The following are just some of the many installs that Fhrx Studio's have either created, had a hand in or assisted with. Please note; NOT every single item within these photo pages was created by Fhrx Studio's - some images are borrowed purely to demonstrate what can be installed. There are only ten install photo groups per page to assist loading times. Links to further pages are located at the top and bottom of each page.

Mazda MX-5

We were approached by this customer who not only desired high quality sound but also most of his cars space as well. The system starts with the tried and tested Alpine CDA-9815 head unit. Signals then travel down the line via Stinger interconnects to an Audison SRx3 amplifier.

The Audison feeds Boston RC620 Rally 6" splits which are busy up front taking care of sound duties. The tweeters are located quite high in the doors (next to the door handles) and are actually attenuated a whopping 8db to keep the staging and high end frequency levels equal. The doors and boot are fully deadened with G-Spot Serenity Max.

When it came to subbass installer Marty Price was going to have to use a little creativety. In the Mazda MX-5 boot space is always a major deciding factor and fitting subwoofers in is not easy. Marty constructed a Kevlar enclosure to suit the Rockford Fosgate Punch 10" DVC subwoofer as they can pack and enormous punch (non pun intended) and fashioned a grille to hide it all away from prying eyes.

Honda CRX

Fhrx Studios undertake many small two seater car system installs and fitting everything in can cause one all matter of issues if not carefully thought through. This CRX was brough in with a request for quality sound without the rattles that the CRX's are famous for. Easy to ask and about as easy as striking a match on a cake of soap in reality to perform.

The system source starts with an Pioneer DEH-P8450MP and travels via Stinger interconnects to an Audison SRx3 amplifier flush mounted into the passenger side of the woofer enclosure. The front stage is costructed from Boston Rally RC620's and the doors are deadened with G-Spot Serenity Max.

The rear piece of the car which holds both the subwoofer and amplifier took a long time to build and is constructed totally from fibreglass. The orignial CRX rear binnacles were removed and the new cabinet was made to fit snuggly into the rear of the car retaining somewhat of a factory appearence. It boast removable grilles to reveal black painted surrounds for that showy look when the need arises.

The subwoofer itself is a JL Audio 10W3V2-D2 and sits in a 0.6 cubic foot enclosure located on the bottom of the rack and more than once the flippant remark was heard about it resembling and incar pottie. The biggest issue with the CRX was the rattles and the enitre back end of the car has been fully sound deadened using G-Spot Serenity Max and foam. Even the rear window was taken out and rebuilt with new bushes to stop it rattling.

Mitsubishi Lancer

Squeezing a three way set of mids, namely a Focal 165W3 set into a kick panel and door trim isn't an easy task which is why it was left to the professionals. The aim was for a stock look, and to enhance the staging, the results "speak" for themselves.

Each door is deadened with 2 sqaure metres of G-Spot Serenity Max with another 15 square metres throughout the cabin ensures this car is ultra quiet! The system starts with an Alpine 9815 and from here the signal runs to a JL Audio 300/4 (bridged) driving the Focal splits. All cables and interconnects are Audison and Stinger. This system was purpose built to win SQ comps and infact, already has!

Just incase you thought this install was looking rather factory in appearance, here's the proof in the original trims for comparision!

Another unusual item in this system is the small HX200 8" subwoofer. The sub is housed in a custom ported fibreglass enclosure and is feed copious amounts of power from an Audison amplifier. Bass is all about power rather than sheer cone area so this baby pumps out titanic amounts of bass for such a small woofer! The entire enclosure is covered to hide from thieving eyes.

So once everything in secured in place you can choose to either run it in show mode or stealth mode. It's your call!

Volkswagon Golf GTi

When Fhrx Studio's was approached to install a system in a Golf GTi on a limited labour budget, creatively was to be the key to the install rather than a truck load of cash and two-pac'd fibreglass. The result speak for themselves. With the use of well fitting flat panels even the most modest boot can look a treat. With helpful input from the owner, installer Marty Price was able to reach a clean looking boot that can still be used once the bottom cover is in place.

The system starts with a Clarion DXZ-835MP CD head unit which feeds signals to two Boston Acoustics amplifiers via Stinger interconnects. All cable and accessories are from Stinger including the large 1 farad digital power cap. The pair of amplifiers are a GT-24 and a GT-28. The GT-24 pumps a healty 175 watts continuous into each of the front speakers and the GT-28 pumps a titanic 1250 watts continuous into the subwoofer. The rears speakers are run from the deck and just provide rear fill.

Handling the front stage duties is a set of Boston Pro6.5's splits surrounded by G-Spot Serenity Max sound deadening. The rear doors are home to a set of Boston NX67 co-axials. The rear doors also benefit from G-Spot Serenity Max sound deadening. The crossovers for the Boston Pro's live in the boot under neon lit perspex.

The subwoofer is one of Kicker's famous L7 Solo-Baric 12's and lives quite happily in a sealed 0.88 cubic foot enclosure firing backwards. Even the spare tire is accessible. Using a step by step procedure the panels can be moved and the entire amp rack swings up on hinges into a raised position so the tire can be acessed. The entire boot is lit with blue neons for a little extra effect and perspex highlights all equipment.

Subaru STI

The main conceptual idea for this stunning Subaru WRX was clean matching lines with a little artisitic license in the back to highlight various components. The owner quite often carries equipment around so the car was to remain clean and functionable while looking pleasant on the eye.

Under the bonnet an Optima D34M was installed with custom made and painted fuse holder to make sure the system has plenty of power reserve to draw upon. The double DIN factory unit was removed and system source unit is now an Alpine CDA-9831 cd / receiver. This unit has been mounted carefully into the dash using custom made aluminum brackets. This is done in order to set the deck back about 5mm which keeps the overall dash facsia flat.

The front stage is courtesy of Focal Utopia 165W components and the tweeters live in the kick panels for best stage and image definition. Anyone that knows anything about WRX's will be the first to tell you how much room there isn't in the doors and to this end installer George had to create carefully designed five piece speaker baffle to get the large midrange drivers in. The window mechanism has also had various parts machined or replaced all together to help the window clear the driver.

While George concentrated on the front end of the car, Marty (Fhrx) got stuck into the boot which was to house two amplifiers and the subwoofer. The Soundstream Rubicon subwoofer amplifier was mounted in a custom fibreglass tray that fits snuggly into the spare tire itself while the Zapco Reference 750.2 amplifier for the front stage lives in a custom built amp rack that is mounted in the front on the boot floor. The amp rack has a special cooling slot along the front to allow the fans to draw air in and the rear of the amp rack is left open to allow the air to exit. This was all trimmed in matching carpet to keep the clean look.

Moving along to the sub, this is where everything started to go down hill real estate wise. One would have thought there wasn't much room for the Utopia's in the front. Imaging trying to fit the massive Image Dyanmics IDMAX10" into the boot on one side - and make it look like it should be there! The IDMAX10D2V.3 subwoofer is nearly eight inchs deep and it was no small task for Marty to get the unit in and looking at home. The fibreglass enclosure is reinforced with kevlar and measures just under a cubit foot in volume. This gives the subwoofer a Qtc of 0.69 which allows it to boom a little more whilst still holding high quality and possessing a repectable bottom end extension before notable roll off occurs. Around the subwoofer is a two-pac baffle and the entire surround has been made from scratch and trimmed in matching carpet. The baffle face and trim surround actually took numerous attempts to get around the complex boot mechanism.

Nissan Pulsar

Info coming soon when car is finished.

Info coming soon when car is finished.

Info coming soon when car is finished.

Info coming soon when car is finished.

Hyundai Excel

High end audio manufacurer Vibe Audio hail from the Untied Kingdom and have participated within the world scene for many a year now. When it came to expanding the range to down under, Vibe knew they would need more than just a few demo boards to display it's products. Customers these days desire realistic demostrations and want to hear components installed incar. The challange: A neat and clean quality install without demolishing the bank. The remedy: Fhrx Studio's.

The system begins under the bonnet where the diminutive factory battery was turfed in order for an Optima D34M deep cycle battery to take up residence. The D34M provides plenty of clean power for those big hitting bass notes. From here the power travels via Stinger Pro series power cables thorough various Stinger components. A two-pac fuse plate holds the massive Stinger ANL fuse holder and keeps everything safe in the event of an accident. The cd / receiver deck is mounted up front on custom aluminium brackets in order to bring the unit forward ten millimetres in line with the face of the dash. Moving south a little, a small bass controller is mounted where the ash tray used to reside and underneath that is an Auto Meter voltage gauge to let the driver know how the battery is feeling. The volt meter mount is made from fibreglass and fills the glasses case in the center console. Behind the handbrake are the switches for the power windows.

The doors needed quite some work behind the scenes to clear the power window motors. The entire door trim has been made from scratch and is actually 9mm thick pine trimmed with Mercedes gun metal grey marco-suede. The door pods themselves are two-pac fibreglass and neatly hold a pair of Vibe ST60 component 6.5" midrange drivers. Both doors have a layer of G-Spot Flexi Mat sound deadening on the inner and outer skin and diffusers have been installed behind the speakers to assist in preventing reveberation. The tweeters have been installed in the kick panels for optimum staging.

The boot was the greatest challenge of the install as the Excel is not overly spacious and there were some big components to install. The amplifier rack / enclosure foundation sits underneath everything and can be raised to access the spare tyre. A Vibe Blackbox III amplifier for the front stage lives right underneath the enclosure and provides 200 watts continous a side to the components. Towards the rear of the car, the titanic Vibe MB4 2800 watt mono-block is seated in a two-pac'd bathtub and is backlit by red neon. Underneath the amplifier is a large port with a 4" fan feeding hot air out of the amp when its working hard.

The twelve inch subwoofers are top-of-the-range Vibe Space12's and one is housed motor out to demonstrate both parts of the woofer. Vibe's Space series subwoofers actually have some extremely impressive technology injected into their development and design. From the cast and machined aluminium basket to the embossed aluminium come, everything is made to exceptional standards and the sound reflects this design. The front plate of the 1.8 cubic feet sealed enclosure is half inch thick fibreglass and is painted with two-pac silver to match the car. The fibreglass side panels of the boot are custom made from scratch and wrapped in vinyl. Continuing the trim theme from the doors the boot floor was trimmed in macro-suede and the mono-block amp window is lined with a vinyl trim ring. The Vibe logo is embossed under the vinyl lockdown plate on top of the enclosure.

Vibe Australia now have a demo car to attend events, shows and stores with and while not over the top, the clean custom look is certainly proving to be a hit. The sound quality is fantastic as is the staging and if you're brave and feeling the need to play chicken with the subs, believe me your ears will give up long before the MB4 / Space12 combination does.

Honda NSX

This showy bright red NSX sees it's fair share of track time but also spends many a long day travelling around this great country to shows, events and demonstration days so the install had to be robust and strong enough to accomodate this lifestyle. Heading up the system is a Pioneer AVH-6650DVD touchscreen which is mounted on completely custom aluminum foundation (to achieve the correct angle when open). This is surrounded by a custom carbon fibre centre console that extends from the dash top all the way down to the handbrake. The console alone took the better part of a week to manufacture and is extremely light and strong.

Power and music signals all travel down Stinger interconnects and cables and an Optima D34 deep cycle battery sits up front providing the twin amplifiers in the boot with plenty of clean power via carbon fibre mounted fuse holder and 4AWG power and earth cables. An earthing kit has also been added to assist all the cars electrical systems. Amplification comes courtesy of a Zapco Reference 350.2 running the front splits and a Zapco Reference 500.1 running the subwoofer.

Both amplifiers currently reside out of view under the boot floor behind the motor. The front doors are home to Eton Discovery 6.5" midranges drivers while the kick panels house Eton Discovery tweeters. No less than two rolls of DFQ sound deadening were used on the front doors with a further roll being used on the floor, firewall and wheel arches to help lower the noise floor.

The enclosure is somewhat of a work of art and took a few attempts to get just right. The factory NSX uses a small 5.25" subwoofer in a special ported enclosure and removing this in favour of fitting a 10" Digital Designs monster in the same space was never going to be easy. The front of the enclosure is 18mm MDF while the back end uses a mixture of MDF and firbeglass to achieve the perfect volume. Over all the entire sound is quite nice in the much quieter interior. The owner is very happy and so we are too.

Subaru WRX

When Boston Acoustics released the new G5 series of subwoofers there was nothing but praise from all over the world for Bostons mighty new baby. Naturally we just couldn't wait to get one into one of our cars and so we actually began building our G5 demo car long before the G5 ever arrived in Australia. This caused some issues which are explained later.

This system begins with a Pioneer AVH-P7550DVD touch screen / commander which lives with an Apexi AVC-R controller display in a custom built carbon fibre console. From there the music heads down Stinger RCA cords to a pair of amplifers housed in the boot. The systems amplifiers are two Audison SRx2S's and they feed 180 watts into the front splits and 600 watts into the subwoofer. The amplifiers receive their power via an Optima D34 deep cycle battery up front.

At first glance the boot looks somewhat simple because it is relatively flat with the exception of the edge rise. However, under that top plate the boot foundation and sub enclosure are entirely fibreglass and kevlar for strength. The boot actually had to be re-worked a little because when the G5 12" finally did arrive, the subwoofers depth was about an inch deeper than what we were led to believe.

Seeing as the WRX was built to show off the mighty G5 12" subwoofer, it lives as the center piece while the amps flank. All three components are finished using a combination of painted blue trims, vinyl, carpet and perspex. The perspex surround plate that goes around all the components was meticulously cut out over a period of about three hours and flame polished. Blue LED's light the perspex delightfully at night.

The front doors are home to a set of Boston Pro series 6.5" drivers and the entire inner and outer skin of the doors are deadened using DFQ sound deadening and DFQ diffsuer panels to help cancel internal resonation. The rear shelf is home to a pair of Hertz ECX165 co-axials for rear fill.

Opel Barina

Typically, many European cars are well built and have quiet interiors thanks to generous amounts of sound deadening straight from the factory floor. So what better base to start with when showcasing various Tru-Tech and Rainbow components? The car was also designed to compete in various sound offs so the system had to be cleanly installed in addition to sounding good.

The system begins with a Nakamichi CD700 headunit source. Fitting the DC/DC convertor behind the dash was not the easiest task to undertake but it now happily sits just behind the glove box. From the deck the signals travel down Stinger RCA cables to a triplet of amplifiers located in the boot.

The main front component amplifier is a Tru-Technology T4.65. This is running bridged and offers just over 200 watts continous into each three way component set. Underneath the T4.65 is the monster of the system, a Tru-Technology H-1 Hammer. This amplifier is dedicated to running the subwoofer and is capable of thumping out 2000 watts when angry! The third amplifier is a smaller Tru-Technology T2.100 and this takes care of the ambient tweeters up front in the sail area.

The front stage speakers are from the Rainbow Profi Vanadium range with the 6.5" midbass driver in the door while the 4" midrange and 1" dome tweeter live in trimmed custom fibreglass kick panels. Smart rainbow grilles cover all three components. Up back is the 12" subwoofer and this is an Aluminium cone Rainbow SW300E Vanadium unit.

All cable and interconnects are from Stinger including an SPV44 gell cell located in the factory location at the front with ANL fuse holder right beside. This provides plenty of raw power to the system and especially to the H-1 Hammer. Main cable is 1/0AWG while each amp receives 4AWG. Earths have also all been upgraded and sound deadening is a blend of G-Spot Serenity Max and Flexi-Max.

The boot contains a fully removable (although it is heavy) amplifier and subwoofer rack and is finished in matching vinyl. The boot was designed to have all join lines match the cars original join lines. Black mesh grilles to match the front doors and kicks panels are installed as well and the entire install is high lighted with blue LED's.

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