Oh man, this is a pain in the butt trying to cutout.

I'm surprised my sawzall is holding up. It's getting hot as hell, and the batteries and blades are getting hot.

Damn!

oh, thanks.

I don't see an edit

Keep up the good work. I'm curious to see the end result

The lines mark about where I need to cut the metal so that the baffle can fit.

Man looks like some job you got yourself into, Keep it up!

this rawdogj from the sphere?

<--Magic Beans/Jus4SPL/Howlowd/Doug

what the hell you been up to?

haah

no.

I've decided to take the fiberglass out.

This has been some battle.

wow man i bet ur beat!

ur goin to do quiet a bit of cuttin eh

are u just chunking ur back seats?

also what amp u goin to use to power these?

lol sheeeittt man !

wow man i bet ur beat!

ur goin to do quiet a bit of cuttin eh

are u just chunking ur back seats?

also what amp u goin to use to power these?

Yeah I will be cutting that metal out, I guess I gotta brace it!

I will be using 1-2 Sundown 3000D's

depending on how well they handle 187 watts, to 300 watts if I wire the amp to a low low ohm load.

I'll try it at 1 ohm and see if they get close to their mechanical limits.

alright tear-out complete!

attack of the giant finger!

Edited May 4, 200817 yr by Rawr-dq

Yeah I will be cutting that metal out, I guess I gotta brace it!

I was gonna say- you might be sacrificing some structural integrity by cutting out that metal!

That sure was a lot of hard work just to get to square one.

did some shopping, got a nice metal bar to help support what metal I will be cutting out.

oh and 2 sheets of mdf.

I cant believe I just did this

That isn't me btw.

That's my roommate.

I really hope the back end of your car doesn't fold up.

i guess we could look at it this way, it just got even easier to change reat struts lol

seriously dude, at least box in the structural boxes you cut out. you just removed a chit load of the stability of that car.

Edited May 7, 200817 yr by kandiman

Umm, wow...

It's been done before by a buddy of mine, don't worry! I will re-enforce it!

u think about removing ur sturt bars for ur trunk and putting some shocks instead?

i took mine out in my maxima and put some shocks in looks very clean now.

just runnin it by ya

It's been done before by a buddy of mine, don't worry! I will re-enforce it!

If you're going to weld steel back in there, what was the point of removing that in the first place? Edit - just saw the bar stock you're using, that looks like it's going to snap like a twig, in all honesty...

I'm no structural engineer, but that just seems like a horrible idea in any kind of rear-end collision. Especially with a vehicle that's already going to have a very different weight distribution...

ooooooo

Edited May 7, 200817 yr by Rawr-dq

oooooooo

Edited May 7, 200817 yr by Rawr-dq

an L or I beam would've been far more effective at the top