throwing what I already got in the closet into the daihatsu

[ppiflat10s 3]

ok, first of all before I even ask this, I know having them behind me is not optimal, but right now the only speakers I have are xplod 6.5's behind me and its fine, this is one of the work rigs and it isnt getting anything fancy.

pioneer 600UB

infinity 475a

audiobahn ABC600V

audiobahn AW1051T if it works, cone moves with no coil-scraping sound, but it did sit in the shed for 3 years and got a little wet and the magnet cover got a little rusty... (I think its a 1051, got it years ago and the stickers fallen off the magnet)

it is going to be a simple small sealed box down firing on the floor behind the front pass. seat (rear seat is removed and rear area is used for tools).

I am going to run the front channels of the amp to the comps, and bridge the rears to feed the sub a whopping ~150 watts @ 8 ohms...

I cant put the comps up front anywhere though, doors are VERY thin, so basically the window hardware takes up the whole inside of the door, foot area is real small and its a 5 speed so with the clutch I definitely have no room for a pod down there. so I am going to mount them to the roll bar in the back. I will get a pic tomorrow maybe but there is room between the side panel and the bar so I am going to make a cut-out of 3/4 mdf to fit between them and cut a circle out of a 2x6 or something and basically clamp the two onto the roll bar and then mount a pod to that, its going to house the tweets, mids, and xovers. but since I dont have a door panel to stop the rear waves from cancelling the front waves, should I seal the pod or will a small sealed enclosure for mids really affect how they play?

[stevemead08 752]

Did you just say daihatsu? lol. Im tuned in for this. maybe ill pick one up too?

[Julian 641]

i haven't heard the word "daihatsu" in forrreevver

None the less interested!

Haven't seen you in awhile mang

[jcarter1885 995]

Havent seen you on here in a minute, glad to see you back with a build log.

[ppiflat10s 3]

yeah, had to sell those 10's i had to pay some stuff, than got into some trouble and spend alot more with that. I had the amp and HU for sale a little while back too, had a buyer pretty much lined up but then decided to tell him the first guy took it and kept it myself...

I have seen one other rocky on the roads around here and there is one in the wrecking yard. its a decent ride but its geared so damn low, I think it has shorter gears than my GSR did but it winds out 1500 rpms sooner, so it isnt very freeway friendly.

I probably wont start installing stuff for at least a week, busy at work... but any input on if I should seal the pods or leave the backs open?

[Aaron Clinton 2,372]

How about some pictures?

[diablo_331 23]

X2. Can't start my day off right without a little audio porn.

[Notorious97200 339]

X2. Can't start my day off right without a little audio porn.

lol:roflmao:

[ppiflat10s 3]

alright, going in to work late, because I have to wait for someone else to finish up their end, so I got a few pics.

this is the fancy angle mount sony in there now, its been like this for a year since I got the thing and I just never saw a reason to fix it...

the rocky

box for the sub is going to end up being pretty small... I am thinking about making it sit on the center hump and span the full width but still end before the flat cargo area, might even get enough volume to port it that way, but space-wise I would still like to only take up one side.

this is the bar I am going to somehow clamp a pod to for the comps, and a view of the sweet xplods in there now (again been like that since I got it but never worried about fixing it...)

then a quick pic of most of the equipment

[ppiflat10s 3]

didnt get too far because when it starts to get dark around here, it gets DARK and FAST this time of year.. that and I was working with a sheet of MDF from over a year ago when I built my last box and had an extra sheet. its been against the back of the house, under an eve with the edge on blocks instead of the dirt, but it still got a little weathered and bowed. so I had to cut off all the edges so I didnt have a good finished edge to work off of, and the bow made it take about 3x longer to glue/screw each joint.

I made it bigger than originally planned, but its still gonna be sealed. It also comes a few inches back on the flat spot into the cargo area, but it had to do that or the box wouldnt have been deep enough to mount the sub.

just gotta put the angles on the top and bottom of the front panel, make a little bit of bracing for the front and back panel, and since I am not carpeting it and it is a cheap build I am just cutting rectangles to screw to the sides and then using a flush cut bit to trim them with the router.

still not sure on the pods, I think they will stick too far out if I mount the speakers pointing directly forwards, but if I angle them to suck them towards the side panels a bit, it exposes them alot more to possible damage from the tools/supplies...

[BaMF101 3]

This thing should throw some SICK hair tricks!

[ppiflat10s 3]

This thing should throw some SICK hair tricks!

lol, oh yeah!

if I had money and no need to put tools back there Id put a 15 ft^3 box tuned to 30hz with a pair of 18" XCONs off a 2500D or something. but I dont got that kind of cash plus this little rocky has a whopping 45A alternator...

[aimone 4]

damn it is definately to bad u need tool space and dont have the $$$ to blow cause that would be awesome with a big setup. especially with the what looks to be a targa top would be sick for hair tricks i had a suzuki samarai like that a few yrs back b4 i was "REALLY" into car audio. wish i still had it or the 91 civic si hatch i traded it for

[S.DeYoung 968]

Good stuff man. Builds like this are always cool to see (and interesting ). Nice work on the box, can't wait to see more.

[ppiflat10s 3]

best vehicle Ive had was my eg civic hatch, all I had was a single type r 12 off an MTX thunder 425D or 4250D or something like that, and Im sure it wouldnt have been near as loud in a trunk.

a sub firing towards the roof in the back seat of a VW bug (real bug) does pretty good too though.

might get the box finished later and if I can find my shop light I might get the HU installed and wires ran tonight.

[ppiflat10s 3]

well, got the box done, comps in. I just mounted them to the side panels though, didnt build any pods. There wasnt any way to have them not stick way out just asking to get bumped by something. the way it is now the roll bar almost protects the setup except for the xovers. And of course I just wildly drilled the holes for the tweets without measuring... or even looking... so the roll bar is RIGHT in front of them, but I just put the tweet switch back up to 0 from -3 and its fine. Ill try and get some pics up, but its nothing fancy and I did take a video but I just deleted it because there is nothing to show off, no flexing or anything, and it was too dark to see the excursion through the grille since the vid wasnt taken in full daylight. I might take the grilled off but the sub is right behind the pass seat so it makes it easier to know that there is a little bit of clearance between the two. it is actually a decent thump though, but then I got into the wifes car (which doesnt have any impressive equipment either) and was instantly jealous of even that cheap setup... oh well, good enough for the ride to work.