I've got a few small updates. I pulled all of my door panels off to:
-Prevent vibrations by adding sound deadening & non-hardening modeling clay
-Install the new rear Morel Maximo 6 component speakers
I didn't get many pictures since a lot of this work was done outside as it was getting dark. Here's the front door & front speaker with deadening & clay added. I ended up adding 6lbs of clay between the four doors! Not the prettiest but the effects were fantastic. Adding 2 layers of deadening to the interior of the thin plastic on the door pocket was also critical. All four doors got this treatment and the new speakers sound absolutely fantastic. Vibrations are almost completely quelled. No pictures of the rear speakers but they went in easily with some modification to my previously fabricated speaker rings.
I also cleaned and oiled the air filter for the first time since I installed it at 68k miles. So it's been on the car for 20k. It was horrendously dirty and I definitely noticed a performance increase when I put the clean filter back on. Oops, now I know better
. Clean filter:
An oil change and new ECS magnetic drain plug. I've seen some complaints about this plug but it seems solid to me.
Lastly, I picked up an RAI catted downpipe from local forum member GoodTimesIndeed. Thanks again man, it was nice to meet you! I've got a downpipe install kit, new exhaust clamp, Vibrant J spacer, and a few other install accessories coming in the mail. I'm planning on putting the downpipe on but waiting to go stage 2 until I upgrade my clutch.