2004 MINI Project Vehicle

MINI Gets a Maximum Stealth Installation

The students of the Ritop School with help from key mobile electronics manufacturers have installed a truly stealth high-end system in a new MINI Cooper. Many show vehicles over the past few years have very visible equipment that has been installed. Wondering if owners of these cars have places to park securely where nothing will be stolen, the students, in cooperation with shop instructor Malcolm Austin, designed an installation that sounds awesome and yet is invisible to a casual observer of the vehicle.

A 2003 MINI Cooper, owned by a graduate of the school, was used for the school’s latest project vehicle. Installed were Morel Acoustics, USA Inc. SR-6.2 components in the front doors, Renaissance R-6 coaxial speakers in the rear compartment, and two WR-8” sub woofers in the back end of the car. All of the drivers are powered by a massive 1600 watt, 5-channel amplifier the “Memphis Belle” from Memphis Car Audio.

The class took their time to remove most of the vehicle’s interior to lay down a complete layer of Extreme Dynamat on all the MINI’s interior surfaces ran cables for the audio system. While carefully putting the car back together, the students got a chance to brainstorm and plan the installation of the rest of the system. A great deal of teamwork went into the MINI Copper and everyone at the Ritop School is proud of our students and their creativity and craftsmanship.

The Ritop School would like to thank Paul Sodona, Vice President of Marketing, Dynamic Control of North America, Mikhael Shabani, President, Morel Acoustics, USA Inc and Jeff Triplet, Mobile Audio Product Manger, Memphis Car Audio for their generous contributions and support toward the incredible hands-on installation that our students recently completed in our latest project vehicle.