dang Nat, thats amazing. Hope I can come see this car when i visit the Bay in a few weeks!

 

Hey Joe...bring your car, we can do a photo shoot. lol Hit me up...maybe we can meet up.

 

After test fitting the monitor, we resin the fleece.



Now comes the part that I hate the most...sanding. I still hate it till this day.



And more sanding after numerous layer of bondo.



While the sanding was going on, I took the time to add Focal sound deadening on the trunk lid area.



More Focal sound deadening in the trunk floor as well.



Trying to look for a good place to set the amps. I decided to go with 2 Arc Audio amps.

 

Once the sanding was smooth, the trunk lid was wrapped with matching leather like the subwoofer.



Testing the completed trunk lid and running all the wires.



Test fitting the Focal mid/tweets before the final secure.

 

And here is the completed project. Hope you all like it.....



Close up shot of the hardwoord floor and Arc Audio amps.

 

very well executed, actually still have pics of your car in my phone i took at sema last year....

 

Looks great.... now heres the million dollar question.. does the power trunk still function like normal??

 

haha i wish! yeah i'll def shoot you a message when i get there man.

glad im not on the west coast tho, LS owners got some tough competition out there.

 

Yes and no. I had to move the tension rod up a notch. The motor still function but with the additional weight, once it reaches the top, it want to go down by itself again...so you have to stop it from coming down.

 

Remember we also made another notch up higher for more tension. I still think trying to add another pair of tension rods may totally solve it.

 

It's been a while since I posted anything here...8 months to be exact. Adding some pic that was taken a few months back.

 

Been gathering parts to go another path on this project. As some of you already know, There are a few guys on CL that did a 2013+ conversion. (MrExecutive and Mex Lex), I will give that as shot as well. I always liked the spindle grille when it was first introduce, the way the 2013 FSport looks is amazing.

2013+ FSport Heaadlights


OEM bumper, spindle grille, and upper/lower grille.

 

This is how the car sit now. I ended up selling the front Black Pearl kit, Wald fenders and custom hood to a buddy in SoCal.

Removing the front bumper to send out.


Car been siting like this for the last 5 months waiting on parts to come in.

 

Great direction on the 13+ conversion. It was already awesome how you had it but I'm sure now opens doors to new possibilities. 5 months of downtime and counting... 1 week already gives me anxiety so I applaud your level of patience.

 

Love your build thread. A REAL Fsport!!!