well, it sounds great and only just fits in.
then i went to fit the amps. the idea was that the amps would be bolted to the back seats, but again the amps were too big, so i had to come up with a way that the amps were further forward to overhang one of the gurders in the back. again they are a very tight fit.
then i wired that all in, which is an amazing amount of wiring.
next came the door speakers, I cut holes in the wing mirror covers for the tweeters, and went through a few covers before it was perfect. no i didn't use the march ones they are safe, these are just normal UK ones.
i went to fit the woofers in the doors but again they didn't fit properly, but after a bit of heart breaking drilling they were fitted ok. I fitted the cross over network boxes in a plastic bag to keep them water proof and then wrapped them in foam to stop them rattling, then they were pushed in behind the speakers.
the next problem was where to put the rear speakers (i was going for full surround sound.) i ended up finding some space in the rear quarters, again some heart breaking cutting had to be done but now they look fairly factory, tho i might make some adjustments to them a little later.
the whole system sounds increadible, i am very pleased, i just had to put some 52 ohm resistors in series with the front tweeters as they were a bit over powering.
finally i fitted the sun visor screens. i made up some custom brackets to hold them in place by welding a nut to a bit of metal, and gringing it into shape, then taking a normal sunvisor trim and cutting it down to cover it.
i decided that the clips to hold the sun visors on would just be drilled straight into the body of the car, i had done so much cutting up that i thought a small screw hole is nothing by comparason.
the whole lot took several days, it sounds perfect with just the right amount of everything, the screens work really well, and the surround sound is perfect too, watching a film is amazing for a car!
i am tempted to buy a digital projector next and mount it on the dash to project onto walls, for a proper cinima style!
