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Thank you thank you! dude just showing the amps guts is a project in and of it's self!! mounting it upside down makes everything challengin! Soo props to you and everyone else who loves to show amp porn like this lol...mine is slightly R rated..i put some lingerie on mine lol!

Thanks for them compliments and thanks for checking it out!

Also here is some unfinished pics of the rest of said "puzzle" LOL please check the rest of the build here, its worth the read I think http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/169404-goodvibez-04-dmax-10k-center-console-rebuild-4-dc-xl-10s/page-20

Haha I know how build logs work...but I figured most people just scroll really fast and dont read anything they just want pretty pictures lol! Figured I would just save them scolling...this is just another piece of the puzzle for my current build I figured it would get more attention here an figured it did deserve its own page so thats why I posted and hey if someones wants to make their own...hey can see how I did it and make it even better! Would be cool if something like this catches on Also thanks for the share on facebook...made my day lol!

Thanks man..just used a can of "night shades" But I made sure to paint the backside because if you put almost any paint on the front of plexi it just makes it look like there was dust under the paint because the paint doesnt settle into pores like it would with most matereials...at lest that's what I found Well I just showed you how to build it...get to it man haha Haha thanks man! You missing these amps yet? Thanks again for the sweet deal! Haha, some day when I am on a big boy level I'll run big boy amps, lol. Some day..... Yeah because running two Rockford Fosgate T2500.1-bdcp's isn't big...is in my opinion..obviously that was what I was going to run before these...not to mention you have three of those amps lol!

Well thank you sir! To get a compliment from you is very humbling! Means allot glad you like it! Thanks for taking care of me when it came to getting these guages! Now all I need are my smd stickers for the plexi and it will be that much closer! I think its going to really finish it off here's a few more pics of the state it's in That's all for now, still need to finish up getting the wiring all internal(all except the led's) some decals and then sync it up with the DD-1 so it will beam red when it's clipping...that will be a challenge getting the gains set and having to get to the guage to adjust it....but not impossible...Should be back the middle of next month to finish this and the other amp up stay tuned

Did some 45 action on the plexi a little flame polish still a little rough..but it works Now I hot glued all the fans in which imho should be just fine Then started soldering all the wires to the tm-1 then I just cut a window out and decided to use a smoked plexi cover little bondo to touch up some areas, was debating on wrapping or painting so wanted a smooth finish Then drilled and tapped holes in the amp for the bolts to hold it down the outside 4 bolts go all the way though no theads to bolt the amp down to my amp rack btw...was very uncomfortable drilling holes in the external heatsinks. here's how I smoked the plexi basically used some night shades pain to black out the outsides then pulled the tape and didi a few light coats to make the guages less noticeable but still very visible when lit up

ok soo guess I'll start with just some pics of building this... DISCLAIMER: I am not responsible if you try anything like this and screw your self up...I'm sure this will void the amp warranty... Idk? this isn't super hard to do but there is some cash involved in this project so if I or anyone else screws something up that person is responsible for they're self that being said here's some pics Some smexy amp guts This is where I will be tapping into..hard to tell but there are holes already drilled and tapped into the power and ground blocks..found some screws that fit Will be stealing these to fuse it...yes it will be fused so I can access it from outside the amp easily...gotta be same now the fun part of coming up with a design heres how that went...first with pencil Then with sharpie was off center so I traced this and shifted it slightly with a template used a hole saw to help with getting the corners evenly used a 45 degree roughter bit all the way around inside but f'ed up one part I'll fix that with some bondo Here is an easy way to make a jig for SMD meters just cut round circles...then cut accordingly then flip the side to its flat on the bottom and glue staple...messed this up too kindo hard to judge with my hole saw the bit wandered around and put one closer than the others Then you can use double sided tape or finishing nails to hold the jig the piece you want cut and use a flush trim bit to trace perfect oulines of the odd shaped meters then I used a 45 again while the jig was still on there Testing

Haha thanks man! You missing these amps yet? Thanks again for the sweet deal!

Thanks guys! always humbling to receive compliments from people on smd because they are from true bass heads who have experience and much more talent than I.... and not just regular people who say " what is that?" "why" "that's cool I guess" Haha I just laugh and say "because I can, so therefore I did." in my mind though I am thinking...oh yeah well GFY!

I hope so! I know SHCA and maybe some other guys are designing custom amp back for these buuuuut mine has guages The sneak peaks I've seen of their amps are smexy though! Thanks man! I am happy with it so far! Thank you very much, it was a first amp mod for me so yeah took some time to get things they way I wanted them Thanks bro! I think it would be cool to do one cut out of aluminium, because it would look cool and also cnc' are perfect Yeah I'm anxious my self haha..too bad I wont be here for a month! Agreed which is why I was afraid to take it apart in fear of ruining that sexiness! Thank you! Again I was hoping to improve not make it uglier haha! Thank you man! And I will have to look into that..may have some ?'s for you! haha agreed!

Thanks man, Like I said it's not finished or perfect but you get the idea!

Man that IBeam is a pretty cool add on..like you said perfect for open cab...got feel that bump!

Thanks man..wasn't too hard but yeah time consuming..and yes dollars spent on toys lol! Yeah I uploaded an earlier vid when this was being built just with the rgb's flashing a bit and same thing...I was like wtf is that noise...oooh haha! Tricky controller Thanks man I'm very happy with it!

Just thought I would share a little project I've been working on..I've got 2 5.0k's I'm doing this to but this was alot of work so I'll show you the money shot's first then I'll finish the rest with kind of a build log set up but this way you wont have to wait till the end to see the results... your welcome so kinda hard to tell which was the point but the SMD D'Amore VM-1 OM-1 and TM-1 are behind the plexi I smoked some lit up pics soo yeah there are built in fans controlled by the TM-1 and are set to turn on when the inside of the amp reaches 100 degrees This will all be all internally wired I'm not done this isn't perfect needs some tlc before I'll call it good!! I'm leaving the contry for a month but just wanted to get this presentable before I left Soooo yeah if you want to point out any flaws....GFY! I have lots of pics of this thing being built but I'll post those later here's a small vid of them Also I couldnt hold the camera power it up to show the led's sweep because we all know thats one of the best parts of these ...couldn't do both and turn the led controller on......... so when both 5.0k's are done I'll post a vid of all 6 meters firing up if you want to check out my current truck build that all of this is going in that is here http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/169404-goodvibez-04-dmax-10k-center-console-rebuild-4-dc-xl-10s/page-20 dunno if you can tell but I love these things Lastly Thank you SMD and D'amore engineering for the help Much appreciated

I think they both look great t5's & t3's but to be honest the t5's with that copper bullet...looked pretty sick with the orange rzr either way I'm sure it sounds bad ass...soo looks like you added yet another T500.1? sooo T1 10's?

Nice work dc..great vid!

Man i really wish i had a build that could use these!

Nice man! Box is coming along nicely! Looks friggin sweet!

Holy smokes that grill turned out titties! y u not show us your ways...... damn you and your talent.....makes me sick! Edit; you posted the vid while I was typing...good stuff grills came out nice..makes those pods look like something you would pay extra for on a rzr except better!

Like watching you do stuff and go "oh you do this this and this and boom its done...easy" then I go to do it............ ............F this I'm done! Looks sick man!..you really do make that look easy although we all know theres allot more to it

Got wood? Yes you do! lol I made a giant penis.... LOL Yes you did sir......well done! on a serious note...this is looking kick ass man...looking forward to every update

smd sun flash ftw! looking great! sounds like you gots you a plan!

Looking good man! Will look even better all lit up with the dancing lights!

Yeah probably p2's I was thinking the t1's would be a bit heavy and under powered, but would still work. Sorry man wasn't getting on your case for a possible typo just seeing if you were wanting a T1 but looks like you will be going p2's cool beans bro! 2 P2's on a power 500watt in a bandpass sounds sweet man, looking forward to the dash work with possible ipad! still may need some smd rca's....we will see