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Thanks! It's not quite EPIC MIDBASS!! lol, but I think they will sound pretty nice. I'm hoping to start glassing tomorrow I'll make sure to pick up some gloves. I can't wait to see how it turns out. Thanks! I really appreciate it. I researched quite a bit before I chose my drivers, and I liked just about everything about these. I'll post some more pics as I make progress with the pods.

What are you running on the amp? I'm pretty sure I'm going to go with two SSA Xcon 15's.

Ok, it looks like I'll be getting the amp for sure now. I'm getting an Incriminator Audio 40.1! I'm really excited. I was kind of hoping to own an Incriminator amp some day.

I'll be sure to include a review of some sort when I can get them in. I am hoping to start making the speaker pods this weekend.

I had decided to wait to make mdf rings until my speakers came in. A mysterious box appeared on my doorstep today while I was at work. Hmmm... What could be in there. Ascendant Audio stickers? Wow whatever is in those boxes must kick ass. These are the Havoc tweeters. They look awesome! These are going to sound just a tad better than the tweeters on my rockford coaxials. This is a close up of the tweeter at a different angle. Looking good. And here are the carbon fiber mids, in all of their sexy midbassyness. I am VERY excited to put these in. I hope my first fiberglassing experience goes well. These speakers are beastly, I love them already. I might be getting an amp on Tuesday, but I can't reveal it yet in case the deal falls through, but it is going to be awesome! Hope you enjoyed the pics

He's the man. He really helped me out when it came to picking my mids and tweeters and answered every question I had. He also had my package out as soon as he could. A++++ I hope to deal with him again.

They are only available from an authorized dealer.

I just ordered a pair last week. They are going to be at my house Thursday and I'll have something about them in my build log soon after that.

Just like everyone else has been saying, read and ask questions. There is no reason to shell out the cash for a book or movie, hands on experience is the best way. Just be careful if you don't fully understand what you are doing, ask questions if you are really confused, and everything should be fine.

Happy Birthday!!

The zune is hooked up through the AUX port in the back of the radio using a male to male 3.5 mm cable. I wish head units had zune integration, but it's still all ipod. It works pretty well though, sound quality is great it's just not having the control on the head unit sucks. If you have a dash mount it's pretty good though. Thanks! Cranberryyumyum was right, I used a bit more because of all the flex. Didn't seem to help as much as I would have liked (damn sunroof) so I'm probably going to have to do some more when I get the new subs in . I actually already did some deadening with CLD tiles in the trunk and on the rear deck, I just did it before the build log. Maybe I'll try to get a pic or two up of that as well. Going to buy some mdf tonight to make mdf rings for the door pods!

I just posted a video in my build log with my lethal injection 12". I'll embed it here too.

I made a video today of my current system. I thought I'd throw it in here, it gives kind of an idea of where I am now and I'll have another one posted after I am finished (hopefully with a better camera). This camera really sucks, it seems to destroy most of the flex I am witnessing lol, but it's still interesting I think.

So I realized that I hadn't really gone into detail with my plans for the front stage. Right now I have these crappy Rockford Fosgate Power 5.25 coaxials. Not bad for $20, but I need more! My doors only fit 5.25's, so I am going to be doing my first fiberglassing project, and I am kind of modeling them after j-roadtatts' Alpine type R door pods. Thanks for the idea! I am going to have the mid angled toward the driver/passenger. They are going to mount to the door's current screw holes, and be sealed with SDS extruded butyl rope. I am also going to make tweeter pods to go on the A-pillars.

Ok, sorry for the wait, but here are the pictures of the deadening of the roof. With this car, it is pretty much impossible to take the headliner out of the car without damaging it unless you take out the back window. Volvo's FTW! lol j/k. I think part of this build log is to demonstrate that you do not want to do car audio with a volvo unless you are up to a challenge (and I mean, EVERYTHING is a challenge.) So what I ended up doing is just letting it hang while I applied some more CLD tiles. The problem I ran into was that the sunroof tray took up most of the work area, something I entirely forgot about. To truely deaden the roof I would have to take the tray out, so I wasn't up to that yet. This is the car with everything just hanging down. Looks kind of sad. This is the bare sunroof tray. This is the tray with 5 CLD tiles on it, kind of looks like the Purina logo. This is at a different angle, capturing the tiles that I put behind the sunroof tray, near the back of the roof. And finally, this is a little deadening I did in the front. Overall, was it worth the effort? I guess so, it got rid of some annoying rattles that I've had even without the bass. I really wish that it wouldn't be a big deal to take out the sunroof, but it is. In other news, I ordered my AA carbon fiber mids and AA Havoc tweeters today!! I didn't get paid as much as I thought I would so the sundown will have to wait