Build Logs

2015 Honda Accord Coupe (big upgrade from the rusted out Buick) https://imgur.com/l8v4uG0 I think a lot of folks found time in 2020 to get some work done on their builds. I picked up my Accord early in the year after my old Buick Century showed signs of death. You guys might recall my buick build log from 2015-2019, but I went a bit crazy near the end of it with Super huge dash pods and Sls 8 door enclosures. Pods https://i.imgur.com/UoO4heW.jpg Doors https://imgur.com/a/EweSH5L Well I don't plan to cut up my car that much this time around. My initial plan is a simple active 2 way + sub. I did all this work at my apartment building's par…

well i guess ill get this started tonight before hitting the hay.. car- 00 Oldsmobile intrigue plan- install new front stage, finish up amp rack, paint sub box, use some more deadening and other products (expanding foam) to kill remaining rattles. equipment- 3" peerless fullrange, 8" peerless sls, AA arsenal 12" (2.2 cubes @ 30hz), kicker 100.2, kicker 250.2, kenwood excelon x10d, clarion DXZ785USB currently i have pg rsd comps running active, doors are deadened with raammat. the trunk also has a layer of raammat w/ some dynamat extreme back there too. amp rack is mounted upside down under rear deck. picture tomorrow

guess ill start with a link to my old build log, here. (link to part 1 inside the link) i got my mj18 motor coming in from big pimpin next week. followed by recone and basket from mark. also need to make an order with partsexpress for the carpet and other odds and ends... so far i got my false floor going in. just need to do the wall for the sub, trim panels around the outside, and carpet. i hope the ib goes well, im alittle skeptical... ------------------------------------- list of my equipment hu- clarion dxz785usb mids- 3" peerless fullrange midbass- sls 8 sub- mj18 (old style 8ohm coil) mid amp- zx100.2 midbass amp- kx250.2 sub amp- kenwood excelon kac x10d …

car- 00 olds intrigue equipment -deadening -raammat all over the fucking place.. afew layers in the doors and 1 in the trunk (along with some dynamat extreme) -mlv and cc foam from sds (didnt read about SDS till after the raammat install.. ) -source -clarion dxz 785usb -amps -kicker -kx250.2 mids -kx250.2 midbass -zx100.2 tweets -kenwood -kac x10d ~150 watts @ 8 ohms to sub -speakers -tweeter -dayton nd20 -mid -tang band w4 1337sd -midbass -peerless sls 8" -sub -mach 5 mj 18 (old style) 8 ohm -wiring -knukoncepts rca -1 run kicker 4 gauge -1 run stinger 4 gauge (got it for free) -14 gauge speaker wire -some other random distro's and 8 gau…

For a single AQ HDC3-A 10" 1.5@37hz Dual flare. Flush. On with the pics.

This little build here is for a co-worker. He bought the old Hifonics equipment out of the van from me and plans on giving this truck to his son to drive in about a year or less. The system was designed on a fairly short budget, though he didn't want to cut many corners there's still almost $1,000 in it. Equipment consists of a Hifonics ZXi 6006 amp for the components, a Hifonics BXi2006D sub amp, a pair of 12" Hifonics Zeus subs, CDT COM-626 6.5" 2 way components and a JVC KD-HDR60 head unit. He purchased a "custom" enclosure from ebay for an easy fit under the rear seat. It's a sealed enclosure totaling 2.2cuft. net volume (according to the manufacturer) and he rai…

here some pics of the fiberglass box me and a few other students are building in class....the box is for 3 8's....enjoy the pics

Well heres car im working on at the moment its a citroen C2 will be a daily drive system Headunit: not decided yet Front end: 8x b2 audio hn8" mids, 4x hntt bullet Tweeters Subs: 16x Ascendant Audio Arsenal 10s amps: 4x SPL Dynamics ICE-1500D, 2x SPL Dynamics ICE-150.4 Batteries: 2x XS Power D3100, 1x XS Power 2400 6x sheets of 18mm birch epicenter ipad fiblerglassed into dash 4x xs power 0gauge runs 1x 300amp alternator 2 m16 threaded bars and a fiberglass resin mix inside door frame read windows welded up and smoothed 3x Silent Coat MultiLayer Extra Bulk Packs 1

I Already have the woofer/amp/batteries/wire end setup will be: 1 15" Audiopulse LMS Ultra 1 American Bass VFL 200.1 (rated 3k+ rms at 1 ohm) 2 Exide Orbital Deep cycle batteries Box undecided right now but will be built this weekend 125 Sq Ft RAAMaudio BXT 5 Yards RAAMaudio Ensolite All KnuConceptz 1/0 and RCA's 200 Amp EA Alt Heres the ish i have now in the closet All the wire and what not just got here from Knuconceptz and i have to say this wire is amazing those are 300 amp fuses and the inline fuse holders seem to be very nice, overall their a great company all my deadening material will be here Monday and my Alternator is on the way also from EA

Alright Ive been bored after work this week, so Ive decided to build a bandpass box for my 10" z-5500 woofer and see how it sounds. This is my first bandpass box so I went with the 3/1 ratio. Designed by me of course, tuned to 40 hz with 15 sq in of port per cube. On to the equipment! Who ever said all prefabs are bad????? Me giving it a quick sanddown Heres what the rest of it looks like. I built these little boxes during the winter (while I was bored also) They get hella loud Will eventually paint it, but good enough for now! It hits a hell of a lot lower and louder than the original prefab box.

So, I ordered two 15 inch sundown audio x-15 d4's I'll be running at 1ohm I have been looking for box plans so I don't have to do all the math myself! I would really like the subs facing up and ported! I have a ton of room to work with. 36" deep x 47" wide x 21" high. of course it can be smaller if possible. I have found a box I really like but the website that has it wants $50 for the plans. I really don't want to spend $50 on a PDF files with measurements and then still have to buy the MDF, glue, screws etc and then build it. So if anyone could offer some help here on building a box maybe a website or just toss me some plans that would be great This would…

I finally decided to clean out the garage and do a system in my own car and since my daughter is of to college(GO UK WILDCATS!!!) it will be very low budget. First the head unit. I'll be using an Eclipse CD3100. I've never used Eclipse before but it was a gift so I like the price. After I installed it in the dash I decided I didn't like the way it looked. So I made my own kit. I finally found a texture and color that I liked for the new kit. It's called Hammered-Steel and it come in a rattle can. Pretty cool stuff

LP670-4 in for stereo upgrade, radar detector and tint. More pics to come.

Alright finally i started to do a build log...this is going to be one continuous build log. Right now i am in the process of glassing my passenger A pillar and so far its going better than planned. Picked up some fleece today and a brush heres the first A pillar...this is my first time doing pods so this one turned out quite nice well to me it did heres the mess fleece is SO much easier... heres the amp rack i just finished....40 bucks a sheet of this plexi but i thought it was worth it if anyone is wondering what i am running in my car here it is well more to come on the A pillars tonight

ITS ABOUT TIME. Officially today I finally purchased an 05 black GTI 1.8. So far I am in love with this small little packed hatchback. Overall the body is in excellent condition compared to other GTI's i test drove/looked at. Not to mention the interior is perfect. It is a manual and the clutch feels much better than my Evo. Build log will get started either tonight or tomorrow morning. I am ready and hopefully will be done before Slamology. Audio Equipment will include: DC XL 12s (red caps) Crescendo bc5500 XS batteries -D3100 in back, D3400 in front. DC power SP alt. Lots of deadener (Starting this tomorrow with the hatch.) Enclosure is 3.4cu ft w/ front 6x6 a…

mach5 spl 12 in a grand am 3.5 gross 2.5 net tuned to 42hz

This was my original set up. The box was 1.6cuft plus port and tuned to 33Hz. The piece on the right was my amp rack. One problem though with a baby on the way, I need room for the car seat and stroller and I also need to be able to remove the sub for extra space with out loosing all my music! So i built something a little different Counter sunk sub cut out using 3/4" MDF sandwhiched with 1/2" MDF Metal grill insert to allow heat to disapate. The amps have been moved into a false floor to free up more space The new box is 2.6 cuft tuned to 33Hz and goes stupid low! It's not finished yet, got some finishing touches left but i think you get the picture. Any sugges…

Mechman was kind enough to custom machine a case including powder coating (Mechman Orange) and build me this alternator since it's a rare request for a hyundai santa fe. They had it built from scratch and shipped inside of two weeks! Anyways, a good friend of mine is a certified master mechanic and has some time on the weekend, so he is going to install this for me. It's in a really tough spot IMO, bottom front corner of the engine bay, and believe me, it's stuffed in there. On to the Pictures!

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?

Disclaimer: In an effort to save time, the following is basically a similitude of a thread I've posted to another forum which I belong to...in addition, the pic's were taken using my crappy iPhone 4S, so they're not the best quality photo's __________________________________________________ ________________________ Okay, so after two years of scavenging for equipment and damn near four months of on/off installations; I think it's safe to say, that I'm pretty close to the completion of a decent stealth, SQ setup for my vehicle... Platform: 2006 Maserati GranSport GoalZ:: * To build a 5-way, hybrid [3-way passive front stage/active rear fill, bass,…

My Current System 2 AQ HDC315-A Subs 1 XXV Maxximus 7 Kenetik 1800 Batts Big 3 In 0 Gauge 4 Runs of Power & Ground Wire (0 Gauge) (Each) 5.5 Cb Foot Box After Displacements 38Hz w/ 2 6inch aeros 2008 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo SUV 270 "XP" Amp Alt From Dc Power This spring im doing 4 18's AQ Hdc3 New Coppers Off the XXV Maxximus. Tons of pics. Sorry some not in order Almost done with the current system. Just need to build an amp rack. Box Is a test box. Many to come. Trial and error. See what works best for the aq's all this power Also i would love some input on this. Thanks

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!

Its come time to upgrade and really get serious. Ive made a long of progression to this point but its time to go big once and for all. This will be a slower build as money is an issue till tax time. Ive already got my box design from RAM which was an awesome guy to deal with and a quick turn around in all manners. I will also be making door pods for multiple sets of components our a 3 way setup. Current equipment that will get carried over to the new build. 2 - Sundown SAZ-3000D Sundown SAX-50.4 Sundown SAX-100.2 DC power XP250 4 - Lifeline AGMs 50ah 75ft 1/0 Equipment still needed. 12 - SA-12s Copper buss bars 3 or 4 100ah+ agms (to come way later on) Ill at least …

Hi, I'm looking to upgrade my new 2021 Mazda CX-5 6 speakers version (non-Bose). I was thinking about 6.5" Component at front and 6.5 Coxial/Mid Bass at the rear doors, connected to a 4 Channel Amp and JBL Basspro Hub at the spare tire ( I don't want to lose space at the boot). Now, it's a bit tricky to know which speakers will fit at the doors as I couldn't find any documentation of depth compatibility for the Mazda CX-5 online. Does anyone know ? Also, without knowing the exact size can you recommend any setup for a very clear & crisp sound without compromise ? originally I was thinking to go with: Front Component:JL Audio C2-650C / Hertz Mi…