After 2 years of living peacefully with a splendid ICE setup, the urge to upgrade has hit me. This was caused by a combination of 3 factors:
1. My other ride, a Scorpio, needed some ICE, and since it would never be a very high quality setup given its acoustics, it seemed logical to port the setup from the Lancer to it and upgrade the Lancer ICE.
2. I stumbled across a couple of very good deals online, and fortunately found someone to carry these back to India from the US.
3. Upgrading is always nice, isn't it?
So the Alpine CDE 9881 head unit, JBL 75.4 amp and JBL GT4-12 sub are now in the Scorpio.
What I am planning for the Lancer...
Already purchased:
- Clarion DXZ785USB head unit
- Infinity Reference Series 611a Mono amp
Already have:
- Illusion Electra EL6.1 component speakers: may upgrade these
- Ground Zero TA 4.120MK2 - 4 channel amp
- Stinger 8 gauge amp wiring kit
Need to get:
- A subwoofer to match up to the Infinity mono's output of 456W@4 ohms/ 657W@2 ohms. Choices are pretty limited, given that my budget is around 15k for this, give or take a bit. I've managed to shortlist two subs so far - Ground Zero Radioactive Series 12XD-AL and the IDQ 12 V2 D4. Any personal feedback on either would be welcome, and do I have any other options?
- Wiring for the monoblock. 4 gauge most probably.
- Damping for the boot and parcel tray
There will be no rear fills. I had rear fills before, but found them out of place in the overall setup. And since I drive the car myself, and there are generally no back seat passengers, rear fills can be easily avoided.
The front components will be driven by the 4 channel amp in bridged mode. So, each Mid-bass & tweeter pair will be driven by 2 channels.
Any suggestions/comments welcome. I will be doing this upgrade gradually, over a period of time.