06.05.2006 Garage The car is moved to the garage. The work has begun!		06.05.2006 Seats removed Front seats removed. The convertible interior is unbelievably convenient to work on compared to the regular cars with a roof. Everything is so easy to access.
	06.05.2006 No console The dashboard, centre console, glovebox, stereo, and switches. Gone. This will give the access to the pedals, speaker wiring and the ECU.		06.05.2006 Rear seat In the rear, the seat and side panels. First, lift the botton cushion. Then unscrew the rear panels and lift them up. After that you can unbolt the seat back.
	06.05.2006 Carpets and trim Removed the carpet and door trim. The carpet is just one big piece that covers the entire floor. And the door trim is held by three screws in the door handles and three on the lower side of the door.		06.05.2006 Rear speakers The rear speakers in the convertible are 5¼". I stocked up on 6"x9" thinking they would be the same as in the hatch. Now I don't want to trade them to the 5¼ as I'd like to have bigger speakers in the rear. Just need to find a way to mount them.
	23.07.2006 Door stripped The door is completely stripped of upholstery and covers. You don't have to remove the locks or window motor -- just raise the glass to gain a better access to the inside of the door.		23.07.2006 B-Quiet A layer of sound deadening material is applied on the inside of the door and the outer surface. I went with B-Quiet Ultimate - the product that gained its popularity as "Brown Bread".
	02.08.2006 Driver footwell Driver side footwell is being prepared for soundproofing. There was an inch-thick layer or foam on the floor, as well as some wires and air ducts.		02.08.2006 Driver footwell The floor, fender well and firewall are covered with a layer of B-Quiet as far as the arm could reach.
	02.08.2006 Passenger footwell More soundproofing in the passenger footwell. The factory foam will go on top of this since it hides the wires and air ducts.		02.08.2006 Side panel Rear side panels. The amount of wiring in the area makes the access to body panels a bit difficult.
	15.07.2006 New speakers A set of Infinity Reference component speakers to handle the front channels.		06.08.2006 Door speaker A new door speaker installed in factory location.
	08.08.2006 Rear speaker The big rear speakers were purchased to hatchback specifications, and it took some extra work to fit them in place of the smaller factory rear speakers.		08.08.2006 Amplifier The amplifier mounted on the back of the rear seat. It seems to have a perfect size to fit into the ski pass-through. More on audio upgrade on this page.
	09.08.2006 Floor Sound deadening on the floor to filter more road noise and isolate the exhaust tunnel.		10.08.2006 Rear seat The final piece of interior surface is covered. Time to install the carpet, side panels and seats.
	24.09.2006 Line input The stereo is modified to add a line input for MP3 player connectivity. [more...]		24.09.2006 Completed interior A view of the dashboard with all components installed. The iPod is connected to the head unit.

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