EXAMADNESS's n12 Nissan Exa 2.0 16v

Post by **Ash** » Sat Jan 16, 2010 9:46 pm

no worries man. i figured those vents do sweet feck all anyway and might aswell become usefull. they are actually a good spot i find sound field wise.

EXAMADNESS · Post by **EXAMADNESS** » Sun Jan 17, 2010 1:04 am

I have a little bad news, your tweeter splits are smaller than mine, i would just have to get smaller ones hey

Here's the pics> sorry for the bad quality photo's, they were taken with my phone.

Nicely cut out vent

Nice and tight fit

i can't screw them on like your's, they dont have a edge like your's where the screws can go through.

And bam, it don't wana go through the vent hole

It sticks out on the sides, and i can't make the hole on the dash bigger

You can't even see there's splits in there

Oh well, i have to get some smaller ones i quess

Cheerz.

Post by **Ash** » Sun Jan 17, 2010 1:13 am

not necessarily man. mine don't actually fit through the hole either. i have to kind of push them in on a bit of an angle. by the looks of yours they look roughly the same size. you might just need to try a few different angles? hopefully they will go in.

baz · Post by **baz** » Sun Jan 17, 2010 1:22 am

Try removing the grill on the front as it's a little wider than the actual tweeter

TurboZ.Dude · Post by **TurboZ.Dude** » Sun Jan 17, 2010 2:22 am

Ash wrote:i figured those vents do sweet feck all anyway and might aswell become usefull. they are actually a good spot i find sound field wise.

Well, actually they demist the front side windows quite effectively, but I think they are more useful in a colder climate. European climate, for example. If it weren't for that, I would probably install a set of tweeters behind those vents! Looks awesome and probably sounds pretty good too!

Robert, I think the tweeters may fit if you put them through the hole in the dashboard before you attach the vent grill. You probably have to create a bracket of some sort so you can attach the tweeters to the dash (behind the vent grills) instead of gluing them directly to the vent grills.

EXAMADNESS · Post by **EXAMADNESS** » Sun Jan 17, 2010 2:57 am

Ash, i've tried to sqeeze them in on a angle but didnt work, ill try again

baz wrote:Try removing the grill on the front as it's a little wider than the actual tweeter

I have, but i noticed that when you take the grill off and that little thing inside that they sound completely diffrent. Thats why i want to leave it on.

Jan, i dont think that would work, but ill give it a try.

It would have been much easier if i could just take the whole dashbord out,

put the vents in and then the tweeters from the back.

Cheerz.

EXAMADNESS · Post by **EXAMADNESS** » Sun Jan 17, 2010 4:34 am

Hi, i got them in, with the grills.

I mounted them on the vents with a glue gun, sorted the wiring out and i just squeezed them in there, they fit nice and tight, i damaged the spray on the vents tho , but that i can always re-spray

and i have to close the holes in the dashboard, any suggestions

Thanx for the reply's guys, and thanx Ash for the awsome idea, i would have never thought of that

Here are the pics>

Here they are mounted to the vents, and yes, the glue gun works, better than screws, you might not believe it, but damn that thing is tight, i had to put force in to take them off

I can always rely on my trusty glue gun

All wired up

Damn it looks super neat,

Oh, and i don't know if im imagining it, but they seem to sound heaps better than before

Thanx

Cheerz.

Panda_ET · Post by **Panda_ET** » Sun Jan 17, 2010 10:23 am

They will definitely sound Different as you dont have the harsh reflections from the Windscreen to battle with. It should widen the Sound stage as well, still not an Ideal place but where is an Ideal place in a cars interior? Basically you can either have a low sound stage and lack of imaging and get keep the speakers in proper phase(tweeter should be mounted further away than the midbass as well), or mount the tweeter up high and lose a lot of the stereo imaging cant win haha but where you and ash have yours is very bloody neat

haha too much dribble here from me, Im serious about sound lol

Back in the Day was very seriously into competing in Sound Quality Events lol

EXAMADNESS · Post by **EXAMADNESS** » Sun Jan 17, 2010 10:36 am

Thanx, Its always good hearing the experts advise

For some strange reason those wheels on the et grabbed my attention, haha but anyway, now im curious to what sound components you had in that car, some bloody nice trophy's it won.

I would need your advise when i install my sound system in the future, you seem to know what you're talking about. Keep in touch

Cheerz mister exa hater

Panda_ET · Post by **Panda_ET** » Sun Jan 17, 2010 10:48 am

Yeh those rims were simple but looked pretty good only 15in I ended up with 17in rims in the end. Those tropihes were for 2 seasons(1st season sucked couldnt get it going the was I wanted) second season got state champion for Sound Quality

Well started off with pioneer/sony/rockford fosgate/Earthquake(when I did SPL for 3 months lol) but just couldnt get what i wanted out of it(trophies lol) Ended up with Alpine Head unit, Alpine Type R splits, High End Alpine Amps and Infinity 12in sub woofer and a heap of Dynamat. Sub was setup for SQ not SPL, though it did score 136db when I ran it through the SPL tent for a laugh.

A lot of trial and Error with it all haha I kept changing my mind and trying different setups I had I think it was 7 diff setups in the ET. All up between my brother and myself we did pretty well in Sound offs with our ET's

he was third loudest in the state for a year running 10% the power the top 2 were running hahaha My sub box design was much better....just didnt have a boot space to use rofl. We even had one of the designers that designed the amp we used at the comp and he was shocked and couldnt understand how we did it

mind you this was many years ago haha

Post by **Ash** » Sun Jan 17, 2010 11:45 am

talking about car stereo's the guy i baught my ET off was actually a car stereo installer. he had a shop in my town for about a year before going back to Melbourne. he had my ET as an SPL machine. he got first place at Springnats when he entered a few years ago. he had 2 Earthquake competition 10 inchers in a big ass Earthquake designed bandpass enclosure taking up the whole hatch area with a couple of Earthquake comp mono block amps. he had the same Earthquake 6.5 inch coax's in the doors that are still in there now and i cannot remember what head unit exactly but i'm pretty sure it was an Alpine of some description.
it was fucking loud considering he was only using 10 inch woofers!

this is the old dual 10 incher enclosure. i still have it in the shed.

Panda_ET · Post by **Panda_ET** » Sun Jan 17, 2010 12:08 pm

We ended up using a pair of Earthquake 15's

EXAMADNESS · Post by **EXAMADNESS** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 7:21 am

Howzit guys, its been a while since i updated, getting lazy

I've sprayed the covers behind the rear seats black.

Here's the pics

Here's what i sprayed>

Engine bay pic>

I am actually suprized at how high the engine sits, the oil stains is from an oil leak earlier this year, just havn't cleaned it up yet

Still sitting in the garrage, with the original radiator

The front of the car is starting to sag a bit.

Brand new tyres

My 17s just gathering dust

if everything works out the way it should, the 17s will be on the car next week Saturday, brand new tyres, shiny and lowered back

ill post a shitload of pics

Current Interior pic

i like this photo

Nice and tight fit, i think its good work for a first FE conversion,

it feels good to have a exa

Tell me if the stickers are overdoing it

i think it looks good, and what do you think of the car's colour, this is a nice good quality pic

Have a nice day

Cheerz...

TurboZ.Dude · Post by **TurboZ.Dude** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 8:12 am

Well, if you'd put any more stickers it would perhaps look a bit like you're bragging... I think those you have there are still OK. Not too few, not too many stickers. It's a good balance! Looking good IMO!

The sprayed panels look good! Nice work!

EXAMADNESS wrote: it feels good to have a exa

Better than to have an ex-wife? Just kidding.

EXAMADNESS · Post by **EXAMADNESS** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 8:48 am

TurboZ.Dude wrote:Well, if you'd put any more stickers it would perhaps look a bit like you're bragging... I think those you have there are still OK. Not too few, not too many stickers. It's a good balance! Looking good IMO!

The sprayed panels look good! Nice work!

There were actually alot of stickers on the doors, but i took them off until it looked neat and not overdone. Thats why there is only 2 stickers per door. Its good to hear someone else say it looks good, Thanx

The other stickers were sound brands, that i dont have in the car, it would just be stupid to put them on

Yea, now its just the boot, carpetand rear seats left, then i've got a full black interior

Can't wait for my 17''s to get on

Cheerz