The Performer

I wonder what kind of price range a level 2 10in. is? I have noticed alot of people are using these subs, they definitely look nice.

I'd keep that crossman pump, that's a really powerful pistol, great for varmits and such.

Thanks, I try and keep the truck clean (aside from the ball of wires behind my seat) My plan is to mount the amp onto the final box I build in the center next to the cap, but no telling how long it will be before I get the money built up. If anyone has any advice on these trucks, there's a bracket where the wires attach underneath the seats that get in the way of putting the amp underneath the seat. If I were to decide to mount the amp underneath one of the seats for the time being, is there anyone who has a thread on how to remove that cluster and put it in the seat or somewhere out of the way? Not sure what the exact name of that wire cluster is so I'm not sure what keywords I would use to search for any topics on it, I'll have to look in the chiltons manual to see if there's a term for it. Thanks again!

Now that's a hell of a nifty way to do it...

My bad, I hit the post button instead of the preview and didn't get to proofread anything yet!!! Sorry, Anyways if anyone has any tips or suggestions I'd be more than happy to hear what you've got! I'll be sure to add replies to the thread of other things I've got going on. Thanks!

Hey everyone, new to the boards thought I'd complete by introducing myself with some of the small things I've done to my truck so far. I've got a little more info in that thread where everyone is introducing themselves if ya curious. Anyways, here's what all I got so far in my truck. (I don't make as much money as I wish and I make payments and gas bills for the truck so thats where my cash goes) -Alpine 9887 Headunit (best money spent) -Stock chevrolet speakers (yuck, luckily the 9887 has that nifty crossover so I don't blow them) -Orion HCCA d1200 mono amp (another really good buy) -(2) 12 inch insignia subwoofers (not so great, but they do the job while I'm saving for cash) -Audiopipe 1 farad stiffening capacitor (helps out alot!) Non stereo -viper 2way remote start security (christmas money) Here's some pictures of what I've done over the last year and some of the progress I'm making. When we first went and bought the truck it was ALL stock, but with all the stereo modding I started out with a sony walmart headunit, walmart 150 watt amp, and 2 oldschool mtx terminator 10's that my brotherinlaw was very nice to let me use while he wasn't using them. Like a dumbass I always forget to take pictures of things before I modify them or change them so I dont have a picture of the truck when it had the sony HU or the walmart amp, but here's after I then bought the alpine with my b-day money. Here's a shot of my brother inlaw's 10's that came in the unsightly boxes. After a while I started building a collection of freebies and what not by helping people out. My cousin being very generous gave me an orion 200 watt amp he had laying around to upgrade from the walmart amp, but then eventually my brotherinlaw's boxes for his 10's started falling apart as they were made from particle board that apparently had gotten wet over the years. As they weren't MY subs I decided to rebuild them as close to original as he had them and they turned out great! That was my first enclosure build and I was surprised at how well I did as well as with the felt. Before and after. (Cant remember what they turned out to be tuned to after I had finished, but I just was making sure to stay as close to possible to the crappy prebuilt toxes they were in) I built them with little removable feet so whenever he wanted them back he could fit them back in whatever kind of truck. If any of you have a newer singlecab GM truck you'll know behind the seat how weird the setup is back there... The orion 200 watt amp Eventually I started having dimming headlights problem going on so I was looking around for a cap and almost as if jesus came down from heaven with a hell of a deal, one of my buddies was selling his system and I offered to buy the cap from him and he only charged me 20 bucks! It was in great condition aside from a lil dirty, but what the hell I cleaned it and painted the mounting pieces. Good as new and fixed the power dispute. Can of axe and the deck faceplate case down there in the picture... What I am most pleased with so far is the matching I did with the dash install for the cd player, if you notice up in the earlier pictures I just had the generic GM mounting kit with the godawful ugly black plastic textured crap that I decided to mold the two pieces together and match the paint to the other parts of the truck in the dash. Turned out good except for a small crack where I didn't get enough epoxy in but its hardly noticeable. If I ever re-do it I'll make sure to make a thread on the whole process, maybe some other guys would want to do the same with their vehicle. Just recently this year I had one of my teachers bringing me his old amps in class to fix for him. I got a very good insight as to which amps you should buy and which you shouldn't, :01nocomment8so: If any of you guys have ever soldered RCA jacks back to a board on a kicker amp you'll know how well the robots are soldering them in the first place. (Terribly) The best I'd ever seen was a US amp that he had from back when they were still a fairly popular name (from before my time, maybe you bass veterans would know the history on them better) but anyway, I fixed the ground and power leads for him there and he asked that I ran 4 gauge wire through the plate and soldered it to the board and just do away with the power bracket. (Bottom line, this US amp was VERY well made I noticed compared to the others he had me fix) He gave me an old 4 channel kenwood amp as well for fixing all the others as well, which I used in my truck for about a month before I sold it to help pay for my final amp. The orion HCCA d1200 So far I've got no complaints, this little guy sounds GREAT. These are the insignia's I got as payment to build a buddy a box for his truck. I didn't necessarily want 12's in my truck, but I figured I could build some separate sealed truck boxes for them and boom them for a little while and sell them with the boxes I made to help pay for the 10's I want. In that picture I hadn't gotten grills for the boxes yet, but as of now they are on them. If anyone is wondering why I have coke cans propping the corners of the boxes up, it's because I plan on selling them and incase whoever buys them doesn't need the little leg they wont have to worry about removing them. Anyway so I guess that's all the pictures I've got to share as of now, I'll add more of the other tidbits I've got going on and as I get more equipment. My goal is after I sell the 12's buy 10's and do a fiberglass box across back wall and have amp and cap mounting space on it. As of now I haven't gotten to a permanent state with my amp and subs to where I've mounted boxes or amps (they just kinda float around for now)

I like that motto.

Name's Chris, found the site from youtube, Steve has some straight up bad ass bass vehicles on there! I love stereos especially the suped up low frequency end of them, I've done all my own installs just from as much experience as anyone will offer me, as well as spending my free time reading and absorbing all the great info out there on the subject. I'm no where near the status of a professional, although I have done paid builds and installs (not sure if that qualifies as being a pro...) I drive an 03 single cab chevy silverado 4x4 that I'm CONSTANTLY working on, adding on, cleaning, etc... I haven't yet found that tree that money grows on that all of my friends must have found so everything I add to my truck gets added in bits over time. (Long time depending on which components) My current setup consists of an Alpine 9887 head unit (not even close to trying imprint yet...), stock speakers in the doors and rears, orion HCCA d1200 amp, audiopipe 1 farad cap, and two 12 inch insignia subs in separate sealed boxes. My plan is eventually to sell the subs and boxes and use the money to help pay for a set of new 10 inch subs in which case I'm going to give my first attempt at fiberglass with a sealed single box with amp and cap mounting space. After that I'll want to replace the stock speakers (I'm considering infinity components and putting tweeters in the A-pillars, all depends on what I can afford for good quality) Then I can finally be finished with stereo! Otherwise, about me, I perform close up magic at parties, bars, etc... around town to try and put gas in the truck. Just graduated high school and working with my brother at his small business doing odd jobs and what not. I'll be also trying to get a job possibly learning some more installs, but I'll also continue letting friends tell friends about the work I do and helping install their systems and building enclosures to help with money as well. All in all this seems like an amazing forum with endless threads of info and creative ideas, to keep me busy. Hope I can contribute and get pointers from everyone.