Build Logs

A few months ago I deadened the floor pan and the rear wall with a roll of RAAMmat and it cleaned up the sound tremendously. I have a Massive Audio CW12 downfiring out of a JL Audio Stealthbox disguised as the middle seat. Then I decided that new speakers were in order because the JL Audio TR series were not doing a good enough job. I did some research and decided on Focal Polyglass speakers and the new Focal Solid 2 channel amplifier. Considering the 6.5 inch woofer and the 4 inch mid wouldn't fit in the stock 6x9 hole I had to make baffles and glass them into the doors. Right now its just a temporary solution until I figure out a better way to do it. This is not show qu…

After being on hear for years I just realized I don't have a build log: From earlier this year! This setup did a 148@54hz

The car is finally here. Here is just a bum load of pics, mostly old, and 4 new. More to come once I do more. So far all I've done is solder the CD player harnes, run wires, and figure out how I'm going to mount the speakers. And now for some new Pimp Mobile Needs sound deadening. The skin is pretty solid but the inside is like swiss cheese Crutchfeild thinks I'm mounting an old tape player I geuss. To walmart I go for a Sosche kit. Damn do I hate sosche kits. The halfarsed painted box. 1st coat and I ran out of paint. This stuff doesnt go on very thick. It looks nice in person though. As you can see the box was built that wide so that there would be space o…

These are pictures, of the early stages, of my application of CLD tiles. When I'm finished with my floor, I'll have over 200 ft^2 of CLD layered over it. http://s917.photobucket.com/albums/ad18/sawyersbigdaddy/F150%20minus%20interior%20exposing%20all%20sheet%20matel/?albumview=slideshow

This is just a quick post on a S10 ext. cab that my son and I help a freind put together. He already had the subs (in a not so good box sealed). He had not done anything to help the electrical, and was very shy on amp power. So we did the Big 3, gave the boxes more air space, and he purchased a pair of affordable matching amps. Here are a few shots of the Big 3 electrical additions: By sefugi at 2011-02-26 By sefugi at 2011-02-26 By sefugi at 2011-02-26 By sefugi at 2011-02-26 By sefugi at 2011-02-26 Pic of the enclosure/amp rack. FlyBoy wanted the amps to mount between the subs at an angle, so we did our best. Sorry we don't have more pics, but were not planning a b…

One reason for the rebuild: Cone Area This rebuild has been in planning for awhile but it's just starting to come together now First off I wanna thank the people who made this possible; Thanks to Jacob at Sundown for having such great equipment, customer service, and for answering all my n00b questions. You are the man! Thanks to Zach (Nightshade) for helping with the box design and answering even more of my n00b questions; you've been so helpful and generous with your time, I owe you man. Thanks to Derrick (Derrick824) for helping me with the initial planning for the box, it was great working with you! Thanks to Torres, for helping me with wiring when I had no idea WTF …

I've been here long enough. Time to nut up or shut up, as the saying goes. Here are some pics of what I built. The goal: Loud. How loud? 140+ on the Term lab. The challenge: To do it with low power and a sTock electrical system. Journey with me as I go for the moon. First some info of my build. The car: 1994 Oldsmobile Cutlass Cierra A.K.A The Cream Puff Head Unit: JVC KD-HDW10 A basic CD player with a built in HD tuner and RCA outputs Amps: 2 US Acoustics USB-4085 1 at 85 watts x 4 @ 4ohms (mids and highs) 1 at 240 watts x 2 @ 4 ohms (subs) Fronts: Powerbass 3.5" coax in stock location Rear: MTX Thunder Axe 5-1/4" components Subs: 2 Ascendant Audio Atlas 15" Electical: S…

I am finally getting around to showing SSA what my build consists of. I am currently on the second build in this truck so there will be more pics than talk pic of the truck when I purchased it in 2012 pic of my first singer alt 300 amp my first set up in the truck, DC lvl 4's on a DC 5k so pretty lil dash work if you will original box and set up subs loaded 5k mounted

This is yet another build for my good friend. Seems he has to buy a new truck every year or so... What's Going in: 2 Massive Audio DB8000 Amps 8000w @ 1 ohm strapped (the two amps will be strapped and running 1.33ohm) 1 Massive Audio HD1600.4 200w x 4 @ 2 ohm 1 Soundstream Ref Comp set 6.5" (something used I had sitting around that he liked) 3 Rival Mobile Electronics A12.22 4" VC D2 ohm 2000w RMS 2 Shruiken BT120's JVC Deck--nothing fancy 1/0 everywhere... big 3 ect... all tsunami cables **not sure on the rear speakers yet... they're not all that important... he's got some old soundstream 6x9's that we'll probably stuff in there..

Equipment: -Pioneer Avh-p5100 h/u Speakers: -Usher 8948a 7" midbass - active -Hertz HSK 165 comp set (6.5" midrange and ht25 tweets) - passive -Morel MDT-39 tweets - active Amps: -Soundstream Van Gogh 500.4 (powering morel tweets and hsk comp set) -Arc Audio SE 2075 (powering usher 8948a's) -US Amps AX3200DE (powering subs @ .75ohms) Subs: -2 12" TC sounds neo axis (2500wrms each - 3ohm DVC drivers) Batteries: -XS Power D2400 -XS Power S1200 up front Need to order: -Mechman 240A H/O alt -Audiocontrol Overdrive Plus line driver So here's the deal. I had one TC 12 axis neo in a 4th order off the ax3200de running at 1.5 ohms sans box rise. No line driver, and I needed one ba…

Finally got a client to rep some Ascendant Audio gear around town.It's a 2003 Chevy Tahoe total system overhaul.Should make for an extremely solid setup that is going to wail on the lows and sound good doing it. Kenwood Excelon KDC-X693

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I figured I might as well start this build log too, it should help keep me motivated trying to keep both builds moving. This is my brother's vehicle and his 2012 Mod class MECA build. Equipment being used in this build: 230amp DC Power alt. stock under hood battery with a single Kinetik 1400 in the rear JVC HDR50 Kicker KS69 Soundstream pcx270.2 SSA Zcon 18" Sundown SAZ3000D (thanks Steve!) I only have a few pics right now, I'll get more soon. Some shots of the big 3 looking ugly with the tape and big washers, but that was only temporary. Power cable through firewall. More pics coming soon, possibly a step by step guide to doing a large case alt swap on the Dodge 2.0…

Hello Guys, I dont have any real pictures yet, but iv decided to get a little hype going for my first ever build. So heres what is going to be happening. Iv got a 2004 Impala, Currently with a set of Infinity 5.25 Reference components and Pioneer 6x9 coaxials in the back, powered by a PG Ti 500.4.. I had 2 Alpine Type X 10" and sold them. Now what will be happening with my current setup is as follows -Removing rear 6x9's to make room for my box in the trunk. -Replacing Infinity's with Bravox CS50k's -Keeping PG Ti 500.4 to power Bravox's -American Bass VLF 100.1 to power the subwoofer -18" Fi BTL N2 in the trunk, tuned to 32hz. Ill be building a box out of cardboard to …

I was going to copy and paste from my thread on a gm trucks forum as this build started back in january but theres a lot of unneeded stuff in there. I went back and forth alot about what i was going to do and how. This system started because i had the typical driver side front speaker failure. I was going to merely replace all the factory speakers and run the amp off high level inputs from the stock head unit...boy did that change. My on experience in car audio previous to this was my 1991 jimmy when i was 16. It involved a head unit, simple speaker replacements using factory wires and two 12 inch mtx thunder 3000 (i think) subs in a bandpass box i bought at the pawn shop…

im about to start my build for my very first system. its going in a 1997 honda accord and its nothing big like alot of people on here but hey you got to start somewhere. whats going in my car: alpine type r 10 alpine mrp-m500 alpine sps-600 kenwood kdc-mp242 i will post pics but idk how to so can someone tell me how to post pictures

Well haven't posted up here in a while so i thought id post up what I'm doing lately. I already have 2 SA-8's on the way and I'm going to pair it up with a SAE 1000d amp or an SAZ 1000d amp (not really sure what to get at the moment). I will be wiring both of them down to 1 ohm. It's all going in a 1992 toyota pickup extended cab. Here are the specs of the box I'm designing at 32 hrtz. In the 3D photos the length should be 40" not 36". Any comments, help, or info would be appreciated. Thanks-Blake

The Double Deez are out, no porno. :\ Now I'm gonna try a pair of JBL w15GTi's. If you missed the original build feel free and check it out here. Worst build ever! This is a straight drop in replacement, so things might not work out as planned. We'll just have to see what happens. I'm not looking to get louder, just looking for a cleaner sound Lets get started with some disassembly pics. Dang these fhawkers are heavy! A little side by side action. Those JBLs are wild looking fo sho! Side by side looking down at the cones. The DD have the edge on this one with the carbon fiber dust caps. With the tall-n-narrow surrounds the DD also look bigger. I ran out of daylight b…

Stayed Tuned for this epic 20,000 watt Build Team Sundown Audio Team Fi Team XS Power This Build Will Consist of.... 1-SC Designs Wall with Pluggable Port for SPL/Daily... 2 -15s Secretive Woofers Fi Audio 15s... 12 - Crescendo Audio PWX 8s 2- Crescendo PWX 6s 8 - Selenium St 350s 2- Sundown Audio NS-1s 2-Sundown Audio 200.4s 1-Sundown Audio 125.4 1-JBL MS-8 1 XS D3100 4- XS D7500s 1-Singer 220amp Alt w/VCM 1- Custom Toolmaker Fuse Block Toolmaker Goodies, Distros, dual inputs,' 1-Kenwood KIV-701 MORE GOODIES to COME!

The is a good friends truck. He gave me free run to do a what I want in his truck, I am keeping the budget for the entire build to $1500 or so. It already has a Kenwood headunit under the bench seat where it will stay and be operated by remote. The goal will be to leave the interior as is basically. It has a very small battery behind the seat which I may relocate to the bed if he will let me. 55 Chevy 3100 series. 350 2 barrel, automatic, Monte Carlo frame I believe, bagged with 4 switches, frame is notched and the bed floor raised to hide the air tank, compressor and wheel tubs. Its a bad ass fun truck. The goal is simply to get a nice sound in it. Nothing crazy but fair…

I think this is actually my first post on this forum, I usually frequent ol' ca.com Anywho, Im putting an 18" Fully Loaded BTL in the back of my 95 Cougar. Pics should explain whats up Oh yeah the system includes: Alpine CDA-9847 CTD-61 6.5" Components HiFonics Nemesis 18" Fully Loaded BTL Kicker KX2500 220 amp Iraggi Alt 50ft+ of 1/0 from welding supply 20ft of 4ga Rockford Big Interstate under hood Yellow Top in trunk ^ I think thats everything, or most of it The build should start this coming weekend if its not to cold and if I have propane for the heater in the garage lol Comments/Input?

Just got this about a week ago. The paint needed some much needed love, so I took it over to my buddies body shop. Thinking of adding a single sub to the sub stage of this car. Opinions?

i been wantin to make a thread like this so fk it i am lol.... i started w/ this system ~10 months ago.. big difference between now and then. 1st was an splx15" and ss pca1000d: 136.8db still the same clarion deck.. added EQ w/ 7v out got a bigger box maybe 3cubes added a 4" aero.. this box and 4" port was the lowest hitting out of all the ones ive tried so far. 138.9db picked up a used 9515 and also swapped the pca1000 for the pca1500d the splx was a loud sub.. the dd sounds alot nicer though sealed off the 4" hole on the front, added a side firing 6" flared port.. 141.8db most recent mid/high amp, if you look at the pics i've been through 3 or 4 already.. …

I'm in the process of rebuilding my system and figured why not post a few pics. Any reasonable suggestions would be most appreciated. my system will be installed in my P.O.S. 02 cavalier and will consist of 1-An audiocontrol eqx 1- set hertz hsk 165 comps 1 pair of 10" peerless sls (for midbass) 3- rockford fosgate 25th anniversary punch 150's and a pair of Custom SSA Icon 15's(awaiting recones at the momment.) So far I have made some mounting brackets for the hertz mids and my amp rack. more pics and updates will follow but I don't have alot of time to work on my car so finishing this will be slow going. Here is how I made my brackets. The green marks the angle…