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<blockquote data-quote="captainobvious!" data-source="post: 6046178" data-attributes="member: 546920"><p>I cut out a circle close to the diameter of the baffles that were mounted to the door metal, so the panel now fits over the midbasses and attaches to the door properly. Then I used some fiberglass/mat to build up some structure around the baffles to connect to the door card. Then I strated using Bondo to fill in dips and gaps, however its not turning out too pretty just yet. I need to pick up a few putty knives to make applying the (shitty) Bondo a bit easier. Then I'll sand it down and use a glaze putty to fill in any holes and such. After that its more sanding and then finally, I'll have to decide if I want to stretch some vinyl or texture paint. Either way, I'll need to also make some sort of grill to cover the midbasses and I'll likely end up covering that in grill cloth.</p><p></p><p>I'll post up some pics of the progress so that you'll see how I'm doing it. This is my first attempt at doing a door panel, so I'm kind of winging it here.</p><p></p><p>So today I focused on getting the L4/L1pro installed into the (sh*tty) kickpanel pods I made. I say (sh*tty) bacause I did a very poor job of aiming them before glassing them. Instead of pointing slightly forward and up, they are pointing slightly down. You'll probably be able to see what Im referring to in the pics. Because they will be located behind a (modified) factory panel, I didnt feel the need to "pretty" them up. I did wrap them though in something I thought would be both functional and clean- Ensolite foam. I figured a little extra damping couldn't hurt. You'll also notice some Great Stuff window and door foam on the inside of the enclosures. This should also give me a little more resistance to enclosure resonance. Keep in mind I still have to hack the factory kick panel and do alot of clean up, but you get the idea...</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h75/soesnake/Install/Caraudioinstallpics049.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h75/soesnake/Install/Caraudioinstallpics050.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h75/soesnake/Install/Caraudioinstallpics051.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>The surprising thing about my goof up with the aiming is the fact that with about 15 minutes worth of tuning from the controls of my DRZ-9255, these things still sound **** good.</p><p></p><p>Tonality is VERY good, and I must say that the L4's billing of being a wide-bandwidth midrange is absolutely not a hoax. Even when crossed as high as 10khz they still sounded quite good. :shock: I could certainly see these being used as a full range driver in a variety of applications. Well done Scott.</p><p></p><p>Here are a few pics of the door panels from better angles as promised. Hopefully I'll get to do some work on them over the next 2 days as you can clearly see theres alot of work to be done...</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h75/soesnake/Install/Caraudioinstallpics056.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h75/soesnake/Install/Caraudioinstallpics057.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h75/soesnake/Install/Caraudioinstallpics058.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h75/soesnake/Install/Caraudioinstallpics059.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>I also started making the cables to connect up the second amplifier. My main amp is an Arc Audio 4150-cxlr which is powering the L4/L1pro's with 80 watts per channel. The second amp I'm hooking up is a PPI PCX-480 which will be bridged down to 2 channels, providing 320 watts to each Peerless SLS 8" midbass (Im too poor for the L8's right now //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif but these do seem to be a very good driver).</p><p></p><p>Cables, techflexed/heat shrink...you know the deal:</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h75/soesnake/Install/Caraudioinstallpics060.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h75/soesnake/Install/Caraudioinstallpics061.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="captainobvious!, post: 6046178, member: 546920"] I cut out a circle close to the diameter of the baffles that were mounted to the door metal, so the panel now fits over the midbasses and attaches to the door properly. Then I used some fiberglass/mat to build up some structure around the baffles to connect to the door card. Then I strated using Bondo to fill in dips and gaps, however its not turning out too pretty just yet. I need to pick up a few putty knives to make applying the (shitty) Bondo a bit easier. Then I'll sand it down and use a glaze putty to fill in any holes and such. After that its more sanding and then finally, I'll have to decide if I want to stretch some vinyl or texture paint. Either way, I'll need to also make some sort of grill to cover the midbasses and I'll likely end up covering that in grill cloth. I'll post up some pics of the progress so that you'll see how I'm doing it. This is my first attempt at doing a door panel, so I'm kind of winging it here. So today I focused on getting the L4/L1pro installed into the (sh*tty) kickpanel pods I made. I say (sh*tty) bacause I did a very poor job of aiming them before glassing them. Instead of pointing slightly forward and up, they are pointing slightly down. You'll probably be able to see what Im referring to in the pics. Because they will be located behind a (modified) factory panel, I didnt feel the need to "pretty" them up. I did wrap them though in something I thought would be both functional and clean- Ensolite foam. I figured a little extra damping couldn't hurt. You'll also notice some Great Stuff window and door foam on the inside of the enclosures. This should also give me a little more resistance to enclosure resonance. Keep in mind I still have to hack the factory kick panel and do alot of clean up, but you get the idea... [IMG]http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h75/soesnake/Install/Caraudioinstallpics049.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h75/soesnake/Install/Caraudioinstallpics050.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h75/soesnake/Install/Caraudioinstallpics051.jpg[/IMG] The surprising thing about my goof up with the aiming is the fact that with about 15 minutes worth of tuning from the controls of my DRZ-9255, these things still sound **** good. Tonality is VERY good, and I must say that the L4's billing of being a wide-bandwidth midrange is absolutely not a hoax. Even when crossed as high as 10khz they still sounded quite good. :shock: I could certainly see these being used as a full range driver in a variety of applications. Well done Scott. Here are a few pics of the door panels from better angles as promised. Hopefully I'll get to do some work on them over the next 2 days as you can clearly see theres alot of work to be done... [IMG]http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h75/soesnake/Install/Caraudioinstallpics056.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h75/soesnake/Install/Caraudioinstallpics057.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h75/soesnake/Install/Caraudioinstallpics058.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h75/soesnake/Install/Caraudioinstallpics059.jpg[/IMG] I also started making the cables to connect up the second amplifier. My main amp is an Arc Audio 4150-cxlr which is powering the L4/L1pro's with 80 watts per channel. The second amp I'm hooking up is a PPI PCX-480 which will be bridged down to 2 channels, providing 320 watts to each Peerless SLS 8" midbass (Im too poor for the L8's right now [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif[/IMG] but these do seem to be a very good driver). Cables, techflexed/heat shrink...you know the deal: [IMG]http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h75/soesnake/Install/Caraudioinstallpics060.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h75/soesnake/Install/Caraudioinstallpics061.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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