Had a client come in with a gnarly Jeep CJ5 rock crawler…..he wants a system to go with the brute force this thing has

Memphis Audio just seemed to fit the bill.

He had an existing Panasonic deck with some rear wake board tower cannons and some
MTX speakers up front.

I pulled everything out and started fresh.

Front stage got some MemphisAudio Power Reference 5.25” Components speakers.  The Mid Bass speakers went in a custom made pod behind the shifter and the tweeters when where the old MTX speakers had been cut out.

Rear stage was a bit more involved.  Customer wanted some subs added as well as rear fill speakers that weren’t in the way when he’s driving/crawling.  I custom built a rear box to house the two 10” Memphis Power Reference subwoofers, as well as the 6.5” Memphis Power Reference Component speakers.  This was all molded for a seamless look, and then received a few layers of rhino lining to protect the box, make it water proof and make it overall solid. This was then bolted through the rear side walls so that it doesn’t move when this jeep is sideways.

To power all of this is Memphis Audio’s 5 channel Marine Audio amplifier.  It’s putting out around 80 watts x 4 channels for the components speakers, as well as 350 watts for the subwoofers….just what the jeep needed.

A Pioneer 5300UB deck was placed in the existing cutout to provide UBS, iPod and
Auxiliary inputs…as well as MUCH improved and needed controls over how the music sounds. 

All in all, this was a fun project.  It’s different to build something strong enough and install everything KNOWING that this vehicle will be flexing in different directions than 99% of vehicles out there. 

Till next time

Had a customer bring in a Saturn that already had a nice Alpine Headunit and some aftermarket speakers.....just needed some bump.
Digital Designs 500 package fit them perfectly for what they wanted and their budget.

Digital Designs 500 series 12" woofer placed into a perfectly matched ported enclosure that's finished off with their logo stitched in red, provides just enough bass when it's put on a CM600 amp....this little monoblock pushes plenty of power to this setup and the customer was happy.  Mounted the amp on the back seat and hide the wires the best the car would allow it.

Cheers!

Had a Subaru Forester come in for a quick install with some existing equipment.
More often than not, when customers bring in older equipment, it sometimes doesn't work like when they did when they pulled it out of the last vehicle......case in point with this one.
I looked at the awesome old school Rockford sub and knew it was going to sound good...until I pushed on it and it was hard as a rock.....blown sub.....dangit!!

Oh well.....got the Rockford Fosgate 250 watt mono block amp installed under the driver seat and used my tester 10" ported sub to tune the amp until the customer brought their other sub....which was an MTX Thunder woofer....and that sounded good as well.

All in all it was a good install, customer was happy.....and I got to use my new shop seat....made by my buddy Matt.....pretty cool, and the color matches everything in the shop...obviously!

Till next time!

Twas another chilly morning...but that never stops me.
It was a nice warm 46 degrees in the shop....so I put the heaters to work as I started in on this one.

Customer had an existing Pioneer AVIC-X930BT DVD player and wanted to add a subwoofer and backup camera for better low end sound; as well as bypass the Pioneer's Safety setting to allow video playback whilst driving.

Customer choose the JL Audio Stealthbox, made specifically for his Nissan; which fit almost perfectly like it would stock.  This was pushed by a 300/1 mono block JL Audio digital amp.
I ninja mounted the amp under the rear cargo area floor, so it's outta sight outta mind....and he can throw anything back there and not worry about damaging anything.

Mounted the backup camera flush mount style on the rear bumber.....only went through 3 hole saw bits and 30 mins of dremeling to get this baby mounted....but she's in there now.

Cheers!

Had a client come in with a Phoenix Gold Amp and a Alpine Type S Bandpass box he wanted thrown in his Accord.
He's already installed a PAC iPod adapter, so he didn't need a new deck installed.....so I simply installed a new PAC interface behind the stock deck to give me Audio Outs.....put the amp under the driver seat, which is covered nicely by the floor mat, and the sub is easily removable if trunk space is needed.

Thing pounds for a 4 channel amp.......which means the customer will be back to install a good front stage speaker system down the road.

Cheers!

Got a GMC Arcadia Stock Halogen Projector Headlamp FO FREE!!! (no waffle fries though)

Just one side...so now I have an extra Valeo Low Beam and High Beam Projector.....might put them in Project BaggedXelem....you never know.

Anywho....these were a PAIN to open, I think because they had been sitting, without a seal on the back of them, so the glue was just shot.....so I had to cut the lens off.....no biggy since I only wanted the projectors.

Anyways.......gotta love me some freebies!

Adding to last years upgrade:

Installed a Mono Block Alpine amplifier to push a JL woofer in a ported box.
Rewired the rear speakers to be on the 4 channel Alpine as well.

Cheers