pimpedout97x

Ill have to post on my Florida forum and see if there's anyone. I explained what I'm after in my first post. May not be a true sq setup to you guys, but it should still sound pretty good.

I bet you'd never see me post this M5 haha anyways, ill post what im looking to do and what im working with. its my daily driver, a 2011 ford flex, with the stock Sony system, SYNC, etc. first up, HU. i dont want to replace the stock unit. its a good unit and i dont want to mess with an aftermarket one. theres a guy on the flex forum that runs a JBL MS8 with his stock unit and says its incredible. budget wise, im not going to throw a number, but i will state that i am not going to be paying like 500+ per speaker or anything crazy. this is just a daily driver and even the cheapest of a "sq" setup will sound good to me, as i mainly use pro audio in my other rides. i do have a feeling however the a normal car audio speaker setup won't be loud enough for me, but i still want to try this out. i do want it to be LOUD. but i want it to sound great as well. i have a stock 3.5" center speaker, ~1" stock A pillar tweeter pods, and 5x7 stock mids in the 4 doors. the rear D pillars each have a 3.5" speaker, but they are low powered and run mono, mainly for the third row. originally i wanted to replace them with larger louder speakers because i like rear fill, but i relized that im already going in the wrong direction for an SQ setup. the first thing i will probably be doing is deadening. im not going crazy ripping this interior apart, ill probably start with the doors. the doors are HUGE on this thing. i have alot of depth. could virtually fit anything in them within reason. i dont really want to have any speakers showing, i want it to all look stock. i would do kicks if i could but the kicks are weird in this car and its really not even an option. plus the e brake is in the way on the drivers side. what other processors could i consider besides the MS8? preferably something cheaper if possible. speaker wise, since im wanting to keep it stock looking, i was considering those Bravox mids. i would have done 6.5s but theyre sold out, so im considering ordering the 5x7s for the doors. not sure on carbon fiber/silk tweets, or the kevlar/aluminum tweets yet. im leaning towards the aluminum becuase i come from pro audio and bullet tweeters so i have a feeling silks will not make me happy. i know the stock system seems like it isn't "bright" enough for me even with the stock tweets maxed out. the guy on the flex forum said after deadening his doors, and putting a fiberglass filler piece in the large holes on the door, it made a HUGE difference even with the stock speakers (he was running the MS8 and an aftermarket amp on the stock speakers for a while). he just installed the bravox carbon fiber 5x7 comps up front and the coax's out back and i believe is currently still tuning and breaking them in. i dont have much room for subs either, well i do, but i want to be able to still fold the third row, and if any of you have seen how the third row in these cars folds down, a sub box in the cargo disables that option. i have a spare tire well that i think after glassing the enclosure gives me maybe 1.5 cubes, possibly less. he runs some shallow tens i believe. i dont want a huge SPL system but i deff want alot more bass than the stock 8" in the side panel delivers. i think he said he was able to get alot more bass out of the stock setup after adding the MS8. ill end the post there and let some of you guys post some replies and see what you have to say. I still obviously have alot of questions and alot to learn becuase a "true sq" setup with a processor, center channel, etc has never been an interest of mine until now. Thanks

Idk. Just want to try it out. I dont want to cut up doors to put huge mids. Still a fan of pro audio. A sq setup most likely wont be loud enough for what I'm used to. But I'm willing to give it a try

taking back seats out: interior panels gutted: starting the frame for the box:

cant beat it, picked it up from bestbuy on sale for 365!

Only epoxy holding the eq in place right now.. seems to hold up great and not budge. Had to cut out some ish.

made a little boo boo. hits the interior panel when i close it in one spot.

current setup, but the bass knob wont work on the new amps im getting. so i decided to replace my 880 with a 3 way crossover, clarion EQ, and pioneer p4300dvd double din. that means the suede comes off the bezel. HU should be in by the 28th according to bestbuy. kinda pisses me off, it usually only takes 2-3 days to ship to store...holidays i guess.

quick sand with some 80 grit. applied a second coat of filler just now. drivers door shouldnt be too much longer.

lololol

been too long. finally getting some motivation to finish these panels.

got alot of body work ahead of me. just gave it a quick over with some 80 grit just to knock down the rough spots. i need to add more mat in some areas, most likely ill do that from the inside of the panel. no flash pics: flash:

sorry, dont check forums much during the week. going to try and get alot of glass work done this weekend and get the doors prepped for fabric. the 12s don't stick in the way of my leg room too bad even though it looks like it. i thought it was gonna be worse

i know they're rated at 100w rms, but crossed at say 80 to 100hz, what do you think they can take Jacob? i have about 250w per mid the way itll be wired. not sure if theyll handle that over time or not.

nope, had it since it was released, and will never sell it. i LOVE that HU!!!!! lol

its at USF on Fowler, usually Gmonk and them will go to the meet. theres TONS of people there, not just a caraudio meet. ive only gone once, but i think its mostly every weekend.

yo come out to a USF meet one night (friday's)!!!!! i wanna hear this setup, never really heard an IB setup, and this one looks badass!

nice. do you have t/s specs on them?

i have the xd45 compact, very nice gun, i love mine. not too hard to carry either. i almost went with the xdm, but after reading thoroughly on both, i decided i didnt need to spend the extra money. both are nice though! but yea, OP, check into springfield as well, dont limit yourself JUST to glock, even though both are nice guns.

the edges of the panel are being fixed, and the other side will come out better (both will look great when finished) but i kinda made more work for myself the way i did the drivers one. oh well, still liking the overall way its turning out. the panel itself did not warp one bit either, which i am very happy about.

deff got alot of cleanup and body work to do!

lil sloppy, i stapled it with the panel still on the door so it wouldnt flex out of position. then i took it off and resined and added a thick layer of mat in most areas, some 2 layers (under the 12 etc),,,tomorrow ill trim it up and start sanding and prally add one more layer of mat on the back side for re-enforcement. cant wait to have these things playing!!!!!!!!!! oh and all the sharp edges from the baffles under the fabric will be filled with rage extreme, so it will all look nice once i complete the body work.