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Okay, here's a little bit of the work I've gotten done on it so far. The brackets seem to fit up perfectly though I did find I need to trim a little in a spot or two where the upper mounting nuts are. With the great fit I was able to get some final measurements for the wood baffles and am in the process of working those out. I'm about to really dig into getting this build underway now! Here's a shot of the sail panel without the factory cover in place and the second one of the nuts for the side mirror removed and it ready for the bracket to go into place. Now here's a shot with the bracket installed. It will give a super strong point to which the baffle for the midrange can be mounted. Just for the fun of it, here's a shot of me holding the midrange up near where it will be mounted just for the visualization. There's still SO much work to be done. Least of which is the baffles for the woofers, the box for the subs and the false floor for the amps. Damn I wish I had more free time!

The website shows 1.25 to 1.5 cuft per sub.

to the forum! I agree with Gary!!

Yeah, bored or whatever...

Third one worked. You copied and pasted the IMG code.

As long as the aftermarket unit has an input for the rearview camera then it won't be an issue. The Kenwood DDX771 in my Traverse has it, plus a reverse trigger wire. The display switches to the camera automatically when it's put in reverse without affecting whatever is playing/going on at the time. It's quite nice.

Thanks guys!! Another small update. I got the brackets for the sail panel locations almost completely done today. If life cooperates I'll get them bolted into place this weekend and begin the fabrication of the baffles that will house the mid ranges and mount to these brackets. It will probably be real hard to tell how they're gonna work but if all goes well it will make more sense (and hopefully look real close to factory) when it all finally comes together. You can see the piston crown and skirt from one of our engines at work there under the sail panel brackets in that first picture too, just FYI.

Just out of curiosity, if he's trying to keep the budget down, would a good fullrange/dedicated midbass setup really not give the output he needs? Believe me, I know how loud horns can get and I know that the FR's couldn't begin to keep up with them, but he still wouldn't need all the output the horns are capable of would he? It might be my misunderstanding of just how loud his subs would be, or the fact that I've not had my morning coffee yet and things are just too fuzzy in my head, but damn the FR88's in my Jimmy are capable of output that FAR exceeds the output capabilities of the Mach5's and probably even the XCON. I'm just a little befuddled that it's not an option at least maybe with different FR's.

The problem with your dilemma is that "loud" is just as relative a term as "sounds good". What is loud to me could be just kinda loud to you, same with what sounds good to me could sound like ass to you. Having actually played with and heard a 15" ICON on a PPI BK1300 I can say the ICON does fantastic in the output department, in the right enclosure of course. I can't see how anyone could be disappointed with what it can do in both departments actually. The two 12's have more cone area and with nearly the same xmax do have the potential of giving you more output. Don't discount the ICON though, the 15 I've played with can almost take your breath away at the tuning of the enclosure which I find pretty impressive for a single 15 on a little over 1k of power. Being that it's also the cheaper of your two options, I would suggest keeping the order as is and going with the ICON. Make sure you build the enclosure as closely to optimal as possible and find the best orientation to maximize output in the vehicle. Then, if it's still not enough you can sell it and pick up the GCON's.

to the forum! You're gonna love that sub!

Wow, surprised you hadn't already done that. There's no way you could get any peace when on here, lol.

Anyone as bored as I am?

Hello, and to the forum! I think you'll find this one a little more refined, a little less childish, than pretty much any of the others. Facts and truth rule here, not egos and misinformation.

Thanks brother. I'm hoping it all works out well enough to keep the wifey happy! On another note, the DCON's arrived! I gotta say I really like the design on the new motor. Of course it's pretty much like the ICON and XCON motors, only smaller, but it just seems so fitting. I'm really looking forward to getting the install done to see and hear what the new motors do. Pics of the new DCON 10. Such a wonderful little sub. It's a shame they're not more popular than they are. I don't think people generally realize just how good they can perform for the price and power.

Oh yeah, and stay FAR away from anything in the Lambda platform, the Traverse, Acadia, Enclave, and Outlook. Worst damn vehicle I've had yet to deal with installing audio. Love the truck, hate the layout.

I've got a 2001 GMC Jimmy which falls under the same umbrella of 2nd Gen vehicles as the Chevy Blazer and the Olds Bravada. My personal opinion, formulated from what I've seen from most other guys rigs, is that they're simply not built heavy enough to withstand the rigors of the elite class installs, like Senchez's build for example. Again, that's just my opinion, but with the issues they have with the way door pins wear out, how light the sheet metal is, the unframed back glass, and with the limited amount of space on the inside that they just wouldn't be my first choice as a platform for a major build. That's not to say I don't love the trucks. God knows I do or I wouldn't have spent in the neighborhood of $4k to replace the engine and 85 miles later the trans in mine. While it's not built a great deal heavier, the Trailblazer is a larger truck with a larger interior that would be more suited to a larger build. Most people I've talked to the 4.2L inline 6 that's in those trucks is fairly stout and the transmission is basically the same 4L60E as has been in SO many trucks before it. The life of which depends on how it's treated and maintained, like any other. My little brother has an '06 TB that has gone through absolute hell (treated like shit, lightly wrecked on several occasions, and drove through a few ditches) and it's still going strong. Hell, last time I drove it the alignment was still good, by some miracle. I don't think the 2nd gen blazer platform is the best to use for audio, especially larger builds, but what the hell do I really know about it. I just got to driving mine again on a regular basis, LOL!

I haven't built a good GAMING rig in years, mainly because I just don't hardly have the time to play games anymore. However, after working in a computer store from 7th grade until I was 21yo I ABSOLUTELY refuse to buy some off the shelf POS. I've always built custom rigs and the one I had previous to this one was a hell of a gaming rig, I just simply didn't use it for gaming so when the MB accidentally got ruined (my bad, ooops) I rebuilt it with a less gaming oriented mindset. However, it's still powerful enough to play the games I still have without dropping any noticeable amount of frames. Case: Kingwin KT-424-S-WM -- I've actually had this case for over a decade. It's just too nice, too well made to just get rid of without some really good justification. CPU: AMD FX-4100 processor Motherboard: ASUS M5A99X EVO RAM: 8GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 Video: ASUS EAH6670 - 1GB Radeon HD 6670 HDD's: Western Digital WD1002FAEX 1TB -- Windows/Linux drive Seagate ST4000DM000 4TB -- Storage PSU: Enermax 850W (can't remember the exact model # as it's from the previous build and several years old) Not a speed winner by any means but no slouch either. The rig before it was a killer in it's day though, thought I was going to have to water cool the thing but it was super stable clocked like it was. I had the biggest Zalman copper CPU, NB and GPU coolers that I could fit in the case and did good to keep the temps from going crazy. Scored at the top of the heap on 3DMark03 back in the day and had a lot of people chasing me on it. Of course as fast as things have progressed over the years it didn't take long to get left in the dust by comparison. As a matter of fact all the fans and such are how it got killed. Pulled in a LOT of dust, especially since I burn wood for heat in the winter. I was having problems with it overheating so I went to clean it out and accidentally knocked the NB cooler a little cogwobbled. Turned it back on and it didn't take but a few minutes for it to fry.

My thoughts exactly. OP you're going to lose a great deal of output from the 12's to the 8's. Why are you wanting to make a change like this? What is are the limitations in which the subs need to work within?

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to the forum! I personally think this is the best place on the interwebz to learn and hang out.

I agree. Take it from someone who's tried to organize these kinds of things alone on quite a few occasions, it's A LOT of hard work and typically cost quite a bit out of pocket to do. Getting an organization like that to help will make a world of a difference.

oops, feel free to delete, forgot to switch windows before posting, LOL.