New Dash Pictures
So......
A little change of plans. Same Speakers, but to make the printed pods work would have ended up being a monumental undertaking including some dash reconstruction.
I know some of you are going to look at this and say WTF was I thinking??? I take my car audio very very seriously. And from a staging and imaging point of view, the door speakers are NEVER going to get it right and while a kick panel speaker does do something better than the door, I am not giving up my kick panel. Now. With that said I am 6.2, I have lost nothing regarding visibility, and that dumb stock screen and so called radio are gone.
These pods are wrapped in red carbon vinyl, and while it does not 100 percent match the car, its close enough. It is just enough to make it stand out, and not be obnoxious, at least in my opinion.
So we have a 4" tweeter, with 1.5" dome, and dual Morel 4" on each side of the dash.
Some might notice the retarded Metra kit still in the car, I am in a transitional move between Spokane and St Louis. So that factory piece in still in Spokane but was shipped out today. So that will be remedied soon.
The head unit was changed to the Pioneer DEX P99RS all Pre-Amp deck which is using the AKM DAC.
I am also selling the Aerospace processor and going back to do what I wanted to do all along and that is using the Behringer DEX2496 and 2 DCX2496's. Which by the way are also using the AJM Dacks.
As for the AMPS, I am having a moment. I have the Alpine PDX-V9 which was my first choice on specs alone. but I have re thought the Alpine amps but not for the reasons you might think. The Alpine amps are limited to only being able to handle 4 volts worth of signing on input. By switching to the Behringer processors, I am needing the capability to feed 8 volts worth of signal. With that said, my first choice will be (2) Zapco Z140.4 SP and (1) Z400.2 SP for the subs. In this configuraition, I get 150 x 8, for the front stage, and 700 X 2 for the subs. Option 2 might be some Sinfoni amps, Those are Italian, but very pricey So I have to figure out if I can afford them.
I am not putting the rear seats back in the car, I am going with a roll cage and the amp rack will be part of the roll cage.
This is all for now, I will have the car back in the shop on Jan 10th to have the 7" dynaudio MW172 midbass drivers installed in the doors, and I will post pictures when that is done.