new install help needed!

[atwistd1 10+ year member]

i am about to start my new install and have a few questions... I am installing my new system in a 2002 blazer, so space is not a real concern. I have 2 zed audio amps (gladius and minilith) that i would like to "float" and a custom fiberglass mono chamber dual 12" box. I want to invert one or both subs. I want some creativity but not alot of fabricating. My idea is to mount the box on an angle to the back seat so the rear sub is almost in the corner and the front sub is like in the middle of the cargo area, then mount the amps so that they look like they are floating in mid air, kinda like a step on top of eachother angled to the opposite way of the box. My dilema is how do i mount the ampps to look like they are floating and so they look like steps. i also want to back/under light all this so it kinda glows. any ideas will be greatly welcomed. How do i go about making the rack for the amps and should it be out of plexi or mdf?

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[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

You have some very conflicting goals there. You want some really trick custom results but you say that you don't want to do a lot of fabrication. My install is pretty simple and it still required a good amout of fab work.

A floating amp rack with backlighting is usually done with plexi. It's gonna cost a lot of coin and if you've not worked much with plexi, good luck.

How much experience do you have with installation and fab work? If you don't have a lot, I don't think I would start with quite such an ambitious project.

 

[atwistd1 10+ year member]

You have some very conflicting goals there. You want some really trick custom results but you say that you don't want to do a lot of fabrication. My install is pretty simple and it still required a good amout of fab work.
A floating amp rack with backlighting is usually done with plexi. It's gonna cost a lot of coin and if you've not worked much with plexi, good luck.

How much experience do you have with installation and fab work? If you don't have a lot, I don't think I would start with quite such an ambitious project.

money is not an object here... i've done work with acrylics before just not in this type of situation, and i am not sure my goals are conflicting. i have seen acrylic platforms before that do not involve a tremengous amount of fabricating and are quite simple in design and build, again just not in this type of enviornment.