ICE Diary |
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It's taken hours so far to even start by building my new system, so here is a list of all the work I've done. |
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Date |
Hours |
Action |
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| 4 |
Sorted out all the old kit I had in my Peugeot. Spent a couple of
hours looking for the missing tweeter from my old 6562 components. List is... 2 x 8" subs, 2 x 10" subs, loads of speaker cable and power cable. |
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| 24 | Spent hours and hours thinking about which speakers, amps and head unit to buy. Also about steering wheel controller, facia adaptors etc etc. | ||
| 8 | Spent hours putting together a Visio wiring diagram of my new system. | ||
| 3 | Brought M300 amp from eBay | ||
| 6 | Brought 2 x T320 amps from eBay | ||
| 3 | Brought M300 amp from eBay | ||
| 3 | Brought head unit and SPX177Rs and SPS571As from letsbuycaraudio.com | ||
| 2 | Brought stuff from Maplins | ||
| 2 | Brought stuff from B&Q | ||
| 2 | Brought more stuff from Maplins | ||
| 2 | Brought more stuff from B&Q | ||
| 1 | Brought some tools from homebase | ||
| 1 | Brought some more tools from homebase | ||
| 1 | Brought MDF and Flashing from Wicks | ||
| 4 | Installed 4awg power cable - drilled through bulk head and removed interior plastics to route cable. Made mounting plate for fuse holder. | ||
| 6 | Stripped out rear interior panels and made some mounting spacers for the SPS571s. Fitted the crossovers and wired them up to rear channel of head unit (for now). | ||
| 2 | Installed the head unit. | ||
| 1 | Returned the head unit as the display was broken. | ||
| 1 | Installed my new 9835R. | ||
| 3 | Routed speaker wiring down either side of the car into front doors. | ||
| 1 | Went and got loads of cardboard out of recycling centre for mock-ups. | ||
| 5 | Built mockup of boot build | ||
| 6 | Spent hours and hours on WinISD sorting out response curves for my subs. | ||
| 4 | Built mock up of front door build - hated it. | ||
| 4 | More hours on WinISD and thinking about door builds. | ||
| 6 | Built front door box for sub | ||
| 2 | Rerouted main 4awg power cable as didn't like the way it sat in battery compartment. | ||
| 3 | Dyna-matted boot, side panels and front doors. | ||
| 1 | Removed centre console and routed 3 audio pairs through to boot and soldered on new RCA plugs. | ||
| 25/08/2004 | 1 | More work on front door sub box. | |
| 26/08/2004 | 1 |
Stripped off the inner plastic and rerouted electric cables in my front
door. Figuring out how to hang the sub box on the front door. Dyna-matted the inner skin of the front door a bit more. Found that I don't need to adjust my box size as I pulled off some plastic covers at the bottom of my front seat. This gave me a bit more space - now need to make a thinner cover. |
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| 28/08/2004 | 6 | Made base plate for boot. Designed mounting for front sub box. Cut MDF for 10" sub boxes. | |
| 30/08/2004 | 6 | Finished two sub boxes. Brought more MDF and flashing from Wicks. | |
| 31/08/2004 | 4 | Fixed in rear subs and wired up an MRDM300. It ROCKS! | |
| 01/09/2004 | 5 | Measured and cut mounting for power distribution blocks. Planed and sanded edges of rear sub boxes. | |
| 02/09/2004 | 1 | Ordered battery terminals from Maplin (sent wide there when she was a very busy lady!) and ordered 125amp fuses and 180amp relay from Vehicle Wiring Products. | |
| 04/09/2004 | 1 | Brought drill bit, screws, two new battery terminals and went to Maplin lakeside to swap battery and collect missing battery terminals. | |
| 05/09/2004 | 5 | Finished distribution and battery mount. Found earth point. Soldered rear RCA plugs. | |
| 06/09/2004 | 1 | Started looking at alarm systems. Also brought hinges from B&Q. Fuses etc arrived from VWP.com and I made sure that the battery terminal plugs fitted. | |
| 07/08/2004 | 7 | Was on a mission until 5am!!! I needed to get a bass-hit again so was determined to fit my 10s and second battery. Attached Boxes to bottom plate via hinges and brackets and attached distribution plate between the two sub boxes. Managed to get entire assembly into boot and found that when the sub boxes hinge upwards they don't go up quite enough to still get to the spare wheel. Sorted out 125amp fuses and swapped old battery terminals in front for new 24k gold 4awg multiways. Sorted out wiring for second battery. Struggled tightening up battery terminals, but overcame this with the help of a little sand paper. Installed 3050 crossover and 10amp relay for fans and remote turn on. Installed 1 M300 and 1 T320 amp. Wired up rear 5x7s to T320. | |
| 08/09/2004 | 1 | Fixed sub box mounting brackets to front door. Took sub box apart to adjust top front as this was knocking against the dash. Realised that I have a dry joint on one of the T320 amps :( | |
| 10/09/2004? | 1 | Brought flush bezels for front doors and orderd LHD 'A' pillar mirror trim. | |
| 11/09/2004 | 15 | Spent ages building amp rack with fan holes and air vents and squirral run and wiring up | |
| ? | 3 | Spent time reviewing alarms and booked to have Toad A850T fitted. | |
| 21/09/2004 | 0 | Was told that subs were no good. | |
| 24/09/2004? | 1 | Brought paint and wet & dry for single din conversion. | |
| 1 | Removed, prepared and glued centre console for single din conversion. | ||
| 26/09/2004 | 3 | Added front plate to amp rack and neatened wiring under amp rack so as not to pinch the wires. | |
| 3 | Primed Centre console, handles, stereo surround | ||
| 27/09/2004 | 1 | Glossed Centre console, handles, stereo surround | |
| 28/09/2004 | 2 | Spent more hours looking at replacement subs. | |
| 02/10/2004 | 4 | Cut door card in half to sit on top of sub box and spent a while trying to figure out how to get two 6.5" components into the limited space in front of the door handle (which I considered moving at one point) | |
| 03/10/2004 | 2 | Broke apart front sub box and cut out mounting plates for the 6.5" components. | |
| 07/09/2004 | 4 | Rebuilt sub box and relocated port to bottom of front plate. | |
| 09/11/2003 | 1 | Shaved edges of amp rack so that it fits in boot neatly | |
| 10/11/2004 | 2 | Stuck on mounting plates to sub box | |
| 11/10/2004 | 1 | Tidied up door card and stuck down the vinyl that was peeled back. | |
| 16/10/2004 | 6 | Built door pods out of paper mache. | |
| 17/10/2004 | 2 | Applied another layer of paper mache. | |
| 20/10/2004 | 2 | Mounted speakers on door pods - struggled for an hour trying to get the speaker to lay flat and not wobble in the pod. Finished fan wiring. | |
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OK, so that should give an idea of how much effort has gone into the
system. Believe me many more hours have been spent since and will
no doubt be spent in the future. Will the work ever end? I doubt it :) |
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Last updated 17-07-2005 |
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