This page contains links to some of my stuff that I don't have time to dedicate a better site to.

It is an accomplishment enough that I actually took the time to scan some of these and upload them!

I just happened upon a photo book I put together in about 1998, the following links all lead to pictures that I scanned from that photo album.

The first set of links pertain to my Civic mainly, the last set of links reference car audio installation work that I have done over the years (prior to 1998), so scroll down if you don't care about my Civic.... Enjoy!

The evolution of my 1995 Honda Civic - This scan shows three pictures of my car:

• The top picture represents the car as it was relatively stock... as it was when I bought it in 1995.
• The middle picture shows my car after some mild modification, I believe that I had the Neuspeed Springs and Koni struts, but that was it suspension wise at that point. The wheels on the car were Boyds, this was before the "sport compact car" explosion, I thought it would be unique to run a hot-rod-wheel like Boyds on a modern car like mine. The car looked like this from '96 until '97.
• The lower picture shows my car pretty much as it is today, the wheels are Enkei's, the paint is monochromed, and the only thing really different today with my car is that my current taillights have replaced the amber section with clear, although the red remains the same so the effect is subtle. Too many mods are on the car to list here..

The first install I had in my Civic - My first install in my Civic was done pretty quickly, I wanted a nice install but had to focus on my customers.

• Pretty basic, three JL Audio 10W6 10" subwoofers in sealed enclosures on either side of the trunk, the rear wall of the boxes molded in fiberglass.Water was used to ensure proper enclosure volumes. The boxes were sanded and painted with a blue fleck-stone finish. The subs have 3/4" thick plexiglas loading panels in front of them, this technique (called compound loading) allows them to reach higher output than a stand-alone sealed enclosure.
• The amp rack is fan cooled, covered in blue plexiglas. The amp rack is hinged in two places, the first section hinges to display a plexiglas window covering exposed Alpine V12 MRV-1000 amp internals, note the capacitor bank - the V12 stickers were on there from the factory! The second hinged section lifted to access the spare tire. I was never really happy with the appearance of this setup.

Construction of my new Civic install - These shots show the rough progress of construction of my current install.

• The top shot shows the enclosure relatively complete. I can't find any shots earlier than this, unfortunately, right now. The bottom of the box is molded out of fiberglass. Two 4" PVC ports extend from the sides of the enclosure. You can see that I made a spare tire compartment out of fiberglass, as the enclosure would occupy the factory spare tire well. I just have two wooden panels suspended on the sides, which will eventually hold my amps.
• The middle shot shows a close up of the plywood panel that was being built to trim out the trunk and frame the amps... You can see that they will completely hide the ports so they will not be visible.
• the bottom shot shows another close up of this section with further progress. The amp racks are trimmed with grey marbled Formica, as are the homes for the two inverted subs, and the spare tire well cover. At this point I have the vinyl work for the side panels complete, and am just finishing up trimming out the opening.

My new Civic install complete - These shots are simple enough, three shots of my completed trunk. The amp racks were surrounded by mirror. The amp on the right is my larger 2 channel Alpine V12 that powers the subs. The amp on the left is a smaller 4-channel V12, it is currently bridged to power my component set up front. You can see the completed marbled formica and vinyl work. The round cover trims off my fabricated spare tire compartment.

The following are some of the installations I worked on prior to 1998:

Floor-bandpass S-10 installation - Highlights of this install include:

• Single-vented isobaric bandpass enclosure. The isobaric clamshell style configuration was split open, with an orange plexiglass cover displaying the two woofers. This displayed chamber does nothing but isobarically couple the two subwoofers. This bandpass did not perform well, initially... The port exited on the far drivers side, and the interior acoustics caused for cancellation and low output which had to be addressed.
• Armrest amp rack. I fabricated an armrest to occupy space vacated by the jack and tools. The amplifiers were mounted under this armrest. This installation allows full use of the rear seats, the low profile of this very thin bandpass box allows them to fold down all the way, and the armrest is a comfortable height. A floormat was made of the same carpeting to cover the orange plexi window for security purposes.
• Not pictured is the custom dash panel made of reverse painted black marble on a panel made of orange plexi to match the appearance of the isobaric chamber with its black marble interior.

Stealth isobaric install in Eclipse - Highlights of this install include:

• Top picture shows the completed install with carpeted covers in place, security was an issue with this hatchback owner.
• With the carpeted cover removed, the trunk is still carpeted, but allows the display of the dual Eclipse subs. This isobaric arrangement was done much like the S-10 above, allowing for display of the isobaric chamber. The same orange tinted plexiglas was used for this install. An interesting note about this install was that it was a standard ported isobaric box, one subwoofer was inside the enclosure, the other basket was exposed to the interior, as a standard ported isobaric setup would be. The port opening was right next to the subwoofer's basket.
• The bottom picture shows the rear seat folded down, and its cover flipped up to expose two generations of Rockford Fosgate amps.

Eight JL 10W0 subwoofers in a Firebird - Highlights of this install include:

• Eight 10W0 subwoofers. These subwoofers are arranged in two banks of four, also an isobaric arrangement, allowing eight subs to work properly in the airspace normally needed by only two of these. The bottom four subwoofers are viewable via a relatively thin (1/4") plexiglas panel, as this isobaric chamber will always be of ambiant pressure.
• Two channel 1000 watt Soundstream Reference 1000 amp. This amplifier powers the entire stereo, subwoofers and JL Audio components up front. A set of relays was used to manipulate this amp's "auto high current" mode. When in Sound Quality mode, the subwoofers were wired in a series-parallel arrangement allowing the amp to run high power mode, with the speaker power handling factored in, the front speakers receive about 100 watts with the subwoofers receiving 400 watts. When in SPL mode, the subwoofers wiring configuration is modified by the relays, and they receive 1000 watts of power.
• The passive crossover network (the capacitors and coils) was hand built to allow a single 2 channel amp to power an entire full-range system. High frequencies only go to the component set, while only the low frequencies go to the subwoofers.
• The amp rack appears to float, and is neon lit from below to make the edges of the plexiglas glow blue with no apparent light source. The amp rack is fan cooled with narrow squirrel cage fans on either side, the hot air exiting through the "JL" logo cutout on the plexiglas cover at the middle of the amp.

Marble painted finishes I have done - I have found that very often a more custom, more professional appearance can be had by properly performing "bodywork" to the completed enclosures that I have done, prepping them for paintwork rather than cover them in vinyl or carpeting. Most often, I prefer to prep and paint my enclosures with an interesting finish rather than the traditional vinyl or carpet. These pictures show a marble finishing technique I do.

• The red box was the original install in the Firebird above, before upgrading to eight subs. This was a ported enclosure that fired the subs inches away from the front wall of the hatch well. I painted the port black, the box red, and then marblized the enclosure. Even though red marble doesn't exist in reality, I think that this finish was done well enough that it pulled it off. The owner of the Firebird was a big fan of red.
• The green box was actually installed in an Estate wagon owned by a friend of mine. It occupied space formerly owned by a pair of spare seats which flipped up in the hatch area of the wagon. This enclosure is a dual-vented isobaric bandpass box, mounted to the box are a pair of small amps (legendary Alpine 3522 and a Pioneer amp) and a Coustic XM-3 crossover. I couldnt bear the thought of sealing the subwoofers in the enclosure, so I mounted a small scrap piece of plexiglass at an interesting angle on the top, allowing the viewing of a pair of MTX Road Thunder II subswoofers. You can see the two square ports on the right hand picture.