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One step. Thanks. The wife thinks it's so much nicer now with the woofers outta there. I'm digging the look. The box isn't all that big though. I was on the fence about going gasket-less for a while now. I just was sure if it was gonna look good or not. I'm glad I did it. Makes the subs look lean and cut. You're right Jon. My organization skillz are a mess. As I work I take a ton of pictures. At the end of a couple days of progress I go through the pics, delete the bad ones and sort the pics out into stages of work. From there I write a little something up and post what I have. Mind you all this when I actually get something done. There have been times where I haven't been able to work on the project for one reason or the other, but I've still been able to post a stage or two of progress. As for the sound I'm just not there yet. Very very close, but not there yet. As for the new toys, good eye Jon. The horns I had told you about for my big ass compression drivers finally came it. For those of you wondering these are Autotech 350-Tratrix horns. Hand laid fiberglass horns made in Poland with a cutoff frequency of, you guessed it, 350Hz. The compression drivers are Electro Voice DH-1A. With the horns in, and once the suburban is done, I'll start working on the mid-bass horns. Especially, now that I've fine tuned my wood skills. For the mid-bass horns I'll be using a pair of Electro Voice EVM15L woofers, but all that is for another build. Now back to the topic at hand. Thank you.

This has been the view I've seen while entering my living room since this past January. As of today this is my new view. Before we get to the good stuff, writing on my subs. Actually following up on the "I know what I'm doing wiring my amp up" comment. This is how I'm keeping all the wires in order. I identified the coils as VC1 and VC2. The polarity was up next since the push connects are color coordinated on the bottom only, making it hard to see. Lastly the "WHT" and the not shown "BLK" reffer to the color of the zip ties used to bundle the pairs of wires. Now the good stuff. One sub in, one ready to go in. With the mounting hardware so close to the lip I had to sand a flat on the washers to clear. It's official, they're in. I don't know about you, but I'm digging the "no gasket" look. Almost there.

Awe man, now here too. Thanks. I finally got it right. Thanks. If the sound sucks I'll make a coffee table out of it and a conversational piece about my "epic fail".

Thanks guys. I'm glad you guys are enjoying the build as much as I am. It's been some hard work along the way and some seriously fustrating moments, but when I look back at the pics all I can do is smile.

Thanks, lets just hope it lives up to it's looks. Ha, ha. Thanks. With a couple of box builds under my belt I figure I'd learn from my mistakes and turn it up a notch on this box build. Don't get me wrong though, there's always plenty of fucking around when I'm in the equation.

Almost, almost. I'm even starting to get a little antsy.

Now, a little carpeting action. Firstly I'd like to thank a fellow forum member Jon, a.k.a CHEVY4X4BLAZER for braving the South Texas sun and humidity. He came over lending a helping hand and for a little comradership. Thanks for you help friend. First the goods. Parts Express finest speaker box carpet in a not so original charcoal color. Adhesive in a spray can by Loctite, some scissors and a box cutter. The wrapping process. Finally a box fully wrapped. The seams came out pretty good. The last time I carpeted a speaker box I used similar carpet with a backing and I couldn't get the seams to blend well with each other. This carpet didn't have any backing. The seams blended nicely together with no fussing just a little fuzzing. With the box wrapped and ready to go we got the plexi-glass pieces in place and wired the box up for the subs. Here is a shot of the plexi-glass in place. Thanks to Jon for helping with the gazillion screws and getting the plexi-glass mounted. I opted to do all the wiring internally to keep things looking clean. The subs are D1s. For the Warhorse the coils are wired in series to get the 2 ohm load required by the amp for full output. If the wiring pictured doesn't really make sense to you it's because the amp wires up to subs in a real odd ball way. Trust me when I tell you I know what I'm doing here. Here is the box at 95% complete. A close up of the box port. There is a little story about this port that I'd like to share with everyone. The original design of this box only had the outer most edge of the port beveled. The port brace and the inside edged of the port, next to the plexi-glass window, was originally to be left square. A co-worker of my likes addressing everyone by adding the word "Big" infront of their first initial. In my case, he addresses me by calling out, "Big H." In the spirit of that, I beveled both the port brace and the inside edge of the port to make a big "H". One last shot of the box. Up next, the subs go in the box. Thanks for your help Jon(CHEVY4X4BLAZER).

happy birthday.

I would've if I could've. Soon enough you'll see why they are what they are.

With the box taking shape here are some pics of the inside being painted. First and foremost, a little test fit in the vehicle. He, he. Now some paint shots. A nice a sharp 45. Don't cut yourself. I spread a thin layer of wood glue on the beveled edges to keep them from soaking up too much paint and swelling up on me. With the inside fully painted I mounted the sub rings before adding on the bottom of the box. I pre-painted the bottom of the box before assembling it on. This keeps me from having to work in the small confines of the box. The final product. Up next a little carpeting action.

that would have beat the record before Allen did.Anyway someone is always better, faster, or louder. Did somebody call for me? Oh, no, wait, that's just me being a smart ass. Carry on.

Nice, loving the small footprint of the 125.4. Looking forward to pricing and availability.

Thanks for sharing the pics Dani. Excellent showing fellas, congrats on placing.

Thanks. I was so bummed I couldn't git'er done for the weekend. I guess you could say my eye were bigger than my appetite. Looking forward to the get together. Thanks. It seems this little box build is taking forever. Just trying to enjoy the build a bit before it's all over. I tend to enjoy the process just a little bit more than the final outcome.

Finally some box assembly action. Since I like painting the inside of my boxes I assemble them starting at the baffle down towards the base. Here the sides go up. The sub rings are in there, well, I don't know why. I'll take them out to paint. The center divider and the 45's going in place. Some essential tools to get the job done pictured as well. Glue, a hammer, and an industrial fly swatter. Here the port wall is coming together. Since the leading edge is cut with a bevel I used nails and a nail gun to keep everything together as the glue sets. Clamps, clamps and more clamps. The port is taking shape. Woot, woot! Hey now, this thing is starting to take shape. Sweet.

Test fits, misfits and how to deal with them is today's subject. I test fitted all the panels together just to make sure everything was going to fit without any surprises. I did my darnest to make sure all the panels were cut to size in a single setup, but as luck would have it one of the panel's a whisker too long. Between 1/16th and 1/8th inch too long. This is one of those things where I'd either try sanding or filing or both to get down to size. Pretty much a couple of hours get burned tring to get a nice fit. Not the route I want to be going if you know what I mean. I kicked options around for a bit and decided to use the same technique that I used to cut the panel window slots to trim down this panel. I setup the panel to be trimmed, over hanging the amount to be trimmed, on a larger straight panel. The larger panel is to be a guide for the router with a flush trim router bit. Here is the setup: A close up of the amount to be removed from the panel: The finished product: Easy peasy. Up next some box assembly. Woot, woot!

Pinned thread, and now more secrets. Dang Steve I don't know what's going on. It's like I've entered the Twilight Zone or something. O_o Keep the madness coming.

Work is a stickler about me making stuff using their equipment for profit. At the same time they're not in the audio buisness so they're not interested in the profit offered. : I can offer you PDF and DXF drawings if the rings, in which you can take to a local shop with CNC cutting abilities. Let me know. Great community here. Always supportive regardless of equipment used by this knucklehead. Stop by more often. Thanks for the kind words.

I know, huh.

If you're stoping in El Paso on the way over to this side of the Pecos River you're in charge of picking up Chico's Tacos for all of us. I'll take a double, fries, and a large Coke.

Ha! I was just in Hell Paso this past tuesday and wensday. Nothing but dust, 80's mini skirts and two-tone lipstick out there.

After a short hiatus I'm back. Up now, mounting the sub mounting rings. The recently modified sub is in position on the baffle to have the mounting locations transferred on to the baffle. With the mounting locations on the baffle it's time to drill out the mounting holes. Here is the sub mounted on the baffle. A close up of the mounted sub. I couldn't resist. Here is a preview of what the view will be like through the viewing slots.

I'm in. O_o

No, I'm mounting the subs with the cones pointing up.

Today I'm gonna try something new. !Video Update! Sit back and enjoy the presentation. No throwing popcorn and silence all phones. Thank you for your cooperation.