One of the key elements of a great ride is having great tunes to go alone with it.
Once I finally got my 2015 Fiesta ST, I make an appointment with bing @ SimplicityInSound (in Milpitas, California)
He's very well know for his custom installs, and is a really great guy to work with. I dropped the car off for a week, and this is what happened....
NOTE: This was the build log posted to DIYMA.
Bing (SIS) had done another Fiesta ST a few months in the past (which I got to sit in and hear) and that's the Fiesta he mentions.
Also, having seen that install, and how the full size spare caused some issues with the Sub Enclosure, I took the advice I found here, and used the compact spare from a standard fiesta.
Onward!!
goals:
1. achieve a nice level of sound quality while maintaining a low key appearance on the interior
2. take up zero usable cargo space in the trunk
3. retain spare tire and still allow easy access to it with the system components.
first up a coupla pics of the car
the signal source on this one is slightly different than the previous fiesta build. while the stock signal source is indeed retained, but instead of an amas2, we added a digital output box for his iphone as his second, more pure, source. due to that, we had to also integrate a mosconi dsp controller to act as master volume control when he is using his phone as his primary signal source. so jesse fabricated a similar controller mount as i did in the other fiesta. it takes up the little pocket direct behind the shifter and is finished in factory matching vinyl. here is the finished product, within convinient reach from the front seats:
a few quick pics of what the controller mount looks like. it is a combination of MDF and acrylic that secures the controller to the mount, and then the mount press fits into the space:
moving onto the front stage. the customer provided me with a set of Stereo Integrity TM65 dual voice coil midbasses. these were installed in the factor lower door location.
first, a matter of taking care of the wiring. since the fiesta has no empty slots in the door molex, we soldered onto the factory speaker wires right before and right after the door, keeping the factory run as short as possible:
nex, the outer door skins were sound proofed with blackhole tiles, while the inner door received some focal BAM composite damper.
then i fabricated a set of speaker adapter plates for the SI midbasses, and coated them with several layers of truck bedliner to protect them against the elements:
this adapter was then bolted to the door using oem hardware:
and these cool DVC midbasses were wired up and installed, the gaps around the mounting baffle sealed with butyl
the outer door card also got some CLD damper to help with resonance and vibrations:
the same procedure was then repeated on the passenger side:
for the tweeter the customer supplied me with a set of the new KAXBLTWT tweeters. these are relatively large tweeters and after some playing around, we came up with a mounting pod that takes place of the tiny pillar windows. the pods were finished in matching vinyl:
lets go to some build pictures by Jesse. This may look simple but actually involved a bit of work. because of the shape and angles in the A pillar, we couldnt actually just bold a singular pod...as if it was attached to the pillar, there is no way the pillar can flex and fit back into the car, like wise, there is no room for hte entire pod to slide into the window opening if the pillars were snaped on first. so what jesse came up with is a two piece design that allowed a smaller mounting pod to be mounted to the pillars after it has been snapped into the car.
first, these are the two pieces, a back plate with spacers and a front plate with its own inter spacer legs and the tweeter ring aimed and mounted:
the front tweeter pod then had mold cloth pulled, resin applied, and then reinforced from the inside via a duraglas/resin mixture:
then several repeat processes of filler and sanded, resulted in a smooth shape ready for upholstery:
Once I finally got my 2015 Fiesta ST, I make an appointment with bing @ SimplicityInSound (in Milpitas, California)
He's very well know for his custom installs, and is a really great guy to work with. I dropped the car off for a week, and this is what happened....
NOTE: This was the build log posted to DIYMA.
Bing (SIS) had done another Fiesta ST a few months in the past (which I got to sit in and hear) and that's the Fiesta he mentions.
Also, having seen that install, and how the full size spare caused some issues with the Sub Enclosure, I took the advice I found here, and used the compact spare from a standard fiesta.
Onward!!
goals:
1. achieve a nice level of sound quality while maintaining a low key appearance on the interior
2. take up zero usable cargo space in the trunk
3. retain spare tire and still allow easy access to it with the system components.
first up a coupla pics of the car
the signal source on this one is slightly different than the previous fiesta build. while the stock signal source is indeed retained, but instead of an amas2, we added a digital output box for his iphone as his second, more pure, source. due to that, we had to also integrate a mosconi dsp controller to act as master volume control when he is using his phone as his primary signal source. so jesse fabricated a similar controller mount as i did in the other fiesta. it takes up the little pocket direct behind the shifter and is finished in factory matching vinyl. here is the finished product, within convinient reach from the front seats:
a few quick pics of what the controller mount looks like. it is a combination of MDF and acrylic that secures the controller to the mount, and then the mount press fits into the space:
moving onto the front stage. the customer provided me with a set of Stereo Integrity TM65 dual voice coil midbasses. these were installed in the factor lower door location.
first, a matter of taking care of the wiring. since the fiesta has no empty slots in the door molex, we soldered onto the factory speaker wires right before and right after the door, keeping the factory run as short as possible:
nex, the outer door skins were sound proofed with blackhole tiles, while the inner door received some focal BAM composite damper.
then i fabricated a set of speaker adapter plates for the SI midbasses, and coated them with several layers of truck bedliner to protect them against the elements:
this adapter was then bolted to the door using oem hardware:
and these cool DVC midbasses were wired up and installed, the gaps around the mounting baffle sealed with butyl
the outer door card also got some CLD damper to help with resonance and vibrations:
the same procedure was then repeated on the passenger side:
for the tweeter the customer supplied me with a set of the new KAXBLTWT tweeters. these are relatively large tweeters and after some playing around, we came up with a mounting pod that takes place of the tiny pillar windows. the pods were finished in matching vinyl:
lets go to some build pictures by Jesse. This may look simple but actually involved a bit of work. because of the shape and angles in the A pillar, we couldnt actually just bold a singular pod...as if it was attached to the pillar, there is no way the pillar can flex and fit back into the car, like wise, there is no room for hte entire pod to slide into the window opening if the pillars were snaped on first. so what jesse came up with is a two piece design that allowed a smaller mounting pod to be mounted to the pillars after it has been snapped into the car.
first, these are the two pieces, a back plate with spacers and a front plate with its own inter spacer legs and the tweeter ring aimed and mounted:
the front tweeter pod then had mold cloth pulled, resin applied, and then reinforced from the inside via a duraglas/resin mixture:
then several repeat processes of filler and sanded, resulted in a smooth shape ready for upholstery:
