Our second project was our first effort at a major system overhaul. We chose to upgrade the system in our 1986 Cadillac Sedan DeVille. We decided to concentrate on sound quality for this vehicle due to luxury car's inherently low noise level.  However, it still had to have plenty of bass!

Once again the Mobile Electronics Competition Association (MECA) had a division for vehicles just like this one. Since we modified the factory speaker placement, this project is a perfect for the MECAs SQL "Modified" Division. In this division you can move speakers from the factory location but you must be able to return the car to factory specs.

The  system includes an Alpine Receiver, a 9-Band Kicker equalizer, Infinity Kappa component speaker system, Infinity Kappa 3-way coaxials, Infinity Reference 4-channel amp, two Kicker 400W mono channel amps, two Kicker CompVR 12" subs, and two Tsunami  stiffening capacitors.

The major modifications included door speaker mounting, A-pillar mounted tweeters, fender well mounting of bass amps, and installing a false floor in the trunk to allow for mounting of subwoofer enclosure and the 4-channel amp for the door speakers.


We are currently working on an upgrade to this vehicle which includes all new Monster Cable wiring to improve power and signal delivery. In addition, we will be adding some neons in the trunk as well as the interior. Lastly, we hope to have this vehicle re-painted and tint applied to the windows.


Plan to check out the new improved version of this vehicle at Team DMTCs second annual "Rock the School House!" MECA competition this spring.