2006 Lexus IS250

Stock battery crapped out, so I picked up a duralast gold from autozone.



check out that stock SQ techflex to the right.

I thought I had the amps I needed, BUT 2/3 were duds

I was hoping to bridge a 4 chan to the mids, small two chan for tweets, and bridge a two chan for the sub.

The left two are duds. One powers on, but no sound. One shows no sign of life.

Prep



I got ahead of myself and didn't fully think things through. I got greedy and tried to get all the airspace I could in that little corner. I tape off and glassed an area which gave me problems when trying to remove the mold (circled in red).



Circled in Yellow is an area that will give me a little more work. That part is the hook for the cargo net, which I would like to keep.

Butter flavored Spray



After 2-3 layers of glass cured, I tried to pull out the mold, but couldn't because of the red circled area in above post.

My solution:

Getting lost in the zone, I forgot how many layers were applied. I did try to keep it even throughout the piece.



As shown in the pics, I added pieces of 3/4 mdf to flat areas to help stiffen up those areas.

The following pics are where I am as of yesterday. I added more MDF where I could and more layers of glass. I then trimmed the edges so it can be ready to be wrapped. The wrapping will come after I figure out what to do for the baffle/port.

It is currently strong enough to where I can stand on it w/ no problems. I'm only 165lbs, though.



The port will be 3" diameter ABS pipes with elbows to accommodate for the required length need for tuning the enclosure.

I'm aiming for .85cuft tuned 30-32hz. Before trimming, the mold was able to easily fit 5 gallons which equates to .668 cuft. I will need about 7 gallons to net .9 cuft to accommodate for port and sub displacement.

Simple build.

oem integration with the Alpine H650

stock locations.

2way fronts.

tweets: Helix S801

mids: undecided

Ported Dayton HO 10"

that h650 is a pretty irritating piece to work with...but have fun

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LOL, thanks. The unit I have has been sitting around for a while. This will be my first time using it. I have heard good results with one in another vehicle. I might have to remind myself to have more patience. If I don't have luck with the auto-tune, I might have to do my best with manual tune

any tips or warnings?