another day, another stealth install..02 TL, give you guys some pics to look at :)

[16psibrick]

just gone done with this car its a 2002 acura TL type S...

the goals:

good sound quality on a budget

stealth appearance in the trunk while maintaining usability

somehow get the avic-z1 in there

lets get started:

the first challenge of coures it he avic-z1. there is NO double din kits avaible for these TLs, and there was no budget really to do an all aout custom molded, painted to match dash kit, so i went with the clean route. a custom plate was carely trimmed out, sanded and then covered in black suede...overall, a pretty clean look that doesnt break the bank

http://simplicity.elitecaraudio.org/dantl1.jpg

next, we arrive at the kick panels. since i mentioned that this is an all ED car, edi 6500s resides in suede trimmed kicks, nothing fancy. so far, with out any tuning, i am quite impressed by the performance of the 6500s in kicks. imaging is solidly int he middle, midbass is excellent...midrange and high smoothness, while not as good as the DLS ultimate lines i have been using, but consider that htey cost twice to five times as much as the 6500, i gotta say this is one heck of a sepaker and hard for anyone to come close at that price range

http://simplicity.elitecaraudio.org/dantl2.jpg

http://simplicity.elitecaraudio.org/dantl3.jpg

http://simplicity.elitecaraudio.org/dantl4.jpg

http://simplicity.elitecaraudio.org/dantl5.jpg

http://simplicity.elitecaraudio.org/dantl6.jpg

[16psibrick]

also added were a pair of my own line of replacement headrests with 8" LCDs...here you see them in the car off:

http://simplicity.elitecaraudio.org/dantl7.jpg

here is a close up of one of hte monitors in operations:

http://simplicity.elitecaraudio.org/dantl8.jpg

both:

http://simplicity.elitecaraudio.org/dantl9.jpg

and all three screens together throught he wet rear window lol

http://simplicity.elitecaraudio.org/dantl10.jpg

with htis set up, the front passengers can look at the nav, while hte back can watch a movie

moving on the trunk, like i said, i mentioned that it was a stealth install..so here is what you see when you open the trunk:

http://simplicity.elitecaraudio.org/dantl11.jpg

http://simplicity.elitecaraudio.org/dantl12.jpg

[16psibrick]

pop off the big center vented cover, and a big big well greats you. in the sky blue suede lined well resides two nine-2xes, crossovers for hte edis, and a single 11ov2

http://simplicity.elitecaraudio.org/dantl13.jpg

http://simplicity.elitecaraudio.org/dantl14.jpg

http://simplicity.elitecaraudio.org/dantl15.jpg

overall, i am VERY satisfied with the sound qualiyt of this sytem, its clean, loud and great imaging staging. what really impresses me is the 11ov2, such a small sub, yet able to fill such a big car through the rear deck with solid bass, hair moving bass...truly impressive...

well thats all for now

questions and comments welcome

[twisted]

um me next..plz plz plz...very nice....cost???

[16psibrick]

hehe...its a good friend of mines good friend, so end up being cheaper than usual...hehe but pay attention to the labor cost and youw ill see why i am pretty booked

 

avic z1 plus installing it with harness and cover plate: 1900

dual 8" headrest monitors plus installation: 700

2x nine2x amps: 525

11ov sub: 175

ED components: 250

suede trimmed kick panels: 300

custom trunk install, labor, plus all rcas amp kit etc: 500

 

if this wasnt a friends favor, total labor rates, plus headrest cost would be around 4-500 bucks more

 

but either way, he got lucky with this 500 dollar stealth install lol...

 

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[rtp]

Your installs continue to impress... great work.

[IanKen]

Impressive.

 

But I lol at the "digtal wide" monitors. Look pretty 4:3 not wide to me.

[Elec]

You do some really nice work man, thumbs up!

[16psibrick]

yeah, my nexzt batch i am going to have them compeltely eliminate any writing on there lol

 

but it is adjustable to widescreen mode at the touch of a button