Boise Car Audio Stereo Installation, Diesel and Gas Performance, Bluetooth, iPod and Navigation all in one spot - Trax Customs

Another lifted Sierra with Plenty of BoomBoom

5/10/2018

Return client brought in his New GMC Sierra Denali for an audio upgrade.
He listened to one of our demo trucks and was sold on the clean/clear bass output that these pre-packaged systems are putting out and wanted it for his truck.

Again...install on these is pretty straight forward and makes it nice that there is not amp to hide......tricky part on these is getting the wiring lengths just right to tuck nicely inside the box without crimping any of the wires upon final installation....but other than that, these sure are the bee's knees!!

Maserati Granturismo

4/5/2018

Client brought in his 2008 Maserati Granturismo for some suspension and audio overhauls.
First off....we lowered/raised the car a bit. The factory suspension, as one might assume, is pretty gnarly.....so it's adjustable factory coil-overs allows us to fine tune the ride height....so we lowered the rear a bit and leveled out the front to fit his massive 22" wheels/tires.

Then his factory Bose subwoofer wasn't getting the job done...so he insisted that we make an aftermarket woofer fit and sound good.....way easier said than done. I'm always up for the task, but 9/10 times I've never been happy with fitting an aftermarket sub into a factory sub location/box.....it's just never enough.
This is case-in-point......the factory Bose woofer location is 3.5" above the fuel cell in the rear....so mounting depth is an issue.....as well as there really isn't a "box" to work with....just a shelf with a large hole cut out of it.....so not only does this shallow mount woofer need to clear the ridiculously shallow mounting location, it needs to be free-air as well...
So I attacked it with some noise reduction material, attempting to seal everything up I could....then made a speaker adapter to go from the factory 10" size to the Pioneer 8" shallow (I really wanted to use the 10" but without cutting metal and possibly damaging the fuel cell, it just wasn't going to fit).
All said and done, the bass is noticeably better....but the customer will definitely be back for a custom rear enclosure setup....as I know this isn't what he was expecting.

Lifted Trax Truck finally gets some bumps

3/25/2018

FINALLY got time (and the product) to install our newest brand we're selling.
We picked these guys up for their Wake Board Tower Speaker line and all the cool products for the powersports industry....but they also had some impressive truck subwoofer/box offerings....so I picked one up for my demo truck and this setup is in Ryan's truck.

These are nice because they don't take up ALL of the underseat area, but they are perfectly designed to throw down some hammering bass. Also, since the amp is built into the box, it's a nice show piece as well and installation is a bit quicker than normal.
With the box being bedlined, it'll withstand anything you can throw at it.

They also offer 2 different styles of amps for these.....this particular one is an 800w RMS plate amp; but the other style is a 100x2 + 400x1...so you could power a set of front speakers as well.....so the flexibility there is handy.

If you've been thinking about adding some bass to your truck, come listen to this badboy...it might help make the decision for you!

Surprise DD Audio Install

9/1/2013

Buddy of mine wanted to surprise his wife by installing some bump in her ride.
Didn't want to lose too much cargo space, so a small ported Digital Designs 8" 508 woofer was perfect for the job. That, coupled with a DD C2c 2 channel amp, and the low-end was rounded out nicely.
These mini woofer/box combos fill in the lack of bass that almost all OEM systems have, and their small footprints make them ideal for lack of cargo room.

RAV4 + Round 2 of Audio = Happy Client

9/1/2013

Had a repeat customer bring his RAV4 back in this weekend.
First round we did a Digital Media Deck with backup camera and new JL Components up front and coaxials in the rear.
The sound was....MEH.....and the deck was a pretty horrid attempt at a digital media player...but it worked....for a bit.

Round 2, customer wanted better sound, and fully amplified was the only way to go.
We nuked the deck and went with a basic deck that gave him front access to the USB and Aux inputs. This did away with the backup camera screen, so we added and over-head screen to see when in reverse.
We amplified the already good speakers with a Kenwood 4 channel amp and pumped up the bass with a JL Audio 500 watt mono amp powering a ported 8" JL woofer.
All in all, the customer was happy, the highs were high and the lows were low.....a good install on labor day weekend!

Accord DLS Speaker Pods

4/15/2012

Client came by today with a monster set of DLS MS6A Component speakers he wanted to put in his Accord. After palying around with placement, it was obvious these badboys weren't going to fit normally. Custom Pods it was!!!!
Jason had an extra set of speaker grill covers, so that made this easier knowing that he can go back to stock easily if needed.

First thing was first....remove old UBER small Bose speaker.....it was cute.

Mocked up the stock grill, cut out what I needed, then cut a ring to fit the pod....after some trimming here and there, she fit like a dream. Tacked that into place and she got some Duraglas love. After that, i secured the pods from the backside, then stretched Grill Cloth over them and they recieved a final sealer coat of resin. Grinded that down, threw some matching carpet over them like their neighbors to the sides of them...and BOOM goes the dynamite.

Tweeters were simple enough....cut giant hole in door, place awesome basketball-esque tweeter in it's place.

He wanted these re-wired and ran to the rear for his 4 channel amp, so I'm not sure what these will sound like...but I KNOW they'll pound better than that cute little 3" Bose thought was a good attempt at Sound Quality.

This was a fun little project....can't wait to do more on this.

Memphis CJ5 Box Re-Do

1/15/2012

Got the box completed for Howard.
Turned out nice, put sound where we needed it, and allowed the center section to have easier access to the rear area (for the dogs).

All in all, I'm happy with how it came out......more importantly, the customer is happy....that's all the matters to me.

Memphis CJ5

12/30/2011

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

Digital Designs and a Saturn

12/27/2011

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!

Showin' more Subi Love

12/27/2011

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!

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