So I thought to myself - what's the biggest friggin box I can fit into my Mazda 3 trunk without having to build inside? With the help of some old (mostly Soviet era) tools, and on occasion my old man, here we are.
Old setup:
HU:
Pioneer AVIC Z110
Doors:
Infinity 6030cs components in front
Pioneer 6x8s for rear fill
Rodek 2150i amp wired at 1.3 ohms per channel
Trunk:
Two American Bass HD12D1
3.8-4cubes net @32hz
Two Clarion DPX11500 strapped at 0.5 ohms each
Batts:
Two Optima Group 35 yellow tops
New setup:
HU:
Pioneer AVIC Z110
Doors:
Four Alpine 6.5 SPS-610 per door in front
Alpine SPS517 6x8s for rear fill
Two Sony 4 channel 1995 old school XM-450G at wired at 1 ohm per channel, one amp per front door (125w RMS per speaker - 1000w RMS for front doors total)
Two Audiocontrol 30 band EQTs one per front door
Sony XM-752EQ 2 channel with built in 5 band EQ for rear doors
Trunk:
Three American Bass HD12D1
7 cubes net @32hz
Two Clarion DPX11500 wired to 0.33 ohms each
Batts:
Kinetic HC1400 in the front, Odyssey PC2150 in the spare tire well.
So, on to the photos!
Out with the old batts, in with the new.
Out with the old front stage.
Old setup:
HU:
Pioneer AVIC Z110
Doors:
Infinity 6030cs components in front
Pioneer 6x8s for rear fill
Rodek 2150i amp wired at 1.3 ohms per channel
Trunk:
Two American Bass HD12D1
3.8-4cubes net @32hz
Two Clarion DPX11500 strapped at 0.5 ohms each
Batts:
Two Optima Group 35 yellow tops
New setup:
HU:
Pioneer AVIC Z110
Doors:
Four Alpine 6.5 SPS-610 per door in front
Alpine SPS517 6x8s for rear fill
Two Sony 4 channel 1995 old school XM-450G at wired at 1 ohm per channel, one amp per front door (125w RMS per speaker - 1000w RMS for front doors total)
Two Audiocontrol 30 band EQTs one per front door
Sony XM-752EQ 2 channel with built in 5 band EQ for rear doors
Trunk:
Three American Bass HD12D1
7 cubes net @32hz
Two Clarion DPX11500 wired to 0.33 ohms each
Batts:
Kinetic HC1400 in the front, Odyssey PC2150 in the spare tire well.
So, on to the photos!
Out with the old batts, in with the new.
Out with the old front stage.