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Mornin' jntar.

Yep, been that way for me too. Can't do chit.

Errr, probably not with MDF. Not that it wouldn't hold up with a lot of glue but my yearly limit of profanities would probably fly in the process of trying. As for your bracing question, stiffer is better as it will flex less. Ash is not as strong as a threaded steel rod, but if it placed well it is fine. I needed to compensate a little volume on my last box and just used 2x2 for bracing. If you do use wood and not a rod, make sure to attach it really well as it needs to brace in both compression(the wood itself) and tension(your screws and glue). If you are wondering on locations of where, look at your box and imagine where it would flex the easiest and put it there. IMO you shouldn't ever "center" your bracing though as the two pieces of box you just separated will now share the same acoustic bending mode. Just move it off by a couple of inches and you should be fine.

If it is a normal box, you can have Home Depot cut your mdf for you. I did that for a few boxes that "I" built for others. Just sent them to the HD with dimensions, they stopped over I bolted them together, routed the speaker hole, glued on fabric and wham--box in 30 minutes. At the one near my house, the first 6 cuts are free the rest are a $0.25 each. Means you have to buy new MDF for each box, but it was cheaper than the saw. Actually I still have them do some cutting as I bought a garage sale radial arm saw instead of a table saw (I hate friggin table saws not only do you occasionally screw something up I swear it feels like you are going to cut your fingers off when you use 'em). Since the radial only does like 30" cuts I have them cut the pieces into manageable size, plus who really likes to cut 4'x8' pieces, they are heavy and akward!

I guess that is an answer. $500 for both for life with hardware and it would sell. I think it would be pretty tough to get much more since the products are still just beyond infancy.

Garage toons baby! With all the dust and chit I keep wrecking all other garage systems. I have gone through about 8 $10-20 receivers and finally gave up, that darn boombox won't die! And Tirefryr, I will indeed post some shots of the bimmer when the stereo is done and I give her a good rub down.

maybe even more fun

it is fun to look at even if it isn't pretty!

It would be much better if they would make the little boombox they have with RCA outs. Then one unit could go from car, house, boat and so on. The antenna crap is a pain in the ass and $50. Anyone know where to source extra antenna's cheap? I definetely like Sirius better than XM....

Got Sirius and wouldn't know what to do without it. Usually I listen to CD's, but when you drive as much as I do listening to sports, news, talk shows and such becomes appealing. Sirius has WAY better stations that are talk focused. Plus they carry all the NFL & NBA games. Bonus if you play fantasy football--24hr football network. Generally the music stations on both are sort of lame, but better than local radio at least since you can choose a genre.

Oh, really!?

Vladd, please rant more often!!

definetely high

aha. thought maybe some analogy for a mod

Acid, what is DGGM?

You guys helped a lot! Everything that I know is from here, DIYMA, & ECA. Spent some time getting frustrated at CA and of course read a bit with no posts a SI.net Really started here though as originally I was going to use my infinities and just get a new sub that fit in a smaller box. Then I went overboard!!!

Oh and way back in the day I had 3 JL 1500GTi's in my 68 Ford with a bunch of Rockford Amps. It pretty much shook the piss out of the car, I won't say it sounded great but it did bump. Thanks for the compliment Dennis.

Do notice the word REALLY in front of into. I tend to do a lot of research before I buy things these days. My previous install included the amps that I have now and 2 JLW04 and Infinity components. It never impressed me so I started looking right at the beginning of September when I bought my M5,

Any pics? I might do the same in my PU.

You left off the "is" from the end of your sentence. Hopefully, the prof is actually a her though.

I hate waiting for chit to dry!

Especially if I become a

Some day I might be a regular, but being that I have only been really into car audio two months things are just starting to happen.

I am a member of the group members. sort of like saying I am a dick of the group dicks.

Enjoy!