These are the hood covers.  The bottom one covers everything from the amp forward.  You can see a raised area in the center.  The equalizer is just below this and an opening will be cut out so the face of the equalizer is showing.  The other cover goes from the edge of the amp to the rest of the opening.  Openings will be cut on either side to show the Quart crossovers.  The difference in color is the bondo on the lower and none on the upper.  Too much bondo.  Anyhow, this summer these should be done.  Look for the final product later.

These are the pods before the dynamat and cloth.  The blue color is fleece that was stretched over the speaker mounting ring made out of MDF.  These were extremely hard to make and I would suggest getting alot of advice before undertaking the project.  They didn't turn out exactly as I wanted but they were good enough to keep.  You'll notice the footwell heater vents are covered by these pods. I feel the windshield vents need all the air they can for rainy days and my feet get warm from the rear heater ducted under the seats.  (No rear passengers to keep warm!)

A top shot of the trunk mounted part of the sub box.  To explain more, the majority of the enclosure air volume resides in the trunk.  Just below the cd deck (in the upper left part of the picture) there is a hole cut through in to the passenger compartment.  It is sealed against the box with a foam seal and screws.  On the inside of the passenger footwell there is a small volume box connected to this one.  In it is the JL Audio 12W6.  The power wire seen here is 4 guage running back to the battery.  Over all of the wires sits the Soundstream 805.

This is the sub box and speaker pod combo in the right hand footwell.  The sub box is connected to the box in the above picture.  The speaker pod is not connected to the sub box at all.  This set up really sounds good, although if you are a base head, all the base is out the door if it is open.  With the doors closed, the bass is awesome with or without the windows open.  I like deep, exact bass that sounds good and is well balanced.  That is exactly what my system produces.  Everyone who listens is quite amazed at the sound quality being produced inside of a bug.  For some serious thumping, I am mulling over the idea of a single Eclipse aluminum cone 15' in the back.

This is the custom shift lever I am building with the help of Micheal Humphreys.  He's a mold builder for injection molding and his abilities in the machining area are really impressive.  This is not complete yet, it is in the try-in stage.  As you can see, it uses a stock shift lever bottom, while the rest is 6061 Aluminum.  The actual knob is something I bought awhile back and is from a German company I can't remember the name of.  The two things I wanted to achieve with it was a better position for shifting, not having to lean forward to shift,  and also look beefy and modern.  I think I have succeeded, but we will see once it is in.