Not really painting weather today so I thought I'd get on with my other mini project.
ICE, ICE, Baby[/size]
Wanted to big up the tunes in the Volvo of love, so I slid out my head unit and remembered it had preouts.
RCA lead and amp remote fitted and fed behind the dashboard:
Run the RCA and remote lead down one side of the car and clip it all behind the trim:
Make sure everything is well tucked away so it won't get caught on anything:
Run the power lead from the battery, through a suitable gromet on the bulkhead:
And pull it through the other side. Do exactly the same, run it underneath the plastic trim to the back of the car
I pulled everything through the ski hatch because it was easy to get to and saves drilling holes:
This is the BEAST of an amp I will be using to test that everything works. 400 watts of PMPO goodness all the way from China!
Next step - subs and where to mount them.
I decided early on that quality didn't matter - it's all about quantity! I worked out I had easily enough room for 2 12" subs so that's the configuration I stuck with.
First, pull out the removable panel from the boot. This is very thin and won't be up to taking the weight of the subs.
I drew around it onto a piece of chunky chipboard from Wickes and cut it to shape with a jigsaw. Sorted!
MAXIMUM BASS![/size]
Check these suckers out:
Bass in your mother-loving face! These Badboyz promise a mighty 700 Watts of something or other when hooked up to a 1.21 Gigawatt amplifier! These are the absolute cheapest new subs I could find, in the world, bar none.
Chrome baskets for that Puff Daddy effect. This is how we roll!
So now we cut out holes for them in the sub shelf:
And test fit to make sure nothing gets in the way:
(They have to be mounted to one side, the spare wheel well is to the left of the car so unfortunately I couldn't mount them in the middle)
Coat the shelf liberally with spray adhesive and let it go slightly tacky:
Get a roll of acoustic carpet or any old backless carpet and lay it over the glued shelf. Smooth out any wrinkles and be careful - it stretches very easily!
Fold the edges over and trim them off. Cut through the sub holes and glue them back like so:
Use a staple gun to keep the edges firmly in place, incase the glue fails:
Leaving you with something that looks like this from the back:
And this from the front:
Now would be a wise time to make sure the subs still fit in the holes:
And run the wires along the shelf, I stapled them in place:
Drop in the shelf, hook up to the amp and voila!
Stick your favourite Ice Cube CD in the deck and get rollin' through your nearest intersection looking' for hoes, or whatever else you might like to do on a Saturday afternoon.
I meant that I'm yanking the cam cover paint idea. 
quite fancy an old rwd volvo estate myself some day with a bit of a sound system going on. Oh and ' on a mission ' or ' passion, grace and serious bass ' FTW!! someone should start making them again ;D 