2006 Jeep Grand Cherokee Build Log

[UCF52 10+ year member]

Nice fabrication work, man. It looks good. Can't wait to see this thing done.
What are gunna be box specs?

Not sure on box specs yet. I doubt I am going keep the Assassin.

Can't say I like UCF, but you could've picked FSU. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

lol, UCF > FSU //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[uncfanforlife07 10+ year member]

very nice work so far. one of my friend wants to upgrade the stereo in his jeep, i believe his is an 08 so i will keep an eye on your work since I will have to help him if he ever wants to do anything.

 

[UCF52 10+ year member]

very nice work so far. one of my friend wants to upgrade the stereo in his jeep, i believe his is an 08 so i will keep an eye on your work since I will have to help him if he ever wants to do anything.

Hey, you may want to bookmark this website. Sometimes you need to dig, but there is a wealth of information on the WK there. And, if you have any questions, feel free to PM me.

 

[mjf 10+ year member]

updates!

 

[UCF52 10+ year member]

updates!

I've got nothing right now. School is kickin' my ***. Might be a few weeks 'til I can get crackin' on the sub enclosure, nav set up, and ventilated amp lid.

 

[UCF52 10+ year member]

Well, I played around with Sketch Up tonight (pics below). Everything is to scale - though I still have a few things to add: holes for the elastic secure thingys, maybe a fan rendering, and I plan on putting dowels across the openings (lengthwise). I am hoping I can get to constructing this early next week. I plan on using 50mm x 10mm 12v computer fans in a push/pull configuration. Onto the pics...

Another look at the amp location (I'll get some pics with it cleaned up and wired up)

 

[UCF52 10+ year member]

Well, did some swapping today. The whether is incredible here in FLA and I am always driving with the windows down, sunroof open, but I was having trouble hearing the information from my tweeters. So, I made little L brackets and mounted the tweeters on axis (aimed at my dome) and while the problem (lack of volume) seemed to be solved, the harshness was absolutely killing me.

I have really wanted to try using a full range, wide band driver and go tweeterless, but I don't have the cash right now to drop on some new stuff. So, I said **** it, I'll try using the factory Boston Acoustic 3.5" drivers. Well, the results were awesome! I went through and reset all my gains, time alignment, level matched and lowered the high pass filter on the 3.5's to 1.6khz and my OEM's are band-passed at 80hz-1.25khz (I don't remember the slopes), and played with the phase.

These 6.5's ID's are rattling the chrome side molding on the exterior of the door like non other (keep in mind the door treatments I have!!!). The staging has significantly improved; I no longer can localize the drivers in the front stage like I could with my previous setup - it basically sounds like I have some bookshelf speakers on my hood.

Oh and my problem (lack of volume) is no longer... when I crank it I feel like my face is going to be ripped off. Now I can't wait to try some nice aftermarket drivers - have been checking these out.

That's all for now. No update on the floor cover - school is killing me right now and I will be out of town this weekend.

 

[UCF52 10+ year member]

little progress

I am second guessing my ventilation ideas. I have been doing a little research and there seems to be more science behind it than I originally anticipated. That paired with the likeliness of accumulated noise (via the fans) leaves me a little weary. We'll see.

 

[UCF52 10+ year member]

I am also dead set on going with a tweeterless set up and using a wideband driver in it's place. I am 95% sure I am going to use Vifa TG9 drivers and glass them in the corners of the dash. There's just so little information from the 15-20k range and once in a moving vehicle it is pretty much worthless anyways; I am so much happier with the stock 3.5" compared to my RSd tweeter that it's just a no brainer for me.

Plus, the ID's love being crossed at 1.25khz //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

Once I knock that out I'll be moving on to the sub stage. I still have no idea what I want to do there.

 

[UCF_Knight24 10+ year member]

looking clean. school has been holding me back too man. over the break i'm going to knock out my build.

 

[UCF52 10+ year member]

looking clean. school has been holding me back too man. over the break i'm going to knock out my build.

2 more weeks! What year are you? Major?

What's going into your build?

 

[Wkbdkid 10+ year member]

everything is looking clean, keep at it man

 

[UCF_Knight24 10+ year member]

2 more weeks! What year are you? Major?
What's going into your build?

Sophomore. Mechanical engineering. What about you?

I'm putting in 2 12" Type-R's, Hifonics 2008d amp, PG RSD65 comps, and a Cadence TXA-1502 amp.

 

[UCF52 10+ year member]

Sophomore. Mechanical engineering. What about you?

Senior, Finance. Probably doing a Masters - ugh.

I'm putting in 2 12" Type-R's, Hifonics 2008d amp, PG RSD65 comps, and a Cadence TXA-1502 amp.

Nice, should be sick!

 

[UCF_Knight24 10+ year member]

I'll be making a build log on here whenever I start.