Build Logs

Since there seems to be an "old school"(though I personally hate that term FWIW) faction here, I was hoping that some people would post up pics of their old/first systems. I know that when I got into car audio, early nineties....it was pretty much DIY or pay a shop big money. Me being broke I taught myself and eventually got MECP certified. I have had countless systems over the years, but a hard drive crash has left me with only a few pics of some of my earlier systems. So....... Here is my S10 blazer circa 1993....yep ten inch subs for midbass.....didnt work out quite like I planned, but the two 15"s on an Autotek 7300 would pop a quarter about five feet off the roof(…

Here is my 2000 camaro SS i bought a few weeks ago. not wasting any time making it better! Car has a ton of bolt on performance goodies as well as suspension goodies. T-tops 6-speed. Im sure gearheads worldwide are going to hate me for this but **** em! Its my car and i bought it to do exactly this. Im not going to lead on too much about all the equipment im using for this build. All im really going to say is the ZCONS are on the way!!!! Its going to be hell fitting 18+cubes, batteries, and amps but im up to the challenge. Here is a few teaser shots untill real progress is made. My buddie Chris helping me out before the last USAC show. getting it all cleaned out…

I've been checking out the forum for a week or so and have seen and read about some realyy cool stuff and I wanted to share some of what my son and I have been working on. This is a car that I purchased for he and I to spend some time together and express some of our passion for the audio and car world. What I plan to show is a somewhat complete project but includes our stereo install as well as the complete project. So here goes....

I figured I would start this log since I have been getting asked what I've been working on. This has been in the works for a few months and I'm still collecting equipment. All equipment under the window line and behind the b-pillar. No blow through. Amps and electrical in bed. Not to exceed the heighth of the bed and 36" back from the front of the bed. 92 Chevy S10 ext cab. 3 15" Ethos (stock built) 2 B2 Zero.7 amps 2 Mike Singer 350a alts A few super capacitor banks. No batteries. Questions, comments, rude remarks welcome. ## rebuild on page 52

This is my ride ... 1997 Chevy Silverado 1500 Extended Cab ... My Chevy is getting a total rebuild. Found a MAJOR water leak and messed up ALOT of stuff. Got the water leak fixed. Now I'm in the process of tearing everything out and starting over. No speakers or electronics dammaged. I just need to replace fiberglass, carpet and other interior stuff. If you have any suggestions please let me know. Thanks ... Randal ... Will be starting on a-pillars and kick pannels and soon as carpet and wiring work done. I will be using a pair of BluesCarAudio 6 1/2s and tweeters powered by a Linear Power 2.2HV.

some of you may know i have had a new car for a while now.. and i just started working on it, i would like to share some of my updates with you so far, 2 runs of 0 gauge + 2 runs of - 1 orbit cell under hood 4 D31T batteries Pioneer FH-P8000BT 2 neo pro 8's 2 Bohlender Graebener Neo-3 1 sundown 100.4 1 sundown 4500d 2 nightshade V1 D1 chrome baskets, OG. but i have these sold this week and im picking up a pair of the ns V2's and this list will grown this is just a starter list more pics to come,

This is in the pre-stages... about 75% of everything i need is being sent from everywhere and will be arriving next week... This build might\will progress til the mid to more likely the end of MAY before it's completed. For a teaser pic, this is to keep the voltage up in the back-

figured id make a new thread since i cant edit the name of my other one lol.. Setup: - JVC KDS88BT Headunit - 4 15" Fi BTL N2 Fully Loaded Subs - SounDigital 16KD Amp - 13ft^3 Wall Tuned to 38hz with 202in^2 of port - Mechman 220a HO Alternator - 6 XS Power D3100 Batteries - Copper Buss bars - 2 Runs of 4/0 Welding Cable - Big 3 - Stinger Digital Volt Meter Car: Stetsom 14K2D: 2 Fi BTL N2s: 4/0 Weldingsupply cable compared to some Tsunami 1/0 wire(4/0 cable on the right): 4/0 ring terminals compared to 1/0 gauge terminals: Interior all stripped out ready to start on the Wall: Headliner out so i can brace the roof... thinking of doing metal flat…

This is my build log for my 1999 Honda Accord. I will be changing out most the equipment I put in a year ago. The system installed now sounds good , But not at the decibel levels I want. So this time around I will be spending alot more on higher end eqipment to do it "better" this time so I am happy when done. So these are my goals: Basically better sounding at high volumes Higher efficiency speakers and subwoofer Block outside noises and inside rattles True low end freq repoduction (type-r doesn't hit the very bottom end) better mid-bass (maybe a 3-way) Better sounding mid-ranges and tweeters I must still have a SPARE TIRE Must still have some useable space left in tr…

I'm going to be redoing my whole truck, i have some of the equipment listed already and will be buying much more very soon. Truck: 1986 GMC Sonoma Ext Cab Lexani rims Pirelli tires Chameleon paint Stock Interior Equipment: Enclosure: Wall or Blowthrough Subs: (2) 15" or 18" Fi BTL Sub Amp: (2) AQ 2200 Front Stage: (4) Alpine Type R 6.5 component sets Front Stage Amp: (2) Alpine PDX 4.100 Wiring: KnuKonceptz Batt(s): XS Power Sound Deadener: Sound Deadener Showdown Alternator: 350 amp DC Power Heres a picture of my truck: Exterior -- Rims -- First i'm going to be starting on the doors: Doors stock -- Door panels off -- This is the door panel before i touched…

Some pics started with The wiring. Using All Kicker Hyperflex 1/0

Figured I should start my build log since my recone is on the way and box is getting close to being done. . . At the moment I cant upload pictures but can text someone some pictures if they want to put them here

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…

kenwood 6.5" speakers q power tweeters 0 gauge memphis wire Shuriken battery clarion equalizer soundstorm crossover fi-day x 12's hifonics brz1700 3g tethering with my phone for google maps for navi and streaming fm radio. hifonics brz1700.d, tsunami 4 channel for mids & tweeters fi-day x 12's tuned 33hz New amps 2 crunch p600 for the highs and mids my next project is a 15 Fi btl n2

"OK, lets revive this build log. I need you to post what you are gonna be running in your wall. I need to know the subs, the amps and the batteries that are going to be used. This is the information i got off of your video, if it does not match up to your Aviator, let me know immediately before i start the build process. Baffle = right behind front seat area Height - 42.25" for baffle height, 38" once over the hump. Width - 50" in baffle location, 44" wide throughout the rest of the vehicle. Width 2 - 41.75" wide if box goes to the headliner.. Depth - 37" on the hump, 63" total. 2 questions i have- Depth - am i to assume that you can use 26" of depth in between the hump…

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…

Well did a search and couldn't find many or any scion xb's. So I'm glad to be able to throw mine in here. Although I do see some tc's. Anyways this one probably wont be as in depth as most, just gonna do some simple audio mods. Will start building this week on a amp compartment/ false floor and sub box arrangement.

NOTE: Latest update on page 12 This is from back in October, once the weather gets warmer I will be doing more work. I have been spending a some time as of late working on my car audio install into my newly acquired 2003 Spec V. Here is my work: Equipment Pictures Headunit Alpine IVA-D310 (www.alpine-usa.com) Amplifier US Amps XT2000d (800Wx1@1ohm) Class D Amplifier www.usamps.com RESERVED FOR PIC US Amps XT1600.4 (125Wx4@4ohms) Class AB Amplifier www.usamps.com Subwoofers Mach5Audio MAW-10 www.mach5audio.com Front Stage Alpine SPX-177A 2-way components (no pictures at this time) Wiring Knukonceptz wiring throughout. www.knukonceptz.com Started with the factory 2003 …

New thread for the new build, The quest for insanity continues. I wont build this one for numbers either but will be active at Meca meets and just having fun. The goal here is to be very loud, low and sound good doing it. I'm hoping for 154's but want to do it peaking low, I would like 152's+ around 30hz, but main goal is to sound good, this will not be a burp box. Updated Equipment List for this build Power / Electrical Mechman 370amp alternator, over 200amps at idle.... props to Mechman Adjustable voltage regulator set at 14.7v 4 XS D3400's, 2 XP3000's (may change that up some) 4 runs of power, 2 runs of ground to back batteries wiring is Knu ofc 1/0 and also a lot o…

This is my new thread since there have been some changes. I found the width I needed to do a wall and that was my original want, so that's the route I decided to go. Have been planning this for a lil while now. Being busy with school and what not, it has been a long time coming. I finally started the other day though. Just a heads up: Being in college full time, with a ton of papers coming up soon, this will not be a fast build. Just gonna work on it when I can between class, gf, and other things until its done. What's going in: 4 DP21"s 4 SAZ-3000d's (new heat sinks) Maxx-Link 200+ ft. Tsunami Competition 1/0 (5+ 5- runs back) 9 Deka 9a31's (1 up…

Deadener should be here Friday. I doubt I'll get any work done since there is a car show in town this weekend but I want to do something. I will mount DSP and try to get the ground side of the Big 3 done sometime this week.

So, most of the parts are in. There's some fabricating that still needs to be figured out, but what the heck. Let's get the show started. Here is a pic of the ride: 2004 Suburban Work Truck Edition. It's white and has a rubber mat instead of carpeting on the floor. The interior, vinyl. 5.3 V8 and it's 4WD. The main source is a Alpine IVA-NAV-1 with a pair of Concept headrest monitors for the rear passengers. No pics yet Here is the front stage: Precision Power 355cs components in q-logic kicks, but wait there's more. o_o Can you guess what these are? One more pic.

Slow build, but wanted to get a build log going.

No pics yet, but just thought I would start a thread Bought a 1992 Astro and will start a new build soon. Ripped everything out of the suburban yesterday (13 hours of fun). . .picking up my new silverado crew cab today The suburban has made 8 yrs so I am finally going to get something new. Right now, the plan is (6) Mayhem 15's and (6) 40.1's. I am lucky I managed to get two more 40.1's over the past couple of weeks. Going to squeeze all the mids and tweets I can get in the doors and where ever else I can find. Pictures will follow soon. . . Brian

I got started on my boys Caddy this week. The goals: 1. Build a very solid daily system to pump the sounds while riding. 2. Take up as little trunk space as possible. (Need space for hydraulic set up) 3. Make it a clean install worthy of popping the trunk for. 4. Put some JL system to shame while spending a fraction of the cash. The gear: Kenwood head unit. Infinity 6.5 components, 2 sets 12" Fi IB3 subs, trying to fit 4 but may end up with 3. Sundown SAX-50.4 Sundown SAZ-2000D Lots of 1/0 cable Undecided yet on electrical system. more to come... Here is the ride. Started doing the front doors. I stripped the carpet off and used the press board as a temp…