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Here we go, 97 Dodge Grand Caravan build, with keepin room for family

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So for those of you that may not of seen the other post, this is whats going in there

2 sa 12's in a box tuned to 28-29hz before car peak

1 jbl baby crown amp the 1200 one

1 autotek 4 channel for mids and highs

2 mb quart 6.5 component sets 1 for back and 1 for front for mids and highs

1 pioneer avh-5700

50 feet of 1/0 for power

extra battery

Here is me getting started

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You got plenty of space for everything :D

Whenever I see an empty vehicle I always start figuring out what you can fit in :P But sa12s won't take up that much space in a van and still yield tons of output :drink40:

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Bring on the "more Pics"!!! :popcorn:

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You got plenty of space for everything :D

Whenever I see an empty vehicle I always start figuring out what you can fit in :P But sa12s won't take up that much space in a van and still yield tons of output :drink40:

Most definatly have room, how ever need room for other stuff to

This is my daily driver, I drive my mom around allot she is blind, including taking her dog to vet..

I have 2 kids and my son plays baseball, and I am coach so need room for equipment

So all 3 seats are staying in as you will see when I am done

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WooHoo..... I'm no longer the only person with a family oriented mini-van build!!! Lookin' good so far, keep it up.

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going to try to have this fully playing this weekend will keep up with photos also....

Who wants more pics

And good to hear there is more of us out there Alton, LOL

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:D Yeah, figure we gotta stick together.

Keep up the good work. Looks like it's coming together plenty quick.

See how it sounds when you're done, but I might recommend getting some cotton batting, like the kind used for quilting, and stuffing some under the unsupported side of the 6.5's in the dash. I can see some possible problems with back wave cancellation the way Dodge designed that dash. The batting should help absorb some of that and help the midbass response.

Looking forward to the finished product!!

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ya for the mids up there I was thinking of something to, maybe even fiberglassing a mold for them, but then again who knows, might shoot some expanded foam up there and call it a day LOLZ

Ok and here comes some pics of the box getting started

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the Start of the box

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will work on more if it tonight, this is where I am at though.. plan on doing more pics, and what not

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Thanks Its taking me longer then normal due to fact of being older from when I was a younger pup and competeting for usaci/dbdrag ect. and fact of still trying to do daily life stuff with van instead of letting it sit while work on it....

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well ran into snag last night, mids and high amp decided to be noisy that a mofo tried changing up grounds and everything rca's ect.. hooked up a buddies amp real quick and no noise, I mean severe engine noise, and just noise period. UGGGG..

so undid his amp, just for now, going to just hook up the mids to the radio :( to have sound.. get box finished up and ect ect...

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well ok maybe cause I was drinking last night or something, its not the mids and high amp, its the pucking radio making all the noise. you can even hit the dash and it goes nutz.. :(

but I did get it playing, will have pics up soon

now have to see about radio getting fixed :( UGGGG

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Here are some more pics

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I am going to test enclosure before finishing it, it's still going to get 2-3 steel threaded rods thru it, along with double faced, and then being painted or what not..

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ok here is a few more, showing the amp and everything else going it

here is mids and high amp that was in and then pulled out thinking it was bad, pissed about radio acting up still

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here are the subs

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ooo btw here is the wire, look how flexible it was

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and here are subs in the box

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and a picture if you can tell of them playing

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now I am testing box firing options, have turned box where subs and port are up, and pushed as far back as possible

then I will push it up closer and test it for a bit up against the seat

then subs and port forward test

then I will go from there about double face, the extra bracing, and ect...

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extra battery for now is underneath the 3rd row seat... how ever with a change in box that might get moved now

looks like subs up port up

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Ok well I talked to the shop that fixed the radio to begin with, as it was the high voltage supply the first time, he said the grounds are messed up inside radio, Let him know I did a little research online and a few people talked about some diods could be bad, have to take it back out and take it to him tommorow, to see about getting it fixed again.. luckily it was under warranty with him...

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