Finished 8a HT sub box. LOTS of pics..

[jujumantb 10+ year member]

Took 4 straight days from design to completion. My best work so far, still not very good, I'm too impatient to do anything like this very well

Anyways, I took lots of pictures... so here... skip to the bottom for finished pics

Assembled box and start to bondo...

Best "bondo" stuff I've used yet... expensive though.

Covered and started to sand...

Inside view.. ooo... the hole is for the parts express plate amp.

TONS of sanding later... I start spot puddying..

Finishing sanding...

The filler primer I used, good stuff

Primed and sanded with 1000grit and ready for paint

First coat...

Applied ED stenciled logo here... PITA...

Pretty sunset that night...

Skipped some steps... sanding, clearcoat, clearcoat, clearcoat, etc...

****FINISHED*****

ughhhh didnt clean it off for the pics well so there are a few imperfections that arent really there.

The box is tuned to 27hz or so and plays wonderfully! Shakes the whole house. It will be plenty to get lots of complaints in my dorm

It will be paired with custom cherry cabinets from Mr Marv with dayton drivers powered off a Harmon Kardon stereo reciever (100x2 @ 8ohm)

The parts express plate amp puts out full power @ 4 ohm... and since the e8a is dual 4, I had to step it up to 8ohm so it is only getting around ~150watts. Gets LOUD though.

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[Acidburn 5,000+ posts]

wow, that's purdy

no shit, LOTS of pics

 

[jujumantb 10+ year member]

wow, that's purdyno shit, LOTS of pics

Thanks //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif I had about 30 total but left a bunch out //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/cool.gif.3bcaf8f141236c00f8044d07150e34f7.gif

 

[btnhfan 5,000+ posts]

what kind of bondo did u use?

did u spray on the evercoat?

 

[supa_c 5,000+ posts]

good things come in small packages.

he used Rage Gold body filler. not bondo

 

[jujumantb 10+ year member]

what kind of bondo did u use?did u spray on the evercoat?

Well I didnt actually use the name brand "bondo". I used the evercoat stuff.

VEry easy to work with. With the bondo brand bondo, I would have been sanding for days, this stuff is much easier to sand, but ~$15 more expensive. And no I didnt spray it on, just used some of those bendy plastic spreaders to get it as smooth as possible when I laid it down, then I sanded it smooth.

 

[Zerstorer 10+ year member]

Looks very good! It'll blend right in with any system, I think!

Where did you find that good looking port?

 

[tRiGgEr 5,000+ posts]

Thats pretty sweet. Sure beats buying one in the store.

 

[supa_c 5,000+ posts]

my HT onkyo 8" sub pounds pretty nice with 75w, im gonna try my RE8 in it when i get them:up2somet:

 

[bass maniak 10+ year member]

looks good man //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[jujumantb 10+ year member]

my HT onkyo 8" sub pounds pretty nice with 75w, im gonna try my RE8 in it when i get them:up2somet:

My dad has that sub, I'd imagine the same. It get loud, nothing compared to this though //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

That port is an aeroport or something from http://www.partsexpress.com

 

[supa_c 5,000+ posts]

it was from a HT in a box, best $400 i spent. It kills any $400 HT in a box.

I played some tones on the onkyo, lots of whistling, lots of rattling.

Ill just put my brahmas in my house and we'll see whos louder.

That box it SICK, i wish it was mine.

 

[Bavarian3 10+ year member]

wow man awesome!

 

[bass_lover1 10+ year member]

Looks awsome...very sleek...but my HT box is cooler //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

4.1 cubes net, with 26 square inches of port tuned roughly to 22hz.

 

[avs20 10+ year member]

Where can you buy evercoat at? Besides online..