Turning my Honda Civic into a DISCO!

sukiwa · 9th April 2010, 00:10

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Originally Posted by GTO

I’m seeing this ICE install as a one-time purchase that can, hopefully, be carried forward to the next car.

Are you really sure that you will carry this ICE setup to another car. Guess that after 4-5 years, your next car will/should adorn different set of components.

small request: can you please remove that perfume bottle from blower. Doesn't look to be to your taste/choice, must have been added by somebody else.

Gilead · 9th April 2010, 00:30

Beautiful, just beautiful. I must say B&T's tweeter work is reaching art levels now! Can we have a pic of the tweeters from a lil far away? Like from the back seat. My dream is to have an ICE like this in my car some day.

Question for B&T and Navin. How come many of these exotic sounding brands are hardly ever suggested or recommended commonly here? I must confess this is the first time I am ever hearing some of the names. Is it the price?

shuvc · 9th April 2010, 00:36

Wonderful installation !

Are the new rear speakers of a different size than the stock? Asking since they have been installed with a spacer ring.

Does the HU have a motorised screen. I mean, is the disc slot behind the screen?

rohan_iitr · 9th April 2010, 13:21

Audio system is great, but what about the visual effects ?

I was also expecting some dhinchak disco lights to create the proper disco effect.

Rohan

rg_chn · 9th April 2010, 13:28

That is one sexy install. Congrats GTO! Do you mind telling us the costs invovled?

Technocrat · 9th April 2010, 13:44

Wow Congrats GTO on getting the Civic Iced

The install looks great & the tweeter pods look completely stock.

Please change the Sub grills to something which looks better visually.

This looks like another great install from Ajay.

SPARKled · 9th April 2010, 13:51

Excellent!! The fit and finish is top class, the choice of components exemplary and I am sure the sound must be brilliant too.
Congrats to Ajay too for a wonderful install.

abhinav.s · 9th April 2010, 14:58

Amazing! The stock set up retained inside looks really good! Congrats on getting the Civic ICE'd

As others have already pointed out the Sub grills are spoiling the look. Hope something better is waiting down the line for the grills.

And yes, cost break up please!!

leadf00t · 9th April 2010, 16:21

Brilliant setup GTO and Impeccable workmanship from B&T as usual.

Like everyone has pointed out the grills on the sub do appear tacky but they form a completely functional add-on. A must add-on to prevent damage to the sub from moving luggage esp on highways trips. I too have them on my GZ sub but then who is going to back to look what grills you have on the sub when the sub itself sound so good.

I completely agree with you GTO. Let the grills stay and you enjoy the BASS.

karizma_devil · 9th April 2010, 17:07

GTO i must admit you got some real taste, first the elegant and sexy white civic and now this ice set up - i must say - Lion in sheeps skin !

HU looks amazing, as fi it were made just for the car !

SpinWizard · 9th April 2010, 17:43

Mind blowing GTO, how about a Audio(Video) clip of the ICE ?

A wider shot of the dash also please.

Bass&Trouble · 9th April 2010, 18:47

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Originally Posted by frankmehta

The tweeter pods are the thing I absolutely love in this setup. They look SO stock. I can't believe they could actually be amalgamated so well into the plastic housing near the quarter panel. (or is it part of the fabrication??)

The tweeter pod design has been "lifted" from another Civic install that Gunbir and JB have installed (Sorry guys, and please don't call me Anu Mallik

). I had seen pics on the forum and really liked it. The only difference is that I have had the pods merge with the dash part near the quarter glass, while theirs was mostly standalone.

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Originally Posted by vikram18

A bit too bright for my taste, but then I listen to very different music.

Err, GTO's biggest worry was that he should have adequate treble in the car. If I gave him CDTs or Rainbows or something, it would have been impossible to get the desired treble-overload.

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Originally Posted by Gilead

Question for B&T and Navin. How come many of these exotic sounding brands are hardly ever suggested or recommended commonly here? I must confess this is the first time I am ever hearing some of the names. Is it the price?

Which exotic brands? Peerless (Denmark) and DLS are popular names. While Peerless is a bit hard to find, I had stocked up on these babies since most of the blokes in the local market really didn't know their worth. DLS is still freely available.

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Originally Posted by shuvc

Are the new rear speakers of a different size than the stock? Asking since they have been installed with a spacer ring.

Does the HU have a motorised screen. I mean, is the disc slot behind the screen?

Yes, the stock rear location is 6.5". To get the desired amount of midbass, we needed as large drivers as possible. Since this wasn't possible in the front without trashing the stock look, the option was to go for 6x9s or 8" for the rear. 6x9 would have needed cutting, and these 8" coaxials with an outboard crossover and silk dome tweeter do the job really well.

Wrt subwoofer grills, we're trying to get Navin to use his water-jet cutter to make us a nice pair of plexiglass grilles with "GTO" cut outs.

Lastly, thanks everyone for all the kind words.

Gilead · 9th April 2010, 19:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bass&Trouble

Which exotic brands? Peerless (Denmark) and DLS are popular names. While Peerless is a bit hard to find, I had stocked up on these babies since most of the blokes in the local market really didn't know their worth. DLS is still freely available.

Only Pio, DLS and Noise Kill were familiar to a layman like me. I have now added Peerless sub, VSL amp and Soundquest wiring kit to my ICE database.

navin · 9th April 2010, 19:33

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Originally Posted by vikram18

Now that you're used to TA, you'll NEVER go back! Trust me on this one

Poor poor GTO. Now he will never be able tolisten to ordinary audio again. Seriously, I rather have no audio than ordinary audio.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gilead

this is the first time I am ever hearing some of the names. Is it the price?

I think it was the first time that GTO heard of these brands used, other than Pioneer that is.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Technocrat

Please change the Sub grills to something which looks better visually.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bass&Trouble

Which exotic brands? Peerless (Denmark) and DLS are popular names.

Wrt subwoofer grills, we're trying to get Navin to use his water-jet cutter to make us a nice pair of plexiglass grilles with "GTO" cut outs.

Ajay we can do either of 2 things. Get a perforated grill and spray paint GTO on it or get a solid plate of MS and cut out a large GTO from it. I prefer the former as the later will resonate. Either way I need the woofer's template.

And as far as Peeless is concerned ...oh never mind...

Axe77 · 9th April 2010, 19:56

I don't understand most of what's written (ICE illeterate) but it still sounds fantastic.

What's the all total damage if one may ask?

9th April 2010, 00:30	#17
Gilead Senior - BHPian Join Date: May 2009 Location: Chennai Posts: 2,142 Thanked: 60 Times	Beautiful, just beautiful. I must say B&T's tweeter work is reaching art levels now! Can we have a pic of the tweeters from a lil far away? Like from the back seat. My dream is to have an ICE like this in my car some day. Question for B&T and Navin. How come many of these exotic sounding brands are hardly ever suggested or recommended commonly here? I must confess this is the first time I am ever hearing some of the names. Is it the price?
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9th April 2010, 00:36	#18
shuvc Senior - BHPian Join Date: May 2005 Location: Kolkata Posts: 2,911 Thanked: 359 Times View My Garage	Wonderful installation ! Are the new rear speakers of a different size than the stock? Asking since they have been installed with a spacer ring. Does the HU have a motorised screen. I mean, is the disc slot behind the screen?
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9th April 2010, 13:21	#19
rohan_iitr Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Bangalore Posts: 1,149 Thanked: 861 Times	Audio system is great, but what about the visual effects ? I was also expecting some dhinchak disco lights to create the proper disco effect. Rohan
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9th April 2010, 13:28	#20
rg_chn BHPian Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: K.S.A Posts: 343 Thanked: 3 Times	That is one sexy install. Congrats GTO! Do you mind telling us the costs invovled?
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9th April 2010, 13:44	#21
Technocrat Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: GTA Posts: 14,765 Thanked: 2,705 Times	Wow Congrats GTO on getting the Civic Iced The install looks great & the tweeter pods look completely stock. Please change the Sub grills to something which looks better visually. This looks like another great install from Ajay.
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9th April 2010, 13:51	#22
SPARKled Senior - BHPian Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Navi Mumbai Posts: 1,110 Thanked: 664 Times	Excellent!! The fit and finish is top class, the choice of components exemplary and I am sure the sound must be brilliant too. Congrats to Ajay too for a wonderful install.
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9th April 2010, 14:58	#23
abhinav.s Senior - BHPian Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: B'lore,Coorg Posts: 2,802 Thanked: 1,327 Times	Amazing! The stock set up retained inside looks really good! Congrats on getting the Civic ICE'd As others have already pointed out the Sub grills are spoiling the look. Hope something better is waiting down the line for the grills. And yes, cost break up please!!
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9th April 2010, 16:21	#24
leadf00t BHPian Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: MH04 Posts: 439 Thanked: 15 Times View My Garage	Brilliant setup GTO and Impeccable workmanship from B&T as usual. Like everyone has pointed out the grills on the sub do appear tacky but they form a completely functional add-on. A must add-on to prevent damage to the sub from moving luggage esp on highways trips. I too have them on my GZ sub but then who is going to back to look what grills you have on the sub when the sub itself sound so good. I completely agree with you GTO. Let the grills stay and you enjoy the BASS.
	() Thanks

9th April 2010, 17:07	#25
karizma_devil BHPian Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: mumbai Posts: 421 Thanked: 21 Times View My Garage	GTO i must admit you got some real taste, first the elegant and sexy white civic and now this ice set up - i must say - Lion in sheeps skin ! HU looks amazing, as fi it were made just for the car !
	() Thanks

9th April 2010, 17:43	#26
SpinWizard BHPian Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Bangalore Posts: 82 Thanked: 28 Times	Mind blowing GTO, how about a Audio(Video) clip of the ICE ? A wider shot of the dash also please.
	() Thanks

9th April 2010, 19:56	#30
Axe77 Team-BHP Support Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Mumbai Posts: 8,944 Thanked: 28,079 Times	I don't understand most of what's written (ICE illeterate) but it still sounds fantastic. What's the all total damage if one may ask?
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