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Are they 15s? I don't think you ever said in your post.

I'm in Morristown, TN (near Knoxville) and I just paid $34 a sheet from Lowes. I wish I could have got it for $27, would have saved me like $21 on 3 sheets.

Its going in an Explorer Sport. I'm flushing in the plexi, those are in progress pics. I'll post pics when its finished.

This is the optimal design for the X Con 18 that SSA has on their site. My BTL 18 is going to be going into it. I've still got a lot of sanding to do. I did all of this last weekend. I'll be finishing it up this weekend. I've still got a lot of wiring to do. I've got a 270 amp Mechman alternator to put in. I've got 50 foot of 1/0, which I'm hoping will be enough. I think I'm going to use my starting battery I've got, a Napa 70 series or something, I'll have to look at the specs and post if anyones interested. I've got a big Wal-Mart brand battery with dual terminals I'm going to put in the back. I'll probably eventually get some better batteries once I get some more money, but for the power I'm running I think I'll be fine. I got 9x18 pieces of plexi, but I think I should have gone bigger, because I had them drilled, and the place didn't want to go any closer to the corners than 2" for fear of it cracking, so that cuts down on the viewable area a lot. I also put some liquid nail around it to try and seal it good. My dad helped out with it, and I used his tools, so shout out to him, thanks dad! haha On future builds I think the only things I'll do differently is to maybe use a skill saw to get the pieces that go around the plexi smoother. May still change that since it isn't painted yet. I've got this textured spray paint I'm going to use, its supposed to look like stone, thought it would match my interior pretty good.

You sure thats not the shipping weight? I think the shipping weight on my BTL 18 was like 72.

I'd say its gong to be a task to stay under that $500 budget. I started out thinking I wouldn't spend more than $600-800, and I've spent about two grand in two weeks and there's still some shit I'd like to do.