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Old 10-30-2006, 02:13 PM   #1
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Fred's Prodrive 04 STi - New gauges by STi & Defi

I picked up my car halloween 2003 after looking for a mazdaspeed protege but not finding a good price on one. at the time I was working for a hobby company in NJ and was keeping my car stock. It all started with a sale on Tein S-tech lowering springs. I picked them up from extreme PSI and with that - my modding started. There are 2 separate genres of my mods: performance & styling, and Audio / video. I have always been into car audio and this car would be no exception. The audio system has gone through 2 full revisions already and the 3rd is underway.

this is a perfect opportunity to blog the progress of the 3rd install to give you all an idea of the time & effort that goes into al FULL A/V system design.

pics & more info to follow.

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Old 10-30-2006, 02:16 PM   #2
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that was your first mod? so i did your first mod? awesome!
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Old 10-30-2006, 02:38 PM   #3
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The beginning:

It all starts with the gear. once the equipment is selected, then a rough idea of the layout is designed. This is most usually accomplished by staring at an empty trunk for hours on end. once an idea is figured out (which will probably change 2 or 3 times) we need to make the pieces which will hold the gear. The main focal point of this install will be the sub enclosure. so the pics below are of the fabrication & layout configuration of what will become the sub enclosure:


the very rough design concept:


fabricating the rings to hold the subs:


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The finished ring to hold the sub:


fabricating the center portion of the enclosure that will hold the CO2 tank:


sanding the now fiberglassed CO2 tank portion of the enclosure:

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Old 10-30-2006, 02:46 PM   #4
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Continuing work, we begin to fabricate the skeleton of the sub enclosure:
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Old 10-30-2006, 02:49 PM   #5
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The enclosure skeleton with the sube rings & CO2 tank holder in place:
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The enclosure with the bottle in its place:
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Old 10-30-2006, 03:29 PM   #7
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VERY nice, you know what your doing, we also think alot alike haha
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lol, alright, well here is a shot of the skeleton from the side:
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The next step is to cover the skeleton with a flexible fabric & staple the fabric to the skeleton. This fabric is then covered with resin & fiberglass & this will be the first time we will be able to get a half decent idea of what the sub enclosure will look like. We realized once we covered the enclosure that it was simply too big in its original form, so we cut a single rib from the back of the enclosure to better approximate the amount of airspace we needed for proper sound quality.

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and a shot with the bottle in its place:
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before we fiberglass the enclosure, we put it in the car just to check for clearances and just the general look thus far. once the enclosure has been fiberglassed & the beginning coats of bondo are applied, we can begin the fabrication of the floor where the amplifiers & capcitor will go.

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The first coat of resin & fiberglass:


It may look messy now, but after it dries we sand it, apply bondo, & sand some more. Eventually the enclosure will be sanded smooth as glass & then painted to match the car.

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looking good so far, you gonna do dynamat?
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well now this thread is all caught up. as work continues i will add to this journal. feel free to ask questions & ill try to answer them as they come up. Understand also please that work on my system only happens when my installer has 1/2 of the day or more free, so as we head into the hoilday season, work on the project may be very slow. but we will most deffinitly finish in time for the 07 show season!
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looking good so far, you gonna do dynamat?
Yes. The entire interior has already been dynamatted and although it cannot be seen, the entire trunk lik & floor of the trunk has been dynamatted as well. we will dynamat the sides of the trunk but only after the design for that area has been finalized.
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damn thats gonna be a bangin system
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This is very cool. Please keep this updated.

I'm interest on how you guys mount things, keep them from sliding all over the place.
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although we have yet to fabricate it, the box will be secured to the wood panel of the floor using simple wood screws. the enclosure will also be bolted to 2 upright metal support brces that aid in supporting the rear seat.
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