[Prlauren]

Oh my god!

Holy hackery dackery batman!

 

[dansto82]

Looks AWESOME!!!! Cant wait to see it all finished

 

[KRAZYK]

So is the plan to sport a 2 seater D/C? or do you have plans to add a half bench in the back

 

[hollatchaboy]

So is the plan to sport a 2 seater D/C? or do you have plans to add a half bench in the back

The 2/3 bench actually fits back there, no problem So, technically a 4-seater still!

 

[hero913]

Insane project!!!

Cannot wait to see the final product!!


Best of luck!!

 

[Kylebechtold]

Nice, have you looked at black widows for your door speakers?

 

[hollatchaboy]

Nice, have you looked at black widows for your door speakers?

Nope, haven't even heard of the black widows until you mentioned them. I googled em and if they're what you're talking about they're PA/guitar cabinet speakers made by Peavey. They would work in an application like mine, but the continuous power is 500 watts and program power is 1,000 I do know plenty of guys who run EV speakers and push 500+ watts to each speaker, so it's not unheard of... just not my style.

My sundown 200.4 4-channel is hefty, but not 500 watts per speaker hefty! It can squeeze out 450 watts x 4 channels @ 1ohm but the Black Widows are only 8ohm. My sundown neo pro 6.5's are 100 watt RMS (4ohm each) so 4 in parallel per side lets me see 1ohm, feeding each speaker 100 and change. The neo pro 10's are each 200rms and 4ohm also, so paralleled at 2ohms per channel gives me about 350 watts per pair.

Sorry for a lack of update pics, but the last 2 days have been non-stop primer-bondo-sand... primer-bondo-sand... primer-bondo-sand. Final primer coats went on tonight, so expect a hefty update tomorrow night!

 

[Tundra Monkey]

sub'd

Tundra Monkey

 

[hollatchaboy]

Painted it last week and had it hooked up and playing for carlisle but I wasn't happy with the finish so I decided on wrapping. First, I secured the panel to a makeshift table to make sure it didn't move while stretching the fabric. Then used some 60 grit to scuff up the painted surface and taped off everything I didn't want glued:

Cut the vinyl for the wrap and tacked it some plywood then sprayed both the vinyl and the panel with Welwood Landau & Vinyl Glue:

Put the panel back on and secured it to the door. Wired up and mounted all speakers. I ran out of vinyl, so tomorrow I'll be making the grills and then Friday I should have more vinyl to do the other door:

Another angle before grills:

 

[biebs96]

thats awesome.

 

[phobos512]

Wow this is a ridiculous build. I'm looking forward to seeing it completed. Artistry!


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[hollatchaboy]

Thanks for the good words. I know some people were skeptical once they saw some of the hacking and removing parts, but I promise not to disappoint with this build!

 

[drivensite]

Redonkulous...coming along nicely.

 

[hollatchaboy]

Another update. Turns out my vinyl won't be arriving until Monday or Tuesday, so still only one door is wrapped. But, got to make the grills today, and that was a fun process.

Started with 14 1/2" MDF rings (8 for the 6's, 4 for the 10's, and 2 for the tweeters). Used my amazing toolmaker machined router jig:

Then, hit em with a roundover bit:

Next came some primer (note: LOTS of primer was used for the grills thanks to MDF being so porous and soaking in paint like crazy:

Let them all dry, then filled in any holes. I brad-nailed the rings in the above steps so I could safely router them without and funky/sketchy hand action. I also hand sanded the rounded edge to a smoother finish, as well:

Tough to see in this pic, but I routered some holes into the back sides of the grill rings for the grill bars then followed up with some fill primer:

 

[hollatchaboy]

Next, I cut some 1/4" steel rods down with a grinder for the grill bars, and CA glued them into the routered grooves in the back of the rings:

Then, of course primer over the backs of the rings:

Then some black primer:

Then came the first layer of Plasti-Dip on the front:

Here's after the full first coat. Notice some edges with primer still poking through thanks again to the super porous MDF. I applied a total of 4 coats and tomorrow I will see how they look on the doors:

 

[hollatchaboy]

And, one door completely done! What do you guys think???

 

[Kylebechtold]

I like the work. I don't like the look, but that is personal taste. I hate the way pa drivers look, very cheap look IMO. I prefer my speakers behind grill that hides them. I know you said you don't have the power for those widows , but I know people running one of those that is louder than a whole door of Pa speakers. They sound better too. If you know Galamonkey(Chuck) he was big for a while and he loves the widows. For the cost they are amazing as well.

 

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You do this for a living? Looks more than just a hobby.

 

[hollatchaboy]

You do this for a living? Looks more than just a hobby.

A little bit of both. I install home theater acoustics (family business) for a living but I do make extra income doing car audio, as well. It's been a hobby for about 10 years now and it's slowly turning into my main source of income.

 

[hollatchaboy]

And, now for the sub stage. Did a little night-time detailing after putting the back seat in (minus vacuuming... a little late for that since the neighbors have little ones). Here's the setup; an 18" Sundown Zv3 in 5 cubic feet tuned to 34hz on a Sundown SAZ-2500. The top board (of the 2 baffle boards) was cut to fit around the sub and rounded over, then wrapped in black vinyl:

The view from outside the rear passenger door. I'm still trying to decide how to finish the sides of the box. For now, just painted black:

View from the driver's side rear door. Larger bench still functional:

Got port? Decided to max out on port area for the most efficient airflow possible. Also, left some room behind the port and between the amps for extra batteries (possibly, in the future):