Rattys brilliant genius Audio amazingness Build PIC WARNING!

funkmasterjay · Post by **funkmasterjay** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 11:47 pm

wowser!

Post by **RattyMcClelland** » Sun Sep 16, 2012 10:20 pm

Let get back on track shall we.

MORE DEADENING

Because im running an infinite baffle sub i need to completely seal the front and rear waves off from each other so iv used deadening to cover all holes etc around the rear.
So iv added and sealed more panels with Silent coat.

Nice and weighty now.

Then i got some 3m Acoustic thinsultate. Iv got 2 10x1.5m roles sticky backed for just over £100.

This should cut all airbourne road and wind noise that the AD08s produce.
And its weights about 5 kg for both rolls.

In the car.

Just got the boot and front wing arch linnings to do now as all road noise is comming from the front.

Also iv sold the Mcintosh MX406 and removed the Arc Audio DXE as i now have a Clarion HX-D2 for all my processing plus its lighter as i have no outboard processors so i made up some more RCA and ran them down the length of the car.

SPEAKER BUILD TAKE 2.

Take a lamp shade and speaker grills and voilla.

PERFECT

Mixed up some Upol SMC carbon fibre filler. EXCELLENT STUFF.

Forgot to take pics of the moulding but here they are texture sprayed up. Needs more coats of texture though.

A-pillar builds
Marked up

Cut the apillars off as the 5th gen is a and B pillar in once.
Cut a large tennis ball in half anf stuck onto the pillars and aimed.

Streched fabric and glassed and then filled

Tested in the car before finishing

And ran out of time..

My amplifers are off to Gordon and Genesis or the amp doctor as hes now called and is having £300 worth of upgrades to them to make them the very best of the best now.

stal1878 · Post by **stal1878** » Sun Sep 16, 2012 10:35 pm

Is there anyway you can tell how much road/wind noise you've blocked with the deadening?

Post by **RattyMcClelland** » Sun Sep 16, 2012 11:04 pm

Well tyres make the biggest difference to road noise. Im running Yoko AD08 and they are very very loud hard tyres but the grip/feedback benefits far outweight the noise.

The stick on mat deadening will quieten the car but it mainly reduces panel resonance so metal wont vibrate.

BUT all i can say is

Road noise in the rear has all but gone with the thinsulate.

I can very much hear all road noise is comming from the front now and i dont want to deaden the firewall as i like to hear the engine. So im going to add the thinsulate to the inner part of the arch linnings. Its waterproof but in there water will be minimal anyway.

Car is quiet with very little wight added overall. Including the sound system iv probably added 40kg max spread around the car.

Post by **Merlin** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 9:13 am

The build looks great. Should look and sound great when finished

nitin_s1 · Post by **nitin_s1** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 10:57 am

Great work, I like the tweeters in the pillars

Post by **cebul** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 3:20 pm

Cool !

Fluffsta · Post by **Fluffsta** » Tue Sep 18, 2012 12:22 pm

That's pretty amazing mate

3gdean · Post by **3gdean** » Sun Sep 23, 2012 7:16 pm

Great read, great build.
Quality through and through

nick_s · Post by **nick_s** » Sat May 03, 2014 8:47 am

Found it eventually

And apologies for dragging this up from the dead, but useful threads need to be up front and centre