a little 2008 subaru install :) Sti

[16psibrick]

well, its always exciting to work on cars i have never touched before, espeically if its a relatively new and exciting model and a subaru (my own car's brand) at that

its a world raly blue 08 Sti, fresh off the lot from Socal, with about 1k on the ODO...hehe...

the goals:

1. install avic-z1 navigation into the car

2. stealthy in the back

3. a good blend of sound quality and classy looks

lets get started, as mentioned before, an avic-z1 was installed into the factory location, its not the cleanest of sources but navi was a requirement and this unit was already avaiable. note the voice recognition/BT mic install to the left side of the headunit, right next to the guage shroud:

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the car features Zapco DC reference amps, and the tuning USB cable comes out of the glovebox to plug into the laptop for tuning:

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front stage consists of a pair of Seas Lotus Reference 6.5" two way components, the midbasses were installed in the stock lower door location via 1" spacers, and the door dampened:

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and the tweeters were molded into the A pillars firing across at each other.

first the mold:

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then sanded smooth:

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and finally, covered in matching vinyl:

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and the final result:

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and the front as a whole:

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[16psibrick]

the rear door speakres were kept and hooked off hte headunit and mainly faded full forward.

moving onto the hatch, this car turns out had a lot less space than we thought. the spare tire well was shallow (5" or so), and the distance from the original floor to the hatch opening was even shorter (3"), also, the car had two large triangular structural braes in the well, toward the front, whcih effectively eliminated the front left and right quadrants of the well...and we have large pieces of gear to fit in, but after some mocking up and measuring, i managed to get it work

here is the view fully enclosed, thats just a temporary carpet i cut to cover the install, a darker custom one can be made down the road, as you can see, nothing is visible:

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remove the carpat, and the new floor is shown, with two covers for the two amps and a center grille for the subs, the floor is two tone blue suede and dark grey vinyl.

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pop offall the covers and here is what you see, two image dynamics IDQ10v3s sit in a blue suede topped enclosure of 1.3 cubfeet, and two zapco DC reference amps are shown under cutouts, a DC1000.4 for for the front stage, and a DC1100.1 for the subs. note tha all the openings have a layer of routed, clouded plexi border

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flick a switch and the plexi edges lit up blue to match the car:

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and lets see that in the dark:

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and finally, here is the car:

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and the far away view from the back:

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i forgot to take wiring and below the floor pics for this one...

overall, withoutmuch tuning, it sounds decent, MUCH better rattle and outside noise wise than the old Sti, gonna take it down to LA on friday and tune it a bit more with Eng

overall, a pretty easy car to work on, though next time, i would prolly prefer to do a single sub and smaller amps hehe

[Gire]

Beautiful as always. I love the components you use. Nice execution of the A-piller tweeters, and I love the blue suede in the trunk.

[ItalynStylion]

I was looking at this on DIYMA.....that hatch setup is sex

[Guest heightsgtltd]

Your work is stellar as usual

[mars_volta]

top notch

[hutru01]

Nice job, very clean.

[str8dwn]

I continue to admire your attention to detail and the quality of your finish work. Your signature LEDs and tight-fit panel covers are a nice touch.

 

I noticed you placed the Ensolite underneath the RAAMAT/deadener. I've seen others do it the other way. Do you prefer it this way? I know the deadener is to control vibrations by adding mass to the panel, but what effect does the Ensolite have? Is it more for road noise?

[axis008]

Fantastic install as always Bing!

 

Curious, why were the rear speakers left alone?

[Kaycy]

Holly me..., that's first class work man. You can walk the streets of San Jose with your head held up high.

 

The owner of the Impreza STI trusts you and I don't think you dissappointed him at all.

[axis008]

Holly me..., that's first class work man. You can walk the streets of San Jose with your head held up high.

 

The owner of the Impreza STI trusts you and I don't think you dissappointed him at all.

You should see his other installs. He also does show cars and the like. I've seen some of his work in person, 400 miles away. Top notch.

[16psibrick]

i never bother with rear speakres unless specifically asked by the customer i am a sound quality kind of guy, and rear speakres, really dont do much, if anyhting for the fornt passengers, you barely hear them, and if oyu do, they just serve to pull the sound stage backwards hehe

 

i often tell people to save the money on the rear speakres and the amp slated to power them and use it towards better front sepakres, makes a much bigger difference hehe...

 

as for the dampening, i use Edead V4 tecklite to seal the big holes in the door, it also does better than normal dampening in terms of blocking noise, and then the edead UE over the more buzzing and vibration prone areas near the speaker

 

axis, this car is bought in irvine, could you tell? hehe i am taking a trip down to LA tommorow to deliver it

 

i am gonna meet up with some freinds and past customers at a starbucks in rowland heights after dinner, if anyone wanna swing by hehe

[axis008]

Ah makes sense about the rear.

 

Didn't notice the plates said Irvine. I thought it said South Coast Subaru (Costa Mesa) since they look similar. Have a safe drive! I have plans tomorrow, so unfortunately I won't be able to meet you in Rowland Heights!

[ItalynStylion]

I've never seen anyone put deadener over foam. What is the purpose of decoupling the deadener? It seems like it would be better to do a layer of deadener and then the foam possibly followed by the extra floating deadener.

[CTATV]

wow came out reallly really nice

[16psibrick]

I've never seen anyone put deadener over foam. What is the purpose of decoupling the deadener? It seems like it would be better to do a layer of deadener and then the foam possibly followed by the extra floating deadener.

 

 

wait, who put deadener over foam?

 

you mean the half inch or inch or so where the deader sits over the edge of the foam?

 

i assume you mean pics like this?

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look closely at where the foam and deadner meets, you see the edge of hte foam, i first cover large openings in the door with foam, and then apply the deadner to the REST of the door, they only over lap on a very thin area where they meet

[ItalynStylion]

^Yeah, in those pics it looks like you were covering the foam with deadener. I didn't even notice till someone else above commented on it. I couldn't come up with a good reason for it either

[DiscoWagon]

sofa king clean.

[salvi]

Nice nice install. Have you ever done one using a CarPC?

[dragonman586]

Sexy as usual man! Say you stated that the avic z1 was an unclean source. What is your take on a pioneer deh-p6900ub?

[16psibrick]

^Yeah, in those pics it looks like you were covering the foam with deadener. I didn't even notice till someone else above commented on it. I couldn't come up with a good reason for it either

 

 

yeah its sure looks that way sometimes, but if you ever see what deadner over foam looks like, its way bulkyier and floppier than the deadner you see on that door, there is no way you can see all the indentations of hte door in the deadner if htere is a layer of foam under there hehe:)

[BDII]

Looks good!

 

Now you have to install a bigger turbo to make up for the weight gain

[16psibrick]

you mean does? hehe i already have a bigger turbo on my car