Might Finally Install A Stereo...

[Impious 1,476]

Did you check your LD25X's? Mine were very mismatched and not to manufacturer specs. The impedance curves and fs were very different from one driver to the next. I would love to try the mid you have as well. I have the FR125SR.

To make a sealed in enclosure in the door I cut an old coffee can in half. I then sunk that half into the door until it just about touched the window. This is now the area that the magnet sits in. Then I fiberglassed that to the backside if the door card. There are numerous ways you can do this hopefully you can picture what I am explaining. You can also add deadener to the "bucket".

Yeah. Problem is I need a solid .5cuft, don't think half a coffee can is going to cut it for that .  

And no, I didn't measure mine yet. Didn't realize there were problems until they started blowing them out on ebay. Hopefully they aren't way out of spec.

 

Did someone say door panels? http://www.whitledgedesigns.com/magicbus_build_doors.php

 

Yeah...um, no. Don't even need to click the link, I already know what it is. I can most definitely state I do not have the Magic Bus in my sites for this build. Maybe next time

Got home from work way too late today. Rest of my week is full, so hopefully Sun I can try to make some headway on the doors.

[Randal Johnson 544]

There are my door panels.

http://www.soundsolutionsaudio.com/forum/gallery/image/9704-image/

http://www.soundsolutionsaudio.com/forum/gallery/image/9705-image/

For some reason, I am having problems with these links. Can not acess them.

[lithium 358]

 

There are my door panels.

http://www.soundsolutionsaudio.com/forum/gallery/image/9704-image/

http://www.soundsolutionsaudio.com/forum/gallery/image/9705-image/

For some reason, I am having problems with these links. Can not acess them.

 

 

same for me but the links worked before. 

[Impious 1,476]

On my ipad so I can't get the imbedding links to work.

[Impious 1,476]

I'm regretting every second of my decision to glass enclosures for the midbass.  Many hours into it and all I have to show for it is the first layer of glass laid down.

 

 

 

However, to make up for it these beauties were waiting for me when I got home.  Decided to go a different route for the subs   I had a single Shiva-X infinite baffle in my old setup and loved it.  So I can't wait to get these fired up.

 

 

[lithium 358]

Mmm so jelly

[edouble101 314]

I saw those Tempest-X for sale on DIYMA

[Impious 1,476]

I made an offer on them a couple months ago. He finally accepted it

[Randal Johnson 544]

I'm regretting every second of my decision to glass enclosures for the midbass.  Many hours into it and all I have to show for it is the first layer of glass laid down.

Attention to details like this takes time my brother. From the looks of it, people will notice the dedication once it's done. Nice work.

However, to make up for it these beauties were waiting for me when I got home. Decided to go a different route for the subs I had a single Shiva-X infinite baffle in my old setup and loved it. So I can't wait to get these fired up.

Very nice looking drivers.

[Impious 1,476]

Well, as you can guess I missed my deadline.  While it made the 3 hour drive much more boring, it doesn't mean I stopped working on it.  Have the trunk just about finished

 

I will be running the subwoofers infinite baffle.  Which of course, just like everything else on this car, turned out to be a giant pain in the ass.  Last fall I replaced the torsion bars for gas struts to hold the trunk lid open.  The real problem is that the trunk floor is not flat, there is a big hump in the floor behind the rear seats for the rear axle.  And there was not enough height above the rear axle hump or enough length at the rear deck to run just a simple flat baffle for the subs. 

 

Here was my solution to running dual 15's IB in this vehicle.  I built what is essentially half of an enclosure to fit behind the rear seats and above the axle hump.  The rear and top are open for venting into the cabin through the rear deck 6x9 openings and partially through the rear seat (I may remove the material behind the armrest in the rear seat for a partial ski pass type opening as well).  There is not a single flat panel on this unit.  Every piece had some kind of angle that I needed to deal with.  It looks simple, but there was a lot of work and planning that went into making this thing both fit in the truck properly and fit together properly. 

 

I kind of hate this pic.  The shadow makes the mismatch of the panels at the baffle look WAY worse than it really is.

 

 

To the casual observer that rounded baffle that the subwoofers will mount to looks like it's there just to be pretty and add a bit of character to the sub baffle.  But in reality it's there because I'm a giant dumbass !!  Because of the sharp angle behind the baffle I neglected to account for the width of the motor when I was figuring the mounting depth.  Originally I was just going to make a couple rings to go behind the subs, but I decided to dress it up a bit and make it more of a beauty panel behind the subs.  I did it in a hurry because I was kinda pissed at myself, so glad it turned out fairly decent (though not perfect).  Even after adding the 3/4" panel to the baffle I was still a hair shy of the subwoofer fitting, so I said fuck it and notched out the bottom of the enclosure to provide enough clearance for the motor. 

 

 

All carpeted and ready to go.  With the carpet on I will say I do like the added touch of that extra panel on the baffle.  Gives it a bit of depth and something more going on than just a flat panel.  Almost would have thunk that I planned it that way

 

 

 

In the car and ready for subs.  Got too late so I didn't drop the subs in today.  Should be able to knock that out tomorrow, then back to glassing the doors

 

 

 

 

[Julian 641]

great looking enclosure man!

[Impious 1,476]

great looking enclosure man!

 

 

Thanks.  I hope to never have to do it again though...LOL  I'm pretty well stuck with 15" 12-spoke basket subs for as long as I own the car.

[Impious 1,476]

Tomorrow my "goal" is to get another layer of 'glass on the door so I can remove the mold and get a temporary comp set installed so I can hook everything up and actually have an aftermarket stereo playing by the end of the weekend.  It's been 3 years since I've had a system in my car, at this point I'm just anxious to get SOMETHING playing even if it's not the final install.  And while SQ is more of my thang, I do miss the bass

[nem 2,019]

Very nice work.

[ssh 924]

Enclosure came out real nice, wish you were closer so I could hear the IB. Only IB setup I've heard was a 12" Focal with the neo magnets (I don't know models) and I really liked how it sounded, but needed a littttttle more output.

[lithium 358]

Looks great! 

[Lee Carter 150]

That looks Awesome! 

[///M5 2,833]

 

great looking enclosure man!

 

 

Thanks.  I hope to never have to do it again though...LOL  I'm pretty well stuck with 15" 12-spoke basket subs for as long as I own the car.

 

not 12 spoke 15's, that sounds terrible!!  

[Aaron Clinton 2,372]

Nice work sir!

[jcarter1885 995]

Looking tits so far, cant wait to see what you have in store for the doors.

[Randal Johnson 544]

Nice looking enclosure build

[Impious 1,476]

Enclosure came out real nice, wish you were closer so I could hear the IB. Only IB setup I've heard was a 12" Focal with the neo magnets (I don't know models) and I really liked how it sounded, but needed a littttttle more output.

IB has the same potential for output as sealed, but since it's basically a really large sealed box you trade some peak output for more low end.  I can imagine that single Focal was lacking in the bass dept, they aren't exactly known for their high excursion.  This setup however should be capable of about 20db more than I'll actually use   WinISD says peak output is the same as the ported Brahma I had before but with about 10db+ more output at 20hz, or twice as loud to the ear.  I can't wait  

 

 

 

great looking enclosure man!

 

 

Thanks.  I hope to never have to do it again though...LOL  I'm pretty well stuck with 15" 12-spoke basket subs for as long as I own the car.

 

not 12 spoke 15's, that sounds terrible!!  

 

I know right.  With only 3000+ subs to choose from I don't know what I'll do  

 

Looking tits so far, cant wait to see what you have in store for the doors.

Yeah, me too   Really unsure how it's going to turn out.  My first time doing the doors that extensively and I don't have a great vision for coming up with fabrication ideas.

 

Here's a couple pics of the subs in their new home.  Trunk is officially finished.  Feels good to have atleast something to check off the list.

 

 

 

[Godsmack 361]

Looks really sharp man!!!!

J

[///M5 2,833]

You are making me want to buy a trunk car. Nice.

[hondakilla98 29]

Looking clean. I almost bought a roadmaster a few years ago, but they are hard to find clean and with the LT1 like yours. All that stereo and still more trunk space than most cars.