Started my stereo install... (Part 2)

[Mo_GT]

Hey All,

Cont. from this thread: http://legacygt.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21854

Here's what I have been/am working on currently:

http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/9/web/405000-405999/405982_101_full.jpg


http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/9/web/405000-405999/405982_100_full.jpg

http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/9/web/405000-405999/405982_99_full.jpg


The HU is a Clarion HXD2 (its a DRZ something or the other in the USA).

:)

[Hanger]

....you make me feel like a kid standing infront of the x'mas tree...so anxious... :D

[Mo_GT]

Progress is slow as its winter here for us and its been raining - haven't been able to do much sanding. Hope to make some progress this weekend.

[Mo_GT]

A couple of test fit pics:

http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/9/web/405000-405999/405982_102_full.jpg

http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/9/web/405000-405999/405982_103_full.jpg

Need to fill and sand a bit more (left and right sides dont curve in the same) and i might get rid of the aluminium piece just above the climate control unit - it took me a whole weekend to shape that thing but now it looks out of place with all the chrome accents...

[Mo_GT]

Its been a while... here are the finished pics:


Just about finished painting:
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/9/web/405000-405999/405982_104_full.jpg


All cut up and ready for polish:
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/9/web/405000-405999/405982_105_full.jpg


Installed in the car:
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/9/web/405000-405999/405982_106_full.jpg

[Scising]

This is beautiful work.
I had a B4 and now have a Spec B; I think the B4's HU was based on the MX406 (for example, the user's guide says it had the twin Burr Brown DACs), a McIntosh badged separate amp on the floor, and there were 7 speakers if you include upper tweeters as separate. The new one looks like it has the same Clarion as yours including presumably NOT a Mac amp within dash, and 14 (meaning 212) speakers.
Seems to me I would get the best sound if I could marry the old (probably Mac) HU to all those speakers via (if I can get one from the states) a MCC406M which gives 4x50 and 100x2.
What do you think?

[Mo_GT]

This is beautiful work.
Thank you :)



Seems to me I would get the best sound if I could marry the old (probably Mac) HU to all those speakers via (if I can get one from the states) a MCC406M which gives 4x50 and 100x2.
What do you think?


If you upgraded the HU to the one from a B4 and get a MCC406M to work with it (ie inputs) then your std speakers would be the weakest link.

I think it would be easier to just rip the whole std system out and replace it with even an 'average' quality aftermarket one if you wanted something better than std.

[Scising]

Fair comment - but I've emailed McIntosh to see if it's possible. My old aftermarket system - Kenwood HU - Kicker 4x40 - Soundstream SPL 65 front and 60 rear - certainly rocked more than either std sytstem, but I'd have to say the B4 McIntosh was a cleaner more accurate sound, if underpowered (4x23, 1x 60 - I have no idea how they reached those specs!). The new Maclarion has better bass but sounds typically Japanese electronic, not natural. Depending on the crossovers, I might just plug in the Soundstreams as the 61/2" in the doors; they are more efficient than the Macs and go lower.