April 18, 200620 yr #1 Just thought I'd share with you my excitement on finally getting my car finished.My mission was to up spec the phoon to a level that they should come out of the factory with (IMHO).The major upgrades I have done are as follows:add 2 x 7" LCD TFT screens to the headrests and connect an Xbox to them and the ICC(then spend 6 months getting rid of the aux whine that came with plugging in to the aux audio I'm happy to say that there is now NO WHINE!!)Getting the screens installed required me to drive to no less than 6 auto upholsterers to get quotes with all but one of them saying "nah man, the screens are way too big for those headrests . The head rests are now a fair bit bulkier at the back than factory but I don't think they look too bad?? any comments here???You cant see it in the pic but the xbox turns on by a button in the center console. The controller is also in the center console.After getting the visuals right I found myself requiring a little more bass in my movies that the factory 8" sub was giving me. I read quite a few threads on upgrades for the 8" but in the end I decided that you need more inches and lots of power if you really want bass After visiting the guys at ASL for an ICC line level mod, I went to work on a custom box for 2 x 10" 250WRMS dual coil sub woofers with a custom face plate to keep the boot looking as factory as possible. They subs are being driven by a 500WRMS amp. For the main speakers to keep up with the additional volume requirements I installed a 4 x 100WRMS digital amp under the front passenger seat.This section of the project took over 60 hours to do with 2 people working on her. A lot of that time was making the sub box and face plate With the interior sorted, I needed to give the car a little extra GO. This was done by getting a 3.5" SS Xforce exhaust put on and then giving the car to the wog to edit her up for me There is probably other things that I've missed that ill add when I remember what I've done (its been a 6 month project and I lost my mind years ago )but so you can see the car I've done this too, here she is:If your thinking about doing any of these mods, I've now got a few months of R&D that I'm more than willing to share
April 18, 200620 yr #6 very impressive... congrats on finally being able to play with the finished product
April 18, 200620 yr #8 Love shockwave.... How do you find the 3.5" X-force? Has it been on the dyno after the exhaust & wog yet?
April 18, 200620 yr #10 Excellent work, and a lot of perseverence to get what you want.Looks like a very well rounded result, and very lucky rear seat passengers.I'm sure you' and your passengers will enjoy it.Well done.brian
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