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Vehicle Owner

Member ID: Daniele

Location: Madrid, Unknown

Vehicle Info

2000 Volkswagen Golf

Bragging Rights

  • Top Speed230 mph
  • HP196
  • Weight1400 lbs

Major Upgrades

  • engine swap

Modifications

Performance Parts

Car Audio & Video

Interior

Exterior Styling

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Last updated: Aug 04, 2006

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Daniele Ruiz’s Volkswagen Golf:
“Smurf Blue GTI”

  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
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System Design

I want to start this section, with some pictures I took from the boxes containing the amplifiers and sub as well as the first of the two Optima Yellow Batteries, I recieved on august the 15th:
Daniele's 2000 Volkswagen Golf Madrid, UN Customized with Pioneer Sound Processor, BBS Wheels, Recaro Seats, Falken Tires, Pioneer Head Unit, DLS Tweeters, DLS Subwoofers, DLS Speakers, KONI Shocks - 128
Daniele's 2000 Volkswagen Golf Madrid, UN Customized with Pioneer Sound Processor, BBS Wheels, Recaro Seats, Falken Tires, Pioneer Head Unit, DLS Tweeters, DLS Subwoofers, DLS Speakers, KONI Shocks - 129

-Some details of the Amps, they look great, wonderful finishing, perfect connections and almost 7Kg of astonishing Swedish electronic design...
Daniele's 2000 Volkswagen Golf Madrid, UN Customized with Pioneer Sound Processor, BBS Wheels, Recaro Seats, Falken Tires, Pioneer Head Unit, DLS Tweeters, DLS Subwoofers, DLS Speakers, KONI Shocks - 130
Daniele's 2000 Volkswagen Golf Madrid, UN Customized with Pioneer Sound Processor, BBS Wheels, Recaro Seats, Falken Tires, Pioneer Head Unit, DLS Tweeters, DLS Subwoofers, DLS Speakers, KONI Shocks - 131
Daniele's 2000 Volkswagen Golf Madrid, UN Customized with Pioneer Sound Processor, BBS Wheels, Recaro Seats, Falken Tires, Pioneer Head Unit, DLS Tweeters, DLS Subwoofers, DLS Speakers, KONI Shocks - 132
Daniele's 2000 Volkswagen Golf Madrid, UN Customized with Pioneer Sound Processor, BBS Wheels, Recaro Seats, Falken Tires, Pioneer Head Unit, DLS Tweeters, DLS Subwoofers, DLS Speakers, KONI Shocks - 136

Interesting info included, about electronic components of the amps:
Daniele's 2000 Volkswagen Golf Madrid, UN Customized with Pioneer Sound Processor, BBS Wheels, Recaro Seats, Falken Tires, Pioneer Head Unit, DLS Tweeters, DLS Subwoofers, DLS Speakers, KONI Shocks - 183
Daniele's 2000 Volkswagen Golf Madrid, UN Customized with Pioneer Sound Processor, BBS Wheels, Recaro Seats, Falken Tires, Pioneer Head Unit, DLS Tweeters, DLS Subwoofers, DLS Speakers, KONI Shocks - 182

As soon as they came to me I opened them and took some pics of their interior:
Daniele's 2000 Volkswagen Golf Madrid, UN Customized with Pioneer Sound Processor, BBS Wheels, Recaro Seats, Falken Tires, Pioneer Head Unit, DLS Tweeters, DLS Subwoofers, DLS Speakers, KONI Shocks - 188
Daniele's 2000 Volkswagen Golf Madrid, UN Customized with Pioneer Sound Processor, BBS Wheels, Recaro Seats, Falken Tires, Pioneer Head Unit, DLS Tweeters, DLS Subwoofers, DLS Speakers, KONI Shocks - 185
Daniele's 2000 Volkswagen Golf Madrid, UN Customized with Pioneer Sound Processor, BBS Wheels, Recaro Seats, Falken Tires, Pioneer Head Unit, DLS Tweeters, DLS Subwoofers, DLS Speakers, KONI Shocks - 186

-Some pics of the sub, totally overdimensioned, heavy weight magnet, huge suspension and safe gold plated connectors...
Daniele's 2000 Volkswagen Golf Madrid, UN Customized with Pioneer Sound Processor, BBS Wheels, Recaro Seats, Falken Tires, Pioneer Head Unit, DLS Tweeters, DLS Subwoofers, DLS Speakers, KONI Shocks - 133
Daniele's 2000 Volkswagen Golf Madrid, UN Customized with Pioneer Sound Processor, BBS Wheels, Recaro Seats, Falken Tires, Pioneer Head Unit, DLS Tweeters, DLS Subwoofers, DLS Speakers, KONI Shocks - 134
Daniele's 2000 Volkswagen Golf Madrid, UN Customized with Pioneer Sound Processor, BBS Wheels, Recaro Seats, Falken Tires, Pioneer Head Unit, DLS Tweeters, DLS Subwoofers, DLS Speakers, KONI Shocks - 135

-This is the box of the front three way system...
Daniele's 2000 Volkswagen Golf Madrid, UN Customized with Pioneer Sound Processor, BBS Wheels, Recaro Seats, Falken Tires, Pioneer Head Unit, DLS Tweeters, DLS Subwoofers, DLS Speakers, KONI Shocks - 450

As I work as an Industrial Designer I took profit of the Design Programs I use daily, to give shape to my ultimate project. It took something like 6 months of investigation, technical drawing, 3D Design and... money saving ;) You know, it is not easy to put inside a VW Golf's trunk all those components... this is, step by step, the result we will achieve hopefully before the end of the year 2003:

Some views of the components supports, made of Laquered MDF, with aluminium-like finishing...
Daniele's 2000 Volkswagen Golf Madrid, UN Customized with Pioneer Sound Processor, BBS Wheels, Recaro Seats, Falken Tires, Pioneer Head Unit, DLS Tweeters, DLS Subwoofers, DLS Speakers, KONI Shocks - 323
Daniele's 2000 Volkswagen Golf Madrid, UN Customized with Pioneer Sound Processor, BBS Wheels, Recaro Seats, Falken Tires, Pioneer Head Unit, DLS Tweeters, DLS Subwoofers, DLS Speakers, KONI Shocks - 329

How the amps, the sub, capacitor and power distribution will be placed, screwed to the supports and wired from the bottom of the trunk cover...
Daniele's 2000 Volkswagen Golf Madrid, UN Customized with Pioneer Sound Processor, BBS Wheels, Recaro Seats, Falken Tires, Pioneer Head Unit, DLS Tweeters, DLS Subwoofers, DLS Speakers, KONI Shocks - 322
Daniele's 2000 Volkswagen Golf Madrid, UN Customized with Pioneer Sound Processor, BBS Wheels, Recaro Seats, Falken Tires, Pioneer Head Unit, DLS Tweeters, DLS Subwoofers, DLS Speakers, KONI Shocks - 328

The whole system is going to be integrated, with beige leather finished covers. Everything should be visible and accessible through laminated glass windows on laser cutted polished steel frames...
Daniele's 2000 Volkswagen Golf Madrid, UN Customized with Pioneer Sound Processor, BBS Wheels, Recaro Seats, Falken Tires, Pioneer Head Unit, DLS Tweeters, DLS Subwoofers, DLS Speakers, KONI Shocks - 321
Daniele's 2000 Volkswagen Golf Madrid, UN Customized with Pioneer Sound Processor, BBS Wheels, Recaro Seats, Falken Tires, Pioneer Head Unit, DLS Tweeters, DLS Subwoofers, DLS Speakers, KONI Shocks - 325
Daniele's 2000 Volkswagen Golf Madrid, UN Customized with Pioneer Sound Processor, BBS Wheels, Recaro Seats, Falken Tires, Pioneer Head Unit, DLS Tweeters, DLS Subwoofers, DLS Speakers, KONI Shocks - 327

And finally the final result, as it should look in a three or four months of hard work...
Daniele's 2000 Volkswagen Golf Madrid, UN Customized with Pioneer Sound Processor, BBS Wheels, Recaro Seats, Falken Tires, Pioneer Head Unit, DLS Tweeters, DLS Subwoofers, DLS Speakers, KONI Shocks - 324
Daniele's 2000 Volkswagen Golf Madrid, UN Customized with Pioneer Sound Processor, BBS Wheels, Recaro Seats, Falken Tires, Pioneer Head Unit, DLS Tweeters, DLS Subwoofers, DLS Speakers, KONI Shocks - 326

...don't forget I work on it only in my free time, and I have not too much in this days...

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Vehicle Owner

Member ID: Daniele

Location: Madrid, Unknown