2003 Pro Street 601+ System.

2003 was when I got serious with car audio, and started getting into complex fabrication and custom interior design. A complete rebuild was done for almost 6 months for a debut at Spring Break. Further equipment and design changes were done througout the year, resulting in the system you see below.

 

Under the hood, all main cables were upgraded. The stock alternator supplies current to the Optima Yellow Top battery through 4 gauge cable. The battery grounds to the engine block with 8 gauge cable, and to the chassis with 1/0 cable. The vehicle power distribution is fed by 8 gauge, while the audio system is fed with 1/0 cable.

In the passenger compartment, you can see the primary source unit, an Alpine 7949, housed in a modified ISO mount trim ring. A Blaupunkt 7" wide screen monitor displays the rear view from a camera in the back, and switches to the Alpine DVA-5205 dvd player when parked. The front stage consists of Focal Audiom TLR tweeters in A-pillar mounts, Focal Audiom 6W's in kick panels, and JL 8" IB4 midbasses behind modified door panels. The top and bottom of the dash are covered in sound absorbing material to minimize reflections and resonance.

Once past the front seats, all similarities to a stock interior end. The back seats were removed, as well as all stock carpet and plastic panels. A flip up lid covers a storage cubby behind the seats. In the lid are the processors for the system: An AudioControl DQT equalizer, and a DXS 3 way crossover.
In the cubby, you can see the dvd player, a cd changer, as well as the 5 Farad Alumapro CAP and the fuse holders for the main amplifiers.
The rear hatch is home to 4 JBL amplifiers. 3 JBL PX600.2 amps power the 6 front stage speakers, while a JBL BPX1100.1 powers the JBL GTI 12" sub in the corner. TTops can still be stored by simply removing the carpeted panel that covers the rack in the bottom of the well.