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Hi-Fi Audio for a retired Veteran

6/21/2017

A retired serviceman brought in his 2017 Honda Civic for an audio overhaul.
He's suffered some hearing loss due to his oversea tours in the service; so he needed a boost in audible output from his new car.
Trax Customs was HAPPY to help out someone that served their country...as we always are!

Here is what was needed to upgrade this beast:

Hybrid Audio Technologies Unity U5A 5 Channel Amplifier
Hybrid Audio Technologies Clarus 6.5" Components (Front)
Hybrid Audio Technologies Clarus 6.5" Components (Rear)
Stinger Roadkill Sound Deadening
Stinger 4ga Amplifier Wiring Kit

The plan with this setup is the build over time....first phase is to get the sound stage setup for success...which means boosting the door speakers and adding sound deadening to tighten up the bass....next phase will be woofers and the final stage will be custom enclosures.

First things first.....let's get to sound deadening.
All four doors received 2 layers of Roadkill Expert deadening to seal them up and provide some dramatic differences in mid-bass response; while keeping road-noise out and heat/cool IN during different seasons.
Next I fabricated some adapters to fit these massive Clarus mid-woofers in the doors.
I then wired up the crossovers and mounted the tweeters in custom-painted shrouds to match the theme of the Civic.
The doors are now super solid and the mid-bass they produce is actually window-rattling.....as these Clarus woofers can get down and dirty, efficiently, around 55-60hz!

Next was the amp....The overall goal is the build 1 or 2 custom fiberlgass enclosures in the side pockets of the rear boot....so I knew whatever I was doing would be temporary...even if that meant 4 months or a year.....I still wanted it to look well thought out, custom...but remain mobile in the future. So I crammed that beast of an amp into the side pocket where the OEM woofer 'would' have been.....so there is plenty of space behind the carpeting for wires and extensions. I trimmed all wires so they can be relocated in the future to the new amp location. I fabricated an MDF mounting panel, covered it in carpet and trimmed the OEM carpet panel to just barely allow the amp to pass through and hide all the wires.
It's a pretty simple mount; but makes it look not-so-out-of-place but hides anything that would say 'aftermarket parts' about it. Only thing that gives it away is when you turn on the amp and that classic 'Hybrid' logo lights up in the mirror finish top!

End Result?
This thing is a beast....the bass you get out of these 6.5" woofers is impressive and makes all the hours and finger cuts worth it.
The tweeters are SUUPER high; which can be turned down...but I'm leaving that for the customer to decide since he has a hearing issue anyways...so too-much is a good thing on this built!
I can't wait to hear this setup with a subwoofer...as it'll definitely finish it off and make it one of my favorite setups I've done!

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ProjectMonaLiSia Finally Makes an Appearance

11/17/2016

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Wow!

So anyone that's been to my shop (both locations) within the past 11 months has seen this build ongoing and in different stages. Yup...you read that right.....11 months! It's not that it took 11 full months to complete this build...I just didn't want to rush this job...I wanted this to be the best RLX Retro done. In total, I think I have somewhere around 75-80 hours into these lights alone....where most guys would just throw these in and call it a day...I hand fabricated multiple panels and parts to make these look as OEM as possible....not to mention all the wiring that needed to happen to make these truly unique.

Here is what was done to #ProjectMonaLiSia (LiSia....Civic Si.....get it?):

Acura RLX Quad-LED Pod Retrofit (yeah, there is 8 lenses..but only 4 main leds behind)
Baja Designs S2 LED Pod High Beam Retro
RGB Demon Eye Accent Lighting
Customized Internal Panels/Pieces for OEM look/Fit
Multi-Section Sequential LED Turn Signal Strip behind a Smoked Diffusor Lens
Two-Tone OEM Matched Internal Paint
LED 'DRL' Strips on Inner and Outer Section of Shroud
Ghozt Module for Start-up/Turn-off, Show Mode, Parking and Sequential Turn Signal Mode
Morimoto LED Fog Pods

So, the retrofit started out normal......CUT EVERYTHING OUT and start with an outer frame....reconsider life and regret everything you've ever done! Drink Coffee, calm down...start modding!

Mounted the RLX pods with a custom adjustable height adjustment bolt to maintain OEM adjustments.
From there, I figured out that the OEM RLX High Beam pod would not fit without throwing off the low beam pattern...due to the OEM Honda Civic Si Outer Lens having a bump out to it...the last set of pods would have been RIGHT behind it, causing distortion. So, the client upgraded to Baja S2 LED Pods for even MORE brightness and a smaller housing to retrofit.
After that was done, I needed to start modding ALL the internal Civic shrouds to fit around the RLX shrouds...so I created multiple removable panels to cover the internal guts (most would skip this step). The hardest part was the High Beam LED pod....I hand fabricated that out of left over parts from the Civic Reflector shroud and ABS plastic.....it covers everything and looks very OEM.

After all the internal parts were fabricated and ready for paint, I custom fit the smoked diffusor tube to the Civic shroud and mounted multiple led strips to them. They are wired up to the ghozt module for full control. I also install 2 strips behind the custom clear lens above the high beam spot and hidden on the far outside portion of the Civic shroud for running lights.

Everything got a good coat of Matte Black, except the RLX inner shrouds..which got the OEM Red/Orange that the Si has.

I also crammed RGB LEDs into each RLX pod for the Demon eye accents....this was a VERY tight fit...tight tight tight!

Next came the issue of what to do with the MASSIVE holes on the backside that were cut to provide clearance of everything. I taped off what was needed and made custom fiberglass patch panels...then bonded everything with epoxy that can kinda sorta come off if needed. Everything was painted black so you couldn't tell much was done...but once on the car, all that work is hidden.

From there...everything carefully went back together like a giant puzzle.

I had 12 hours of custom re-wiring to do on the car itself just to make these as plug-n-play and troubleshoot-easy as possible....but it's all worth it once the lights can come out within seconds and you'll never confuse which plug goes where.
I did my signature RGB Demon Eye Display Interior Vent lighting as well...so client can see what his headlights are doing just by looking at his HVAC vent

The client was suuuuper stoked with the final outcome...."Better than I could ever Imagine" was dropped at least a few times.....which makes ALL the hours of work and lost sleep totally worth it.
I have a feeling you'll be seeing more of this car in the future...since this is his first exterior mod to the car....we've got tons planned already!

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Boosted Civic gets some security

7/30/2012

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Hai from REVtech dropped his Civic off this weekend for an alarm/convenience install.
With all the work he has done inside and out, I'm suprised it took him this long to protect everything.

Installed a used Compustar CM3000 unit that was pulled out of another vehicle. Normally, I don't like doing this, as the uninstallation can sometimes harm the units, but with these Compustars, they are bullet proof and my main brand I use.

Installed everything up and out of the way, in a difference location that 99% of most alarms are installed. I left the siren, hood pin switch and LED 'loose' for Hai to finish up, as this badass Civic has a full engine bay tuck, and I didn't want to mess up the look with a few loomed wire runs. So after he has some time, the system will be fully installed.....and fully hidden from view. Good luck potential thieves.....this one will be a challenge. :)

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Quickie Honda Install

7/26/2012

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Elmir bought this Honda a month or so ago and it only had a deck, front speakers (thrown in) and an amp and sub (thrown in again).

Tonight's job was to remount front kicker speakers more securely, Add rear speakers in the doors where there were none, and put the subwoofer in a better box.

Front speakers were easy, took the time to make enough room to make them fit.
Rear speakers were harder, needed to cut the door panel, then the inner door skin, make a boot that goes from the door to the car (no existing one present), then mount the speaker securely, out of the way of the window crank, as well as run new wires up to the deck.
Sub and Amp weren't so difficult. The amp was just floating around aimlessly, so I relocated that to the passenger rear seat back and she's not going anywhere. The subwoofer was removed from it's wimpy truck box and placed in a ported Atrends enclosure. Which doubled the bass.

All in all, this system is not suitable for a daily driver and baby carrier :)

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Honda Civic Projector Headlights

1/7/2012

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Finished these up for a customer in Brazil.
His overall goal was to get these to look one-off, and unique...as well as have them look like an 'eye' at night......I think we accomplished that.

I'll throw all these photos over to the new 2012 projects page!!

Cheers