Well, I was originally a member when I owned my C5 back in 2006, and and just bought a C6, so ive been lurking for the last couple months while I found the one I wanted to buy.

I just bought this car about 2 weeks ago. 2005 6 speed Z51, 81k miles. I already replaced the Radio, and added a backup camera on the 3rd day when I got home (20 hour drive). I also just swapped out the transmission fluid last week, felt pretty notchy, and was blocking me out of first gear a little bit. Seems fixed now, or at least a million times better. Did Royal purple fluid. Also bought one of those 3 inch wind deflectors (kinda helps) lol. I also just got a new set of headlight lenses for it. Ill probably do that once the stereo system is wrapped up.

I do plan on doing a "nice" build in this car, but for now, I need to be able to hear my music with the top off. So ill call this my Quick Build, until winter. Then I go all out and do a set of high end front components, ill probably do the Hertz HKS 165XLs, I have them in my 2011 SHO taurus, and love them, then fiberglass box and amp rack and so on.

I do car audio for a living, so most of this stuff I already owned, but overall, it should work nicely for now.

Radio:
Pioneer 6.1 DVD with blutooth and HD radio.
GMOS-04 Harness
Metra Dash kit
Metra antenna adapter
Metra Back up Camera

Fronts:
Kicker QS Components

Alpine 4 channel amp, MRP-F300, bridged to do 150rms X 2
Alpine Mono Sub amp, MRP-M1000

Sub:
Alpine 12inch Type S (way overkill, but Its the best matching sub I have for the amp)

Heres the car, When I bought it, it was plasti dipped BRIGHT orange, and while I did get a ton of thumbs up during the long drive home, it just wasnt for me. So ive been working on getting the orange out of all the little nooks and crannies. Dip Dissolver and a power washer did amazing job of getting it out of all the cracks. Hopefully I think Im done. lol



This is where I started the mock up of the amp rack, and trying to figure out how Im going to fit everything.




Little bit of carpet on the amp rack, clean up the edges and I think its good to go.
Today I made the amp rack, and getting all my wiring lined out, seeing what I already have, and what I need to buy. And just getting everything lined up. I also did buy a set of 10inch to 6.5 adapter plates that I found online for the front doors. I figured for $15 id try them out. I wish they were thicker, they do seem pretty solid, but i might use them as a template and make a 2nd layer out of ABS so I can double them up, or just wait and see how they feel after mounted to the door, the speaker, and wrapped in dynamat first. lol

Well, thats it for this post, just thought id say Hi, and show my current Quick project.

 

Ok, so im not sure what im going to end up doing about the speakers. I found a nice set of 8inch Midbass drivers, that I know work great as mids. So im debating on adding those to a set of 3.5s, or just try and run them as a 8inch style component set. They play to about 4k hertz and my Tweeters go down to about 1,500 so theres a decent amount of overlap, just not sure how it will sound. I might try just doing the 8inch mids, with 1.2inch tweeters, and see how it goes. If it doesn't sound right, ill add some 3.5s or 4s.

I did get the amp rack carpeted, and the plan is to pull the car apart and do this install over Sunday and Monday.

 

Took a couple pics of it just seeing how it looked installed now that its carpeted. I got off work at 6, and spent about 4 hours wiring the car, and did the front doors, I pretty much have everything wired up, just need to do some wire cleanup under the amps, and connect it to the battery. Id guess probably about 2-3 hours left, and its done... for now.





Heres just some of the stuff I have laying around I was debating on installing. lol

Top to bottom, Alpine Type Rs, Polks, Kicker QS, and then 8 inch Daytons. I have a 2nd stash at work. lol

 

The doors on these cars are super simple to remove, so I went ahead and just did my basic Polk Components for now. Right now the amp is just bridged to the front doors. Way overkill for these polks, I almost did the Kicker QSs, but their crossovers are huge, and I wasnt in the mood to deal with that. So I thought id try out the polks for now, and if they arent enough, then at least I have a base for how much further I need to go to get the volume I want. But right now, it sounds a million times better, and gets pretty loud in my garage. Real test will be when I get on the highway with the top off. I dont expect it to be loud then, but I want to easily hear my music.



And yes, the targa top still fits in the trunk.

 

Just realized I didnt post photos of the radio. Forgot to take pics of the actual Polks that I installed too. Oh well.

Back up camera automatically turns on in reverse, but I can also turn it on any time I want as well. Not sure why id want to, but hey, I can. lol



Mounts behind plate, and pokes over the top.



Pioneer while playing the radio. You can change all the graphics, and colors, im still undecided. I did white and red to match the gauges, white is easier to read so I made the buttons white, with a red screen.



And the Mic mounted above the rearview, I doubt it will work with the top off if on the highway. lol

 

Nice man, how do you like the Pioneer? I am normally an Alpine guy but the 8000-NEX looks really nice.

 

I really like it so far. I sell the NEX-5000, but I wasnt worried about navigation. Ive put the 1600 and 3600 in a lot of customers cars, and it just seems to be a good working unit.