Brendans Stagea RS4

[wgnZilla]

Well above boot design has been rethought and thrown out the window, new design is in the works now, will save more boot space but looks the functionality of folding down the rear seats, which sucks but oh well.

[wgnZilla]

Well, after much consideration (and ability to save as much initial boot space as possible) this is what I've come up with.
The blue section is false floor and there is 3 amps and two batteries being buried under that aswell as a set of 6.5' components being built into the side of the boxes to provide so decent rear fill (door speakers are a joke).





Initially I was planning on building pods into the boot trim however I do intent of using the cargo blind to 1)cover the gear and 2) block out the amp lighting (which will come through the perspex that will cover them - Yes its going to be a show-ish install).

My dynamat has landed in .AU so hopefully this weekend I will be able to ateast deaden the boot/doors and roof and get my fronts in and temporarily fit the new speaker amp to make more noise whilst I wait for mr tax man to give me presents so I can get the new subs

Install details:
Headunit: Android 7" headunit, brand unknown but decent quality hardware.
Fronts: Polk DB6501's 6.5" components.
Rears: Polk DB6501's 6.5" components.
Speaker Amp: HiFonics ZRX1000.4
Sub Amps 2x HiFonics BRZ1200.1
Subs: 2x RE Audio SXX 12"

Depending on the quality I might look at building some pods for the doors and move to a 3way front system but time will tell I guess

[wgnZilla]

2 dynamat extreme bulk packs



Will start deadening the boot today and will do the roof doors and such this weekend when the build begins

[InvadingFear]

Nicee, I love stageas, theres a few around my place and everytime i see them it makes me want one that bit more. R34 front conversion sound pretty sick too, quite pricey from what ive heard though?

EDIT: Just realised your username, conversion HAS to happen for it to truely live up to the name ;D

[wgnZilla]

Thanks mate
conversion will happen, not high on the list of priorities but it will definitely happen after other mods
Yea the kit alone is 5k~ without postage so id rather spend that on engine/manual first

[wgnZilla]

Another random picture - Ready for the weekend.

[kingtube69]

Maaad man! Solid effort!

[wgnZilla]

was meant to go get some more sound deadening stuff this afternoon however the rain kinda put me off, cbf getting wet for that haha
So maybe ill go tomorrow or friday and grab some wood and shit as well

Going to be a busy and cold weekend for me i think.

[wakey]

loving this!!

[wgnZilla]

Random stuff:

This weekend I will be trying out some Jaycar (response) alternatives to the big name sound deadening options, Not for CLD as I already have Dynamat, but for MLV and CCF.
Clearly I would prefer to go with some Second Skin Overkill Pro and Luxury liner pro, However based on the cost to ship this to au it really MIGHT not be worth it.

Based on the prices of the Jaycar, gear and the fact it "appears" to in technical specs, be similar to Second Skin gear (albeit a little thinner) I see no problems with giving it a try.

If it isn't up to par I guess ill have to spend another weekend ripping it all out and waiting a few weeks for the second skin gear to arrive. haha.

[DC5 Nick]

Damn, that car looks sick as. Sleeper? Now all of this sick stagea and Forrester makes me wanna drive a SUV lolz

[wgnZilla]

Damn, that car looks sick as. Sleeper? Now all of this sick stagea and Forrester makes me wanna drive a SUV lolz

In a sense, yeah its a sleeper, it is stock, but by stock its rb25det Neo running 10psi, Soon the engine mods will begin and it will still be in a sense a high powered soccer mums car so still sleeper ;P

Until r34 front end! haha.

[ShowUsYourTints]

Hey Brendan,

I've used the Jaycar stuff before mate, with great results. I used it to sound deaden a track car that had a really loud 2 way LSD and a space shuttle sized fuel pump, and it worked a treat. One of my very good friends has a stagea the same shape as yours, but a 260RS Autech version. It runs a RB26 and GTR driveline, with a nice tight diff, and 2 HKS turbos. It made 387awkw on 22psi, with just exhaust, cams, cam gears, turbo and ecu tune. Such a scary car. Gets to 260km/h so fast!

Cheers,
Shazza

[wgnZilla]

Cheers for the input mate, Yea I do expect to not have any problems with the Jaycar stuff and its SO CHEAP! which is awesome
Will post up a lot of pics of the work and before and after videos (if the audio will come up alright on my phone).

A 26 is on my list of things to do, I guess it will come down to if I can still grab this 26/Gearbox combo that a friend has for sale when tax time arrives
it will be a long slow build however as my target is Rather high and I don't want to do it dodgy.

If I can't get a 26 i will just build up another neo i think

Either way I need to do a manual conversion as an auto box just steals 99% of my thrill of driving

[wgnZilla]

Moar random photos. I should really start sound deadening but I cbf.