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hi everybody :mellow: , i am a new member to this and have recently become a stagea convert to make way for my new family member, and i must say it has to be the best family wagon available.has anyone done or seen any trick audio/video installs into a stagea. i am keen to see some pics to get a few more ideas before i start pulling the car apart and custom buliding panels and boxes?any pics would be appreciated and all you guys seem to be very helpful.

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all my speakers are mounted behind the doors in their factory spots, except for the tweeter which is flush mounted further up the door.

Front Doors have Dynamat in them to make them a bit more solid.

Amp is located behind the rear passenger seat as its the only place big enough to be able to mount it.

Note for all: 0 guage wiring is a head f*k to get through the firewall!!

This is my sub box i built from scratch.

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i cover it with my cargo barrier now that i have it, but i built it before i got them

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I can't get the hosted images into the post for some reason, the link isn't showing in the gallery

welcome mate :)

my stereo install was going ahead when i bought the car 12 months ago but ive had that many dramas ive left it as it aint important, currently just have 2 x 10' subs in a box with 2 alpine v12 amps mounted onto the box, and thats about it.

plan is to make a full rear setup with fake panels and some fancy lighting etc :D

if you need the rear useable I would suggest a false floor and a sub in the wheel well. Invert the tyre and you should be able to make the box removeable so you can keep the tyre in place. how good are you with wood work?

cablling IS NOT a problem in these. remove the drivers inner guard and there is a decent sized grommet there. (same as a 34 ,33 and 32.)

I'll be putting a stealth system in mine, and the only obvious part will hopefully be just the screen/dvd head unit. Speakers will go in the factory locations, but I noticed that when I removed the covers for the (factory) tweeters in the A-pillar, that there wasn't very much room behind it. Hopefully this won't be a problem...

I will be putting a sub in but hopefully working with the installer on a design that doesn't make it obvious that there is a sub sitting there in the boot, for those times when the boot is opened and/or the luggage cover is rolled back or removed. Might try and make it so that it fires inwards towards the rear strut tower well at an angle to give it some loading...

im pretty good with making up custom installs i made a custom setup in my old car which pulled 147dB and will be using all that gear in the stagea. currently the install is stealth with splits in the front and rear doors.

you shouldn't have a problem mounting new splits in the front a pillar i pulled the a pillar cover out and fibreglassed them up from the inside so i could remount them using the kenwood covers so they could still remain flush mounted.

Is that your Stagea in your avatar? :)

I'm looking at putting 2 * 12" Subs in the back with an 800w Monoblock amp - amp will be mounted in that compartment on the side...sk's idea ;) Easily removable for when I need the space ;) Up front will be Pioneeer Kevlar Splits and coaxial in the back...Should be sweet :D

Cheers,

Chris

I'll be doing the same, splits in the front and co-axials in the back, but I'm not sure if I'll use a 10" or a 12" sub. If I can get away with a 10", then that's the way I'll go...

I think I'd like to set up the sub box on one side of the boot, not along the back seats like Terminal's ones. Time (and money) will tell what path I eventually take, though.

Check out this thread...

Stereo Thread

Ok, I found on Nissan Silvia, a pair of Pioneer 250w Kevlar splits for $279 - is that a good buy? :DSplits

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Most probably getting this headunit Headunit

Getting a very good deal of a mate of mine ;) 50 Watts x 4

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Probably just one of these....Im poor :D 1000w Sub

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One of these amps.....not new though ;) Another good deal 600 Watts x 1@ 4 ohm load 1,000 Watts x 1 @ 2 ohm loadAmp

I havnt figured out anything for the rear yet.....bugger it. My question is, do I have to run the splits of an amp? :D Alot of my mates dont, just wondering whether it is really worth doing?

Cheers,

Chris

Yeah those kevlar splits are exactly what i have. $279 is an awesome price for them too.

My mate had the amp for about a year and wasn't using it, so he threw it my way and said happy birthday (it wasn't my birthday) and so i socred a 5 channel V12 amp

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