First Generation Firebird-L Mailing List ......................................................................... Hugo, Thanks for the compliment. I have determined I have enough room to pack 3 of my son's Hot Wheels in the trunk, but that's about all I can fit back there. It was tight trying to get all of the components and the 6 speakers to fit. I had to remove the trunk springs and motorize the trunk lid to get more room for the motorized amp rack and the two subs. The easy part of the install was hiding the 8 speakers in the cabin.
And yes, the sub box doubles as a gray water tank. It just doesn't look very pretty when you look at it through the plexi on the front. :) I needed a bit more volume in the box than I could fit in the car, so I used the PVC to obtain it. Now, no one can accuse me of not thinking outside of the box... :) Chris R. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of hugot Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 12:22 PM To: First Generation Firebird-L Subject: RE: [FGF] Speaker solution First Generation Firebird-L Mailing List ........................................................................ . Hey Chris, So I take it that your sub woofer box also doubles as a gray water tank (from the PVC pipe hanging on it) ? ;-) Now my junk-in-the-trunk takes up everything forward of the trunk lid opening but yours ..... As it is when we go on overnight cruises (or longer) we have to put our suit cases on the back seat and I bought some black towels to drape over them but I can still put SOME stuff in the trunk (no spare though). Looks real nice. Great job. Hugo At 08:49 AM 1/24/2008, you wrote: >First Generation Firebird-L Mailing List >....................................................................... .. >Bobby, > You don't need to go overboard to get good sound up front. I would >put the speakers you already purchased in the kick panels, and add >tweeters up top. You can mount the 3.5s in the stock locations in the >kick panels, or if you want to hide them better, you can mount them >behind the kick panel in the vent area. I put 6.5s in my vent area with >room to spare, but I had to disable the vent to do so. I didn't really >care about the vents, as the top is always down when I'm driving the car >anyway. > >For the tweeters I made two panels out of 5/8" MDF that lie on top of >the dash and extend to the corner of the windshield, then I removed the >grill and mounting hardware from the tweeters and flush mounted them in >panels. I had already determined where they sounded best, and I made >the panel in a manner that I could put the tweeters in that spot. After >the tweeter is installed in the panel, I covered the panel with black >grill cloth to make them blend in. The panels are held into place by >pressure from being a tight fit, so no modifications to the dash are >necessary. The only people that have ever actually seen them without me >pointing them out have been people at stereo competitions. This can be >seen in two pictures in the third row from the bottom of this page >http://www.chrisandchristi.com/pp69convstereo.htm. Click on the small >pics to see a larger version. > >Depending on the impedance of the 3.5s and tweeters you may need to run >the speakers in series rather than in parallel. That will also depend >on the impedance load your amp will handle. Your amp will have plenty >of power to push them, so this will not be a problem. Since you have >6x9's in the back, the majority of the sound will still be coming from >that location, but the addition of the highs in the front will >definitely help. > >Chris R. >69 Firebird Conv (x2) >http://www.chrisandchristi.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Submissions to Firebird-L: <[email protected]> Unsubscribe from Firebird-L: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Help: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/firebird/Firebird-L.html> Classifieds: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/ubb/> Owner Pictures: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/show/> Donations: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/store/cart.mv?999999> FGF Merchandise: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/store> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Submissions to Firebird-L: <[email protected]> Unsubscribe from Firebird-L: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Help: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/firebird/Firebird-L.html> Classifieds: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/ubb/> Owner Pictures: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/show/> Donations: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/store/cart.mv?999999> FGF Merchandise: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/store>
