[arcdef]

finally got round to starting my install yesterday, here is a quick breakdown of what i have planned:

New headunit
New coaxial 6.5" in front (dont have skills to custom mount tweeters)
12"sub in boot
powered by two separate amps
fuly sound-deadened using combination of dnyamat extreme, Edead, and second skin sludge

i will be using the method 80% install 20% equipment

a nice big pile of goodies!!!!!



that has now got about twice the size!!


So firstly i laid some Edead down in the boot



two layers should be enough i think, done the job well considering how much people slag the stuff off!!

topped off with some good old sludge!!



I then went about ripping out the side pannel

laying some mat down



not the best pic but i noticed some rust beginning to form in the seam for the arch i removed any of the surface rust and sprayed the area with waxoil to be safe!!

then i coated that in Sludge



and just a shot of how it looked when i was done for the night!!



Let me know what you think!!

oh yeah i saw this behind the rear panel and couldn't figure out what it was for the life of me!! so if anyone knows let me know!!!



one more thing, how do i get the plastic cover for the seat clip off as i tried and it began to snap so dont want to force it, cheers

[m8tte]

last item is ...the alarm horn beep beep!

[arcdef]

ahh cheers, didn't think of that one, makes sense now!!!

[e3silversurfer]

i am trying to figure what are the last few pics located in the car...

[arcdef]

quote the ones your on about mate and i will explain them!!

[tomdeas]

ahh cheers, didn't think of that one, makes sense now!!!

lols, when i was taking apart my car the other day i was meaning to post a question what that was cos i couldnt for the life of me figure it out myself

[cptSparko]

arcdef - when you say "plastic cover for the seat clip" do you mean the foot-long piece of plastic that is located between the door sill and the seat itself? It is attached by 2 metal clips that secure to the seat runners - a right pain to remove - i just used brute force and the plastic tabs snapped! It is squashed in so tight it isn't going to move anywhere...

[arcdef]

i dont think i made it clear lol trust me!!! i mean for the rear seats where the top section clips into the chassis, there is a plastic cover there i need to remove that so i can begin removing all the boot lining!!, if anyone knows how to do this let me know!!!

cheers!

[cptSparko]

I cannot picture the part you are talking about - do you have a photo?

[arcdef]

phone wouldnt take a good picture so i found this sketch of it hope its clear enough




cheers

[cptSparko]

Sorry arcdef, i never removed those when doing my install. I don't have a clue

[arcdef]

alrite thanks anyway!!! anyone else have any ideas???

[arcdef]

just a small update with a nice picture of everything going in the car, seems so much to just power 2 speakers and a sub!!!!




from left i have two JVC 2ch KS-AX5700 amps, blaukpunt mp3+usb stereo, infinity kappa co-axial speakers, some wiring kits, bulk pack of dynamat extreme, two large pieces second skin overkill,and some edead roll in various guise, plus this.....




Rockford 12" sub so go in a ported box, although im contemplating building a side panel box for the sub itself to free up some space

hopefully tomorrow i will begin to sound deaden the doors depending on weather.

cheers

[Sw33t]

Looking good, have fun

[arcdef]

Well i've been busy today but don't seem to have got all that much done!! started work on the passenger door, and was surprised to find that ford decided not to fit any sound deadening to the doors!!! all i found was this



i cant imagine it does all that much so off it comes and i set about cleaning the inside of the door and planning how i was going to get some mat inside the whole door.....



Not all that much access is there!!! although i'm sure there are worse

After the mat was laid, i put two layers of Edead elite down so that amounts to around 120mils of mat, not too bad.



i even put some on the inner wall where you cant see to try and catch some reverberation

After that i went about sludging it up!!! found it too hard with a spreader so ended up using my hands!! that stuff is a killer in the cold



Was happy with the end result and managed to get most of the door behind what you can see

Next i needed to run some cable for the speaker through from the car to the door, this proved to be much harder than i first anticipated but after around an hour!! i cracked it



This isn't finished yet, need to glue the car-side grommet to the car as i broke the clip but you get the idea






And that's the end result of the day with the cable fully covered (don't know what the stuff is called LOL)



Cheers

This post has been edited by arcdef: 06 February 2008 - 04:02 PM

[cptSparko]

looking good

I also ended up using my hands to apply the Sludge, it is just too thick to apply evenly with a trowel.

Are you going to use any noise filter over the damping materials?
I went for Second Skin Overkill v2 - it did reduce road noise by as small, but noticeable, amount. Only £13 a roll (1 per door) so I think it was worth it.

[arcdef]

yeah ive got 2 sheets of overkill to go in the doors once the sludge it dry hopefully that will make a difference!!

[arcdef]

Quick update



This came today, watch this space to find out what thats for , need a few more things before i can start on that aspect however!!!

[arcdef]

just a small update, just to keep things going!!!

almost finished the passenger door now!!(really slow progress i know but it keeps getting dark before i get a chance to crack on ) i finished off sealing it today, from the advice gained on here, had to cut a part off the door card though as it was preventing me from doing this....

took this off:



to gain this:



and this is the door with its nice new speaker in and a close up of it too!!!






Part of the reason i got so little done today was mainly due to this......



can anyone guess what that is going to be????? took much longer than i anticipated just to mask off that much area:shake:

that's all for today, more to come tomorrow!!!!

[dai]

I bet i can guess what your going to there something to do with that role of material from a previous pic and some fiberglass maybe