2007 Ford Escape Rebuild...
So i have now decided to throw up a build log as i am currently going thru a rebuild process. There is going to be a lot of work to this Daily Driver and i do not get much time to mess around with it so it will be a low build. Also since this is going to be my first large scale build i will be taking my time with it anyway. Not to mention i do not have much experience just picking up on what i get from this and other forums. I did mess around with fiberglass a little so i have little knowledge of it also. Everything is going to be double to triple checked another thing that will take time. Anyway here is a few things that were in the truck and a list of things that will be in the rebuild.
Old Setup
Truck: 2007 Ford Escape
Head Unit: Pioneer DEH8300UB
High/Mids Amp: ZX Kicker 640.4
Low Mids Amp: Cadence TXA300.2
Sub Amp: AQ2200D
Highs: Cadence ZRS 40T
Mids: Cadence CS6.5
Low/Mid: Cadence FX8M4
Subs: AQ SDC 2.5
Electrical: Stock 120a ALT, Diehard Gold battery, and yellow top at rear. Big 3 done.
Deadener: None
New Setup
Truck: 2007 Ford Escape
Head Unit: Pioneer DEH8300UB (Installed) Unless i decide to get another
High/Mids Amp: AQ 120.4 (Have)
Low Mids Amp: AQ 120.4 (Have) There is 2 of these
Sub Amp: Two AQ2200D (Have 1 and ordered second already)
Highs: AQ-ST1 Pair in the a-pillar (have)
Mids: AQ-MR6.5 Two sets (Have)
Low/Mid: Still deciding between either using the Cadence or buying some silver flutes
Subs: 2 DC XL 15's (Purchased waiting to come in)
Electrical: Singer 230a ALT (Have) XS Power D5100r (Ordered) XS Power XP3000 (Have). Big 3 Done
Deadener: Unsure of the product but it's decent. Sent out samples to Jon of Second skin to test. http://www.stevemead...econd-skin-rep/
Now of old setup.
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This looks like it will be a SOLID setup. Keep up the progress and pics! Are you going to be running a battery isolator?
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No isolator do not really plan on running this with the car off anyway.
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So i have not be able to get much done yet but i did however cut out the baffle rings for the 6.5 and tweeters. My only tools i had to cut them were a jig saw, i was going to buy a router attachment for my dremel but when i went to lowes and home depot both said that item was an online purchase only. So i said forget it and went ahead and used the jig saw.. So i did a 104.5mm diameter for the inner cut and a 106.9mm diameter for the outer cut for the 6.5. On the tweeters i did a 73mm diameter on the inner cut and a 99mm diameter on the outer cut. So onto some progress pics. I know it a little progress but some none the less. You will see on the tweeter baffle i had to notch out a small piece for the spade terminals.
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nice fisher price compas! :)
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looking good so far, Im gonna be paying attention to the door panels. Thats the same setup im running, the four 6.5's and two super tweets
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heebs 09gts 
nice fisher price compas! :)
LOL.. yeah i had to use my kids compass to help me out with the circles
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knotdrummer88 looking good so far, Im gonna be paying attention to the door panels. Thats the same setup im running, the four 6.5's and two super tweets
I will not be putting them all in the door. a 6.5 in the kick a 6.5 and a 8 in the door and the tweeter in a pillar.
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KenC210 LOL.. yeah i had to use my kids compass to help me out with the circles
I will not be putting them all in the door. a 6.5 in the kick a 6.5 and a 8 in the door and the tweeter in a pillar.
ohhh ok, I dont know why I assumed that...well your breaking the mold, most people seem to do door panels only...at least i think so, but keep it up man
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Those tweets look like they are going to be blaring loud. Least regular tweets would be brighter aim that direct I can only imagine what super tweets would sound like
I've never really used pro audio as I like my mids crossed at 63or80 hertz and I like them to play lower than pro mids are designed for. But then again I don't have a lot of experience with them and I don't know if they can play at least to 80hz. I really want to try the sundown neo pros but I'm afraid they won't play as low as I want. Any input on this?
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They may be really loud so i will most likely keep the gains pretty low on the tweets. As for my pa mids they will not be crossed that low maybe around 300hz and up, i am going to have a midbass woofer in there to make up for what the pa mids cant. I also don't have any experience with pro audio but i am giving it a shot here, just been doing a lot of reading.
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So i been a little busy during the week and could do much but i started again yesterday and got some work done to the tweeter pods. Most of it was bondo and a lot of sanding. A few update pics.
A test fit before bondo...
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Start of the bondo and sanding process...
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After a hours of sanding and bondo...
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So i have a problem... As you can see in pic below the bondo keeps coming up from the a pillar. I thought that the primer/filler would fill it in and i wouldn't see much issues, but i dont like the way it is. Any ideas that i could do to make this a bit better.
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I have never done it but i have seen people drill a bunch of little holes for the bondo to go into so it holds on better
