The 300/4 amp supplies a clean 75wrms x 4 and believe me that is loud enough. The speakers are going to be mounted on MDF rings once the Silent Coat has been applied, along with a de-coupling CCF layer behind each speaker to reduce the effect of the sound waves. I will keep the door cards as OE, so it will be a stealthy install & not visually attracting much attention., until I turn it up that is!!!
The road I live on is narrow & I have no off street parking, luckily I have a mate who is even more heavily into his ICE, only lives 10 mins away, who has a nice sized garden with offstreet parking for a few cars & a high fence to keep out prying eyes. The only problem is his availability as he works shifts for the AA & is a busy man. My install is limited to progress as & when he is available on rest days etc.
The plan is to sound deaden the car as effectively as possible (within reason). Obviously good quality sound deadening is expensive, and some people go much much further than I am planning to, or can afford too. Also this stuff weighs a heck of a lot, as do the other parts of the build, 25mm & 18mm MDF constructed Subwoofer Box, heavy amplifiers & a subwoofer that weighs approx 45lbs on it's own!!
I am also going to be running two batteries (096) 12v AGM type that I have picked up for an amazing price. "The AGM battery is manufactured using AGM (Absorbed Glass Mat) technology and is specifically designed for today's luxury vehicles with the latest stop start system. It has 5 times the capacity of a conventional acid battery and provides increase cycle durability and service life for stop start and high specification/current drain vehicles. They are maintenance free and 100% leak proof, making them totally safe to mount in the boot."
These will be fed by 0AWG wiring from the front battery to the one in the boot, from there 0awg cable to 0awg fusebox, then again 0awg to the amplifiers them selves, with a 0awg-4awg solid metal cable reducer so the voltage loss will be absolutely minimal. Also the engine bay will hace "The Big Three" in 0awg cable, so I will get every single bit off juice possible when needed from the car Alternator & two battery set up. There will be a return Earth Cable in 0awg to the engine bay as well, some say this is overkill, but it should ensure as minimal interference or grounding issues as possible.
On my Lexus there was ample trunking space down the sills inside the car to run 0awg cable, but upon inspection there simply isn't enough room to run 2 of these big cables in this space. I have spoken to a couple of owners from ther Talk Audio forum (both with Accord Tourers) and they ran the cable to the boot out the passenger wing and thru some 25mm dia plastic trunking conduit to the rear of the car then up into the boot. I will be doing this as well.
After all that talking I am sure you need a break so here are some pretty pictures
New AGM Batteries
Battery Terminals Type 1
Battery Terminals Type 2
JL Audio 300/4 Amplifier
Front component speakers JL Audio C2-650
Coaxials for the rear doors Pioneer TS-G1723i - 6.5" 16.5cm 3-Way
AudioControl Epicenter Bass Controller/Processor
JL Audio 1000/1 Amplifier
Subwoofer JL Audio 12W7-3
If anyone knows of a Double DIN facia to suit the 2006 Accord please let me know as it is really holding me up now & I am desperate for a solution