2fnould's build log

[Chris@Rvengeperformance]

Steve, don't take this the wrong way, but I have a hard time with the eloquence of your leather wrapped pillars being combined with the yellow carbon fiber accents.

[green-lantern]

The stuff sticks so well.

I used it to fix rips in my vert top.

Steve, don't take this the wrong way, but I have a hard time with the eloquence of your leather wrapped pillars being combined with the yellow carbon fiber accents.

Might be time to swap out the CF trim with something different. If you like it that's all that matters though. It could just be the flash of the camera.

[2fnloud]

I love it Paul, and it is most likely the flash, the pillars look color / texture wise no different than what was there before. I have also been told that the dashkit looks better in person than photos (Ohiospyderman)

[green-lantern]

I love it Paul, and it is most likely the flash, the pillars look color / texture wise no different than what was there before. I have also been told that the dashkit looks better in person than photos (Ohiospyderman)

The flash makes it pop out for sure. The car looked great at NG.

[2fnloud]

I think it is the epoxy coating reflecting the flash.

[spaceace60]

[QUOTE=2fnloud;44172]I decided that I would bring over the Pioneer equipment that I had in my Saturn, this meant I have 5.1 DTS and Dolby Music II available. So I start with the biggest stealth challenge, getting my center channel without just putting Pioneer's center speaker pod on the dash.

This is what I did with my Saturn and I hated how it looked. Sounded great, just looked too non OEM for my liking. I thought about installing my center channel into the center vents of my Stealth. I read about doing this on Suthnr's 212 HP Stereo page, thanks for sharing Eric, that install is inspiring. So I spent the whole summer with them closed to see if I could do without them, I didn't miss them at all so I picked up another center vent piece and went to work.
1st off nice install and some nice orions ect! just wondering if you were only using center channel while watching movies in 5.1 surround ect? as some people might not be aware that running a center ch. while listening to regular audio would probably kill the sound stage(would make it sound mono) due to the fact that even w/all todays technology most music is still on recorded the old fashion way simple left/right 2ch im not sure maybe some processors may have away around all this(by not playing center at certain times?)but if you don't have a 5.1 processor its deffinately detrimental to your stereo imaging! im glad to see that some owners are starting to put in some serious audio in these cars and not just putting all their $ into going fast! for yrs I wondered why few people put any real systems into this platform a cool car deserves great sound too!!

The biggest problem was to find a speaker that would fit there and give the fullest sound possible. I based my judgment against the Freq response that the Pioneer speaker pod had, according to Pioneer the speaker pod has a Freq range of 140Hz ~ 30kHz.

I found a Tang Band speaker that has a Freq range of 150Hz ~ 20,000kHz, I figured that this would be close enough plus the shape of this speaker is what appealed to me the most. It's dimensions are 2"x3" with a cutout of 1-13/16" x 3-3/8". I ended up sanding the long side of the speaker flanges down to get them to fit how I wanted but I think I achieved success.

1st off nice install and some nice orions ect! just wondering if you were only using center channel while watching movies in 5.1 surround ect? as some people might not be aware that running a center ch. while listening to regular audio would probably kill the sound stage(would make it sound mono) due to the fact that even w/all todays technology most music is still on recorded the old fashion way simple left/right 2ch im not sure maybe some processors may have away around all this(by not playing center at certain times?)but if you don't have a 5.1 processor its deffinately detrimental to your stereo imaging! im glad to see that some owners are starting to put in some serious audio in these cars and not just putting all their $ into going fast! for yrs I wondered why few people put any real systems into this platform a cool car deserves great sound too!!

[sketch]

good to see this thread get a bump
and to see the AV subforum get some action, too. this place needs more readers & posters

[2fnloud]

I need better garage and more time.

[2fnloud]

[QUOTE=spaceace60;305355]

I decided that I would bring over the Pioneer equipment that I had in my Saturn, this meant I have 5.1 DTS and Dolby Music II available. So I start with the biggest stealth challenge, getting my center channel without just putting Pioneer's center speaker pod on the dash.

This is what I did with my Saturn and I hated how it looked. Sounded great, just looked too non OEM for my liking. I thought about installing my center channel into the center vents of my Stealth. I read about doing this on Suthnr's 212 HP Stereo page, thanks for sharing Eric, that install is inspiring. So I spent the whole summer with them closed to see if I could do without them, I didn't miss them at all so I picked up another center vent piece and went to work.
1st off nice install and some nice orions ect! just wondering if you were only using center channel while watching movies in 5.1 surround ect? as some people might not be aware that running a center ch. while listening to regular audio would probably kill the sound stage(would make it sound mono) due to the fact that even w/all todays technology most music is still on recorded the old fashion way simple left/right 2ch im not sure maybe some processors may have away around all this(by not playing center at certain times?)but if you don't have a 5.1 processor its deffinately detrimental to your stereo imaging! im glad to see that some owners are starting to put in some serious audio in these cars and not just putting all their $ into going fast! for yrs I wondered why few people put any real systems into this platform a cool car deserves great sound too!!

The biggest problem was to find a speaker that would fit there and give the fullest sound possible. I based my judgment against the Freq response that the Pioneer speaker pod had, according to Pioneer the speaker pod has a Freq range of 140Hz ~ 30kHz.

I found a Tang Band speaker that has a Freq range of 150Hz ~ 20,000kHz, I figured that this would be close enough plus the shape of this speaker is what appealed to me the most. It's dimensions are 2"x3" with a cutout of 1-13/16" x 3-3/8". I ended up sanding the long side of the speaker flanges down to get them to fit how I wanted but I think I achieved success.

1st off nice install and some nice orions ect! just wondering if you were only using center channel while watching movies in 5.1 surround ect? as some people might not be aware that running a center ch. while listening to regular audio would probably kill the sound stage(would make it sound mono) due to the fact that even w/all todays technology most music is still on recorded the old fashion way simple left/right 2ch im not sure maybe some processors may have away around all this(by not playing center at certain times?)but if you don't have a 5.1 processor its deffinately detrimental to your stereo imaging! im glad to see that some owners are starting to put in some serious audio in these cars and not just putting all their $ into going fast! for yrs I wondered why few people put any real systems into this platform a cool car deserves great sound too!!

Thank you, and yes I have the pioneer 5.1 processor, I also have the Arc Audio PS8 to control X-over, Timing Alignment and EQ. (Think of this as the AEM of car audio tuning) I Let the 5.1 processor run dolby music mix ran it it the past and yet to have a judge tell me that my imaging was wack.

[2fnloud]

OK started laying out my hatch once again, still keeping the general layout idea, but without the rear batcaps, and with those gone, I didn't need the charging station seen in the lower center of this picture:



I was thinking that this cubby would no longer serve a purpose but:



It will serve as a cubby to hold my fused distribution block. Right now it isn't much, but as parts of various projects come in it will button up real fast as I prep for NG. The goal will be to get it how it was before I took everything out to remove the Batcap 2000's and fix my hatch release cable.