Recent content by ChrisTW

My budget Ranger build fizzled out due to a bad head gasket. That means my antics need a new outlet. It's time to hack into my DD Accord and my brother's DD Mini! Fronts: Infinity 609CS (on order) Rear: Infinity 693.9i (on order) Sub: Infinity 860w Amps: Boss R3002, Boss CX350 (doors/deck)...

Cool speaker chambers, bro! Think I'll just try starting by forming/cutting some foam baffles and go from there. (Bonus: These speakers actually retained their surround!) I pulled out the lower portion of the panel below the back window while running rear speaker wire. Turns out it has...

Agreed completely! I sold my El Camino so this was the new beater. I did have to replace a cracked head and a few things like the IAC but it's still kickin everyday, even when at -10 F. Thanks! It's a crapshoot but I always enjoy a budget challenge. As of an hour ago I'm now working with some...

$500. Can't complain, right? The woofer's breaking in nicely finally. I get more plenty of volume out of it now but it all poops out about the same point. Sounds like the amps need more juice on the transients at high volume. It's fine with radio music because of its obnoxious compression. I...

As normal, my budget disappeared while I was in the planning stages. With $100 to spend and SQL in mind, I did the following: I pulled out these things. Quality. I assessed what I had to work with. Those "40 watts" can't be more than 5w RMS per channel. I'm running it into a speaker to RCA...

Hey all, new to the forum but not to car audio. I just bought this '94 Ranger. It has a broken tape deck, stock 6x8's, and some Pioneer TS-X35's behind the seats. I'm not sure what's hooked up where yet. I'm looking to do something low key-it's a work truck that also needs to fit my 75 lb...