1997 Honda Accord EX Owned by Josh Adams Installation by Jeff Head and Matt Prescott               Josh Adams' 1997 Polar White Honda Accord Competing in the IASCA Novice 301-600 class. Note the 18" TSW Chrome Mag Wheels. The Honda was featured in the October 2000 issue of Car Audio and Electronics Magazine     Under the hood, we replaced the factory battery with a fused and diamond plated Esoteric Dry Cell. Note the custom Lexan Battery Cover added for safety. The Accord was also fitted with a cold-air intake, DC Header, and a DC Strut Tower Brace.             The rear deck is arguably the most artistic and exotic part of the car. It functions as a sub enclosure and to attain rear fill. We chose an MB Quart 4" & Tweeter combo for rear fill that doesn't detract from the front stage.     The kick panels were hand crafted by Jeff Head. Materials used include normal MDF, fiberglass, vinyl, some of Jeff’s own chemical concoctions, serious patience, and a little magic. The speakers are JL Audio XRS525CX coaxials.               The Dash was modified to accept both source units and a crossover. The Equalizer is back laid and all holes were machine drilled and the dash was hand dyed to match. Lots of careful planning and talented installers kept everything neat and tidy. The car didn't require much EQ work, but the SX/SL offers the driver some quick adjustments.     The door panels each house 2 JL Audio ZR650CW Mid Bass Drivers. We wanted to bring as much low end and mid bass up front as possible. The 6.5" JL drivers perform so well you can't find the subs with your eyes closed!               The stunning amplifier presentation begins with 3 custom fiberglass tubs carefully hand wrapped with vinyl and dyed to perfection. Note the blue neon which was custom built to match the exact contour of the amplifier tubs.     Jeff and Matt formed the rear of the subwoofer enclosure from 3/4" think Lexan. The sidewalls, backwalls, and internal bracing are painted and clear-coated. To show off the classy chromed JL Subwoofers, the enclosure was carefully fitted with custom neon.             The center tub houses power distribution for the amplifiers. Jeff Head designed truly one of a kind power buss bars from a raw aluminum plate. This center tubs also received the custom contoured neon.     Jeff Painted and applied clear-coat to Josh's Nitrous bottle, and Matt Prescott cleanly installed the bottle directly under the sub enclosure.         System Specs:   Source Units Amplifiers Equalizers Speakers Power Distribution/Delivery   Eclipse 5506 AM/FM CD Player Eclipse 9002 Commander Eclipse 9902 GPS Navigation Unit Eclipse 5961 In-Dash CD Changer Xtant Technologies 3300ix (3-Channel) Xtant Technologies 2200i (2-Channel) Dash Mounted Zapco SX/SL with Crossover and Built-In Line Driver Console Mounted Xtant Technologies RGM-1 Remote Gain Control (for subs) Trunk Mounted Xtant P500A Equalizer (1pr) JL Audio XR525cx Coaxials (In Kick Panels) (2pr) JL Audio XR650cw Mid-Bass Drivers (Doors) (1pr) MB Quart QM 100.05 4" Component (Neo) (1pr) MB Quart RTC 19 3/4" Titanium Tweeters (1pr) Chrome JL Audio 10W6 Subs (4) Esoteric Audio 48203 1 1/2 Farad Caps Custom built, machined power delivery bus bars and AWG power wire (2) Esoteric Audio 44106 3 Gauge Fused Distribution Blocks (1) Esoteric Audio 48410 Diamond Plated Fused Top Battery (Under Hood) All Power/Ground Cables by Esoteric Audio/Streetwires All Signal Cables are Esoteric Audio 3.5 Zero Noise RCA's