* Summer 09' Rebuild *

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Figured i would go ahead and start a new build log

Ive been on here for a while just never posted here much, most of my time is wasted on CA.com, gonna start wasting some more time here now also

just gonna copy some stuff over, so some things might not make too much sense

Pulling out the 4 15s, putting in 4 12s in a smaller box, Vehicle is my 04 Explorer

Setup will consist of

Kenwood DDX812

Rockford 3Sixty.2

RF T6004

RF T4002

RF T40001bd

4x DC Audio LVL 4 12s

Hertz MLK2 running Active

old setup was same, just with 4 15" RF T2s in a 16cu ft wall, which was an awesome build, i just decided walls arnt my thing, want to step to somethign smaller

Also the reason i have all RF, Hertz, Kenwood etc is because i work at a shop that sells it all and got a hella deal on everything, but i will be changing colleges soon and moving away so rebuild will be coming along

Some pics of the Tear down

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some filler pics from the old setup

BTL 18s vs RF T2...

Tweeter pods for Hertz ML280/MLK2 tweet

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4x DC Audio LVL 4 12" D2, Red dustcaps, Thanks Rusty, Cant wait to get these hooked up, Subs got here with no problems and look excellent

This is the first time ive messed with 12s in my vehicle in probably 4 years, wanted to go back with something smaller than 18s and such

on to pics

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the SaWz

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Brace thats gonna hold the ports

Little update, worked on it a bit last week, got all the holes cut out for everything, pain in the ass even with having my jasper jig

some updated pics

dont worry about the tabs on the top piece holes, its how we do the jasper jig to jeep it from moving, just leave 2 tabs on opposite sides to keep the center hole from moving and when your done you can break it off and cut away the tabs

and did a new startup screen on my kenwood unit, this is what it shows everytime you turn it on, a little Photoshop work on a DC image and done

also have my plexi piece cut, taking it tomorrow to get it laser etched with 2 DC LOGOs

inside of the box will be done in gray fleckstone paint with DC logo in red

outside hasnt been decided on yet, probably multi colored textured black

Also Specs on the box:

8 cu ft net with 3 6" Aeros, gonna have dual tuning, with all 3 ports open it will be 37.5hz, with 1 port plugged tuning will drop to 30.5hz, already have a local place cutting the port plug for me, should have it tomorrow

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Quick paint

the front piece cutout for plexi and the mounting piece, plexi is at the place now getting done

color going on the inside of the box, grey fleckstone piant

the new floor

everything packed up

best paintjob evar if i have to say so myself

Like i said, Plexi is is being done now, i had the foam cylinder done to seal one port off, 6 1/4x12", i picked it up the other day, so i just need to hurry up and get done

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mounted the back brace, painted it and also repainted some other spots, and did a first layer of the fleckstone paint for the inside, I fixed the light spots but didnt get pics of it after the respray, but you wont be able to see the difference with everything done

after some drying...pull the tape off...tada

still have to paint the rest of the DC red

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Okay, been really busy this summer with working at the shop and classes this summer, i havnt been really stressing out over this build, just doing some stuff here and there when i get free time, well pretty much done now, just need to hook up the amp and subs, i just moved to a different college and got a new apartment so just got done with that and needed the room in the back to haul, left the job at the shop so i had/have a little bit of free time to get down on this junk

onto a month of work in a few pics, nothing too exciting, just a bunch of time consuming stuff, bondo, sanding, more bondo, more sanding etc

these are posted from another forum so somethings may be wierd

pics:

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i switching back and forth between 2 cameras, i didnt want to get my slr dirty on some of this stuff so they might be out of order

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a few layers of primer, then the texture paint, painted a few different samples, finally settled on the dark gray primer vs black, red, light gray and some others

that texture paint i used on the outside was a bish, showed streaks bad, ill admit im not the best painter but i hated using it, the texture i used on the inside was super easy, these are before i went and bought more cans to fill in the gaps

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port plug i had custom cut locally at a foam place, didnt find any 6" ones online, we do some business with the people and i got it cheap, like 2-3$, gonna have 32hz and 38hz tuning

got it looking secsy with some paint...mmmm

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drilled out and countersunk each hole

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was happy i managed to get it to mount where i wanted it to

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waiting on batts to recharge

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security screws to mount everything

terminal and led power

ghetto battery holder

amp board...what happens when you dont have long enough wood

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looks sweet, can't wait to see some vids of this bad boy.

Edited August 30, 2009 by SPLScion

[Duran 387]

I love the port plug.

[RobClay 20]

Very nice!

[nem 2,019]

Very nice!

X2

[Notorious97200 339]

This box is sooooooooo sick !!!!

I love the port plug too.

This is not a box made to be hide, is it?!!!