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  1. Started by rmzsuzuki89,

    This is a build for 2 little MTX 10"s that were in my attic in a pre-fab sealed box, using scrap wood from previous builds. They'll be in my car until i start my 4 DP21 build, then they're going in my gf's car. On to the pics: All wood cut Piecing together

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  2. Started by HunterAC,

    Ok my? is i'm putting 1 sa12 in my hatch should i have sub up or sub back forward or what?the port is on the side

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  3. Started by Soapbox,

    In one of my intro threads I remarked it was like an old addiction. Seems as of late well for over 13 years I've mended my ways and laid down my desires for my family. What started as just a small system has resurrected the monster. I have a few goals intended for this system they are: 1. Create a clean install which is removable with minimum effort. After all this is our family car. 2. Target db level 145 3. Modular design to accept several boxes and yet remain SANITARY in installation. 4. Kid proof Covers to prevent kids from dropping stuff in ports (one reason the passive radiator is one of the designs) 5. Design for double the electrical draw. On hand purchased …

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  4. Started by mikey5472,

    Got it started almost finished now. I'm about to finish sanding and start paint tomorrow. Lots of pics that will be posted tomorrow as well. 3 4" aero ports cutesy of precision ports. It is going in a 77 Couger. EDIT: Forgot to mention that they were 12's

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  5. Started by SpeakerBoy,

    We found a huge pile of scrap plywood, and said hey, we could sure use more bass =P It is ~1.3cuft sealed and the ported section is 12.5 cuft before displacements. It is an 8ohm aspire audio 10" subwoofer. We are picking up a bash 300w amp by the end of the month. Tuned to 28hz. Me in the box.... Inspiration for the project =P Super sweet port ends. Catt says: "I do believe that this right here, this is a subwoofer" Long day =) I found the bass....yes......in here..... The first two members of Lurking Skarred

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  6. Started by poundindak69,

    ok so the other night i took out the old box that was 10cubes at 28hz so that i could build a new box and seal off the trunk.... im goin to start this tomorrow night with sealing off the trunk cause i am sure that was a main reason for it not being loud, then im goin to build a new box with a little more port area and finish it all off with a beauty panal to mold the box in the back seat cause its no a full wall it more like a half wall...other than that ill being installin a set of alpine type x 6.5's in the front door replacing the crappy sony xplode ones.... the equipment thet will bu used is HU-alpine 9885 alpine types x 6.5's sony xplode 6x9's probably some kicker 1…

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  7. So guys my Taurus has went through many a system but is time to let loose and get it to the point I have always wanted. Crisp clean highs and solid bottom end, by no means "sq" perfect but close as I can still being loud. Plans include: AQ2200D Amplifier Fi BTL 15" Loaded D2 2 Batteries Upgraded Alt 1/0 Gauge Runs and Big 3 (Complete) Fully Deadened Front doors (Complete) Trunk Deadened 4 Cubic Foot Box at 34 Hz with Kerfs (In progress) Pioneer Door Speakers and 12 Gauge Ran through molexes (Complete) Amped Front Speakers off Profile AP400 (Complete) Some pics of the big 3 Started the box: Here is a sketchup model of it, the front will be double baffled, hence the o…

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  8. Started by burko,

    I decided to let the old one die and start up a new one because the other one turned into me asking a ton of questions, not an actual build log Vehicle I'm starting with (The stupid green chevy emblem was painted black the day I bought it ): Equipment going into it: - (1) Fi BTL N2 18 - (1) AQ2200D - (1) XS Power D1200 - www.weldingsupply.com 1/0 wire Here are a few pics of the box build. Unfortunately I was more focused on building the box than taking pictures, so I only have a couple haha: And while it's picture time, here's me. Just in case you see me at a show or something, you can say hello. Me, my dad, and my brother. Yeah, we're weird.. The not-quite finished …

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  9. Started by basebalz13,

    Well, since Fraze(CNC) disappeared with my door panels, 6.5, tweeter, and crossover. Decided to get started myself. Started off slacking on the pics (was anxious and in a hurry lol) I was outta town with work, and showed my dad what I wanted done before I left. He started with this Good thing I made it home before he did any fiberglassing. Now looks like this. Not much had to be cut Rings to space it up, to give it a curvy look Rings to make it flush mounted Bam, waiting for all the glue and what not to setup

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  10. This is a build I am doing for a buddy of mine. The build consists of: 2 DC Level 4 12s 1 Crescendo BC2000D Knu Konceptz wiring for everything 2 XS D1200 batteries Kenwood eXcelon DNX9990HD Stay tuned for more... And feel free to comment

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  11. Started by ramonR,

    Its just getting started but i thought id show it from scratch as it goes along.. Gonna run two evil 18s ..still waiting on the second one

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  12. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vLS1CNXDIP4PU7HHWnsw0193fRfQ9-sZ/view?usp=drivesdk my "new" 2003 s10 blazer 2wd. 75k miles. Zero rust. From out west (I'm in Ohio lol) going to order my singer alt tomorrow. Either a 370 or 390. Then the fun begins!

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  13. Started by SPY,

    1.8 ft^3 tuned to 33hz. This will be my first attempt at a kerffed port so we'll see how it goes : Not much to look at yet...

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  14. Bringing my build log over here from a few other sites SOme of the wood used A look at the subs mids amp Stripped the interior for a gallon of Spectrum from Second Skin

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  15. Hello all! This will be really really slow going since this is a high school build lol. Anyways, I started out 2 years ago with a 92 pontiac sunbird and put a little pioneer 12 in it and its been a steady road ever since. Here i am now with a newer vehicle and bigger plans. Vehicle: 03 Jeep Grand Cherokee Current Gear: Kenwood KDC-X397 4 gauge knu cca Alpine MRV-500 SSA Xcon 18 Future: Crescendo Symphony 1500 (hopefully soon) 1/0 Welding Cable ....maybe two xcons c-pillar wall.... The jeep Kenwood Most recently removed setup Box And its In!!!!

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  16. Started by CleanLS,

    Here is the build log of the setup in my Lincoln LS. Everything was done at Audio Advisors in West Palm Beach, Fl. Been dealing with them for about 10 years now. This is the third vehicle I've done with them. Big thanks to JC, Tom Mangs and Bob Mercer for eveything. How she was at birth, at the dealership. First part of the make over begining at Audio Advisors. Bob begining work The factory head unit Now with the Alpine IVA-W205. They fabricated the trim panel in house. Not sure what kit they used to hold the double din. I didn't purchase one, so I'm assuming they made something to hold it in place iPod interface cable running under the center console, exiting inside …

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  17. Started by Jd377,

    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…

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  18. Started by Notorious97200,

    Hello from Martinique , A friend of mine, a box builder for a shop here, is upgrading is sound system. He's going from 1 SSA xcon 15" on 2 Sundown saz 1000 d amps to 2 xcons on 4 saz 1000d. We bought the design from someone on this forum ! The box is made in 2 parts : one for each sub. Totally independant chambers and ports. 2 exactly same boxes. For the mids (2 8" Davis Acoustics speakers on each front door)he will use a JBL amp (px 300.4) and for the highs(several 5.5" speakers and tweeters, all Davis) he will use a new amp : the JBL 100.4. Doors and trunk are already deadened with SecondSkin Audio Damplifier and Damplifier Pro. Here are some pics of the box build.

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  19. This is a good buddies build. I got him hooked up with Mark to order 2 zcon 18s and 2 crescendo 5500s. Mark came through very fast on delivery. This blazer already had a 6th order for 2 IA dp21s. Doing decent numbers. But when we put the zcons in holy shit! We played with the back ported section and bumped up the volume a bit changing the ratio. In testing before the last show we managed a 159.5 and at the show after demos and playing around he was able to put up a 158.7 official score. I don't have a lot of the build pics since it had the 6th when I met him. Here's a few from the show.

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  20. Thought you guys might like to see a build we are finishing...you may have seen it on another forum...This isn't exactly going to be a full build log, mostly just pics of it as things get finished. This is my buddy's van, we have been building it at his house the last few months. What we have been trying to accomplish is an "old-school" type build, full install, LOW LOW extension, move a bunch of air, and do decent SPL (definitely not our main goal). I worked at a shop in Akron, Ohio in the 90's doing mostly big installs, and competed some myself. He used to compete in consumer classes in USAC back then too. (Both of us had world records in the 90's)...on to the pics... T…

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  21. Started by 16K,

    well decided i wanted some boom in my DD (Daily Driver).... so i went ahead and bought some subs, a box, and a amp.... already had the 1/0 gauge wire from my last build in the white civic so i used that... RE SEX 12s and Ported box.... paid $365 for the 2 subs and the box and then $280 for the amp... so $645 for everything.... im happy... its just a prefab box but i dont care really how loud this car gets as long as it sounds ok lol..car already has powerbass 6.5s up front and powerbass 6x9s in the back....plus it came stock with tweeters in the A pillar so the SQ is really good imo... 2 12" RE SEX Subs: 3 Cubic Ft. Box: SoundStream Rubicon 2500w Amp: SS amp…

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  22. Started by Smanleyman,

    So a week ago i designed this then built it with my dad for my brothers truck, a 94 s10 reg cab. The sub sits under the dash facing up and port is behind passenger seat. With polyfill it should be ~2 cubes @ 32hz its kind of crude and we couldnt afford the room for 45's or bracing, but it sounds really good and pretty even through a broad frequency range. My brother hasnt decided on a finish yet so its staying bare wood/caulk/putty/nails for a while... SPL testing will hopefully be the day before thanksgiving

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  23. Started by mrray13,

    but it's what i do. for work, lol. it's the start of a set of simple channel letters. these will be LED lit, on a raceway with a different font set of letters that are neon lit. i'll add pics as the process moves along. supposed to be done tomorrow, lmao. yeah. that's going to happen!! these are cell phone pics, so don't judge too hastly..lol anyway... how it all starts. a pattern, a piece of .090 aluminum for backing, and 5" wide strips of .063 alum for returns (or the sides) look closely, that red line? it's the carbon paper tracing i did of the pattern onto the alum. a few bends gets you this a few more bends gets you that..... to be continued. wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeee…

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  24. Started by dondie,

    TASTE MY EIGHT (8)! Gear: HU - Pioneer 6950Ib Seps: Mohawk 6.5 frankenstein with morel passives and Mids Amp: jbl 1004 Sub: RE 8 Wires: Tsunami Box: ported Tunning: Secret The ride: Head Unit: Old school Seps...na mukang mid bass sa pic. hehe Mids amp...peek a boo! Wires and install with teflex and shrink tubes The Box and Sub: Line driver nga pala: Tunning and dimensions: secret Enjoy!

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  25. Hello world. Well, here's my Civic build. It's a simple SQ setup. Front stage: 2way DLS UR6i Sub: mac Audio Aliante 10" Black LTD Front amp: Helix H400 Esprit Sub amp: Steg QM 220.2 Stock HU as signal source and re-used Pioneer P88RS as signal processor. (HU>LOC>P88 aux in) It's an unusual configuration, works for now, but I'm really thinking about an Audison Bit Ten. Doors were deadened with SilentCoat, but I still have some work to do on them. Cables are AWG4, and hand"crafed" RCAs. Here's the car - or egg-shaped rocket ship, as some may call it: Old picture of the dash, pre-install (the same, but OEM tweeters): Overall requirements of the install…

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