Build Logs

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.

something like a 2.5:1 ratio, cant remember exact specs off top, but regardless, sounds good, looks good, drop lows, what else ya want? skinned a tree stump to use as a brace. glassed up the sealed section SUBSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS, beefy bitches man stain game here we come

Yep, another build log for my Hyundai Old build log is here. Keeping some old stuff and adding some new stuff. Old - HU: Kenwood something of another Pioneer DEX-P99RS Synthesizer: ZED RA Battery: XS Power D3400 Sub: ZCON 15D2 Sundown 18" Z.3(2) Fi Audio IB315 Sub amp: DC Audio 2.0K DD M3a Sundown Audio SAZ1500D v.3 Alternator: 200A Excessive Amperage Ohio Generator 270a New - Front stage mid: (4) Dayton Audio RS100T-8 4" Reference Woofer Truncated Frame Jl Audio 4" Front stage tweeter: (2) Dayton Audio RS28F-4 1-1/8" Silk Dome Tweeter With Truncates Plates LPG soft domes Front stage midbass: (2) Dayton Audio RS180-4 7" Reference Woofer Dayton Audio RS225-4 8" Re…

So I finally got around to helping my little brother install his little system lol! I must say it looks and pounds very nicely! The box was designed by Ram Designs, http://www.soundsolutionsaudio.com/forum/user/17102-ram-designs/ The assembled box! then we installed the subs and wired it all down to 1ohm load! since they are d4 subs! Yes I know that isn't the best place to put an amp but it is all we have to work with in the trunk area! as you can see the trunk is quite full now! The car now sits a bit lower in the ass end! lol and yes the drums are painted orange! here are a few other customization my little brother did while he was waiting for me to help him w…

Hey guys, thought I would post some pictures on my truck install. For some reason I forgot to take pictures during most of the build, as it's now almost done. This was some what of a budget install for me. All of the wiring I had left over from other projects as well as my alpine amp. The head unit is a Pioneer DEH-P7400, nothing special. The component speakers I have were the 6.5" Aura Sound set that PE was closing out a while ago. My subs are Dayton Audio RSS265HO-4 that I picked up for $90 shipped for the pair BNIB. The sub amp is a Boston GTA-1000M. Now onto the pictures... The amps are mounted to a wood base under the carpet (no pic). The component cross…

Well decided to take my stuff out of my 09 Ford Escape and see how it sounds in my s10 for a couple of weeks. I Know the battery needs moved and its unsafe on top of the box but this was just a throw in setup to see how it sounds. It will be secured down tomorrow. The truck is only used to pull my kubota bx25 from job to job so it doesn't get used every day but have to have some kinda tunes. The only thing that i don't like is the subs are quad 1ohm coils but they read 1.2ohms and the final ohm load is 2.9-2.6ohms depending on the mm i used. So with out another battery and a bigger alternator they arn't getting all the amp has to offer but it does get LOUD System includ…

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…

Before pics system specs Alpine cda 9886 Head Unit Elemental designs nine.2 component amp elemental designs nine.1 Sub amp Polk momo mmc6500 Components Fi Q 12" with BP power sub woofer Knu Concepts 1/0 wire Stinger fuses Audio pipe fuse holder / distorbution blocks 120 SQ feet Raamatt All going into this

I decided to post some pics of my build. This build is gonna take some time, still waiting on some parts and Uncle Sam's good old tax rebate check!!! Basically I plan on running 2 Fi 18's off of 2 Alpine PDX 1000.1's I am leaning twords the Q series but i havent made up my mind. I want something that is going to stand up to everyday driving and will sound good with all kinds of music. All this great equipment is going to be installed into a 2000 GMC Safari van. Here is a couple of pics of it.

my first big install!!!! (1) 2000 Honda CR-V (1) Pioneer X9500BHS H/U (1) Knu 4G amp wire kit (4) JBL GTO 628 6.5's (from previous build) (1) Rockford Fosgate T1000bd-cp Amp (1) Rockford Fosgate Punch PEQ (1) home made optimal sealed enclosure (for now) (1) SSA Xcon 15" this is a HUGE upgrade for me! im going from an old fosgate p3s runnin on a kenwood 450W MAX amp....all of wich i got for free. i am still yet to break it in but its a monster....cant wait to see it perform when i get my electrical up to par!

Ok today i got started on the tear down and rebuild of the 2000 Lincoln Town car. Enjoy!!! The car The old setup

October 23- My new head unit arrives. Eclipse CD1000 October 27- I went and purchased an Optima Yellow Top. October 31- My RCAs are here. Tsunami November 6- My subwoofer came today. Eclipse SW7200. More pictures soon. Install will begin once I get everything.

I am about to start my build log for my new car. I'm wanting to do an 18 btl not sure about anything else yet I need a cheap amp that does 2 kw rms. For mids and highs ill run 2 sets of coaxials off the deck for now will amplify them later if necessary. I just went to pull a part today and got all the carpet for the trunk. I'm gonna try to do the big 3 tomorrow. Will get and install a HU when I decide on one. I'm not sure on electrical upgrades yet ill play that by ear. Gotta get more 0 awg wire and build the box also. Will try to add pics of the trunk before and after tomorrow or tonight. Also plan on painting some interior pieces. Any feed back or suggestions …

This truck has been through a lot, and it's far from done but this is what I have done so far. After the wreck How it looks now

hey i wassup i have a 2000 yukon SLT "profile pic is the truck" on 26's i wanted to do 6 SMD 15'' subs in a clamshell box tuned @ 30hz with 2-3 400a alts and 3 runs of 0 gauge wire with at least 8-12 D3100's from Xs Power batts and a ABVM from Mechman any idea's of what i should do in this bad boy i also though about doing 8-12 SA12s from Sundown audio i want to run at least 18-25krms clean power in this truck so any ideas for subs and amps that will help me achieve this goal?

Had a major falling out with this so called friend and will not be working on it again!

Round number two for the real deal. Started planning and collecting for this build a few months after I got the car, so basically a full year now. Don't really have an idea for goals yet, I hope its loud and I will get it metered in the spring. Super close to tearing into it and getting it done, waiting on a few more things to arrive in the mail. 2001 Honda Civic Sedan ES1 Singer 320A Soundrive SDA3 12's Taramp's HD8000 Ex PPI 900.4 Xs Power D5100 & 3100 (maybe more battery coming) 4/0 welding cable SHCA Fuse Holders / Speaker Wire / Battery Terminals Kenwood X399 HU *Possibly going with SSA Evil 6.5 for mids, no clue on tweeters yet* Lots of mis…

The following build log will consist of the following equipment: 2 SSA Xcon 10's Saz-3500d Incriminator Audio 6.5 Coax's Sax-50.4 Pioneer Bt3200DVD Head Unit Box is a 3.0ft^3 @ 30hz enclosure. 2 XS D3400's All knukonceptz wiring and Rca's I hope to have pictures of everything up very soon. It's about time to get things started.

The plan . Air-ride for the fat A$$. 4-18's Dc m2xl's ( might change) 2 or 4 American bass 1100.1's 12v . Some wire.. some batteries . Building to do spl/demo.Air-ride DONE Next start the wall...more pic's soon.. Must do 160+ sealed @ dash

Long time member here first build log though. I have on order 2 sundown sa-12's and from what I already have gathered i need about a 4cu ft net common chamber box and I want to get around 30Hz tune. Looking for ideas on design as far as sub and port orientation. I plan on removing and reloacting the jack so i have more room to work with back against the cab wall. I am also making a false floor/platform to have a nice area to work with. I have 1500 watts on tap, stock electrical although I am also going to upgrade my power/grounds under the hood. I have a pretty beefy battery and with only 1500 watts I should survive with just charging upgrades. Have in the past but we s…

I figured I might as well start a build log on this one as it will be my first build that has some effort put into it and not just slapping things together to get something that sounds like music. This is my daily driver and will probably be ever-changing. For now, I am trying to keep it simple and as close to factory as I reasonably can. 22" VCT Scarface plastidipped and wrapped in 305/45 rubber. 2" drop in the rear with Bilsteins all around. Majority of the chrome has been plastidipped, only the grill strip remains. Front door windows tinted to match factory privacy glass. I'll have to get some better photos when the wind and dust dies down and I get some time to wa…

Hello Guys Michael is my name I'm new here and, last month I bought a black 2001 VW Golf 4, 1.9Tdi, 116hp, 6 speed, AJM, 129 000 miles, As an option: climate control, board computer, sports seats, leather steering wheel, armrest, electric windows, abs, esp, asr, oem spoiler etc. I put the original 17' GTI wheels Santa Monica.

I haven't been back to the forum in a long while as I have been quite busy with life, so in the last couple weeks i have gotten rid of my Prizm and picked up an A6 Avant (wagon) today. It has the factory Bose radio system already, so for now I will be using my factory radio. I just ordered the "keys" to remove the radio and later in this coming week I will order a hi/low converter. I found a Boss one online for 10 bucks (good idea?). I also picked up a Memphis Audio 16M1000d. Speaker is a Soundqubed HDC3.0 12" And for right now it's in a 1.8 cubic foot slot ported box tuned to 29 hz. I have a few pics of the car itself to start off my build log, and will try to update as…

check it out i did this in about 1.5 hours yesterday afternoon at work what yall think? i did a kicker zx400.1 powering 2 oldschool kicker comp 4 ohms. they are in a prefab ported box (probably tuned around 38 hz ) but thats what the customer bought. i did the car saturday but the trunk was so sealed i needed to "port" it. no tuning just basically letting bass in the cabin. here ya guys go.... heres the bass knob install in the glovebox http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd176/d...07/100_0830.jpg http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd176/d...07/100_0831.jpg heres the vehicle itself sittin on 19" bmw rims http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd176/d...07/100_0832.jpg back c…