A Suburban A Warhorse and a Pair of SMDeez

[Shogen 325]

looks great! detailed like a mofo!

[ncacoates 104]

Craftsmanship is top notch man! Cant wait to see whats next if it looks like this so far.

[KyleBrown 121]

looks sexy as hell man

[Ohjay 116]

Me likey

[onebadmonte 235]

Now, a little carpeting action. Firstly I'd like to thank a fellow forum member Jon, a.k.a CHEVY4X4BLAZER for braving the South Texas sun and humidity. He came over lending a helping hand and for a little comradership. Thanks for you help friend.

First the goods. Parts Express finest speaker box carpet in a not so original charcoal color. Adhesive in a spray can by Loctite, some scissors and a box cutter.

The wrapping process.

Finally a box fully wrapped. The seams came out pretty good. The last time I carpeted a speaker box I used similar carpet with a backing and I couldn't get the seams to blend well with each other. This carpet didn't have any backing. The seams blended nicely together with no fussing just a little fuzzing.

With the box wrapped and ready to go we got the plexi-glass pieces in place and wired the box up for the subs. Here is a shot of the plexi-glass in place. Thanks to Jon for helping with the gazillion screws and getting the plexi-glass mounted.

I opted to do all the wiring internally to keep things looking clean. The subs are D1s. For the Warhorse the coils are wired in series to get the 2 ohm load required by the amp for full output. If the wiring pictured doesn't really make sense to you it's because the amp wires up to subs in a real odd ball way. Trust me when I tell you I know what I'm doing here.

Here is the box at 95% complete.

A close up of the box port. There is a little story about this port that I'd like to share with everyone. The original design of this box only had the outer most edge of the port beveled. The port brace and the inside edged of the port, next to the plexi-glass window, was originally to be left square. A co-worker of my likes addressing everyone by adding the word "Big" infront of their first initial. In my case, he addresses me by calling out, "Big H." In the spirit of that, I beveled both the port brace and the inside edge of the port to make a big "H".

One last shot of the box.

Up next, the subs go in the box. Thanks for your help Jon(CHEVY4X4BLAZER).

Edited May 3, 2012 by onebadmonte

[jonbearsmt 919]

nice!!! cant wait to see this beast in action!!

[onebadmonte 235]

nice!!! cant wait to see this beast in action!!

Almost, almost. I'm even starting to get a little antsy.

[stevemead08 752]

Sweet lookin!

[ssh 924]

When I loaded the page and saw those pictures, I said to myself "fuck."

That box is serious,--no fucking around.

[onebadmonte 235]

Sweet lookin!

Thanks, lets just hope it lives up to it's looks.

When I loaded the page and saw those pictures, I said to myself "fuck."

That box is serious,--no fucking around.

Ha, ha. Thanks. With a couple of box builds under my belt I figure I'd learn from my mistakes and turn it up a notch on this box build. Don't get me wrong though, there's always plenty of fucking around when I'm in the equation.

[ssh 924]

Sweet lookin!

Thanks, lets just hope it lives up to it's looks.

When I loaded the page and saw those pictures, I said to myself "fuck."

That box is serious,--no fucking around.

Ha, ha. Thanks. With a couple of box builds under my belt I figure I'd learn from my mistakes and turn it up a notch on this box build. Don't get me wrong though, there's always plenty of fucking around when I'm in the equation.

Two lonely women need a ride...

[CrownVic 15]

Great looking enclosure

[16K 159]

lookin good !!!

[sefugi 166]

Fantastic Work!!! Nice attention to detail even with the wiring inside the enclosure!!

[coobies5 43]

Top notch work sir!

[edouble101 314]

Nice carpeting Big H!

[swift 501]

Good work, box looks awesome!

[onebadmonte 235]

Great looking enclosure

lookin good !!!

Fantastic Work!!! Nice attention to detail even with the wiring inside the enclosure!!

Top notch work sir!

Thanks guys. I'm glad you guys are enjoying the build as much as I am. It's been some hard work along the way and some seriously fustrating moments, but when I look back at the pics all I can do is smile.

[onebadmonte 235]

Nice carpeting Big H!

Awe man, now here too. Thanks. I finally got it right.

Good work, box looks awesome!

Thanks. If the sound sucks I'll make a coffee table out of it and a conversational piece about my "epic fail".

[onebadmonte 235]

This has been the view I've seen while entering my living room since this past January.

As of today this is my new view.

Before we get to the good stuff, writing on my subs. Actually following up on the "I know what I'm doing wiring my amp up" comment. This is how I'm keeping all the wires in order.

I identified the coils as VC1 and VC2. The polarity was up next since the push connects are color coordinated on the bottom only, making it hard to see. Lastly the "WHT" and the not shown "BLK" reffer to the color of the zip ties used to bundle the pairs of wires.

Now the good stuff. One sub in, one ready to go in.

With the mounting hardware so close to the lip I had to sand a flat on the washers to clear.

It's official, they're in.

I don't know about you, but I'm digging the "no gasket" look.

Almost there.

[16K 159]

one step closer

nice living room btw !!!

[trod2902 26]

no gasket + huge screws + huge box + huge subs =

[jcarter1885 995]

Yeah i like the no gasket look myself

[jonbearsmt 919]

something tells me these pics are a step or two behind knowing hugo............ so with that said.. .how does it sound?

i see some new additions to the H/T due tell

[edouble101 314]

Stunning.