2006 Jeep Grand Cherokee Build Log

[UCF52 10+ year member]

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

Sounds good, looking forward to it.

 

[backthepack 10+ year member]

any updates

 

[bigbangtheory 5,000+ posts]

Looks awesome thus far.

 

[oxsign 5,000+ posts]

Wow that's some top notch work there. I wish I was patient enough to do work like that, lol. Good job so far.

 

[UCF52 10+ year member]

Looks awesome thus far.

Thanks!

Wow that's some top notch work there. I wish I was patient enough to do work like that, lol. Good job so far.

Yeah, I just do things in stages. I don't have the patience to do all of this in a weekend.

Update:

I decided to go with the Dayton RS100's for upper treble duty. The FR plots really were the deciding factor - they had a better plot from 15-20k compared to the TG9's.

Anyways, I got my RS100's powered up and I'm loving them! They are aimed on axis in the corners of the dash in temp 4"-2" PVC enclosures stuffed with polyfill - I believe they are crossed at 1.6k @ 18db/oct. Did a little tuning today and the staging is unreal! EQ is still flat! I'll grab some pics tomorrow. I plan on ordering a spare set of dash speaker grills so I can fiberglass the RS100's in pods that can be set into place using the factory grill/clips. The temp pods are bulky as hell!

Also fabbed up the sub enclosure - I decided to leave the factory floor and just incorporate all the weird angles into the box design. I ended up with ~1.57 ft^3 before any sub and port displacement (if I go vented). The box sits below the cargo pull over thingy, flush against the back seat and floor angles and terminates just before the false floor begins - pics will probably be easier to understand.

 

[UCF_Knight24 10+ year member]

Can't wait to see some pics

 

[WildSebring 10+ year member]

Can't wait to see some pics

x2

 

[UCF52 10+ year member]

Pics as promised. (I know I need a new camera)

Enclosure - I was kinda bored last week, so I decided to play around with some spare MDF and take a stab at doing angle cuts with my crappy circular saw. I ended up faring pretty well. All faces have at least one angle cut minus the front baffle. Enclosure is mocked up (dry) and I still haven't done the side faces. I was more or less trying to nail down the funky angles associated with the rear seat and the floor. Anyways, I haven't decided on a sub yet, so the enclosure won't be finalized until them, but I ended up with a gross volume of 1.57 ft^3 and about 6" of mounting depth. I am leaning towards a single 10" Dayton HO (vented) for sub duties, so I will likely cut the enclosure down and will make carpet matched beauty panels for aesthetics.

Here are the RS100's in their temp enclosures. As I said before, I plan on getting a spare set of dash speaker grill covers and glassing the Dayton's into the corners of the dash - either on axis or slightly off axis - still playing with that. No plans of adding a passive and tweeter combo. I am a bit sensitive to higher frequencies and I am loving the stage as it sits now, so I'm not going to toy with it.

As you can see these temp enclosures are bulky as hell, so I'd like to get to work on the permanent set.

 

[cartablanca 10+ year member]

looks good

 

[mjf 10+ year member]

i know thats just some sort of pvc inlet to a smaller pipe, i wouldnt mind using those for something i have in mind when my tweeters come in.

good job so far

 

[UCF52 10+ year member]

i know thats just some sort of pvc inlet to a smaller pipe, i wouldnt mind using those for something i have in mind when my tweeters come in.
good job so far

Yeah, that's a 4"-2", but they come in all sorts of sizes.

 

[MasterOfAllBass 10+ year member]

Nice. good job

Hey im thinking about geting 05-06 jeep cherokee soon.

Can u do me a favor?

Can i get measurements from u of the trunk size?

Hight from floor to window line in cargo area

width between both whellwels

Deep from 2ed row of sets to hatch.

thanks bud

 

[UCF52 10+ year member]

Nice. good job
Hey im thinking about geting 05-06 jeep cherokee soon.

Can u do me a favor?

Can i get measurements from u of the trunk size?

Hight from floor to window line in cargo area

width between both whellwels

Deep from 2ed row of sets to hatch.

thanks bud

Yeah, I'll grab them for ya tomorrow.

 

[UCF_Knight24 10+ year member]

Nice work on the angled cuts. I'll be putting more pics of my build up later tonight. I'm going to go work on it after I finish eating lunch.

 

[MasterOfAllBass 10+ year member]

Yeah, I'll grab them for ya tomorrow.

thanks, btw its tomarrow