Semtex

After a few weeks of trying to decide, I have started to receive all of my equipment. I'm still waiting on my sub & deadening. The system will consist of: Battery: Optima Yellow Top (installed, not pictured) Headunit: Kenwood DNX6140 (installed) iPod Touch 8GB Front Stage: Alpine SPX-17REF 6.5" Components Front Stage Amp: Alpine PDX-2.150 Sub: DC Audio 12” Level 3 Sub Amp: Alpine PDX-1.600 Wiring: Knu Konceptz Deadening: Second Skin Damplifier Cant wait for everything else to come in and install everything. Should be fun. Now some pictures:

Thanks. Its not the router. Its my stupid ass. I cant seem to get a nice straight rounded over edge. I was told any imperfections in my cut would be magnified when rounded over. But I seem to be having the same issue even with straight cuts. Practice makes perfect I guess. Continue to be patient until I get it right. I am extremely happy with the way things are coming along considering I can only work on the car for an hour or two here and there.

Layout A Layout B Layout C (which I’m leaning towards) Anyway the one thing I have left to do is router the edges. Seeing as the last time I tried I destroyed the wood, I’m a little hesitant. I’ll practice some more before I put the router to these pieces. Opinions, advice, etc:blush:. Next item on the list is to tackle the doors.

So a bit of an update. I received my sub, sound deadener, carbon fiber vinyl, and jasper jig. My sub showed up without the tinsel leads soldered to the terminal. So…. No problem. After a little digging around and asking dumb questions, I whipped out the soldering iron and did it myself. I also finished up all the panels, threw them in the trunk to figure out how to lay out the amps. Keep in mind the sub enclosure will be sitting on a piece of ¾” MDF which will center it perfectly behind the front baffle.

I received my 12” Level 3 and was super excited when I opened it up. It is an amazing looking sub. However, once I pulled it out of the box, I saw that the braided wires (tinsel leads??) that connect to the terminals were disconnected on both sides (both terminals). Is this normal? And if so, is it something I can fix.

I dont mind soldering them if thats all it is. My dumb questions is though, do I need to strip them like a regular wire, or solder them as is. I've never dealt with this type of wire (braided), so I want to make sure I dont screw anyting up...Thanks.

Thanks for all the comments. Im getting impatient waiting for the rest of my equipment (sub,sound deadening, cf vinyl) to show up. Im redoing the amprack slightly and practicing with my router. At this rate I'll have 15 different iterations of the amp rack by the time everything else shows up.

Amp rack: HDPE cutting boards Interesting thing here. You will see two front baffles. I was only planning on one with a smaller hole. However it broke, so just to see how it would look like in the end, I placed both. Either way. It’s a work in progress. Now if someone could help me with my router. Im a complete noob with it and seem to be destroying the wood while using the roundover bit. Is the one im using too big or do I just need practice. Headunit installed. Still need a trim ring

I just ordered my 12" Level3 sub. Im anxious to start building the enclosure and wanted to know if anyone knew the outer diameter of the sub. I want the sub recessed against the enclosure. Thanks!!!

Look here .... DC Audio - Specifications Search is not that hard! I see mounting depth and cutout diameter. No where do I see what the outer diameter of the entire sub. Could you show me where exactly you saw it