Niraj

Heya Wozza, Was that a direct screw-on replacement or is it one of those Allen-key jobbies?!

Who remembers the London meet Summer 2005... now that was awesome... would love to do another activity based type event meet... was a great laugh, and had a brilliantly fantastic time :D http://www.lexusownersclub.co.uk/forum/ind...showtopic=20881

whoa :) car is looking CLEAN!!! especially those tyres! :D

ewww. how could the girls not tell from the breath on those chimps! nasty!

When I drive across to East London through Ilford, my car feels so common!! There's alot of people in that area with them. Almost challenging the number of 3series BMWs per sq mile.

Ahh hey, nice work on the car so far :) looking good. I must've missed it at JAE cos I didn't see it? Looks nice and low :D

Same as most... I was looking for the Car specification for an IS200, and Google provided a link to this http://www.lexusownersclub.co.uk/knowledge...p;id=14&c=5 Then i realised the page had a link to a forum... next thing you know, I stopped visiting any other forums, and was addicted to LOC... lol The rest is history...

That is awful! Possibly the worst damage water can do to anyone! Taking life! :(

I was looking to buy the yellow one they had in Hatfield Lexus... this one is a nice example.

Happy Birthday dude :)

Thank you :) Hey Stav, This topic was not meant to make anyone feel like that. I would have hoped it to be a motivation to others with similar goals and as a guide to help those who want to start their own project :) My aim in this topic was to make everyone take an interest in ICPC's and ICE and intrigued at what can be achieved. I hope you'll continue to follow the rest of the project to it's completion :)

i've only just seen this too, reading through all of your messages was to say the least incredibly moving, and i'd just like to add my own and offer my sincerest condolences to his family and friends. Niraj.

Ahhh.. i've been after these for a while! I didn't see them at JAE?! Who was selling them? :( Damn!

sorry about that... lol yeh, i hope the subs get sorted quickly :) they really shouldn't break away that easily :( perhaps a faulty batch...? i'm sure Pioneer will be able to diagnose the problem... there was definitely no smell of burnt coils.

On arrival home after a weekend at JAE, I had a lovely envelope full of leather swatches sent to me by Transcal. I'll be matching the leather tonight, and ordering it. They say it could take roughly 3 weeks to get the all the leather hides matched to the quantity I require. Once I receive them, I foresee it taking approximately 30 hours to retrim the boot install. Unfortunately, also while i was at JAE, one of my woofers, split away from the cone and coil, so I will be sending that to Pioneer to diagnose or repair. In the other woofer, the connections appear to have broken free from all the vibrations. So this could take about another month also. If I dont have any more set backs, and my weekends don't get taken up by jobs, I aim to complete by mid september :) I know it sounds like a long wait... but once it's finished all i'll have to do is keep it clean :D

I spend roughly an hour a night planning and designing in the weekday, and maybe a total of 20hrs each weekend that i have free. I've been physically working on the car since July 2006, a total of maybe 30 weekends... roughly 800 or so hours so far. Some people say I work too slowly. I like to think of it as taking my time and doing it to the best of my capabilities. The car has not been off-road, because I use it every day to get to work. For the past year, i've eaten, breathed, and slept ICPC. lol.

haha :D quality... i had forgotten about this one!

:) Good questions Stuie Powercaps are possibly the most unstable source for power. More so in installations where the entire electrical system is run from 1 battery. I had considerable doubts whether or not to use them in my install and whether the alternator would spend 50% of it's time charging them instead of supplying a better current to the batteries. After some research I was able to come up with a neat solution that makes use of the Powercaps as a Voltage stabilizer rather than a voltage drainer. The poweramps are connected through the caps with 0awg, and when the caps are depleted during those massive bassline drops, the cap terminals supply a direct feed from the battery. When the bassline is not as demanding, the rear battery tops up the cap, ready for another drop. Each cap is connected to 1 monoblock and share a direct feed to the -0v terminal of the battery. (generally lots of voltage instability is created through grounding at the chassis) The Rainbow comps are awesome! Best i've heard for a long while. As any audiophile would tell you, rear fill is just not needed in a good SQ setup. However, as a matter of personal taste, and the fact that I was planning to use the ICPC to view DVD's, i installed some Pioneer 6x9's for a more realistic 4.1 effect. They can keep up with the Rainbows, but not throughout the entire frequency range. Which is where i've used the active EQ to cut certain frequencies and allows them to step up to a higher volume. The Kenwood Amp sits currently on gains of 2.0v and the RCA feed from the soundcard is actually only outputting 1.8v, so the output is actually "dumbed down" slightly. There is still plenty left in the amp, though i'm not sure the Rainbows will match it that far. Specifically though, the reason i chose the Kicks in the Rainbow range, were because of the fantastic subs. the TS-W3004SPL i've frequency tested down to 30Hz in a sealed enclosure, and boy did that shake the house! In the car however it was slightly different. The amplitude decreased (possibly due to air pressure). However the subs sit nicely at 36Hz, filling the missed range of the components between 36-80Hz. There are many better subs on the market, i don't doubt that, but when looking at value for money on sealed enclosures, I couldn't far beat the Pioneers woofers. I have a frequency/amplitude graph of what the subwoofer is capable of if you're interested? :)

Thanks Jamie, what I plan to do is create a seperate topic for the more deeper things, and explain them through as a walkthrough of my experiences and decisions :) Yes mate :D after the interest people gave at JAE I thought it's only fair for them to see what i've been up to, and why i've not been such a busy poster on the forums The picture diary is still available to anyone who wants to have a look. http://img.akainternet.com/niraj/lexus Hey Wozza, glad you're liking the project :D I kinda guessed you'd appreciate the work on this one :) Unfortunately i'm busy with a wedding set that and the following weekend, so i'm not going to see freedom till at least the end of August. However i might still be able to pop down to Ace Cafe the following Tuesday night, even though Japnight is cancelled. I'll play things by ear, and post up in the club meets section if all goes to plan. Thanks Gord, appreciate the comments :D

haha, awesome :D slightly addictive too!!

Thanks Bazza, I hope you had a chance to experience it in the flesh :) Thanks Paul... you may notice some inspiration gathered from your project :D shucks . may ask you to do some handy work on mine soon.. Would be happy to help :)

I think you'll be hard pushed to find any 6x9's that will fit into the whole already in the rear parcel shelf. Whilst still maintaining a good mounting depth clearance. You can refer to this post, on how i made my 6x9 baffles. http://www.lexusownersclub.co.uk/forum/ind...st&p=456253 To install 7x10's you may have to cut the plastic trim under the parcel tray. But these will also need raising from the shelf as you will find it will touch the tension bars for the boot lid. :)

Thanks Paul... you may notice some inspiration gathered from your project :D

Thanks Paul, the guys at JAE got a glimpse of what it could eventually look like :) I used to be a fulltime Car Mechanic, but for the past 3 years i've been an IT Developer for a secruity firm... lol... kind of makes sense when you think about it... join those three industries : Cars / Computers / Security... and this is the product of it

I like to call it "a labour of love" Thank you for the comments, I know the writeup is rather long, but i hope you get a chance to have a read through. :)