Hey Guys,


Well I finally finished off most of my stereo install after a few weeks of tinkering! I figured I would post some pics to show how it turned out! I went with more of a stealth install which has minimal modifications to the car so it can be returned back to stock easily enough and retain as much functionality (i.e. storage space) and durability as I could!! Side storage compartments are still there and accessible under the new covers, the only holes physically drilled into the car were for the power wires in the firewall. I couldn’t use much of the stock carpet, etc as it was all thrown off and didn’t fit well due to the LPE mini tub kit, so as you will see I redid it all incorporating a full false floor with amp rack and custom sealed sub enclosure with .63 cu ft per sub!! (still debating if I did the right thing by going with the black carpet to match the interior of the car vs. using grey trunk liner to match what was in there). I also had to re-mold the dash to allow for a double din mount, as you will see on the bottom I didn’t like not having the cigarette lighter there so mounted a 12v accessory port and my laser defuser controls there! In the doors I made some plates out of MDF for the component speakers and made the same dimensions as the Bose and utilized the factory holes.

For gear I used…..
-Kenwood DDX-6019 Head Unit (Plays DVD’s as well)
-Kenwood KNA-G510 Navigation unit (Made by Garmin)
-Kenwood SIR-KEN1 Sirius Tuner
-EFX HD7004 4 Ch Amp
-EFX HDX67 6 ½ components in the doors (Powerd by Amps front ch)
-EFX HDC5250 5 ¼ Coax in the rears for fill (Powered by deck)
-EFX DVC 10” Subs X2 (Powered by Amps rear ch)
-EFX wire, rca's and connectors
-Obserview rear view camera
-Compustar security system with a perimeter sensor (Radar field for when top is down)

Still working on completing the following…….
-Obserview front camera (Help protect my ACI spoiler when pulling into parking spots lol)
-Finish install on laser defuser
My plan with these is I have purchased a second front plate filler and am going fiberglass/bondo one to resemble the Halltech tunnel port http://www.corvettec5.com/store/?pag...ebeff462bb5aa3 and mount the laser defuser head and front camera in it!

















Enjoy,



Tony2

 

that looks top notch tony! great work and i love the dash.

 

Congrats - it looks great!

How much work was it to re-mold the dash? Did you have someone re-cover it after you were done with it? What all is involved with doing something like that?

Jeff.

 

Thanks guys,


I appreciate the compliments! On the dash re-mold there is a how to in the C5 FAQ above. I sort of combined some methods and ended up using 5 min plastic epoxy for the speed aspect of it vs. the sludge method, I didn’t use any bondo (Tends to separate sometimes) and built it up enough to mold it with my dremmel and a ton of sanding by hand to make it smooth and flow well. All in all it’s not a hard process just VERY time consuming. I found with me being picky the toughest part was getting the SEM texture coating just right, I either had too much and had to re-sand it all, or not enough! Then I got past that and the clear was too shinny! lol so I ended up re-doing again and using a low luster clear that I liked better!

Others have used the same SEM coatings however if you want me to I can get the model numbers.


Tony2

 

That looks GREAT!

I love that B/W photo, that's clean!

 

Well I can not take kudos’ for that b/w photo! Ironically enough I was at the track a couple of weeks ago and a local photographer took that picture unknown to me, then another Corvette forum member saw it on the web recognizing the car he posted the link in the Canadian section for me!!

Needless to say I really like the photo too, they guy sure is a lot better with a camera than me! lol


Tony2