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<blockquote data-quote="Tazer999" data-source="post: 5047184" data-attributes="member: 601756"><p><span style="color: Blue"><strong><span style="font-size: 14px">Rear Speakers</span></strong></span><span style="color: Red"><strong>**not yet complete**</strong></span></p><p></p><p>For the rear speakers, I decided to do away with the 5x7's in the rear panels, and opted to put my speakers into the rear deck. After some searching around, I decided to use the Phoenix Gold Ti6 MID's as my rear fill. These are a 6.5" mid woofer which should complement the front components, and low end nicely. For this project I needed to cut apart the rear deck so that I could fit the boxes for the mids into it as they require their own sealed boxes. An individual box was created for each driver, with an airspace of .412 cubic feet per box built out of 3/8" MDF</p><p></p><p>Mmmm, 6.5" mids!</p><p></p><p><img src="http://photos-e.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v357/131/124/813185164/n813185164_4406588_9337.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Rear shelf ready for some work to be done</p><p></p><p><img src="http://photos-e.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-snc1/v345/131/124/813185164/n813185164_4407508_3023.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>In the process of cutting the pieces for the rear fill boxes/plates done. The CNC machine is truly great for this. No more need to use a tablesaw, router with a Jasper jig to get the mounting holes perfect, or a drill to pre-drill anything.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://photos-b.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v357/131/124/813185164/n813185164_4406593_1044.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://photos-f.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v357/131/124/813185164/n813185164_4406597_2376.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Assembling the boxes/top plate for the mids (made out of 3/8" MDF)</p><p></p><p><img src="http://photos-g.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v357/131/124/813185164/n813185164_4406598_2720.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Boxes/plate sealed</p><p></p><p>Speaker terminals installed</p><p></p><p>Plate/boxes assembled/sealed/painted and ready for install</p><p></p><p>Mounting plates sealed/painted and ready for install</p><p></p><p>Putting in the mounting plates for the speaker boxes</p><p></p><p>Test fitting the rear driver plate on top of mounting plates with mids in</p><p></p><p>Got the outline of where I need to cut into the rear shelf</p><p></p><p>Cutting the rear deck for the speaker boxes</p><p></p><p>Test fitting the boxes/plate into the rear shelf</p><p></p><p>Boxes/plate mounted and installed. An additional 1/4 trim piece covered in carpet will complete the installation</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tazer999, post: 5047184, member: 601756"] [COLOR=Blue][B][SIZE=14px]Rear Speakers[/SIZE][/B][/COLOR][B][SIZE=14px][/size][/B][SIZE=14px][/SIZE][COLOR=Red][B]**not yet complete**[/B][/COLOR] For the rear speakers, I decided to do away with the 5x7's in the rear panels, and opted to put my speakers into the rear deck. After some searching around, I decided to use the Phoenix Gold Ti6 MID's as my rear fill. These are a 6.5" mid woofer which should complement the front components, and low end nicely. For this project I needed to cut apart the rear deck so that I could fit the boxes for the mids into it as they require their own sealed boxes. An individual box was created for each driver, with an airspace of .412 cubic feet per box built out of 3/8" MDF Mmmm, 6.5" mids! [IMG]http://photos-e.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v357/131/124/813185164/n813185164_4406588_9337.jpg[/IMG] Rear shelf ready for some work to be done [IMG]http://photos-e.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-snc1/v345/131/124/813185164/n813185164_4407508_3023.jpg[/IMG] In the process of cutting the pieces for the rear fill boxes/plates done. The CNC machine is truly great for this. No more need to use a tablesaw, router with a Jasper jig to get the mounting holes perfect, or a drill to pre-drill anything. [IMG]http://photos-b.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v357/131/124/813185164/n813185164_4406593_1044.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://photos-f.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v357/131/124/813185164/n813185164_4406597_2376.jpg[/IMG] Assembling the boxes/top plate for the mids (made out of 3/8" MDF) [IMG]http://photos-g.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v357/131/124/813185164/n813185164_4406598_2720.jpg[/IMG] Boxes/plate sealed Speaker terminals installed Plate/boxes assembled/sealed/painted and ready for install Mounting plates sealed/painted and ready for install Putting in the mounting plates for the speaker boxes Test fitting the rear driver plate on top of mounting plates with mids in Got the outline of where I need to cut into the rear shelf Cutting the rear deck for the speaker boxes Test fitting the boxes/plate into the rear shelf Boxes/plate mounted and installed. An additional 1/4 trim piece covered in carpet will complete the installation [/QUOTE]
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