CES project for Rainbow/Sinfoni 07 BMW 5 series

[16psibrick]

Hey guys,

Spent the last three month, on and off, working on a CES demo vehicle for Sinfoni amplifiers and Rainbow Speakers.

Before i get into it, i want to note that the project suffered a series of unfortunately setbacks, resulting in me having to completely redo the interior rather than just working

on the trunk as originally planned so time was a definetly not on our side. Also, all the equipment were given to me by the customer, who also gave me dictated, to a certain

extent, what drivers to use in what format So please dont ask me why I did things a certain way hehe. But in the end, through hardwork and good communication, we got the

project completed in time for CES.

Oh and dont ask me how it sounds, i dont have the software to tune the processor, so its getting tuned in vegas in a few days.

anyway, lets get started.

the car is a 2007 BMW 530xi. and i am sure those who are famaliar wtih the car would think, oh noes! I-Drive interface! to answer your question, yes it does hvae I drive, and yes

its just as bad as you can imagine hehe

the goals:

1. being very high end gear, the goal is not to create crazy show pieces, at ces, most of the highend companies acutally feature simple and classy installs. and this is the same

for this car, something that oozes class

2. great sound quality of course

3. a way to really showcase the amps and speakers for the audience at the show (so no stealth here )

here is the car: clean and classy throughout

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so...onto the interior...and onto the I-drive issue. the problem with I drive is that none of the dash parts can be removed without disabling it. meaning the stock cd player has

to remain, along with all the other parts. and since we had to somehow fit hte Alpine F1 status headunit into the dash, i found the only open slot is the pocket on the lower

panel. the pocket was cut out, a trim molded in and the entire piece, painted, was reinstalled with the headunit, it sure is tight but it fits well

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onto the front stage. for space and looks, we decided to do the midbass and the midrange in a door pod in the lower door. this, coupled with the center channel the customer

speced, will do fine. I ordered a set of door pods from PM modifiche in italy, and then heavily cut and modified it to house a Rainbow Platinum 7" midbass and a vanadium 5.25"

midrange. they are aimed slightly on axis. and the entire piece was molded, sanded and trimmed in dark grey vinyl like the two tone dash. the piece was REALLY hard to vinyl

lol but came out decent:

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[16psibrick]

a pair of rainbow platinum tweeters were molde into the A pillars and covered in suede. when i got hte car, they were already in place but didnt look quite right, i modified

them, sanded them down and recovered them. the slight dent on the passenger side housing was there when i got the car

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a few more shots of the front interior:

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the center channel features a rainbow vanadium 4" midrange and a 1" tweet, since both drives dont even come close to fitting in the stock location, i molded them out a bit,

flowing onto the dash and sueded to match the A pillars:

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and the entire front area:

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moving towards the back, the rear deck was removed, cut, and a vent installed for hte bass to come through.

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[16psibrick]

okay, moving to the trunk. the idea i had from the very beginning, was to do a variation of the platform idea. i see a lot of platforms in show cars and it always looks kind bare

and uninteresting...being a fan of Star Trek TNG, my idea was to build platforms that looked like the warp engines on the enterprice:

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meaning wo pieces of mdf sandwiching a lit up piece of plexi in the middle. so that was the idea that was used. all three sinfoni amplitude amps sit on floating "enterprise"

platforms. a big four channel sends over 100 watts to each midrange and tweet, a smaller four channel was bridged to send well over 200 watts to each midbass, and a two

channel was bridged to power the subs with close to 1kwatt.

the platforms themselves sit in their own well, and each well also carries the same theme, being a sandwich of two mdf rings and a routed plexi ring that lights up. the entire

trunk is two tone suede, light for the platforms and around the subs, dark graphite for the covering panels.

the subs are 12" rainbow profi, whcih will be switched to vanadium 12s at the show.

here are the trunk pics:

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i also built a new trunk ceiling piece out of mdf and sueded it. it features a vent for the sub, and my logo, a feature that i doubt will get scene much but its there

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[16psibrick]

now lets turn on the lights. i used multicolor leds throughout, whcih fades through the whole spectrum of colors, the platforms and the wells fade at their own speed, creating

even more color combinations about 600 ileds were used but the effect is pretty neat

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as a final touch, my logo on the ceiling of the trunk also lights up and goes through all the color phases

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to see the entire effect, you can check out the two videos i took, they are crappy quality but shows the color changes

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overall, came out just i had pictured in my mind cant wait to see how it sounds at ces.

special thanks to my friend Kenny at autsoundspecialists in hayward, CA, who helped me with the project and ran the wires in the car, made the rear deck vent, and help with

the door pod sanding.

also marquies and Don for their good communication and assistance throughout hte project

going to go out now and celebrate lol

[morning woodie wagon]

That's one crazy and expensive sounding install. Quality

[whobaru]

Great work. Better than any installs I've done.

[Carter]

peculiar, your warp nacelles are leaking plasma, the injectors may be fused. I think your headed for a warp core breach!!! Evacuate immediately, an anti-matter explosion could kill you and anything within 1 light year!!

 

hey, I like to watch Star Trek.

[16psibrick]

lol here added some night time nad build pics

 

*added a few night time pics and a few behind hte scene pics... to show hte wiring and how much routing is involved

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[MiniStiGuy]

Good work but your customer really should have choosen to match the door mounted speakers and center channel to the interior.

 

great install though. Its just the missmatch that I personally would have not gone with but you gotta do what they want so good job none the less.

[whobaru]

It looks kinda like an install I did on a beemer when we were out of the light-grey vinyl. That's what I assumed happened here.

[dr. pepper]

My god you do awesome work! If I had the money for a serious sound sytem, which I want more than anything, i'd find a way to have you do it.

 

I agree that the center channel looks pretty bad, though, they should have told you to match it to the dash color.

[whobaru]

...and don't forget the gap between the vinyl and the door pocket on the driver-side

 

j/k ...sweet install!

[whobaru]

I agree that the center channel looks pretty bad, though, they should have told you to match it to the dash color.

 

If the suede were on the doors and the vinyl on the dash, it'd b pimp.