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Any updates for glassing the sails?

This will be a template for my geo someday. Thank you so much for creating this mansta!

Get them boys to cut your wood and lets get this thing started. Dont forget your too. It also helps to have suds off to the side. Im sure its a builing technique a few folks like to implement here!

Nice trophy you got there. The system is lookin and soundin good. I dont know how you make videos while you are driving though. I'll stick to my parking lot! Sounds like a good idea to keep the deadening for your next vehicle. Doesnt make sense for the next person to enjoy it when you just got it. Keep it up. Looks great.

If you are looking for a reliable, quality product, the brand new custom alts are the way to go. I have heard waaaay more unsatisfied comments about building up the old alt but have never dealt with them personally.

Good work on the deadening. It sure makes the door sound solid when you close it. I want to do all of my cars with this stuff from top too bottom. Did you use the wheel to apply it or did you do it by hand? I did mine by hand the first time and it sucked. I just ordered some more with the wheel this time though.

Here is the first layer on the fabric just to stiffen the mold enough to lay the mat. I had epic failure on the pass pod as the tweeter mount buckled and I had to tear the fabric off an start over again. It worked out cause all the practice made the last one look excellent imo. No cutting, just stretching, the way it should be. I even wrapped it once before this last one and I didnt like that one either. Like I said, Im not a perfectionist but I dont like crap either. It looked like crap. You can see the difference in the corner by the tweeters where one was overlapped and the other was stretched properly. Practice pays off I guess. Next will be the mat. Stay tuned...mli65 link

I like that program. What is that? Nice and simple.

Thats a good question. I would think it would be either 35 and 35 or 70 each. Im really not to sure though.

Or you can max those dims out and get 3.94cu3 at 31.13hz. 33x17x21. More likely 30 something with dd.

So your saying that in my cut sheets just change the port length #2 piece to 17". Does anything else need to change besides that and the volume? Yes. If you change the port length to 17" the volume will go down as well as the tuning. Thats all you do.

Change that port length #2 to 17" and it will be about 3.69 at 31 flat. Accounting for the same as last.

Ive got 3.82cu3 at a little over 33hz. This isnt accounting the driver disp though on the tuning aspects. Not sure how much the tuning will go down though.

Thanks guys. I really appreciate all the comments. This is my first try but like I said, I like to take my time to produce a nice product. I dont want to whip out pods my first time within a day or two just to get them in my truck. But...I really didnt think they would be turning out like this. The sun is shining here for a moment so it seems like a good time to apply some resin. More updates to come soon.

A few updates. I trimmed and sanded out both pieces before I got started on the imaging. That was a bitch. I spent over a day and a half just getting them where I wanted. Glueing them down, ripping em off. Over and over and over. Boy does that hot glue sure stick like a mofo! After I got through that the stretching of the fabric wasnt that bad. It took a few minutes to find a rhythm but I got it. I had to cut and overlap each pod cause of the wrinkles and the way it was applied. I dont think it will matter though. There is a few spots that dont mirror each other so well but this is my first time so its expected. Im not lookin for perfection here but I do like to take my time to get it right. The tweeters are slightly misaligned too but I dont think I'll notice that either. In all, Im happy the way these look so far. Next I will hit them with some more resin and let them cure for a good mold. Sand it down a little more and begin adding the top layer of mat. Should be fun. mli65 link

Welcome dude.

A little update. Glassed the second layer on the pass door tonight and trimmed the driver panel also. Couldnt wait to get a dremmel cause I wanted to keep going! So I used the jigsaw. Came out nice. I think the overall wieght of these pods will be a little much. The driver panel is about 1/4" thick. Solid as shit though. Is that about right? Once the pass side has dried and is trimmed, I will prep both for the trim rings and stretching the fabric. mli65 link "I be ."

Pretty much. But really, does it matter? +/- 30% variation in power isn't going to be audible. Nah, it really doesnt. As long as it puts out the rated power, then Im fine with it. Some people just want the numbers for numbers sake, I guess. Thats fine too. For me, the wattage means nothing if the sound doesnt justify it.

Those people must be women! Lol.

Install one and see how it sounds. I wanted two of the same speaker also. Im installing one in each door right now. I have them in a mock enclosure currently but they get real loud from the SAX100.4 and that is at half-gain. Have you ever heard the mli65s in person yet?

Thats what my uncle said when caught by his wife with a pro. "Its only a $60 blowjob, honey. Its not like Im fuckin her." Classic.

Patience is a virtue. Fi is always very busy!

I love a shitton of wattage and loud ass music. I dont like to bump at stoplights or signs, unless provoked. Intentionally or not. Two of my finest examples. Harleys and ciggerettes. If I have to hear your harley or smell your ciggerettes, you will hear my system. Its that simple. Sorry, but Im an ass like that.

summer, summer, summer time. So says DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince! I almost didnt catch that but thats probably not even what you were going after though.

The 12volt.com is a great site for that info and other. That is where the diagram jay-cee put up is from.