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Pretending. If I only thought of that before. I'd be a rich man and have the loudest, best sound vehicle on the planet. Is it ok if I sue you Sir-Lancelot? Do you know how much money you'd have saved me if you'd have told me this a long time ago!!!!!!! :roflmao: :roflmao: FI AUDIO baby > If you don't understand the answers/links that cheese20323 gave you, you shouldn't be strapping amps. You've got allot more "figuring" to do!! P.S. Is your "Flux Capacitor" wired strait polarity or reverse polarity. You might want to check it with a "Scatefroopinipulator", just make sure it's fully charged when you do.

Anytime bro. I am just down the road from you in Florence. Thanks man!! I appreciate that. Pro audio drivers are different from car components for sure. The benefit is they are so damn sensitive and get stupid loud. The vocals are very clear and the B&C have some nice midbass too. I think the B&C mids could be an excellent SQ driver if mated up with a nice set of horns. Honestly I just wanted something that would get loud and still sound good at low volume too. So far so good. Really just buy a set and try them. You don't have to spend a whole bunch just to see if you like the sound. I bought some Selenium to test and decided it was something that would work for my goals and then went with the B&C. I will probably put the Selenium up for sale on the low here one day. It was not flannel backed I don't believe tho it did have a backing. It was kinda stretchy but almost too think to pull hard on or it would deform and have pull marks. I would guess it is marine vinyl or it at least looks like boat seats would. I did find some that was very stretchy but could not find a color I liked. Guess like everything else trial and error until you find something that works best. My front stage is still in the air, I'm working on the subs/amp rack at the moment. I'll have to do some reading about pro audio drivers. If the vinyl is marine vinyl it will have a thick white grid/mesh on the back, it only "likes" to stretch in one direction. Flanel backed has batting on the back and will stretch in any direction easier, but it stretches so well it gets pretty thin when conforming to a panel like yours. Your panels turned out great! Keep it up!

Awesome build. I've been watching for a while now. That Yokon looks like it's got an attitude, nice ride. I've always wondered what proaudio drivers sound like compared to components. I may have to try some out and see for myself. Keep up the great work. Is the vinyl you're using flanel backed or marine vinyl? I ask because the flanel backed is much easier to stretch.

How bad did you go off your line? You really need to post a pic so we can understand what you did and loose the attitude. Your question could not be more vague if you tried, wait don't try. I'll take as tab in the dark and tell you to cut another strip of MDF 1" wide and glue it into place on the inside of the box after the box is built to seal it up. Do not just fill it with silicone and call it a day.

Very nice so far! I envy your woodworking skills.

Well, I'm a steel fabricator not a carpenter. I wish I was both. Steel is easy, If you screw up you can weld it back together.

I now understand why he has his own thread. I will sticky this so when I need a good laugh I'll know where to go. :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn:

Yesterday I got the alternator installed and the rest of the wiring under the hood done. It was getting cold, 45-50 degrees, to make matters worse after 12:00 it would sprinkle for 15 minutes then stop, then start, then stop. I kept putting things back in the garage, then taking them out again. I'd had enough around 4:30. The alternator installed, I know , big whoop. It's a massive 200 amp DB Electrical on a 4 cylinder. GOT CORROSION???????? These are the stock 100,000 plus miles battery terminals. These are the new terminals with all the connections made. It's getting crowded in here. The monster of a battery will be upgraded soon. The 2 fuse blocks mounted and wires run. The voltage at idle. The stock was at 14.45 idle and dropped to 12.89 volts at idle with a 50 hertz tone and 1 jl 500/1 at full tilt. Today was warmer and no rain. I got started on the frame to secure the enclosure and will add angle iron to secure some amps under the enclosure. Time to get the welder out. It does quite well for a 110 volt welder. When trying to remove the rear seats I snapped the heads of 2 bolts. 100,000 plus miles of rust and crap on the threads. I got the metabo with wire wheel and some penetrating oil out to remove the rest of the bolts. Then I got the drill and tap set out to repair the snapped bolts because I'm using the existing holes to mount the frame to the floor. The frame in the truck. The existing amps will have to be relocated (or flipped upside down) so I can adjust the crossovers and gains. The amps are mounted on an aluminum frame behind the plastic panel. I need more angle iron to finish the frame. I make it tomorrow at work. I hope to have the box done and installed by this weekend, we'll see.