CCSubaru's R18 Build Thread

[HappyHabby90]

nice and clean

[CCSubaru]

Originally Posted by thatoneflipkid

Understandable. Are you liking how it feels?

Love how it handles and its not too stiff

Originally Posted by HappyHabby90

nice and clean

Thanks Man

[CCSubaru]

Some news for anyone following this.. Just ordered four Polk Audio DB651s's and an Alpine 45Wx4 RMS "Power Pack" that will be my holiday mini-build so I will when it comes time for install I will take pics along the way and give my thoughts about before and after as far as sound quality goes

[Mikey6p]

Originally Posted by CCSubaru

Some news for anyone following this.. Just ordered four Polk Audio DB651s's and an Alpine 45Wx4 RMS "Power Pack" that will be my holiday mini-build so I will when it comes time for install I will take pics along the way and give my thoughts about before and after as far as sound quality goes

[CCSubaru]

Originally Posted by Mikey6p

[CCSubaru]

Installed all four speakers today.. Went so much easier than I expected only took about hour and a half for everything

Amp will be here this week so that will be going in next weekend probably

[CCSubaru]

Did a few things over the last couple days -

Put in the Skunk2 Short Shifter Adapter that I picked up off a member. After driving with it in shifts feel a little stiffer and more precise and the throw is perfect for me


And I also got to put in my Alpine "Power Pack" Amp. Not alot of room behind our head units which I was suprised about but I got it to fit right behind it and the new speakers sound great with the extra power

The mess during install:


The finished wiring before I put it back in and cleaned up.. Used heat shrink butt connectors for the wiring since I didn't have solder available and then used electrical tape to keep everything organized

[CCSubaru]

Alright so someone over on another forum was selling the exact amp and subwoofer combo I have in my amazon wishlist since i've been doing some audio upgrades so I decided to go for it since my girlfriend said she'd pay for half as an xmas present

Amp is a 500W RMS Alpine and the sub is an Alpine 12" 500W RMS

In my Legacy I had basically the same setup with same amp and same model sub but in the 10" size - It pushed pretty hard in the ported box I had but might go for a more punchy sealed enclosure this time around with the 12"

[pwilliams]

looks great so far. i like the wheel/color combo. keep it up!

[CCSubaru]

Originally Posted by pwilliams

looks great so far. i like the wheel/color combo. keep it up!

Thanks man, I love the color combo as well

[CCSubaru]

Have everything gathered for the sub install and just installed the sub into the box tonight (will post a picture of the box later). I was going to install today after work but we're supposed to be getting big rain storm all day and garage is full of stuff so can't pull car into it so that probably won't happen but might do it friday. Will hopefully post pictures of that soon!

[CCSubaru]

Finally snapped some pics of subwoofer installed with the wiring cleaned up a bit

Ended up mounting the amp to the sub box because it's the simplest way I could come up with

[1sickcar]

nice build

[CCSubaru]

Originally Posted by 1sickcar

nice build

Thanks man. Sadly I will be starting to part everything out since I will be trading it in towards a Subaru

[CCSubaru]

Well here it is, this is what I traded the civic in for:

[thatoneflipkid]

Awesome man how is it?

[CCSubaru]

Originally Posted by thatoneflipkid

Awesome man how is it?

It's awesome! Loving the boost

[monge]

Those wheels on the civic were clean!!! Congrats on your new Subaru bud.

[CCSubaru]

Originally Posted by monge

Those wheels on the civic were clean!!! Congrats on your new Subaru bud.

Thanks! I'll keep this build thread updated with the Subie probably

[Dar-Dar]