Jordantyler wrote:...look at all these nice Clean installs...
...i want to do something to really make it look clean...i really like doing projects.. any ideas?
...The sub box is just sittin in the back against the seats.. the amp is under my back seats
Try this:
Don't think of it as a bunch of separate components.. "box", "amp", "wiring"...
Look at your car dashboard. It looks like one integral part of your car, right? It doesn't look like "speedometer", "radio", "climate control", "cupholder".
I mean, obviously all those components are there - but it all blends together, integrated smoothly with your car, right?
Take a look at the shapes the designers used with your car.
Maybe your door panel has a wood trim accent panel or something - or maybe the armrest or a door pad or your doorhandle has a distinct shape to it.
Maybe your interior was designed with a bunch of circles as design elements (like an Audi TT or VW Beetle), or maybe squares (square door handles, square buttons, square gauge cluster, etc)?
Maybe your interior was designed with a particular look and feel.
But look at that dashboard again - all the components work together, the dashboard is the "install" that integrates all those components smoothly into one integral part of the car that just looks and feels right.
Now go look at your trunk again.
You may even want to go remove your carpeted panels, and see what additional spaces you have available behind there... even if you don't want to get rid of those "components". ]new[/i] spare tire well in the top of my enclosure, so I could get to it easy if need be. And it gave me a round cover to laminate with a marble formica (as well as trim panels around my subs, and behind my amps, to integrate that new element into the install) to make an upscale sort of appearance and a contrast against the grey vinyl used everywhere else (to match my factory interior door panels and dash).
You can, and in my opinion
should, use your car's preexisting styling elements in your install design, to make the install flow better and have the end product be even more OEM in appearance - ironically the real sign of a true "custom install".
