2012 Range Rover Passport 9500ci install

Working with dealers is a great source of work. Land Rover got in contact with me for a Escort Passport 9500ci for one of their clients that recently purchased a 2012 Range Rover. The install was is a simple one without any custom mounting for the display and control modules but that doesn't mean it didn't get the Octave treatment.





Starting at the front with the front shifters and radar head. This is the first time I got the chance to use the clamp style mounts that come with the shifters. I must say I'm impressed with how well they work. This is looks like it's going to be a simple install after all.







After everything was mounted and aligned I went about running the wires. Flex loom was used to cover the wires to give an OEM appearance.


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Next came the back side shifter and wire routing.














After that I moved on to ignition power source. With an empty spot in the fuse box that has switched 12v and one of my favorie fuse taps and we're done.

 

The client specified that the display be mounted at the upper corner of the windshield like their Panamera. Not my choice but hey it's out of the way and within eye view.






I mounted the control module just under the A/C controls. I shaved a bit of the back of the module so that the wire would run down instead of to the left which allowed me to hide the wire.





With everything mounted and wired I set about finding a place for the control box. There was a spot under the dead pedal area that fit the box perfectly.





All wire was tied up and and hid along factory wiring.





The speaker and USB dock was mounted to the under dash panel. The speaker plays through an opening in the under dash and is kept out of sight.







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BMW 750iL Focal and Mosconi

On the heals of finishing his brother's s550 (http://www.diymobileaudio.com/forum/build-logs-project-install-gallery/119771-mercedes-benz-s550-rainbow-audio-german-excellence.html) Rajah brought in his newly purchased BMW 750iL. He wanted the same system as the s550 but
I said let's do something different. The equipment of choice was Focal and Mosconi.

First thing up was to get a switched 12v. Of all the cars I could not find
a switched 12v supply anywhere so I used a switched 12v generator. Give it
constant and ground and you have switched 12v.

Enclosure wiring. I like to do as much wiring outside of the car as possible
and make things modular in case something needs to be removed. This also
gives you a good look at the Mosconi Gladen One 240.2 and Focal Performance
SUB P30 DB.







Power taped for the LED lighting inside the enclosure.



Since the Mosconi Gladen One line excepts high level in through the RCAs
the OEM amplifier was taped and the wire were terminated with RCA ends.





Main power and relay (arrow) that had to be wiried up because the trunk
light switches ground and not 12v.



While the trunk was apart I removed the ski pass through and added some
grille cloth to allow the subwoofers to fire into the cabin.



With everything wired up the enclosure could be installed. It was designed
to be a tight fit between the 2 raised sections in the trunk and it was
mounted with aluminum "L" brackets.



An Alcantara trim panel was made to trim out the amplifier and subwoofers.
Rings were made and painted silver to give more contrast to the panel as
well as tie in the silver accents from the Mosconi logo.






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Nish brought in his s550 to Octave looking to do a sheik package. The package starts with a subwoofer upgrade provided by Rainbow Audio. Rainbow Audio known for it's fine German engineering was the logical choice to compliment s550.

  The audio source starts at the OEM subwoofer. Connections were soldered and heat shrunk.

 

Signal wire ran to where an Audio Control LC6i will convert the high level signal to RCA.

 

Rainbow Audio iPaul DM2000 and enclosure wiring.

 

Audio Control LC6i leftover from one of his previous install was utilized.

The subwoofer enclosure was designed to direct the force of the Rainbow Audio Hammer 12" subwoofers through the arm rest area in the rear seats.

Black grille cloth covers the hole and gives an OEM while allowing the subwoofers to vent into the cabin.

Amplifier rack was designed to bring some of the interior designs to the trunk to tie in the amplifier to overall design of the car. Texture and color matched vinyl was used along with wood grain trim and polished aluminum.

To cover things up and give a stealth appearance a removable panel covers the amplifier. A Mercedes Benz emblem was embossed into the panel to give an OEM feel.

The bass knob was located inside the center console.

German engineering and Octave. Two great tastes that go well together. Stay tuned as this Mumbai cruiser gets the sheik package.

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