2020 tahoe custom midnight audio build

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attempt at making my first audio build here. 2020 tahoe custom midnight edition. i am keeping the stock radio and running everything through a lc8i as of now. truck has 35k miles on it... lol poor things gunna get shredded..
build list is as follows.
390 brand x alt
pwm controller 14.6-8
150+ ft 1/0 welding wire power and ground
3 runs power from front to rear
going to attempt to run 3 frame grounds to front batt. or alt case.
4 rear frame grounds
replaced crappy lead acid battery upfront with plat agm
96 ah headway bank
big 3
stock radio
lc8i
rockford 600.4
(1)sundown salt 8
(3) sundown xv3 15's wired to 1.33
crappy azz skar audio mids ( these will be changed soon, not sure on what i wanna run next.)
kenwood 2.75 tweets in the dash..
a RANDOM 10 mm socket somewhere in the dash that fell LOL i have no idea where it went i looked for hour..
custom box tuned to 28 ish, external aero ports subs up port up. can be tuned depending on what i want whenever.
ill customz fuse holders gp car audio misc items
all copper bung lugs
about 3 boxes of killmat inside truck , interior is about 90% covered except under the front driver and passenger seats and front firewall.

i think thats it for now as im still building everything
the box is being made currently. making it dumb strong resin coated inside. still in progress.
3rd row seating is deleted going to make a floor in the rear so i can secure box and everything down.
custom amp rack is in the making( designing the build soon)
im sure i forgot some so i will edit as i go along.

pics to follow ill try to put them in order of what ive been doin but as of now there are about 90+ pics incoming.
 

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some more pics
 

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even more
 

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more, this is where i started adding more runs from front to rear and doing a little more electrical upgrades from the previous 2 12 system. kid helped too. wiping off one of my amps lol
 

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more, adding frame grounds and redoing the big 3.
 

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more. receiving the super beast, breaking it down, received buss bars and balancer.
 

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more, building the 96 ah bank after static balancing the cells.
 

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more. continuing to build the bank. first time i ever built this so i was nervous when attaching the outer banks to the center bank. lol
 

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more, box build in progress still.. coming along nicely. will have plexi glass window. i might add a small 1/4 inch extra baffle the the front to secure some leds shining inside, to the already 2 faced baffel.
 

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more pics of box. not done yet. thats it for now. sorry if they were jumbled at the start i got the hang of attaching them 2nd or 3rd post in. i wish there was a better way?, of doing this lol.. but thats it for now. i will continue to add more pics as i go and provide better commentary along with it. these were pics ive had in my phone along the way of this build. so i will add them as i go and document whats going on. but im sure you can see just fine what ive been doing. :)
 

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that was a pain... 2.5 days probably removing everything, cleaning entire area and doing it. ive only done trunk cars before this was def a lot more than a trunk lol. i have 2.5 more boxes depending on how bad the roof is i may add more. i had a small 4k watt system in in after and there are some areas id like to add a bit more like right behind the pass door c pillar area. . i tried so hard to remove the rear hatch interior panels but they are super tight i felt like i was gunna break them, so thats gonna rattle so bad. unless i can get them off.
 
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