Posted April 10, 201411 yr Currently working on my 4th build, guess Ill start off with some pics of the vehicle and the previous systems... 2005 Xterra SE w/ 285/75/R17 Firestone Destination A/Ts, 2" PRG lift and DT long tube headers. First build:2x kicker comp 12s, sealed, Alpine type R coax all around on kicker zx700.5 Second Build:RE XXX 15" on an aq2200d, massive audio RK6 components all around on the zx Third Build:2x Crossfire XSV2 15s in BHE box, Crescendo BC5500 @.5ohm, Massive Audio RK6 comps on a Skar SK85.4 Current Build Equipment ListH/U: Pioneer AVH3200BT (for now) Mids/Highs:Crescendo Pwx8s (Front doors)Crescendo Pwx 6s (Rear doors)Crescendo Rts1 tweets (4 pairs) Subs:2x Psi 8s (D4, High performance option) Amps:Crescendo Symphony 1500Incriminator Audio 6.4 Wiring:Stinger HPM and Knukonceptz OFC 1/0Stinger HPM 4, 8, 12, 16 gaugeStinger 4000 series 6 channel RCAsStinger Fuse blocks and fuses Electrical:Kinetic HC2400 w/ Toolmake quad 1/0 BlocksBig 3 in 1/02 runs 1/0Stinger Voltage Meter
April 10, 201411 yr Author Obligatory new equipment pics... Psi 8s, beefy little guys... Crescendo s1500 is tiny, pretty crazy looking at the guts of this compared to my old BC5500... Mids and Highs Toolmaker blocks
April 10, 201411 yr Author Now to get caught up to where Im at.... So heres how the massives were loaded in the doors and the tweets in the dash... Skar amp under passenger seat Got to work and Pulled most of the front interior out... Then had to figure out how to fit the 8s behind the stock door panels. The depth and size made it pretty hard but I came up with a 3/4" bracket with a 3/4" ring and a 1/2" ring on it to just barely clear the motor with the window. Had to do a little surgery on the backside of the panel to make it work but you can't tell from the front side of the panel. Also had to break out the 4lb sledge to make a little room for the motors to fit into the openings in the sheet metal... Comparison of massive rk6 to pwx8(right) Making room for motors Bracket test fit They work The pwx6s for the back doors still needed new rings but these were way easier, single 3/4" ring bolted to door Mounted upside down to be sure the terminals dont touch sheet metal Now time to run some wires... Wiring plans:There will be a run of 12g to each door for the PWX6s and pwx8s. Theyll run off channels 3/4 of the IA6.4 in parallel at 2ohm seperated by right and left for stereo seperation.There will be 3 rts-1 tweets in each A-pillar and one in each rear door. These will run off channels 1/2 series paralleled for a 4 ohm load, again seperated right and left. Each tweet will have a 16gauge lead coming off of it and will be soldered to the passive xover that comes with it all 4 passive xovers will be hidden behind the kick and soldered to a 12gauge lead from the amp.
April 10, 201411 yr Author More catch up... Got all my speaker wire ran, and got the IA 6.4 wired up... http://youtu.be/1VoifafdF1I Then re ran my power wire... In the last build it was run under the truck in conduit and up into the cargo area, had to pull it out Decided to run it across the engine bay and into the driver side grommet (much easier to access and my RCAs run down the left side of the vehicle. Then got the carpet back in... Got to work on the A pillars, no glass (yet?) just used a hole saw to punch out holes for the tweets (soldered up the leads and xovers last night) and did the back doors too... Threw the A pillars in the truck... Loaded the doors... Finished running the power wire runs into the cubby where the jack goes (under rear seats, relocated jack to roof box) and got some power to the 6.4 ... Used some double sided tape to secure the tweeter xovers behind the kick panels... Got the rest of the interior put back together. Got the door panels on... Rear w/ tweeter Fronts, hiding the 8s and still fit perfect! Still needs some tuning work, but it is so much louder than with the components!
April 10, 201411 yr Author Little bit more... Made a ghetto jig, wish I would have done this when making the rings for my speakers, woulda been way easier. One down... Test fitted... Decided they needed to be thicker, so more cutting... Gluing... Done!
April 10, 201411 yr Author Little vid of the mids and highs playing a little bit of everything. Filmed with iphone 5s, obviously sq is not as good as it is in person. But its pretty damn loud and sounds great IMO. http://youtu.be/V8QIZ4oweCU Song 1: Riff Raff- Dolce & GabbanaSong 2: Dillon Francis- Who the Fuck are YouSong 3: Justin Moore- Sunshine BabiesSong 4: Rebelution ft. Soja- Suffering
April 10, 201411 yr that first build reminds me of the setup that came in my envoy..... it didnt last long in there lol. nice to see fellow xterra owners doing some audio builds.i would say to address those apillars......try your hand at some glass.
April 12, 201411 yr Author that first build reminds me of the setup that came in my envoy..... it didnt last long in there lol. nice to see fellow xterra owners doing some audio builds.i would say to address those apillars......try your hand at some glass. Haha it was the first thing I ever built. I did it my senior year of highschool. Box was like 5 cubes sealed for 2 12s. It actually sounded damn good for $100 worth of subs (best buy BOGO ftw) ha yessir, we are very few.Its a possibility but wont be my first glass project. Sub box is coming first.
April 13, 201411 yr Author Got my glass supplies yesterday...~2.5yards of 1.5oz mat. This stuff is pretty thick2 gallons of resinHardener2 yards of medium wt fleece3/8" dowelsShit ton of 2" paintbrushes Just to give you an idea, the box will be molded to the right side of the cargo area in this picture (where the little mesh netted pocket is) and will go over the wheel wheel but will leave the utilitrack usable, and allow me to use the storage hatch in the center of the cargo floor.
April 13, 201411 yr Author So I got my area taped off and my first layer of glass down today. This is my first glassing project and this mat is pretty damn thick, definitely not easy to work with and didnt want to stay on the vertical faces. But all things considered, I think this layer will be fine. will try to do 2-3 more layers tomorrow.
April 13, 201411 yr Looks good, you can mix it slightly hotter and use a small space heater to speed up the process, but you have to be careful if you mix it too hot it can tend to warp.
April 19, 201411 yr Author Looks good, you can mix it slightly hotter and use a small space heater to speed up the process, but you have to be careful if you mix it too hot it can tend to warp. Thanks for the tip, I did start mixing it hotter and it worked alot better as far as setting up time but still didn't like vertical surfaces much Looking good! Thanks cant wait to get it done and have bass again
April 19, 201411 yr Author Since Im terrible at updating this one, heres what Ive been up to. Got 3 layers of glass on the mold and decided it was strong enough to come out. Edges were pretty scary. Trimmed it up with the dremel... Much better. So measuring the mold, I've got 24" to work with. So the problem is that each subs OD is 8.5", Aeroport OD is 7.25" and add 1/4" to each side bc of the flush mount rings. So I have to fit 25.75" in a 24" space. Once again 10lbs of shit in a 5lb bag <_< It was a little tricky to make all 3 rings fit, I tried center port but the hump from the wheel well would make my port length too short unless I stuck that ring way above the subs which would've looked terrible. So the port is on the side closest to the hatch. I wanted everything to fire up since I will be using the cargo area to transport my bikes. So the port is going to be slightly angled. This should leave me with right around 14-15" of usable port length. Got the fleece stretched over it. Took a while but was able to get all the wrinkles stretched out.Used a staple gun to secure it to the rings and then used 3m super 90 to get it stuck down to the glass while stretching and then used superglue to secure it to the glass. Then got some resin on it. this stuff will absorb a ton it ate up a little over 1/3 of a gallon. First coat Used an xacto knife to trim back some of the fleece around the edges after round 1. Second coat Edited April 19, 201411 yr by sexterra
April 20, 201411 yr Great build you have going here! Fiberglass box looks excellent Would you mind giving us specs on the box once complete, including weight?
April 20, 201411 yr Author looks great so far man. Great build you have going here! Fiberglass box looks excellent Would you mind giving us specs on the box once complete, including weight? Thanks guys, the glassing has been interesting, have not worked with it before this, there is definitely a learning curve. I dont think that will be a problem. Ill just need to get my hands on a bunch of packing peanuts so I can find the internal volume of it. It will definitely be much lighter than a birch or mdf box, I'm pretty surprised at how rigid it is compared to the weight and thickness.
April 20, 201411 yr Author Got some glass layed on the outside yesterday, its 2 layers now and 3 in some spots. Will probably do 2-3 more layers, then cut the holes and glass the inside a bit.
April 20, 201411 yr looks great so far man. Great build you have going here! Fiberglass box looks excellent Would you mind giving us specs on the box once complete, including weight? Thanks guys, the glassing has been interesting, have not worked with it before this, there is definitely a learning curve. I dont think that will be a problem. Ill just need to get my hands on a bunch of packing peanuts so I can find the internal volume of it. It will definitely be much lighter than a birch or mdf box, I'm pretty surprised at how rigid it is compared to the weight and thickness. Yep, Packing peanuts, kitty litter, or rice works well.Just find a cardboard box that's around 1ft^3 and keep dumping it in until you reach the max, and that's your total volume. You can take an educated guess, since it is wedged shape.
April 21, 201411 yr Why not use water once it's all completely cured? Seems much quicker and cleaner.
April 21, 201411 yr Author Yep, Packing peanuts, kitty litter, or rice works well.Just find a cardboard box that's around 1ft^3 and keep dumping it in until you reach the max, and that's your total volume. You can take an educated guess, since it is wedged shape.Sounds like a plan. I think with my preliminary math it'll be around 2 cuft
April 21, 201411 yr Author Why not use water once it's all completely cured? Seems much quicker and cleaner.Yeah it'd be easier but I used Mdf rings and don't want to risk trashing them even though I'll be hitting them with resin.
April 23, 201411 yr Author that's a niffty little system you got going on there! nice job! Thank you sir.
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