TMali's Monte Carlo Build

[TMali 10+ year member]

Im going with 2-15" Re Audio SE's and a massive audio p1500

started making the box the other day after lots and lots of planing and caulculations

All the wood cut out

Didnt have a router so i rounded the port peices with a sander

1st piece connected to bottom

2nd

3rd

4th

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[TMali 10+ year member]

port wall put up

siliconed the inside before the top was put in for easier access

Cut out for the SE's was 14", so i got a scrap piece of plexi and did a 7" radius and drilled 2 holes one for the screw the other for the pencil

drilling a hole for the starting point i carfully cut out a circle with a jigsaw that was almost perfect

same for the 2nd hole

 

[TMali 10+ year member]

with the extra wood from the circle cutout i made a port corner

and finished the assembly of the box with mounting the top on

on to painting the parts of the box that may be seen

started out with useing grey primer

ran out of that quick so i moved onto black primer

This is it for now, hopfully i will get more done tomarrow. The rain threw off finishing it when i wanted too. Alot more to come! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[DB-Audio 10+ year member]

nice work great job

 

[James Bang 5,000+ posts]

Not diggin' the port at all. You should've designed it to where the port is just straight out, instead of having to hit a bend right at the end.

 

[budahbuddy803 10+ year member]

i dont know what a port corner does. I thought people used angles to try to keep the width of the port the same all the way through. With just a small sliver of wood there, does it even do anything?? And i agree with james, not a very good design.

edit: and not sure what woofers or what kind of power you are running, but maybe a little more bracing would be beneficial.....??

 

[TMali 10+ year member]

Not diggin' the port at all. You should've designed it to where the port is just straight out, instead of having to hit a bend right at the end.

we'll see, i dont think ill have any problems with it, i didnt have where the subs were going to be so i planed it that the port woulnt hit the sub at all

 

[TMali 10+ year member]

but i had some free cans of undercoading/sound dedener so i lined the trunk with a few coats, idk how well that will work

and took an old blanket to wrap the spare tire, no loud vibrations from there

got for painting work done on the box but dont have pics up, ill upload and post later

 

[TMali 10+ year member]

i was thinking about bracing, but i didnt want to do that untill one of you said something....so i rethought that

i added a peice of wood from top to bottom and ran another peice of 3/4 mdf to go between the subs

and i used black undercoading to paint the parts that may sometimes be seen

 

[TMali 10+ year member]

and i did a bit of wireing today

the wire mess behind the deck.... itll be more organized later

heres running some monster RCA's 4 & 2 channel and speaker wire

took out the backseat, to run even more wires under it...i want a clean look when im done

 

[thericanballer 10+ year member]

TMali, not only are the king of lulz, you how to do yourself a pretty nice build. nice man, i like

 

[TMali 10+ year member]

Been busy with work and colder weather the last few days, but i did some tonight after work

crimped some ends

got this dirt cheap, but idk how well it will work???? its a Capcell 600-Amp, it holds a charge

opened it up and its kindof a 6 cell battery

And the box in the trunk, and started a few measurements from there, but you guys will see...

 

[TMali 10+ year member]

Did the big 3 and hooked up the power wire to the batt

the battery is a sneaky bugger with it hiding spot

kicker DS 5.25" installed in the door, think i might make some pods for them later

 

[hatedonmostly 5,000+ posts]

That undercoating looks good on the box, I was wondering how it would look. Nice build man.

 

[TMali 10+ year member]

And alittle more work on the box

cut a bunch of cardboard strips to find the curve of the trunk

then made a cardboard cutout of the curves on more cardboard for test fitting

once that i got a good fit i traced onto the 1/4 MDF i picked up home depo

and cut with a jig

need to make to pieces to have it fit in the trunk

heres the test fit in the trunk

a few more cuts, carpet, installing of subs, and amps and ill be done