Okay well I am basically finished phase 1 of my sound upgrade. Added a 10 inch Alpine Type R 1022d in a 4080 enclosure which is driven by the kicker 400.1 and a set of Kenwood KFC-X1710P comps in the doors which is driven by the kicker 350.1. Next phase will involve a set of MB QUART PCE-213 5.25 comps in the rear and a nice pair of premier 6 by 9's I have laying around. Not sure what I am going to drive these with yet though. The system sounds loud and clear and I am very pleased so far. Probably don't really need phase 2 but all I need is an amp and I am ready to go. Give me some feedback and oh ignore the blue speaker wire going to the sub, I cut it too short and haven't got around to putting in a longer run yet so it won't tuck away quite right for now

 

i like!, its a nice clean install!

 

looks clean, no thoughts on adding a second sub?

 

oh ya, there's thoughts but already in the $$$$$ hole - lol
I must say I really like the 4080 box really nice use of limited space and very good quality but $300 + the price of another sub = will have to wait.

 

that looks mighty fine. how much was all that?

 

very nice, I like how you maintained use of your trunk.

 

Wow that looks really good. Good job bro!

 

Great job.

 

clean and sexy.

 

Rough breakdown on cost

4080 enclosure $300 new from 4080
Alpine sub $95 new from ebay
Kicker 400.1 $113 used from ebay
Kicker 350.2 $134 new from ebay
plexiglass $$$ free
material cloth and mdf mounting board $15
wiring etc $150 from local retailer
Kenwood comps $150 new from local retailer - great sound
Zoom zoom decal $ 7
plus about $100 for shipping stuff

I think that's it

 

Looks pretty sweet for a yellow car , nice install

 

boy the money we guys spend for mods!great job man and looks pretty clean.and i hope the sound is as good as the job was.looks like you had a little fun putting that all together.the room in the trunk is so small.still all in all great job!!

 

Jealous,. I put a 12'' type r in my custom created 4080 box..i didnt realize how big/deep the sub would be , and I really dont think the box is big enough for it, so it doesnt hit as hard. I was wondering tho whether if all 12'' subs have the same alignment for holes to secure the sub to the box?? Then I was thinking of just getting a new sub..I'm not sure tho.. I would assume the alignment issue isnt a problem, considering people mount a number of different subs in 4080's box, but im not sure, someone please let me know, thanks.,...greg

 

Most of the subs will line up, and even if they don't it's easy enough to tilt them and start fresh holes

 

looks pretty clean.
You mentioned you're getting a hissing sound. Is it a hiss or a high pitched whine?
whine = bad ground
hiss = ??

I definitely suggest a line converter though, if you're running off the stock bose headunit. Maybe that'll help.

 

It's definitely a hiss, it is there as long as the amp is powered on. The hiss will only go away if I turn the gain to almost zero and gets real bad as I turn up the gain. Sound quality is great aside from that but I need to crank the volume in order not to hear the hiss, cranked volume is good and all but that;s beside the point.

I will do some research on line converters the one you used seems well suited for the Bose any other suggestions out there?

 

Any reason you're using a mono amp to power your entire front stage? So much for stereo separation huh? And how are you going to fit MBQ 5.25" components and Premier 6x9's in the rear? Maybe I'm reading something wrong? Looks great though.

And as for your problem. It sounds as though you're attempting to amplify the hell out of a weak signal. Using high-level inputs I take it?

Oh and let us know if you have any amp cooling problems with your amps like that. I'm thinking of doing something similar with my Kicker 700.5 and was a little worried. Next hour long drive you have, see if either shut down. Although you ARE using two class D amps.... (generates less heat for same power out)

 

Cooling may or may not be an issue time will tell, you can't tell from the pics but the plexiglass does not cover the entire inset amp area, I left a 3 inch opening where the jack storage area is - 2 fold so I can cool the amps with some air flow and so I can still access the jack.

As for the MB Quartz components - oh ya they'll fit I have just confirmed that with a little creative thinking - just fit, pics coming soon maybe a week or 2 when I start the next stage of the project.

ZX350.2 is powering the kenwood comps in the front.
ZX400.1 mono is powering the Alpine sub

In hind sight I kinda wish I had choosen something like a 700.5 but I already had the mono amp and wasn't thinkin of adding the mb quartz and 6 by 9s at the onset of the upgrade and there is only so much space to work with - well we'll see how this all shakes out

 

Oh. Says 350.1 in your first post. lol Gotcha.

 

ya, typo in original post