my ICE reinstall

[monkeybiz]

following on from my intro my reinstall is under way

components
headunit- alpine 9811r, yes i know its old but i still like it
my amp- old school phoenix gold mps2240 from 1993
EQ- old school phoenix gold EQ 215 from 1993
front speakers- focal utopia 6w and ac E-MIT ribbon tweeters
no rear
subwoofer- diamond audio 8" dual voice coil running at 2ohms mono
my own band pass passive crossover network

had a productive day at work today and.............

head unit



the parts


ice porn...... sexy naked photo of inside amp


the EQ


the bits in the boot





another porn shot!!!!



so...... still to be done:
build front pods, im favouring new door pannels with pods but the focals are big.....
turn the amp arround, fit the perspex base and build pannel to conceal all wiring with the amp porthole showing its bling off
move the changer to rear storage bin
connect it all up
tune the crossover
set up the eq


not much

[monkeybiz]

all those views and no comments

anyway on to the front......... spent yesterday making the pods and forgot to take progress photo's BUT........

plonked them in place this morning, still need to finnish trimming the car wells and fix the pods in place but........






plenty space to drive and reach the pedals and it sounds awsome!!!

AC ribon tweeters and focal utopia m6w 6", both 6ohms and my own matched 6ohm passive crossover

[13]

Looks like you've been having fun

Bet it sounds good

[monkeybiz]

yea......... but looking at the photos i really really need to hoover the inside of my mini. ideally i really need a new carpet as the one in there is awfull and no amount of hoovering will take that away

[philster]

you gonna stick some grills on them?

[monkeybiz]

cant find them............... lost in the loft somewhere

[philster]

speaking from experience if you don't put grills on the first passenger who gets in your mini is gonna stick their foot through you comps!!!

[monkeybiz]

was thinking that my self.............. searched everywhere and cant find them, checked ebay and not much there either

[philster]

I was looking at sumat like these for mine

http://cpc.farnell.com/jsp/displayProdu ... 2-00001000

[monkeybiz]

saw identical ones on another site but they were £16 each

ill order them the morra

[monkeybiz]

ok, quick update
now i have done the tinkering to the crossovers and the EQ im happy i can get it sounding perfect.... the way i like it

now to make it look good.

first

ribbon tweeters are going to be grafted into a top rail which will be recovered in alcantara
the sixes will have the enclosures cut down and grafted up and under the lower rail, im making a new dash to fit my (stolen from the wifes bini)kenwood flip out dvd head unit and MGB guages also recovered in alcantara
the boot is getting a makeover. the spare wheel is going on the roof in my new (old) monte carlo roof rack which gives me a fantastic well to sink the sub into. im tempted to remove my phoenix gold amp as im scared it gets stolen as they are near impossible to replace and drop in my orion amps which sound very similar to the PG. but.......... might not as i can box above the battery and fit the amp upside down showing off its porny gold insides under a plexi cover with 12v cooling fans and bolt the whole sub amp floor down so it will have to be cut out if it were to be stolen. and mount the EQ on the left side of the boot....... this way i could actually see what im doing when im tweeking

[FeEBLeUK]

hey did you make those front pods? theyre just what i need!"!!!