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Hardcortes · 01-16-2011, 02:05 PM

Originally posted 10/08/10

Well folks... for the past two days I have been laying down some dead shield (same thing as dynamat just a different name) and I am exhausted! This is some backbreaking work! I ended up using almost 50 pounds (48.2 to be exact) of the stuff and the amount of noise that has been eliminated is pretty freaking incredible!

This is how it worked out:
Trunk: 8 18inx32in sheets (32 sq ft)
doors: 1 18inx32in sheet per door (8 sq ft)
Interior: 6 18inx 32in sheets (24sq ft)

64 sq ft in all. You may think this is overkill... but the sounds that I am not hearing makes the trouble that I went through very worthwhile.

I want to give a special shout out to SlikNik and his very helpful videos and pg6speed for his reassurance.

Here are some of the pics from yesterday and today. I will post more as the sound system install progresses.

I had originally ordered my 13" JL Audio fiberglass subwoofer box from Wicked CAS. I had also shipped my spare tire out to their location to have them remedy the fitment problem with the Nismo/Sport models but after waiting 3 months for a car to come in, I opted to have Wicked CAS send my spare tire back to me, refund my money (which they did and I might add they were very professional and very courteous) and have my boy, Ty, aka PG6Speed on the forum, build the subwoofer box. Here is a picture heavy album of the job done. Ty was great to work with and his work on previous installs was top notch. He is very knowledgeable and doesn't take any short cuts. He explains everything down to the tee and for a person such as myself, that is not so bright in the audio dept, he was a godsend. I asked if I could help with the install because this was my baby and he had no problems with that at all. He was very patient and I can't thank him enough. Anyways... enough accolades for Ty... here is what he and I (Mostly he because he knocked out the subwoofer box today 01/15/11) all by himself with very minimal assistance from me. To keep me bass-satisfied, we put one of PG6Speed's 8in custom made fiberglass sub boxes (which he has posted on the forum here) behind the driver and let me tell you, those 8's hit pretty hard and sound very good for being such a small speaker. The great thing about those is that they don't take up much space at all! We did the audio components installation sometime in October and like I said before, the subwoofer enclosure was done today (01/15/11). Enjoy…

THE GOODS….

DOOR SPEAKER INSTALL

DOOR SPEAKER INSTALL DONE!

ME (HARDCORTES) DOING WORK!

POS FACTORY TWEETER REMOVAL

MAKING TEMPLATES

PAINTED TWEETER HOLDERS

GROMMET FUN!

POWER WIRE SNAKED THROUGH THE GROMMET WITH DAMAGING INTEGRITY

ISN’T THAT CLEAN???

CROSSOVER IN THE COCKPIT

PASSENGER CROSSOVER

ME (HARDCORTES) DOING SOME MORE WORK!

TY (PG6SPEED) DEEP IN THOUGHT…

FACTORY HEAD UNIT ----- GTFO!

SPAGHETTI FACTORY

AMP WIRES TUCKED AWAY LIKE CHILDREN

ME (HARDCORTES) SCREWING DOWN THE AMP

TY (PG6SPEED) GETTIN' JIGGY WITH IT!

AFTERMARKET HEAD UNIT ---- GTFI!

TY (PG6SPEED) TRACING

SUBWOOFER ENCLOSURE TOP

TAPE THAT TIRE!

FOIL THAT TIRE!

FIBERGLASS THAT TIRE!

FIBERGLASS THAT TIRE PT II!

ENCLOSURE FITMENT…SMOOOTH!

MDF TOP FIBERGLASSED ONTO ENCLOSURE

SIDE VIEW OF ENCLOSURE

BOTTOM VIEW OF ENCLOSURE

TOP OF SPEAKER MOUNT

ROUTERED EDGES FOR BETTER FIT

ALMOST DONE!

ALMOST DONE II!!

TOP PAINTED FLAT BLACK

PLASTIC COVER CUT TO ACCOMMODATE SUBWOOFER

LEFT SIDE FLUSH!

RIGHT SIDE FLUSH!

13 IN JL AUDIO SITTING PRETTY AND HITTING LIKE MIKE TYSON!

01-16-2011, 02:05 PM	#1 (permalink)
Hardcortes Base Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: San Antonio Posts: 65 Drives: 10 Nissan 370Z Nismo Rep Power: 15	Hardcortes's finished 2010 Nismo - Work done by PG6speed (most of it) hehe Originally posted 10/08/10 Well folks... for the past two days I have been laying down some dead shield (same thing as dynamat just a different name) and I am exhausted! This is some backbreaking work! I ended up using almost 50 pounds (48.2 to be exact) of the stuff and the amount of noise that has been eliminated is pretty freaking incredible! This is how it worked out: Trunk: 8 18inx32in sheets (32 sq ft) doors: 1 18inx32in sheet per door (8 sq ft) Interior: 6 18inx 32in sheets (24sq ft) 64 sq ft in all. You may think this is overkill... but the sounds that I am not hearing makes the trouble that I went through very worthwhile. I want to give a special shout out to SlikNik and his very helpful videos and pg6speed for his reassurance. Here are some of the pics from yesterday and today. I will post more as the sound system install progresses. I had originally ordered my 13" JL Audio fiberglass subwoofer box from Wicked CAS. I had also shipped my spare tire out to their location to have them remedy the fitment problem with the Nismo/Sport models but after waiting 3 months for a car to come in, I opted to have Wicked CAS send my spare tire back to me, refund my money (which they did and I might add they were very professional and very courteous) and have my boy, Ty, aka PG6Speed on the forum, build the subwoofer box. Here is a picture heavy album of the job done. Ty was great to work with and his work on previous installs was top notch. He is very knowledgeable and doesn't take any short cuts. He explains everything down to the tee and for a person such as myself, that is not so bright in the audio dept, he was a godsend. I asked if I could help with the install because this was my baby and he had no problems with that at all. He was very patient and I can't thank him enough. Anyways... enough accolades for Ty... here is what he and I (Mostly he because he knocked out the subwoofer box today 01/15/11) all by himself with very minimal assistance from me. To keep me bass-satisfied, we put one of PG6Speed's 8in custom made fiberglass sub boxes (which he has posted on the forum here) behind the driver and let me tell you, those 8's hit pretty hard and sound very good for being such a small speaker. The great thing about those is that they don't take up much space at all! We did the audio components installation sometime in October and like I said before, the subwoofer enclosure was done today (01/15/11). Enjoy… THE GOODS…. DOOR SPEAKER INSTALL DOOR SPEAKER INSTALL DONE! ME (HARDCORTES) DOING WORK! POS FACTORY TWEETER REMOVAL MAKING TEMPLATES PAINTED TWEETER HOLDERS GROMMET FUN! POWER WIRE SNAKED THROUGH THE GROMMET WITH DAMAGING INTEGRITY ISN’T THAT CLEAN??? CROSSOVER IN THE COCKPIT PASSENGER CROSSOVER ME (HARDCORTES) DOING SOME MORE WORK! TY (PG6SPEED) DEEP IN THOUGHT… FACTORY HEAD UNIT ----- GTFO! SPAGHETTI FACTORY AMP WIRES TUCKED AWAY LIKE CHILDREN ME (HARDCORTES) SCREWING DOWN THE AMP TY (PG6SPEED) GETTIN' JIGGY WITH IT! AFTERMARKET HEAD UNIT ---- GTFI! TY (PG6SPEED) TRACING SUBWOOFER ENCLOSURE TOP TAPE THAT TIRE! FOIL THAT TIRE! FIBERGLASS THAT TIRE! FIBERGLASS THAT TIRE PT II! ENCLOSURE FITMENT…SMOOOTH! MDF TOP FIBERGLASSED ONTO ENCLOSURE SIDE VIEW OF ENCLOSURE BOTTOM VIEW OF ENCLOSURE TOP OF SPEAKER MOUNT ROUTERED EDGES FOR BETTER FIT ALMOST DONE! ALMOST DONE II!! TOP PAINTED FLAT BLACK PLASTIC COVER CUT TO ACCOMMODATE SUBWOOFER LEFT SIDE FLUSH! RIGHT SIDE FLUSH! 13 IN JL AUDIO SITTING PRETTY AND HITTING LIKE MIKE TYSON!