Eneah Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 Thought I would share the latest step in my project. Swapped out the stock front speakers and hooked up these Rainbow CS265.25 Germanium speakers to an Alpine PDX-4.150 amp in the glovebox. Still need some tweaking at the sound staging in the 350z seems to be terrible First time I've done anything like this so it's been learning all the way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunset350z Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 Very nice speakers. The crossover is quite big, does the door panel fit ok? I have a set of Focal components that are ready to go in, along with alpine amps and headunit, when i can be bothered to do it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eneah Posted March 28, 2009 Author Share Posted March 28, 2009 Yeah that's the only place i could find with enough space on the door and enough clearance from the panel. The panel fits fine with a good amount of space around it still I was exactly the same! Bought all this stuff last september and only just round to finishing the install. Was quite shocked to see the amp that I paid £350 for is now up to £530. Crazy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H5 Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 Nice sounding speakers Rainbows. The Alpine amp might leave them a tad shallow but the speakers will certainly make the best of them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez21 Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 Looks very good mate, can I ask how you got extra wires through the door loom? did you have to take the door off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez21 Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 Looks very good mate, can I ask how you got extra wires through the door loom? did you have to take the door off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eneah Posted March 28, 2009 Author Share Posted March 28, 2009 Certainly not happy with the sound at the moment. There's a little noise from the amp but generally the sound is good across the whole range. I'm guessing it could be the staging as the speakers in the stock position are pointing straight into the footwell. Adjusted a few things on the head unit which have improved the mids but sub bass still seems really shallow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eneah Posted March 28, 2009 Author Share Posted March 28, 2009 Fed the wires thru the standard harness as per http://www.350z-tech.com/zwiki/Front_Speaker_Wire_Routing Basically take the block apart, drill thru in a place away from the other wires there in both sides and feed the wire through. It's a pain in the ass but the only way to get the wires in. There's just enough room to get at the harness and get the wires through without having to take the door off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez21 Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 Thanks for that, ill give it ago! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunset350z Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 With regards to the sub bass, have you added a new sub, or are you just running the components on their own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eneah Posted March 29, 2009 Author Share Posted March 29, 2009 No sub at the moment, was hoping i could get away with not having one as I wanted to use the stock speaker locations and i've heard how annoying it is having the sub right in your back. Thinking its probably going to have to be done now... Still I'm sure I should be getting more bass than I do right now. Almost nothing below 100hz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunset350z Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 You can fit an aftermarket free air sub in the original position if you want to keep it stealthy. Alpine along with pioneer sell these at really cheap prices, i've seen them selling for 20 to 30 quid!!! maybe a few other manufacturers do these as well. Connect it up to an alpine sub amp, (which can be picked up cheaply second hand or ex demo,s) add dynamat behind the sub and you will get an improvement straight away. At a very low cost!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eneah Posted March 30, 2009 Author Share Posted March 30, 2009 Yeah think I'm gunna go with an Alpine PDX-1.600 as it will stack on top of the existing amp Undecided on the sub yet, was thinking maybe one of the Hertz ones, purely on looks right now lol Still not sure why im missin so much bass though. I have the rainbox front components and spl dynamics 6.5" woofers in the rear both hooked up to the amp. Neither set seems doing much below 100hz there's a bit round the high-mid thats seems a bit dead too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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