After the numerous questions I've asked, the tons of help I got from members here and from another board, and all the research, I finally buckled down and made my purchase.
It was a lot more work than I anticipated, that's for sure. Nothing was hard, it was actually straight forward, but was very time consuming. I think what took the most time is laying out all the sound deadener as I went way over board on it. I covered almost every portion of the doors (both inner and outer skin) that I could get to which was 95%. I did all 4 doors this way and the floor. I ran out of material, so I wasn't able to get the headliner or the back wall. That will be later. So with just the doors and floor, I used up 100 sq. ft.
I didn't have any wood working tools, so I had the shop I purchased the equipment from build the box for me. They did a fantastic job on it. I would have done it myself, but again, I wasn't able to. The dimensions actually came from a board member on another forum. He was the most help and actually inspired me to do everything myself. I know I saved tons of money. Anyhow, here's a list of what I purchased:
JL Audio 1000/1
(3) JL Audio 10W3V3-8
JL Audio 300/4
Focal 165V2S
Focal 130CV1
Kicker 1/0 awg. install kit
JL Audio standard RCAs (2 & 4 channel)
Stinger 12 awg. speaker wire
Second Skin
I've got a good 50+ hours into this project, working late nights and getting up at the crack of dawn. All in all, I felt it was worth it as it sounds really good. The only thing I have left, is installing the tweeters.
This was by no means for an audio show, I basically installed it as clean as I could without getting too involved, so don't make fun. I know some of you will say that I should of built an amp rack, etc., but wood wasn't an option for me. So metal was my only choice. I made amp stands to raise the amps off the floor 1" so that it had sufficient ventilation around the fins. I also built a small bracket for the crossovers that bolts to the seat support and makes it look like they're floating. The amp stands were made out of 1" square steel tubing with flat bar stock and the crossover bracket was made with flat bar stock. Anyhow, let me know what you think. Thanks!
It was a lot more work than I anticipated, that's for sure. Nothing was hard, it was actually straight forward, but was very time consuming. I think what took the most time is laying out all the sound deadener as I went way over board on it. I covered almost every portion of the doors (both inner and outer skin) that I could get to which was 95%. I did all 4 doors this way and the floor. I ran out of material, so I wasn't able to get the headliner or the back wall. That will be later. So with just the doors and floor, I used up 100 sq. ft.
I didn't have any wood working tools, so I had the shop I purchased the equipment from build the box for me. They did a fantastic job on it. I would have done it myself, but again, I wasn't able to. The dimensions actually came from a board member on another forum. He was the most help and actually inspired me to do everything myself. I know I saved tons of money. Anyhow, here's a list of what I purchased:
JL Audio 1000/1
(3) JL Audio 10W3V3-8
JL Audio 300/4
Focal 165V2S
Focal 130CV1
Kicker 1/0 awg. install kit
JL Audio standard RCAs (2 & 4 channel)
Stinger 12 awg. speaker wire
Second Skin
I've got a good 50+ hours into this project, working late nights and getting up at the crack of dawn. All in all, I felt it was worth it as it sounds really good. The only thing I have left, is installing the tweeters.
This was by no means for an audio show, I basically installed it as clean as I could without getting too involved, so don't make fun. I know some of you will say that I should of built an amp rack, etc., but wood wasn't an option for me. So metal was my only choice. I made amp stands to raise the amps off the floor 1" so that it had sufficient ventilation around the fins. I also built a small bracket for the crossovers that bolts to the seat support and makes it look like they're floating. The amp stands were made out of 1" square steel tubing with flat bar stock and the crossover bracket was made with flat bar stock. Anyhow, let me know what you think. Thanks!
