its not alcantara, its called nova suede.

its kinda a bitch to get the radio in because of them. its a good thing im not using the rca's otherwise fitting 6 rca heads would have made it a nightmare.

 

Really? My RCAs are about as thick as 5 gauge power wire....I mean thick....It did make it a PITA to install everything tho, because I have:

DCi
3 Ai-Net Cables
Harness
Stock Antenna Lead
3 huge RCAs
Ipod Fullspeed Cable


Its real fun getting the headunit in there....you seem to have less "crap" behind your HU than I do....

Its all about packaging. If you organize things, and tuck everything, it would make it a A LOT easier. (Learned after I had problems)

 

you should see the power harness for the 7990 radio. not your typical alpine plug.

i have the main harness, 1 ai-net, 1 digital toslink and antenna

 

Wow your doors are looking good!

When you say you did the inside of the doors, did you just simply roll up the window and spray foam in there or did you apply Dynamat to the inside metal?

I just picked up a set of Focal K2P speakers and plan on redoing my doors once more.

Used to complete in IASCA 301-600 PRO class too


rk

 

Very nice. Was that Janet Jackson in the video or the Autosound CD?

 

got around to doing some more work. i was able to run the wires, put the interior pretty much back together, made my rca's, finished the a pillar tweeters and got my hardtop upholstered to tame the crazy reflections i had.


so here are my wires ran, looks stock doesnt it? i was able to fit 2 of my custom speaker wires, ai-net cable, 13pin cable for the display and the toslink optical cable.
the trick is to bundle the wires and attach them from the bottom side. then matching the way honda bundled their wires.







here is ensolite applied on top of the deadener, works like a charm, lowered my floor noise a lot




there is no way i can hide that fat 0ga, and plus, the sleeving adds about 3-4mm thickness




of course, ensolite on the passenger side now




here are my custom rca's i made, i bought these rca heads from a store around my area, these are WBT copies and are locking. then i bought some canare cable(made in japan) from the same place. i have done my research and tested A LOT of different cables. if you are looking for a neutral sounding cable that is also very dynamic, these are literally one of the best , if not the best copper rca's money can buy.











here is my custom a pillar tweets. they stick out because the tweeter i am using is very deep, scroll down to see a pic.

i went to home depot and picked up some pvc pipe that best fit my tweeters. next i got a hole saw and cut a hole out of my a pillars. next i measured up my tweeters and cut the pvc to the same depth. next i put the pillars back in the car and did the aiming and mounting of the pvc in the car. i used super glue and baking soda for the first adhesive, works well on plastic to plastic bonding. plus its cheap and effective. once i got the pvc to hold in its place, i took it out and applied it around it front and back. next i got some hot glue and applied it over the super glue. after all that is done, i took some sand paper and sanded the pillar and pvc where the fiberglass filler is going to be applied. the sanding helps the filler to adhere to the plastic better. once that is done, apply the fiberglass filler(do not use a reg filler, it will crack over time, reg filler should be used to smoothen and finish it) and shape the filler however you want your shape to be. it usually takes a couple times. i did chose not to perfect the finish since it was going to be covered with suede.














the new lotus RT27F tweeters, they arent being released until july












original finish of the mugen top. it looks to be a gel coat








the custom headliner i got to match with the center console and shift boot.


















any questions?

thanks for looking.

 

DAMN, nice

 

Looking good buddy

 

HE LIVES!

 

Yeah working 2 jobs and starting a business sucks the life right out of me... How've ya been