looks very good imho:
http://www.diymobileaudio.com/forum/...ad.php?t=33471

 

'bout time Bing did a C6... thought he was hooked on those foreign jobbies... Great work, as usual.

 

yeah, i love his installs even though they are largely the same.

 

Holy $hit.... talk about sweeet....that is impressive!!

 

holy crap, someone beat the customer himself in posting the pics :o i gotta thank corvetteforum as well, for providing me with many helpful information as i was working on the car

 

woops, i can take down the link :-) didnt know he was a forum member!

I was thining about sending my car off to you so you can finish my never ending install! :-)

 

haha, you should be able to check this car out in person, he is out of LA man you vette guys have it lucky, the midbass response out of hte car is out of this world, i am so jealous, i am never going to be happy with another midbass set up again...unlessiu do another vette that is...

oh and dont worry about hte link, he will direct post hte pics sometime soon, maybe after he picks up the car and gets back to LA on saturday hehe

 

you do great work. i keep showing my buddy your installs to give him ideas for his roadrunner.

 

thanks i try to keep things simple...and add new stuff that is evolutionary rather than revolutionary...thats why most of my installs loook similar, but if you dive intot he details, you will see new stuff here and there...

on this vette i did a coupla things i have never done before:

the under lighting platform the amps sit on whcih also sits in a well

the tilted amps to look more like an engine

the polished plexi plague holding my logo hehe

i think when isntalelrs try to reinvent the wheel or go beyond their abilities, thats when you end up wtih pretty bad looking installs

 

yeah, it's very veryon-esque. Please don't take my comment the wrong way. I'm a big fan of the 'simple' design with clean lines. though your work blows away everything i've ever tried :-)

 

What does something like that cost? And how long did it take you?

It is beautiful man.

steve

 

haha oh no, i definetly didnt take it the wrong way i dont mind hving my work being in a recognizable style, as long as its got class and keeps it clean hehe

took me about 3.5 weeks of working time from start to finish working 8 hours days and 5 days a week.

as for cost, i dont want to discuss that here, if you really wanna know, just me a pm

b

 

Well, after about a seemingly long 6 months wait after my good friend Bing did an install with my DD 2004 IS300, he just got done with my C6 install.
Before I begin, I'd like to thank Bing for yet another AWESOME install, Leon and Eng for helping to tune the car

So here are the goals:

1. Good sound quality
2. Classy design with a little bit of flash.
3. Hatch install able to be hidden out of sight.

Those were the original goals...hatch usability was NOT a goal I required of Bing, nor was retaining the targa top storage. But Bing was able to go above and beyond my expectations and added one more:

4. Retain targa top storage.

Equipment list:

Headunit/Processor: Alpine 205/701 combo

Front stage: Seas Lotus Reference 6.5" midbass, DLS Iridium 3" midrange, Seas Reference tweeter

Amplifiers: DLS Ultimate A3(midbass) A2(midrange) A2(tweet) A6(subwoofers)

Subwoofer: 3 x Image Dynamics ID8

The Alpine 205 headunit is installed in the stock location, with door chime and OnStar retention:





the alpine ipod cable is ran to the center arm rest:



the Seas Lotus tweeters were molded into the stock A pillar, aimed across at each other:











and here are some build up pics of the A pillars:

the factory vinyl was stripped off (a major PITA) and the rings attached



mold cloth streched and attached:



after that was dry, the inside gap was filled with resin/glass combo so its rock solid:



the pillars sanded and dampened:





and vinyled in factory matching vinly:





the midbass and mirdange reside in the factory locations in the door, he thought about trying out kick panel midrange, but there is virtually no room behind the kick and keeping the dead pedal was a requirement.

first, the outter layer of metal is dampened:



then the front panel dampened:



then a MDF blocking baffle was cut out, the back side truck bed linered to prevent corrosion:



and seals the big opening in the back....then, while he was waiting for the UPS man to deliver more dampening, he got bored and did some doodling ... he can dabble as a cartoonist...



then the speaker baffles were made and sprayed on both sides:



and attachd tot he door, and new speaker wires were ran into the door:

 

then finally, the Lotus Seas midbass was mounted:





for the Iridium 3 mid he built a little baffle in the stock midrange cavity, and then dampened the baffle, the baffle was painted black so it wouldnt show through the midrange grille.



and finally, the outter plastic door panel was smothered with dampening as well to prevent
buzzing:



and same goes for the other side:







and finally, two very solid doors that don't rattle or buzz at all





so...moving onto the hatch area...here is the normal view with things hidden out of the
way, the carpet there is just a temp. solution, I'm going to have a custom matching trunk mat made in the near future:



remove the carpet,and here is what it looks like, the entire fake floor is in factory matching vinyl, with three big cutouts and tw small ones, note corvette logo on a raised vinyl platform upfront and lettering on the covers:







and here is the view of the front of the floor, with a piece of polished plexi with Bing's logo secured on the front:







pop off all the covers, and here is what it looks like. the theme that Bing proposed is that of a muscle car engine, with two banks of "cylinder heads" flanking three downdraft carb with intakes. don't take it literally, but its the general theme

one the driver side, the A3 and A2, and on the passenger side, we have the A6 and A2, both sit in their own red vinly (factory matching) racks and are at a slight angle. all the wires in sight have chrome techflex and red shrink. the ground and poewr D-blocks are at the front, and the three ID8s sit ithe middle. the amps and D blocks have plexi over them as well, and the subs have an edge lit plexi border.

 

the platforms that the amps sit on, have an additional layer of edge lit plexi underneath, so with the LEDs turned on:









He also modified and raised the rear targa mounting points so the top still stows with the system in place:





its tight, but it clears the hatch with about 1/8" of an inch on both sides:



In Bing's expert opinion the car sound pretty good, Leon mentioned it's one of the better sounding sports cars he has heard...stage is very nice and high and suprisingly wide. midbass impact is one of the strongest he have personally heard.

now here are some build up pics:

Bing trimmed out the stock carpet in the back to gain as much space as possible, and then dampened the entire floor to block noise. He acutally ended up wtih an additioan 2" this way...quite a thick carpet



now one of the biggest challenges is that the entire floor of the vette is some kind of plastic, so nothing can be screwed into it if you want it to last...so what Bing did was make a bottom platform board, and attached it securely to the few metal parts in the hatch area, namely the crossmember behind the seats and the metal behind the wheel well. and then everyhting can attach themselves to this piece instead of the floor:





here is test fitting the basic design:



here is the jigsaw puzzle that is each amp rack well



vinyled in red:

 

and assembled, each well have their own crossflow fan pushing air over the amps and out the
vent in the back



the H701 rack whcih sits in the passenger side storage cubby:



and here are the platforms the amps sit on,



with a top vinly board and a bottom plexi piece that is edge lit:





and onto the d-block racks:

 

and the finished product, wired up:









the subbox:



and the top fake floor and side pieces during construction:





plexi attached to the center piece and then leds secured and taped over to prevent light
"leakage"





ready to be installed:





final shot of the trunk, all wired up, beofre the floor goes on:



and here are some panels dampened along the way:





finally, construction of the covers, whcih ar two-piece each, with a vinyl top and suede
bottom, raised vinyl lettering:



the amp covers done:



the d-block covers:



and the sub grille, which is also two piece, with HD mesh secured to one and covered in grille cloth, and black suede on the other:







Thanks again Bing, it's been well worth the wait

 

Hey Larry AWESOME !! install. We would like to hear/see it. There is a Valley Vettes GTG on Sat. morning. (Info in the So Cal section of the Forum). Hope to see you there.

 

Bing, nice work man, probably the best install I have seen in a vette. I am curious about the DLS 3" mid. What freq range are you running it at and what kind of slopes?

Thanks
Fej

 

Another question. since you are going 3 way active why did you choose only a 6.5" mid?