Build Logs

Getting ready to install all of my stuff. Pretty much have all that I need to get this almost complete. Just waiting on an In-Line Fuse for between the battery and amp. Also waiting on my H/U, a Pioneer AVH-P4200DVD, wiring harness, and dash kit. All of this is going in here: Starting off with these bad boys 2 Fi Audio SSD12s (thanks FI) in an Argent Audio Enclosure (thanks Andrew): Mounted: Powered by this (thanks SA): Started off by mounting a piece of wood to serve as my amp rack in the trunk: Then I mounted the amp: Going to paint the amp rack black when it stops raining out here in LA. This is as far as I got yesterday. More to come in the next week.

start of box... if your wondering i git the dimensions fron dd's wedsite under compact 15" box.

I know I have been wishy washy with EVERY idea I have came up with and I have asked you guys a million in a half different Q's but I have FINALLY come to a build decision after some recent news. I will be running/showing my car for a local company and helping them get their name out there. . I have done a few things since then and have even more things going on before March(start of all the florida shows). Below is a list of my build parts thanks to my local dealer.First of all, I AM walling my car off and each sub will have 5 cubes each after port and displacement. I didn't plan on walling it but after I got this offer I really couldn't say no! 4 15" Ascendant Audio Ha…

Well im getting closer and closer with more boxes arriving at my door. So far i have my... Fi Bl 10" Fully Loaded my Sundown Audio SAE-1200D V.2 and some Mb Quart PVI 216 Components. getting pretty excited and thanks for all of you who chimed in and helped with the sub and amp questions. all i need is my custom box to be made. (im gonna try to make my own and ill def post pictures. as well as ask questions about that so help will be needed. haha) need to buy lots of 0 gauge wire for my big 3 and for other parts of the installation of course. need to get some second skin or dynamat or whatever i find better when the time comes. as well as maybe some components or just so…

I'm new to the SSA forum, posting from San Antonio, TX. I recently installed a 12 inch Xcon d1 in my civic, thought I'd let you guys check it out... So far Ive installed a new head unit, sub and amp, speaker amp and 6x9's in the rear, custom trunk floor and "the big three". I've also "sound deadened" the rear deck, rear quarter panels (two door civic), rear pillars and floor with a mix of a quick roof type product, some carpet padding called hair mat and typical 3/4 in" open celled carpet foam. Unfortunately I didn't get any good pix of the deadening installation so I'll post what I have so far. Its mostly box build pix and my custom trunk floor but I'll definitely post …

Hey guys.... Been a while since I have been here. Glad to be back. My progress has been slow due to work and procrastination ( and a little too much reading ). I will post more pics up as I have made more progress than my Flikr account shows. I will be starting work on the A-Pillars and Center channel shortly. Kronos and Leviathan have been installed and I absolutely love them. Any questions just shoot me a pm. http://www.flickr.com/photos/49617895@N02/

I was goin to go with 2 18" or 2 15" nightshades. But I decided 6 sa 10s would be better.. but idk if i have the room.. i measured my cargo area in my cargo area in my 00 jeep GC. length= close to 52". Width= close to 29". height= i measured 17" but i could go a few inches higher. any sugg from yall?!

So I should formally introduce myself, the name’s Sami O., I am a citizen of the mighty (or mightily small) country Finland. I live with my fiance, and my dog. Im big into fishing, as well as car audio and electronics of all sorts. That’s my dog out on the boat, hes a cool dude, and loves to be in anybodys lap. I started doing car audio work professionally at the end of high school, and went to college at Rensselaer Polytechnic, before going overseas to begin my military service. I am 26 now, I work as an organic chemist at Connecticut College, and still maintain my car audio career as well. I served in the Finnish military and am an active U.N. reserve as a mobi…

System goal : sound good and pound HU : Kenwwod X994 EQ/Crossover : Audiocontrol DQXS Front stage amp : Boss REV-665JL Audio XD400/4 Sub amp : Crescendo 3KWP Highs/mids : Viper Audio 650.2 Midbass : Exodus EX-Anarchy Subwwofer : SSA XCON 15D2 (2) Sundown Z 12v.2 with v.3 softparts DC Power 270XP and two XS Power D3400. I have been waiting and waiting and waiting for my alt. I really hope Rob comes through with this! Hidden HU install. Tweets in custom fiberglass sail panels aimed at each other. 6.5" midrange in kicks aimed at opposing glass. 6.5" midbass in custom door panels aimed at each other.

This build will start in early January and end hopefully by feb My build will include 1-Pioneer 3200D In dash DVD 1-18" Fi BTL N2 7 Cube box tuned at 32hz 1-AP3001D 1-AP1504 2 Sets of Crescendo Audio 6.5" Components 4 Crescendo Audio Super Tweeters 1 Yellow top under the hood and 2 Blue tops for the back-Still undecided on what batts to go with? I will post pics as everything comes in and as the box takes shape and please post any constructive ideas for me! Ohh and here is my car that it's going in

i got these jl 8w7's in a trade so i figued id try them out, i deisgned up a t-line box. and threw it together and im going to dropp the box in the neon to play around with till it snows and i cant drive it no more. here are some pics of the box, will grab pics of the car and the rest later on. enjoy

The box is not finished yet, sorry not more pictures of the build to busy, but i still have to router the port the top and paint it, and I may even cut an inch of the box out somewhere bc it is a little to tall but we will see. Amps should be where wednesday I hope, and with them i still have to run power and ground to the back and get another battery and a new atternater but atternater will probably be the last thing i buy. Thats all for now but it's in and pounding

Winter is a great time to start a REBUILD in MICHIGAN! I got rid of the HIFONICS brz2100 picked up the SAZ3k.... dumped the powerbastards 220 amp ALT and picked up a 356 iraggi.....Dumped the BTL and got a SUPER SECRET SUBWOOFER! Vehicle: 1996 GMC JIMMY 4 door 4x4 sittin on 10's( I keep em clean though) Alternator: Iraggi 356 amp MONO Amplifier: Sundown audio SAZ3k H/U: Alpine 9887 Front stage: Front doors alpine type r 6.5" Rear doors Polk Audio DB 6.5" Multi Channel amplifier: MB QUART 100.4 Batteries: Yellow top Optima in hood and rear battery is a shuriken120(sales pending so I can pick up a d3400 for hood and d3100 for rear) Deadener: Spectrum Sludge (3 layers) Pow…

Doing a little work on Grandma's Car. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1PJ7gAQths http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeUECReK_As

so my old build log had old stuff. I was indecisive and procrastinated a lot. I needed a fresh start. Here it is. amp: Sundown SAZ-1500D Second Battery with One run of 1/0 welding cable: Optima yellow Top

The Pioneer AVH-P4200 installed: Positive and Negative upgrades on the battery: The positive upgrade from alternator: Close up of the new positive terminal: Close up of the new negative terminal: The Second Skin Damplifier Pro. I bought way too much: The SSA Icon 12"!: Tools used to remove panels to add the sound damplifier (the mallet was to break a pin holding the airbag panel on the c-pillar): The sound damplifier added on. It was a pain in the ass because of all of the holes for the rear deck clips and stuff. I had to cut small pieces and put them all over and started to get lazy with it and missed some spots because of it. I was so worn out from spending so m…

I was going to wait until I had finished everything, but by the time my subs get here I will be too old to type. haha --- Previous setup (~147 on music) Fi Audio Generation 2 BTL 18 Sundown Audio 3000D 2 Optima Yellow Tops Sundown Audio 50.4 Polk Audio component sets in the front doors and kicks --- What's going in 2 Fi Audio Generation 3 BTL N2's (18s) Sundown Audio 3000D (.5 ohm) 4 Optima Yellow Tops, some sort of group 31 in the oem secondary battery tray not changing the component sets in the kicks/doors leaving the 50.4 adding 3-4 apt super tweeters and some selenium mids for rear fill (just when I'm at shows with the hatch open) And some pictures; First part of t…

Just a few snapshots of equipment I have sitting around for this build log since it will start officially tomorrow. No pictures of the car till tomorrow when it arrives, everything under the hood is new besides the engine so right now that is my focus since it has over 200,000 miles. I will replace the primary battery with a XS Power D2400 and I will put a D3100 in the trunk with the sounds. Need to find out how Im gonna go about the center console since I cant find any dash kits for the car, need to find room for either a single-din or double-din and my Audio Control Epic-160. I may take the navigation out but I dont know as of yet, we will see (I dont have the software …

so, i have a 1994 Camry Wagon v6. also known as the Swagger Wagon. (hence the s/n) this is my VERY FIRST install of any kind. so Please bare with me. i will be asking for help along the way im sure. i have now... - Bravox 6.5 Carbon Fiber comps. (front stage) - Alpine Type R's 5x7 (rear fill) - BOSS audio Zed built REV-665 amp (to power front and rear stages) - 8ga amp kit from Knu. and extra RCA. (ofc. not cca) - Kenwood KDC-HD545U on the way: -18" XCON D2. soon building my box. need to get a design. probly DLdesigns. 7-7.5ft^3 @ 32-33hz. kerfed port, double baffle, flush mount, sub up, port back etc etc... need cash to get: AMP! looking at - the US amps VLZ2DE (at …

Not exactly sure on all the gear yet. I may just do it in several phases. The factory head unit died so I replaced it and now I'm itching to do more. The goals. More volume. Get some bass while using as few watts as possible and not giving up what little space I have in the back for hauling groceries and parts. The gear that I'm sure of, the rest will get sorted out as I go. Head unit JVC KW-XR810 double din. 4 Kicker Comp 8" Sub amp Kenwood KAC-8152D Right now it has all factory Pioneer speakers for the mids/highs. They sound much better with the new headunit. I may swap in some better stuff and run another amp for the mids/highs but thats later on. I chose the Kicker…

Well this is my brothers car I did the install on it... Has The Following: Soundstream BX-10 Us Amps XT2000D Aline Type R 12 2.5 cuft ported at 33hz Line Out Converter ----------------------------- Future: Sundown SAE-1200 Skar Audio VWX-12 Custom 2.2 Cubic Feet at 33 hz AudioControl Epicenter Pioneer 3200

Recently i've decided to upgrade my front stage. I've thought about it for a year, but made the first move when my left speaker went out. When i bought the car a year and a half ago there were 4 speakers in the car. The front 2 5.25 were dead, beyond my understanding of why they were still in the car. The morning after i got the car home i took those out and put the rear 6.5s in the front doors. Still this didn't do much for the "music" they made. But i dealt with them 'till now. Within a few months i got a new HU, the JVC KD-s100. I'm happy with it, it has all the features i needed at the time, but i plan to upgrade that in the future with more crossover settings, if po…

I just ordered an aq 2200 and a btl 18" n2 and I also ordered a khaotik box for my single 18 my electrical I jus have a vmax charge tank t1000 and I'll be doing the big 3 and also be running 0g kicker wire ... It's gonna be awhile till I get everything.. Was jw what u guys think .. And also my buddy has 2 15" ipipes with no electrical upgrade jus is running 0g and I believe his amp is an 5200 power acoustic oo Also I drive a four door blazer and he has a full size surban .. How do u think my system will compare ?? Thanks andsorry if I forgot something haha

Finally posting up some pics of my ride so everyone can see what I have since I use to ask so many questions and get tons of advice all the time and noone ever saw any of what i ended up with so far. Hopefully I get the pics up correctly.. Btw.. 18" Fi SSD... Sundown Audio Sax-1200.. EDIT: Aw Crap.. I uploaded them as links.. i hate links they are annoying.. sorry guys. If anyone knows how for me to put them so they come up as pics.. let me know.. thank you lol http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/2783/dsc08466f.jpg http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/2762/dsc08467a.jpg http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/8431/dsc08468d.jpg http://img607.imageshack.us/img607/4756/dsc08469.jpg…

hey guys. i did this build over the summer with my brother at his house over about 4 days. I got the radio, 1000/1 wiring and a bunch of Second Skin MLV and Ensolite for "free" from him for finishing his home entertainment room in the basement. Equipment Selection Raammat BXT II sound deadener Second Skin Luxury Liner Pro Overkill Pioneer DEH-P880PRS Stinger 0 gauge kit Stinger 16 gauge speaker wire JL Audio RCAs JL Audio VR 6.5 components JL Audio 12w7 JL Audio 1000/1 JL Audio 300/4 i acquired all this over the last 4 years. i just now decided its about time to use it all. I won't bore you with sound deadener photos. we've all seen them picture of the zero gauge RCAs, …