ICE install?

1. megadude Newbie Joined: May 2004 Posts: 29

   #1 23rd August 2004, 16:15

   hi guys
   
   i have just got a Sony head unit and i want to do a decent boot install what sort of price am i looking at and is whats the best way to wire it up without taking up the carpet to run wires. any pics of boot installs would be great too?
   
   cheers
2. rick_saxo_smith Infrequent Poster Joined: Mar 2004 blackpool United Kingdom (England) Posts: 235

   #2 23rd August 2004, 21:31

   mayb lookin at abou 300 quid for sum half decent, try:
   www.bassjunkies.com
   www.caraudiosecurity.com
   
   best way is two subs and an amp, wire it all up, zip tie it all together and get sum small carpet grips or just make a cut in the carpet and thread a zip tie through it as a loop,
   
   may even be worth takin it to sumwhere that will do ice installs and for 15 quid get them to wire it all up properly and they will sort out all the wires.
3. Scottp Administrator Joined: Dec 2002 Glasgow United Kingdom (Scotland) Posts: 26097 Chelski Traktor

   #3 24th August 2004, 04:44

   you will haev to take up at the very least the edges of the carpet there is basically no way around it unless you want the wires running all over the shop. The carpet isnt difficult to take up either, pull up the rubber door seal prise off the carpet holding clips and thats it.
   
   as for the boot install you have only a few things holding you back: money, your imagination and your own skills.
   
   First off have a think of what you want, do you require space? What kind of music do you listen to? are you wanting out and out volume? Once you have had a think have a look at what you want to buy and if its in your budget then its time to get sketching, even a crappy drawing gives you something to aim towards.
   
   Websites i would recommend and have used for ICE
   
   www.caraudiodirect.co.uk
   www.cel-direct.co.uk
   www.mcs-direct.co.uk
   
   a quick pic of mine, its nothing over blown or anything but its neat and will be changing to
   
   
   
4. Smithy2003 Established Member Joined: Nov 2003 Brighouse United Kingdom (England) Posts: 1072

   #4 25th August 2004, 03:39

   Changing again!!
   
   One question. With fibre glass, do u still have to pack it out like on a normal enclosure, or make a normal enclosure with the fibreglass worked around it?
   
   Thats confusing ain't it?
5. Scottp Administrator Joined: Dec 2002 Glasgow United Kingdom (Scotland) Posts: 26097 Chelski Traktor

   #5 25th August 2004, 05:08

   its up to you you could make the enclosure as normal then have a fibre glass "cover" or make a skeleton with wood and mesh into the shape you want then use fibre glass to actually make the enclosure