In process of an extensive 16' Ram 2500 Mega Cab Audio Build...anyone done one?

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Just curious if there is anyone on here that has done an audio build in a new gen Dodge Ram 2500 mega cab?

Redoing my truck for the 3rd time now lol witha pretty extensive build and I am running into issues with amplifier mounting locations.....

If anyone wants to post up pictures of their build or has any advice or tips that would be awesome!

 
1st picture of the build....vibration dampener in...

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Carpet layed back down..... already noticed a big difference in not being able to hear my diesel exhaust anymore....

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3rd try at designing the front baffles....just didnt like the 1st two....literally hate mounting the DSP here but not much of a choice since my rear seats literally fold flat to the carpet when folded down and I've used up almost every square inch behind the seats, and I cannot mount them under the front seats due to the air conditioning vents for the seat cooling.... so I just attached two layers of 1/4" closed cell foam under the DSP and used 1/4" x 3/8" inch rubber grommets on the screw down points to float the DSP off of the baffle face with some cushion and springiness...used threaded inserts in the baffle and 10-24 screws to mount it and put a little blue threadlock on the screws when I tightened them....hopefully it lives through the vibrations.....

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Looking really nice.   FYI, very few big audio builds I've found in 1 ton trucks via google search in the past.
Thanks brother...wait you lost me?  You "have" or "have not" found a lot of big audio builds in one tons?  I've had a hard time finding anything besides just a basic subwoofer install in my model of truck.... trying to figure out where to put my speakers up front was not fun either as I'm running a 3-way active front stage with rear fill coaxials in addition to the subs and no one else has really done it....

 
Test fitting the front baffles and the subs and making sure all of my LEDs work properly.... this is my current progress as of now.... will be pulling the subs back out, glueing and screwing down the front baffles, sanding down and rounding out the edges of the box, and putting a final layer of duratex on the entire exterior of the box except for the brown vinyl portion.... the 3/4" acrylic inserts are being laser-etched today with logos and then we'll be glued down in place tonight and the sub enclosure part of this build should be done.... now I am at a crossroads on what to do with my amps.... I really don't want to mount them on top of the box but I do not see too much choice for as big as they are..... it is the smallest section of the entire box on which they would mount onto so there would not be any box flex on the top panel and with some rubber spacers and foam I should be able to keep the vibrations to a minimum so hopefully they would not suffer too much....but still...fml

The amps I'm installing are one Incriminator Audio IA20.1 and two Incriminator Audio IA3.4's....

when lined up end to end I have just enough room on top of the box to fit them up there and with ample space to put RCA's and the wire.... racking my brain on trying to figure out how to build some sort of rack or case or something to make them look a little nicer than just screwed down to the top of the box......

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Starting the electrical upgrades this afternoon....new alternator, new batteries, new wire, big 3, cutting factory wires and crimping on new terminals for bolt down terminal plates....

Got a Mechman 320A Elite Alternator, Two Northstar Group 31 AGM batts, Two XS Power XP3000 batts, 4 rolls of XS Flex 1/0 OFC wire 2 blue and 2 black, 2 rolls of Mechman 4ga OFC wire 1 blue and 1 black, ILL Kustomz 6 spot terminal plates 1 pair for each of the two northstar batteries under the hood....

Gotta start ripping out all of the KNU Kolossus Flex wire and RCA's that are in the truck now and run the new.......and yank out the old stinger fuse and distribution blocks and put in the new SMD fuse blocks and bars. 

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All of the audio pics I have this far...will post more as I progress with the installation....here are some randoms pics of the exterior of the truck this is all going in....

Still have Westin HDX front and rear bumpers to put on, the Amp Research Power Steps, a UWS low profile black toolbox ( to mount the extra two batteries in), a pair of Recon OLED Projector Headlights, and a pair or Recon OLED Smoked Taillights.......as soon as I have the time, there are just not enough hours in the day for all of this ****...fml

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