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I wasn't done wrapping the top panel and painting everything. Now the amps are installed and the battery is wired up. I hate working with vinyl, I hate wrapping. I don't need lots of room and even with an 18" I'll still have plenty of room and maintain some excessive output when it is desired. I am going sealed after all. Wrapping the flat top panel is simple, until you get to the edges and curves then shit gets bad.

Then check sonicelectronix and your local craigslist for deals on alpine, kicker, polk, infinity, jbl, jl, hertz, eclipse, and I'm sure you'll be happy. There are plenty of brand name amps that are great.

You can always remove MLV and CCF relatively easily, I would cover up the large openings. CLDs are great for controlling sheet metal resonance, but may be hard to remove when the time comes. Check out Don's products at http://www.sounddeadenershowdown.com/ He has everything you need, how to apply it, and will help with how much product you need.

No problem, I get like that all the time, then I'm like duh.

It's going to be around ~0.27cuft Being off by 0.05cuft isn't going to make any detrimental effect.

Well now I have lots of space for an enclosure. I was thinking of an 18" icon, hmm.

i see.. thanks man. yeah, the coaxials are temporary, like, another week temporary. just bought a kicker component set a second ago. as far as sq, lol i never heard decent sq in my life. SQ is relative, but I really ment I don't know what signal they are receiving and actually playing/ ohhhh i thought you were making fun of putting coaxials there.. lol. erm, doesn't sound too bad although i'm sure if the coaxials were to stay they'd eventually become blown. They would break from over excursion or too much power. Unless you push them past their limits, they should be fine. If anything they may not receive the higher frequencies as much and the tweeter on the coaxial will be quiet, but that won't cause any damage.

Fuckers, making me wrap shit. I hope you have a seizure: Just gotta wrap the sides and cut excess vinyl. It's not perfect, but I'm content with the outcome.

i see.. thanks man. yeah, the coaxials are temporary, like, another week temporary. just bought a kicker component set a second ago. as far as sq, lol i never heard decent sq in my life. SQ is relative, but I really ment I don't know what signal they are receiving and actually playing/

Is it just me or do you find it funny that their advertised as a SQL driver, yet aren't recommended for a sealed enclosure. No T/S specs so you couldn't model them either. Sounds like you should just use one ported, A dilemma, oh fun.

The tweeters probably have a capacitor inline for attenuating lower frequencies, and the mids might just be ran full range or possibly have some sort of inline filtering as well. I wouldn't use the stock crossover network for any other speakers then the ones it was designed for (aka the oem speakers). The coaxials won't be "hurt" but as far as sq,

I don't think heat will be an issue, that's why I left parts of the sides open and top cutouts. No leds, makes it a Bitch backing up at night, can't see shit.

I do as much as I can then get burnt out and take a break. :thanx: X1,000,000,000,000,000I say to carpet the false floor the same color as the factory carpet. I would also do some kind of plexi inlay to product the amps/processor. I think carpeting would blend in better then the piano finish, but man do I hate wrapping stuff. How much easier is it to wrap a panel a in carpet then vinyl? At least this panel is large so there isn't too many sharp curves.

So I'm redoing the rear cargo area where the amps, processor, and battery are. Plus a false floor gives me more room for an enclosure to sit on top. Mockup, 11/3 11/4 Still need to do some sanding around the edges where the heatsinks protrude. I'm thinking about doing a piano black finish on the false floor and battery spot. Any thoughts, tips, etc?

X2, can't go wrong.

Updated: http://cargocollective.com/ssh#2251349/2011-Stereo-Rebuild

Eating Ramen and watching TV?

Enclosure should be fine, the recommendations are: 2.0-3.0ft^3 min 3.25-4.0ft^3 optimal. That amp is perfect for a dcon. Should be a sweet setup, I may end up doing something similar myself.

Sweet. I'd be stoked to have the previous icon, and now a new one, super cool stuff. Just started laying everything out for the rear cargo area: http://cargocollecti...-Stereo-Rebuild The progress is looking good. More updates tonight. Waiting on glue to dry then I'm back outside for the day.

15" or 18" sealed. So that idea is out. I'm probably going to have the enclosure behind the rear seats, then the amps on the floor closest to the hatch. Just have to see how high the amps will sit and if I want to upfire and fire back. Oh and Alerion enclosures is local, so I'm having them build it, hehe. If I needed lots of room I would definitely go that route, and would be fun.

Sweet. I'd be stoked to have the previous icon, and now a new one, super cool stuff. Just started laying everything out for the rear cargo area: http://cargocollective.com/ssh#2251349/2011-Stereo-Rebuild

I was just wondering when the new icon was going to be released, then later yesterday the announcement was made. What's this "Spiral Cooling", sounds fancy. Is the pole vent "rifled"?

hmm... 18" sealed??? I wonder... I have to lay everything out and see how much space I have to work with, 15", 18" box depth, 18", 21" depth. hmm

Are you using bondo kitty hair on the mat? I would suggest using regular resin for that, along with multiple layers of mat. Then if you have small gaps to fill or dimples, use the kitty hair. Otherwise I don't think the bondo kitty hair will really soak into the mat, and the mat is what gives it the strength. Towards the end when you need to smooth everything out: Grab a cheese grater and you can use that grate/sand down the kitty hair / body filler before it fully hardens (makes overall sanding easier). Tuned in!