Stock(ish) 2013 WRX Daily Driver 270whp 310wtq by WREXXY

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9-3-2013

so the car is currently ripped apart, ran out of electric tape on the last door  . Didn't want to put it all back together until i had finished wrapping the stock speaker and tweeter connections, as well as the factory door boot (front door ones are two pieces, who knew). i'll throw up pics and update after i finish this install. 

Only thing i don't have yet are my sub box from dave the box guy and the sub, but those are easily installed.

Upadted List:

Image Dynamics CTX65cs and coaxials 

Polk Audio PA-D4000.4 4ch amplifier

Sundown SAZ-1000D mono amp

10 gauge stinger sub speaker wire

14 gauge stinger speaker wire (woofers)

16 gauge stinger speaker wire (tweeters)

big 3 upgrade (2 gauge JL audio wire split braided, with rockford fuse holder and stinger 125 amp fuse)

power wire:

from battery: 2 awg JL audio covered in split braid, rockford fuse holder and Stinger 200 amp fuse

Rockford power distribution block, 2 runs of 4 awg stinger power wire going to the hatch under the carpet (distribution block is under center console), have a third output incase i want to go active setup in the future.

Rockford ground distribution block in the hatch, 2 awg JL audio to the chasis, two runs 4 awg stinger with the option to add a third.

Stinger 4 and 2 channel RCA's.

Audiotechnix deadener, frostking dampener material (used for hvac systems) and hvac tape.

crossovers are going to be velcro'd in the glove compartment, easily access, no moisture damage.

the 4ch amp is in behind the rear tire wheel under the hatch floor, i had to butcher the little styrofoam spacer, but it doesn't hold any thing any way... it has a grey soubaru pouch in it, but its empty. 

pictures to come in a day or two

holy sundown

box is taking awhile to come in, the wait is killer

9-17-2013

with the DIN bezel (well worth it in my opinion)

threw some deadener and then weather stripping on the spacers to add a little extra clearance and to cut down on any vibrations/seal the speaker to the spacer

tweeters ended up being a little big for the stock sails, so off came the grill

peeled off rather nicely, to my surprise

had to shave some of the stock sail panel down to get it to fit, but once i was sure there was clearance i put waterproof caulking around the rim of the tweeter and pressed it into place (dome of the tweeter doesn't hit the stock sail panel grill). let it sit for 30 minutes before i put the panel back together

all mids and passovers were run with Stinger HPM 14 gauge wire, and the tweets got Stinger HPM pro 16 gauge

test fitting the speaker (Image Dynamics CTX65 components and coaxials) before drilling mounting holes. I did this before i applied the deadener and weather stripping, would have done it after if i could do it again.

passive crossovers mounted in the glove compartment with industrial strength velcro. easy access, no potential for water damage, air space for heat dissipation. oh, and no rattles

just a picture of the back seat, kick panel, and door card ripped out.

the grommet i ran the power wire through from the battery. its on the driver side. follow your hood latch wire and you'll see it. subaru was generous and left the top of the grommet for use to shove **** through. if you open your door and shine a light through you can see a wires wrapped in split loom. it looks like the grommet is lower than it actually is, the wires snake back up. if you don't want to take the wheel well cover and the "wrx" side panel off, i was able to use a 3 foot zip tie to get it all done. cut a small hole in the grommet. shoved the zip tie through from the inside. i was able to get at it through the crack in the door. i duct taped the power wire to the end of zip tie and pushed the power wire through the grommet. once it started going through i pulled and pushed to speed up the process. then with the wire hanging out of the crack of the door i took the ziptie and snaked it down from the engine bay into the wheel well and duct taped it to the power wire again (making sure not to drop it in the wheel well, cause then you have to take the cover off). then from there i just pulled it through the wheel well into the engine bay.

power wire through the grommet covered in braided loom

power distribution block is under the center console. i tried pulling the ebrake as hard as i could and i couldn't get it to contact it. plus its covered in plastic and ziptied to the carpet piece you see there. the two runs of 4 gauge go under the carpet into the hatch area.

polk audio PAD4000.4 amp running the front components and rear coaxials. i hacked up the styrofoam that gives the hatch floor some rigidity. i also deadened and dampened the whole hatch (and well areas) so the amp is riding on a foam layer. i also threw on some rubber feet for good measure. i know it looks packed in there but it has air below and above it in that little well area and it can vent into the spare tires area. gets warm to the touch after my hour and a half commute. so until i have a problem with it that's where it's staying

I have some 10 gauge Stinger HPM that i'll wire the sub up with. I'm just waiting for the box to show up from davetheboxguy and then i'll be set.

0.75 cu ft, ported, tuned to 33Hz. the sub and aeroport will be back firing, and i spec'd it out to just take up the space behind the smaller fold down seat *while still fitting under the hatch/cargo hider thing (no idea what it's called, the thing you pull to hide **** in your hatch) so no one has a reason to break into the car.

forgot to add that i grounded everything to the left rear seat belt attachment under the rear seat. i couldn't find a better place, plus it allowed me to sand down the paint around the ground and have it hidden.