onebadmonte

What's up everybody? Not much here, just got some work done on the box. With regards to tools, I got what I got and that's that. Working solo it's a pain trying to manage a full sheet of MDF on a wienie tablesaw. As it happens the cargo area of my Suburban measures 49" wide. Sheets of MDF in this area come in a 49" width. I had my box designed to a 49" width. This way I had the guys at the local Home Depot cross cut the sheet to the length I needed with their fancy panel saw. The guys were pretty cool about cutting the wood for me after I told them what I was doing. They thought I was nuts though. I used my table saw for the finish cuts and all the angle cuts. Here are some pics of what I got. I opted to paint the inside of the box plain ass boring grey. I have no creativity. I used some threaded inserts as a foundation to run some bolts through the wood for wiring. Here is the wires I ran through the port. Double runs of 8 gauge wire, because I can. So far so good, more on the way.

Where are you?

102 lbs, oh my. I wonder what's the story with them using that basket. I guess the drama was resolved. Any who, pretty impressive for a quick build.

Little sis has got some skills.

I got my screens in. The alpine NAV-1 is okay. To be honest I'm not too impressed with the graphical interface. My wife has a Pioneer 920Bt in her car, I like it better. Oh well, what is nice is that I can play a movie to the rear screens and listen to the radio at the same time. That way the little ones can enjoy a flick through headphones while I keep my sanity through music on long road trips. I used "The Black Box BB-R3" bypass from buysellauction on ebay. It was cheap and USA made so I figured what the heck. It works and I couldn't be happier. Any ways, here are some pics. Here is a close up of the Alpine NAV-1

When ever you are ready let me know and I'll get you the info on where to get them. There is enough room in the spare tire area for the 8 that I'll be running. Once I have something drawn up I'll post it for review. I've got the rear A/C unit behind the passenger side rear panel, and the drivers side has the fuel filler neck screwing up the show. No win there.

Yeah, there is a local distributor here in San Antonio. Got a semi good deal, and a warranty to boot.

I am. I've been collecting this crap for over a year and then some. That's what I'm thinking. I'm just a little jumpy about hanging 650lbs worth of batteries and having it hold.

Hahaha. I hope soon, but I've got a ways to go. I've got to figure out how to mount my babies, I mean batteries. Here is a pics of their arrival home.

Here are a few pics of how I got the components into the q-logic panels. I didn't have a 4"+ hole saw, so I improvised. I used a smaller saw to cut out the center. I sketched out the profile of the hole I needed to cut, then I scored the plastic with a blade. I used to some pliers to break off the scored pieces of plastic leaving me with a semi-nice large diameter hole. I decided to make a backing ring to secure the mid to the panel. Here is the ring I cut at work using a CNC plasma cutter. I am using rivnut style inserts to mount the driver. Here is the installed product. More on the way.

So what modeling software do you recommend? Any tips or how to's, to go along with that?

Yep. I'll let you know.

Bingo! I'll be doing a semi-active 3-way front stage off a Crescendo 1000c4. Two 6.5s per door behind the factory grills.

I guess if the voltage is high enough it'll make the 20k watts off limited amperage.

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.

Holy smokes, I can't believe this thread actually happened. It's as if my mind can't believe what my eyes read.

Opps, now it works. Bahahahahh, silly Einstein.

No video.

That's going to be some front stage. Have you thought about running waveguides/horns like the kind Image Dynamics sells?

No, it's not. Thanks for the clarification, and for quoting me out of context. I guess me saying, "I've visualize it as connecting a battery directly to the speaker." wasn't obvious enough that it was my way of visualizing what is happening with a clipped signal. No biggie, just thought I'd clarify a bit as well.

My two favorites. and this one for the double fail. o_o

Lets get this Friday rolling with some laughs. I came across this on another forum, thought I'd share it here. Tailored to all, most embarrassing for iphone owners who have fallen victim. Read, enjoy, share your favorites. o_o Damn You Autocorrect

I don't know what truck you have. I'm assuming a Chevy since you said the alt is from a Lumina. I would say sell it and upgrade to a GM large case AD244 alt. Those are rated for 100amp at idle and 145amps peak.

I've visualize it as connecting a battery directly to the speaker. That clipped/squared wave at it's peak is direct current. A double "A" battery is going to do much to a subwoofer, but connect your car battery to your sub and watch the sparks fly.

Try a kicker warhorse.