Alex's Lightning Red 2008 STi

I'll vouch for the sonax stuff also, my car came with a set a oem's that had some really stubborn 'chunks' of brake dust/grime that I couldn't get to come off with a 15min soak of p21s wheel cleaner. Sonax took that stuff off, and it took well under 15min for the zombie action, and just a mild brushing.

My only gripe is that it's sorta pricey per ml, but in terms of the end result its worth it, they did start selling a gallon 'refill' on detailersdomain for around 100bux.

 

I'll shoot DD an email today to see if we can get a community discount.

 

I picked up a killer set of pods built by Ryan Slade of Slade Audio on Friday for my new speaker setup (3-Way DLS Iridium 6.3is). These pillars are going to look great all wrapped up in Alcantara and choc-full-of-speaker.

 

Good idea, haha

Ryan is also in the middle of designing a beneath the seat sub enclosure. The mounting depth of the mystery sub is under 3". I'm dang curious to hear how the horn loaded design will sound.

 

Photo love from last Tuesday's dinner meet @ Taco Mac Prado

 

Matt told me about the DRT...but there's no info posted on the GR product line. Nevertheless, I don't think this is on the hot list for the "gotta buy this NOW!!!1!". Thank you for the link!

Picked them up for a wicked steal off a reputable member, and previous customer, on IWSTI. BNIB never fired, only mounted. Bing at Simplicity In Sound molded a setup for them into a set of door panels (http://www.iwsti.com/forums/2670683-post13.html). I still prefer Ryan @ Slade Audio's approach (see a few posts above).



While I am not a fan of that setup, the work looks well done. The killer bit about it is that PGT just gave those panels away to make room in his garage...

 

Maybe I'll have to give you a listen this time, instead of the other way around

 

I've spent what little free time I've had today looking at lightning red R205s to see if I like the look of the side badges and the gloss black spoiler. I'm diggin' it. Course the 6 pot front & 4 pot rears help







Gloss black front grille

 

R205 badges are $100 for the pair; R205 rear diffuser is $500 or so according to STI JP.

 

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Thanks!

 

we will be there this coming Tuesday. There's your notice.

 

Don't have many updates as of late...

• DLS speakers arrived and they look awesome! I didn't take any closeups of the drivers themselves yet, just a few comparison shots between the Iridium 6.5" driver and the UP6i driver.
• Finally finished up work on my genuine Alcantara cluster hood. I opted to go a different color route that will soon become the GR standard. We sell a ton of this color to customers over in Au. Why? No clue. This color, "Steel Grey", is a much better match to the OEM seats than Charcoal. I took some photos earlier today but they did not turn out well unfortunately.

Iridium (Left) -- UP6i (Right)



The bad news is that the DLS mids are simply too large to fit into Ryan's pillars. The good news is that I am sold on a paper cone from here on out. We're confident that the mids can be made to fit into the kicks but the question for me is how much work will it be to do so and how will it impact me at the end of things? I will lose the dead pedal, meaning that my desire to quality audio will impede on my desire for quality driving and that seems a bit backwards to me. I'd rather sacrifice this DLS 3 way setup than give up the fact that I actually like driving a manual. The good news is that Ryan, as always, has solutions to the problems. As a Hertz dealer, he has a killer 2 way and 3 way setup ready to go. The bonus about the Hertz three way is that it will fit the pillar setup he created. However, the 2 way setup is one of his personal favorites and that weighs a lot on my decision here as we share similar tastes in music and sound quality. So the question is which direction to go?

 

That Hertz 3-way is what is running in the 1 at the moment? Because it sounds awesome as is!

 

Jeeze, I'd imagine the Audison 3-way is 2x the price of the Hertz

 

Is there an audible or perceived difference that I would be able to pick up on? The thing is keep in mind is that I love hearing a guitar string actually being plucked in some of the acoustic tracks.

 

Yessir, forgot to ask you about it when I needed speaker wire. I'll check the website to see if there's anything else I may need. You guys sell TechFlex?

 

I managed to wrap up the cluster hood, as I stated in a post yesterday. Here's a non-finished, non-installed, Mr. Blurrycam shot

Material: Genuine Alcantara, "Steel Grey", 9052
Stitching: "Shark Grey"



Also, Ryan just sent over this photo of the Hertz mid and tweeter fitting perfectly into the pillars!

 

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That's what I've been reading all over the interwebs. Thanks for the heads up!

 

Iphone photos of the cluster hood. This new color of Alcantara, Steel Grey, compliments the OEM GR 08-09 interiors so well!





I know it said it a few lines above, but I want to reiterate that the steel grey is just such a great compliment to the GR interior. It's soooo much closer than the charocl grey we were suggesting in the past. In fact, if anyone is interested in their very own Alcantara cluster hood please sign up for our latest GB! You may find the thread here, http://www.iwsti.com/forums/vendor-...-gauge-cluster-hood-jpm-coachworks-198-a.html