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those dekas are some serious batteries Imma be running about 3 of them myself

thanx but Pete W. Kulicki designed and built the enclosure. Its a universal compressed pressure chamber. What it does is builds up pressure in the back of the port. Kinda like a assembly line of bass. It helps the bass stick to the front of the car, so even @ lower volumes its still uncomfortable to listen to, lol. Its also horizontally screwless and by it being universal.....I can throw it in as a basic enclosure, sub and port facing license plate or wall it off like Im doing. Once its walled off I was told it acts kinda like a 6th order bandpass, idk how true that part is but I was told that by someone whos been into this for yrs. Probably tomorrow Imm have to pull the door panels out and tape them up again, mount the molds like Imma have them and glass around the edges. I have about a quarter inch gap around the edges, so Im trying to get them as close to the original door panel as I can and make it look as factory looking as possible.

magnet is pretty big

got into the last stage which is sanding, . Hate sanding. This is what I woke up to today after letting it dry over night trimmed off some of the extra fleece on the back Did a light layer of mat any though it really didnt need it. But due to the location they will be mounted at. They are more prone to being kicked. I did a mix but i had a accident, lol. I mixed too much putty hardner so I had to peel it off before it set. Lol, lets just say the Rock wasnt the only one with something cook'n. Didnt really use as much of a mix, it was more resin this time. And I started sanding on 1. Should have them finished sometime this week.

with that amount of space the 15s would be better. sub and port up.

me personally Id re0consider the 4-12s......but a pair of BTL15s would go nice in there. Please be aware that even though a BTL will take 4K....u still have to be consious of the gains. I think just looking at the old box; u'll have room for 4 12s. how wide is it on the inside and how much room doo u have between ur seat and back wall?

Did alot since I was off work today......on a Friday that chit is like a comet that only comes around every other century, lol. Got the trim rings together for a family portrait Mounted and ready for fleece Spray glued and fleeced up Just some materials. Resin, duraglass short strand bondo, resin and bondo hardener, a cheap but good $1 brush, a orange tray to hold my resin and a cup of acetone to keep my brush clean between jobs. time to get messy, resin mixed with a chunk of bondo......used a lil more hardener this time cause its kinda cool outside today. If it dries before it gets too late I may have some more pix later on this evening of a layer of mat. If not look for more 2morrow

still didnt do much today. wainting till Im off work Fri, but I did however trimmed them down with the jigsaw. I still have to knock off about 1/8" off the bottom and sand the edges but for the most part they match up to the original doors like a champ I promise, more pix 2morrow

I drive a ford and own a GM which is basically the same as a chevy. I like them both. Either way they are both american so u cant go wrong there

was kinda lazy today; didnt really feel like doing too much. So I peeled the mold off the panels and threw the panels back in the car. The one on the left is the back of the drivers side and on the right is the front of the passenger side. I was going to glass the back of them but even though its some dry spots on the back of them.....The resin soaked through like a champ and they are both hard as a rock. so Imma just leave it, lol. Lazy!!!!! I know but these things are harder than a coffee table as is.

Did a layer of mat first thing this morning. The pics from yesterday when I did the first stage of the base with the fleece I used all resin and hardner. This time I cheated a lil; since this is a area that has curves but is still basically flat I didnt have to break off lil pieces of mat.....I just cut 2 long strips and pulled them at the ends so the ends would be jagged. Straight cut ends are harder to sand and have a tendancy to cake up. And since I was only using 1 layer of mat and it could soak through more than several layers....I went sith something a lil thicker. I took resin and mixed in a nice size chunk of duraglass bondo (duraglass already has short strands of mat in it). Did resin hardener and a tab of duraglass hardener. It didnt come out quite as thick as the milkshake mix I have used but it was still much thicker than just using resin and it was still easy to pour/spread and it would sink down into the crack and crannies. Kinda more along the lines of a smoothie Time for the smoothie mix I was rushed a lil cause the rain looks like its comming in pretty fast. Hopefully 2morrow if it doesnt rain; It should be hard enough for me to peel it off. Then I can put my door panels back in. Ive been riding around with my doors naked for 2 days now, lol. I'll put a layer of resin on the back of it and place my trim rings where they need to be positioned.

did a lil sumthin sumthin today. Getting the base ready for the Mach5 6.5s ran out of the blue fleece had to go into the stash and find the baby blanket fleece, lol

lol, just try it man......not hard @ all, but its not easy either. Just time consuming. LOL, would u believe this project here with doors and pillars is my first experience with glass? As I mess around with it more I can tell Im getting better from section to section.

did a lil more work again once I got the doors apart. Since the ,midrange and tweet thats going in the door will be behind the factory opening and will be unseen....I just made a lil template out of cardboard and made a milkshake resin/bondo to make it hard enough to support the 2 speakers. Kinda ugly but it was a quicky and its not going to be seen anyway big 5x7 on the left is the tired ass factory speaker

{these pics are actually from today} did a lil work today. Im getting started on the doors. Each door will have (1) 4" midrange, (1) 0.75" tweet, and (2) 6.5's @ the bottom for midbass. My main goal today was getting the bottom tray off the door panel which was molded from the rear. So I had to break all the tabs just enough to get them off. I was going to get 2 door panels from the junkyard but Imma let that be a last resort. so far so good. This is where the 6.5s are going.

worked on it for a brief period today.....tried the milkshake thingy and it was pretty effective. I just did one and did a lil sanding on the other. Got some 40grit from Carquest today too. Still a ways to go but its looking better and better the more I sand it with that 40 grit. Imma be doing sanding a few mins out the week so I wont have so much to do saturday when Im off. Oh and I know the edges are kinda ruff looking but once I get it halfway smooth Imma trim it down with a small saw and sand/grind them down I was test fitting them in the car and I had to force the passenger side one in there but it finally went in. I'll have to trim about 1/-16"-1/8" off the the edges for them to go in even more and to compensate when I cover them with vinyl. Yes covering them, they arent perfectly smooth but in this case they dont have to be. Next after I trim them down a hair will be the doors. Got 2 Mach5 MLI-6.5s going @ the bottom of each door. And another 4"and tweet in the factory location. Was debating and scrathing my head today on how I should go about doing this as the bottom of the doors dont have much room due to a hump and a tray which would be cut out. I called the junkyard and asked them if they still had the other Bird that I pulled the pillars out of and he said he would give me both door panels for $100. So what I may do is get those and have the 4" and tweet sitting out and angled like the 6.5"s will be; instead of putting them behind the original speaker screen. More pics once I make my mind up

Drilled lil holes in the panel to help the resin/fleece sink in and stick more to the original pillar. Then did a light sand with some 80grit paper all glued and covered with fleece then used a lil over 1/2 pint of resin on each panel started mounting my trim pieces and resining them. The passenger side one wanted to peel up a a lil. It has a few spots that will have a few wrinkles when it dries. Just have to use a lil more glass putty and elbow grease when I get ready to mat and bond. I usually sand it with 80grit in between each stage any way. Helps the next process stick more to the previous. Did a couple layers of mat and resin. Might sand and bondo tomorrow.

Ordering a AudioControl DQXS digital processor sometime in the near future. All the speakers I have are in my sig. I need suggestions on where to place these bad boys. Two 6.5"s are going into the bottom of each door. for the 4s and tweets do u fellas suggest I do 1. midrange/tweets in doors and a-pillars. 2. doors and kicks 3. kicks and A-pillars note: each 4 will have a tweet right beside it, so it wont be off axis

do u guys think I should do midranges/tweets in the doors and A-pillars or doors and kicks?

UPS showed me some love yesterday before I headed into work. Refurbished and doesnt have a scratch on it. The only thing is it didnt have a birthsheet....so I may take it somewhere this week to get it benched. average birthseets range around 320rms x 2 @ 2ohm which is how I'll be running this on 4-4" Dayton midranges.

I have dual 1ohm subs...was looking to do 2-3000Ds strapped @ 1ohm but was told that I would benefit more from 4-1500s. Im still undecided if I want to go with a Atomic 7K or get 4 refurbished 1500Ds. What kinda power do u think Id get out of 4 with a 250amp alt, 2 runs of 2/0 welding cable, 1 Deka 9A78DT up front and 3-9A31s in the rear? Do u think Id get more out of the Atomic or 4 1500s, both are around the same price....(I know this is a Sundown thread but please be honest)

I was gonna buy 4 of the old heat sink 1500s from a trusted dealer. Dont wanna call his name cuz I dont want anyone to go and buy em up before I do,lol. But Jacob knows who Im talking about. Strap 2 and 2 and then gain match the 2 pair. 1 @ 1ohm on each coil.

thinking the samething...was about to type it and saw u beat me to it

if u have the power go BTL all day....if not go BL. Not hating on the nightshade but for the price its other options

whatso funny? Im not buildning an all out SQ setup but I do intend to have some sort of clarity to my stereo. Thats the whole pupose of me doing a 3way front staging. I could just go the cheapest and easiest route and just get a bunch of comp sets and run them off the fronts; just to get loud. But it wouldnt sound as near as clear as what this will. i'll have a setting on my AudioControl programmed for my daily wanging and then I'll have a program for when the subs are of and Im watching a movie (sq).