Build Logs

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!

well i wrecked my 08 Mazda 3 sedan taht i had a 15'' FI BL and 1 1500 sundown in.. doing 145 at the headrest.. so im starting over in my 01 volvo s60 T5.. i hope this car gets loud as easy as the mazda did.. anyways what you see here is my incomplete isntall with 2 SAZ1500.1 and 1 SAZ100.4 as well as a rockford 360.2 and two batteries.. one is under the trunk floor in factory location.

Figured I should start a build log since I've gone through so much trial and error in getting this stereo to sound good. I'm already done with most things but I did take pictures along the way so i'll get that all uploaded when i get photobucket or imgur figured out. I bought my passat almost a year ago, the weekend after black Friday to be exact, and knew immediately that it needed some love in the bass department. I had a rockford p-300-12 powered enclosure lying around that i once had mounted in a big self-propelled sprayer that i basically lived in for 3 summers, threw that in along with a rockford loc, rockford rca's, and some ebay 4ga cca to get it powered. …

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

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

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.

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…

Been a while but I am finally back at it... the DIY'er in me got the best of me once again. This is the current system: Stock Head Unit Front Stage: JL C5s Front Stage Amplifier: Sundown 100.2 Rear Stage: Stock. Has been about a year and sounds awesome to me, but we can always get better (plus I miss subs). It will be a while before it is all finished but this is what I am planning for the new set up. HU: Alpine W505 Processing: Alpine H701 Active Front Stage: Cd1 Pro Minis for the tweeters and X69s for the midbass Rear Stage: JL C5s Substage: (2) FI Q 15s sealed Amps: (2) 1.000 Alpine PDXs, 4.150 Alpine PDX, 4.100 Alpine PDX. Pics coming up...

So i got a new truck, 2009 Sierra SLE Ext Cab Short Box (4.8L V8) Performance mods so far: K&N Cold Air Intake, MBRP XP Series Stainless Dual Catback Exhaust Decided to go with the 18 Zcon for a sub. Only 1200watts for now, plan to drop in a AQ 2200 asap. Sounds great already though. System Specs: Stock 145a Alternator Stock Battery Kinetic HC2400 (2 runs pos, 2 runs neg between batts) Big 3 All Kinetic Wiring Tsunami Fuse Terminals Pioneer Premier P690UB US AMPS MD1D (1200rms) and MD23 (300rms x2) CDT ES-6MO, DRT-26a, Upstage Tweeter, 560 Xover SSA Zcon 18 D2 (6.6cu ft @ 34hz) 80sq Feet RAAMmat BXT II (doors, back, part of floor) 25^ft eDead Xtreme (Floor) Just fini…

Ok well I have some of the equipment and there is a lot to come but should be a good build. Head unit: Pioneer avh P5000dvd Sub amp: 2 Sundown SAZ 3000D's Sub's: Not quite decided yet but more than likely will be 2 DC sound lab LVL5 15's Mids: not decided yet(Probably mach 5's) Highs: Seas prestige tweets Mid and high amp: Probably a Sundown sax 100.4 Rear batts: Kinetiks--Hc800 and probably 2 hc3200's(maybe more) Alt: DC power(not decided on what amperage yet.) The box will be built for daily ground pounding, about 7 cubes at 35 hz, subs up port back, 105sqin of port. I want to have it done by The carl casper show in Febuary, but I have a couple minor set backs right no…

Hello everybody. Some of you on here know what my system consists of, but this is for the rest of the fellas. I have a 2007 Kia Sportage with 2 12" American Bass VFL Extreme DVC 2 ohm 1500 watt rms subs powered by 2 American Bass VFL-100.1 Amplifiers. My head unit is a JVC KD AR880 CD Receiver. I have a custom bult subwoofer enclosure built buy Derrick Haddock. My electrical consist of American Bass 0 gauge power and ground cable, G34 yellow top and Excide 35 amp hour gel-cell battery and unfortunately a stock 120 amp alternator with Big 3 completed. My mids and highs are still factory. This is my second enclosure in this suv. My First was a PWK Designs Compound Loading B…

A friend of mine from work listened to my setup about two weeks ago, he said he wanted better sound in his car but couldn't spend much, I asked his budget and he gave me ~$300 as a limit, so I told him I'd get something for him. I worked on a design, and approached him with a 12" SSA DCON S4, a Rockford Fosgate 200.2, and an enclosure 2.25 cubes tuned to 32 Hz. He liked it, and gave me the go ahead. The amplifier was the first to arrive, no pictures of it though because it was shipped to his house. Then we got the DCON, and I much say it's an impressive driver. I wouldn't consider it entry level at all! It is extremely well built, now time for the woofa porn My dog …

Hey guys it's spring break so it's time to start working on my truck again. For those that do not know I drive a 1999 Dodge Ram 1500 Ext. Cab 5.9L Laramie SLT. It may be old but it's only got 45K miles on it. Anyway I plan on removing everything and rebuilding from the ground up. I will be using the same equipment and box, but I will make everything neater and more professional. Over this weeks break I plan on repainting my box, carpeting my amp rack and rear seat combo, installing SDS CLD Tiles, Plasti dipping all chrome and silver parts, along with either an exhaust install or new headlights and hids (or both). Along with these upgrades and installs I plan on adding ple…

Well, Im finally getting around to doing another install in my fucus... 4way active = yum My front stage consists of: Pio Premier 880PRS PPI DCX-730 Dayton RS225s Vifa TG9s Seas neo alum or XT19s PG Xenon 100.4 PG Xenon 200.2 The sub stage is still somewhat undecided... Currently I have an MJ18 in a 6.5 cube ported enclosure tuned to 45hz, off a lil old RF 360a2... Tomorrow night, Ill be building a 4 cube ported enclosure and playing around with different tunings to see what I really like with this sub. This is what you see behind the seats The two options Im contemplating- A) 2 MJ-18s, 9 cubes net ported, tuned somewhere between 32-35hz, PG Xenon 1200.1 w/ a K…

Nobody cares about the talking, so I'll get straight to the pictures! What could be in these? Smaller, unnamed box: Sundown Audio E12 USA Prototype (DVC 4) Parts Express box: A...catalog? ...and another box... ...oh and this Dayton Audio 240 watt plate amp... The sub and amp together Oh, and the DHL man brought my FREE nintendo Wii today (Thank you mycokerewards.com) All the boxes laying in my room Design for the sub enclosure (2 ft^3 @ 30 hz (per Jacob's recommendation)) Build on the box should start in the next few days.

Its a little early as I have not even purchased the subwoofers yet but I'm excited! So here is the plan. Ill be running my 2004 Impala in the street trunk class so I'm limited to 4000 watts. I'll be running two 15" Icons with a nice big aeroport. Still trying to figure out amplifier situation but the Crescendo 3500d seems like a good choice. Full 0 gauge with a group 31 in the trunk. Hoping to do a lot of testing, and have a lot of fun. Representing SSA in the Great White North.

nice lil touch that will come later painted, comin along aeros and 2x4 for bracing going in front loading wall/port installed ready for bedliner

Getting close to finishing.....just need to build "seal off" panels from B pillar back. What do you think so far?

This is gonna be completed over the next few weeks as money permits. As of now I have the front stage in and playing. Installed Now Kenwood KDC-X493 AP3002 2- Selenium 6w4p's (doors) 2- Vifa 1" Textile Dome Tweets (on caps wired with 6w4p's in doors) 2 - Sony Xplod Something or Other 6x9's (rear deck) 1 - Run of 2/0 from front to back 2/3- Big 3 done (will do alt-batt when I get the HO alt) DB Link 0 AWG 200 amp fuse after front batt 200 amp fuse in back (will be infront of rear batt when it is installed) Coming Soon 1- 2.8^3 @ 36Hz 3/4" Birch Bass Heads Ent. Box (already have) 1- Audiopipe AP18001D (already have, well kinda, currently resides at Value Pawn but will be re…

Eh i thought i might as well post up my crappy work so far. I am by no means the kind of person that tries to make shit look good from start to finish. As long as it looks great at finish, functions properly, and is pretty well built then i'm ok with it This is going in a 2004 Silverado ECSB. Total vol. will be est. @ 5.2. I'm going to tune lower than i want @ 31hz and expect it to be more at 33-34hz just because that always seems like what happens and that's where i prefer it anyway. Yes that is 1/2" mdf. I had a whole sheet sitting in the shop so i'm going to use that and fiberglass over it so it'll be closer to 3/4. The subs are mounted up and port facing forward wit…

lets get started shall we? no words no bullshit straight pics, any questions just ask hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

There are two things I have never had since I got "serious" into car audio. A 10" sub, or a decent dual sub setup. So this is my build for two 10" xcons! Im super excited, they should be finished building and arriving soon, I hope. I am fitting the maximum dimensions of my trunk while still being able to fold up the stock floor and access the spare tire. I was left with 3.11 internal cubic feet without sub, bracing, 45s, or port displacement. This is firing into the car, so I also needed the subs and port to be on the same face. The triangle port is unconventional but takes up less volume than a typical slot port inside the box and also has less port wall surfa…

I have a 2005 Honda CR-V EX. This is the stuff I want to get for my system: Head Unit - JVC KD-AVX-44 Sub - 15"Fi Audio Q- Series Front - Phoenix Gold RSD 65CS Rear - Phoenix Gold RSD 6.5 Amp (Sub) - Alpine PDX 1.1000 Amp (Interior) - Phoenix Gold RSD500.4 Enclosure - Made by DCole ( someone from another message board) Install Kit - ??? What is a good Install Kit to use? I know I should use 1/0 guage wires for the kit. I was looking at KnuKoncept Kits, but the one I wanted is sold out. I emailed the company and they said a new kit should be out by the end of the month. So I may end up going with that. Is there anything I left off that i'm going to need? I know I…

Well I decided to ditch my dual 12 set up and go for a single 18 DC Level 4 XL in the back. I've been playing around with designs for the past week and finally settled on something. I went to Menards yesterday, got two sheet of MDF and went to work today. It's 6 cubes tuned to 36hz. After my Ebay sale is done on Sunday I'll order the 18 Monday, then I'm going to wait to attach the second baffle until I can make sure it fits good with the sub, and then come a little testing and Herculiner after I'm happy with everything.