My 6140, Focal, Image Dynamics, Alpine install

teejnut

First off thanks to everyone who helped me out with questions on equipment selection and install. Appreciate everyone's help! So here's what I went with.

Kenwood DNX6140
Alpine PDX4.100
Focal Access 165A1
Image Dynamics 12" IDQ Sub
Zenclosures
eBay Camera

Haven't listened too much with the new setup but so far sounds great!!! It's nice to have a nice sound system, Bluetooth, and rear view camera again. Since there's several threads on how to install a HU I just have want to post up a few pics of things that I didn't notice was posted before.





i decided to mount my mic in the middle to help avoid wind noise with the windows down.


i ran the power line through the rubber grommet that is next to the battery. placed the fuse box on top of the battery underneath the tray. fits great!


ran all the wires from the HU to the rear down the middle next to existing lines.


fabbed up tweeter mounts from 1/4" plastic my friend had.


mounted the crossover behind the kick panel cover.


zenclosures spacers worked great! one side that's pre-trimmed goes towards the front of the car.


to install new speaker wire you have to remove the door connections on the body of the car. to do that you press down on the little tab on the side. (where my thumb is pointing)


then you just pull down the lever. need to close the door slightly to pull down the lever all the way and it'll pop out!


after you pop it out then you pop out the white piece inside the car. pull the bottom out and it'll come out. drill a hole on the empty side (mine is non-bose) and then run the speaker wire through there and reinstall. reinstall the white piece by putting the top in first and the bottom will snap in easily. to reinstall the gray lever just pull the lever all the way down and push it in then pull the lever up.

no pic, but i put the amp underneath the passenger seat. the pdx 4.100 is pretty small so it fits well down there.

LOU@AMPLIFIED

nice work. great choice on components, Is the FOCAL working for you? I found them a little too bright but thats just me but love the ID subs and PDX AMPS. Is that the ID MAX?, Hows that working with the Zenclosure?

teejnut

thanks! liking the Focal so far. nope not an id max, just an idq and works pretty well in the zenclosure.

LOU@AMPLIFIED

Whats the specs on the zenclosure? cubit feet/airspace?

We have a customer that wants a box but doesn't want a custom made fiberglass. I want to make sure it's the correct CF specs for the subs he wants

teejnut

check out their site, Nissan 370Z 1-12" Subwoofer Enclosure

AK370Z

VERY nice. I have the same Nav unit. No problems yet. The sub box looks great. Thanks for sharing

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Great pics, easy-to-follow detail. Two thumbs up!

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SlikNik

Nice job, how good did it feel to get the speaker wire run through the doors completed.
Easy, but yet sooooooooo nice when it was done. I was grinning from ear to ear

2fast4thelaw

Sweet! Nice clean job with the install. Give the Focals a month or two to break in and they will mellow out. I am glad everything is working out, you have a very well matched sound system without breaking the bank!

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teejnut

heck yeah. figuring out the first one was the hardest. doing the other side was easy as heck.

thanks! and thanks for the tips and suggestions before.

bigaudiofanat

Looks good man. How do you like the ID sub? I see that Z enclosure figured out that trimming that side of the spacer will allow people to use them over top of the existing spacer. Glad they took the advice.

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teejnut

Thanks! The ID sub sounds great and I'm only feeding 200watts to it (Alpine PDX4.100 powering the Focal and ID). Yep the spacers fits without any other modifications.

Matt

How do you think a single IDQ 10" would sound compared to your single 12"? Would you describe your bass as "clean"? If you had to do it again and make 1 change, would it be to give the sub more power, get a 2nd sub, upgrade the sub quality, or change the sub size?

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2fast4thelaw

About 40% less output and impact than the 12.

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bigaudiofanat

Ya also the 10 will not be able to repoduce as low as the 12 would. But I say unless you are going to be listening to rap you only need a 10. To me it seems a tad bit tighter.

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