172ph1 sound system project

[JMBW]

Hi there everyone, it’s about time I shared some of the work I’ve put into my Clio the last 2 years, must bee at least a few thousand hours now.
I hope some of you might find it more interesting than distasteful modding or styling a Clio 172ph1.


I’ve had my door trims totally dismantled and made molds for mounting the 3way component speakers, fairly easy task, but very time consuming. Bass and midrange in the door and tweeters in dash.

As this picture shows, I’m still working on it. But the door trim is back on and cables are run into the cabin, some bits are out for painting and the top half dashboard will be too.

And then there is the rear speakers, went for the same set as the ones in the front,

The side panel:

The midrange and tweeter will be mounted in the C-pillar, don’t have pictures now but will put some up.

Now upholstered with leather and ready for fitment, I’ve used real leather in the back and I went with some fake look-alike stuff in the front, and I’m really regretting that. So now that will have to be reupholstered with leather later on. Looks much better in real leather.

There are lots of other modifications made, if you like to know I’m happy to share and open to comments.

 

[Jon.L]

looks like a smart job bit to in your face for me but i bet it sounds good. plenty of sound deadening im hoping? any pics of the car outside matey?

 

[Renshaw]

that looks amazing!! very brave for going with the 3-way imo as theres always gonna be a lot of work/fabrication involved when fitting them! have you got any more pics of the build process - sound deadening and fibre-glassing?

the JBLs look lush to ...what model are they? how do they sound?? have you got an install in the boot?

 

[JMBW]

Thanks for the feedback, as for sound deadening- I’m going for dynamat in the doors and rear sides were I’m fitting the speakers. Don’t think I’ll do any further deadening for road/engine noise.

Speakers are: JBL P6563C

I’ll try and find some pics of the build progress, but don’t remember taken many. Boot is clean look, I’ll have some pictures later.

 

[Robclio98]

very nice indeed mate, i like the front pods

 

[.J.a.m.e.s.]

front bottom pods look nicest, be carefull not to kick them! left hand drive i see, wer u from?

 

[polishdon@hotmail.com]

ACE!!

 

[DeanJ]

looks nice, a bit like mine

mine are getting redone though.

hope it sounds good

 

[JMBW]

Here are some pictures of the c-pillar plastic; I’ve fitted the midrange and tweeter, now all the bits are ready for mounting.

The reason why I upholstered part of the plastic is to match the rest of the boot install; I’ll have pics of it this weekend.

 

[polishdon@hotmail.com]

s**t....thats one sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeet looking install...gonna sound off the hook aswell

 

[mattbailyuk]

s**t....thats one sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeet looking install...gonna sound off the hook aswell

Westwood? Is that you?

 

[Jonophonics]

absolutely stunning!

 

[halla26]

I wouldnt even know where to start to make moulds like that. Or even where to start to make measurements! Really good project, will be watching this one

 

[JMBW]

Then there is the boot; I wanted a clean and practical install.

I raised the boot floor about 4-5 inches. I used it to hide all the cables and fitted the amp up under the floor I made a little Plexiglas window or what it can be called to show off the PC I fitted for audio & video playback.

It is nothing much; if I remember correct it was an amd 1.3 GHz on a full size motherboard. It is enough to run mp3 and videos

a picture of it running in mp3 mode, 8, 4" touch screen and very touch screen friendly software. Simple and functional. LOVE IT!!

Not running at the moment but fits very well in the Clio dashboard

There is still one mod I've not posted that's the boot shelf, put a lot of work into it too,

 

[Djw Dave]

Looks good mate

 

[@rt]

very nice indeed! looking forward to seeing it all finished!

 

[Savi]

Looking very good mate. Any "how to" guides on building the housing etc.?

 

[Sym0n]

Not really my thing, but it looks a decent job all the same.

Westwood? Is that you?

FLOL! :lolup:

 

[How15]

WESTWOOD??? PMSL!!
install looks awesome mate, i tried making door builds once, smashed them in rage, were awful!! pc and touch screen are the bomb!

 

[Robclio98]

A guide would be great

 

[koi]

nice work there, hope it sounds as good as it looks

 

[Mark One]

Where did you find that software for the PC? looks a good job

 

[jamie.91]

mint matey, judging by the carputer im guessing your a mamber of mp3car.com or a'like ?

is it windows/linux/mac ?

do you use centrafuse and a front end ?

wish i had the time or money to do a build like that, very tidy and OE looking in places and good/tidy boot space left

jamie

 

[swell]

Guide for the door speakers would be good...

 

[kevin.s]

very impressive mate.

 

[JMBW]

Thanks you guys for all the positive response, I've really put allot of time and effort into the install.

I see many of you ask for a guide, I'll definitely do one when I rebuild the doors. I wanted it to be a little more OE looking than it turned out. And it is next on my list after I get the car running again.

As for the carputer, on the picture it’s running with "in car terminal" a very basic and simple software, but the moment it's running with standard window XP and centrafuse

 

[Robclio98]

Good stuff, i really like the door pods

 

[YorkshireDaz]

Nice work mate!! The HU sits lovely in the dash.

Wish i had your skills