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[scooter99]

Ok. There are a few around here, I'll call around and ask. I'm gonna see if I can get some work done this weekend. There was a job I was supposed to hear about by now to start this weekend, but if that doesn't happen I want to see about getting some cutting done, and if I can do that I'll save stuff like the tablet install for nights and rainy days. We'll see what I can do.

Gotta see about my box design too.

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There was a job that I was waiting on that might have taken up the start time this weekend, but I've not heard anything as of yet. So as of now, we're still a go for the audio start this weekend.

So I ordered some parts last night to get this thing started. I got another set of A-Pillars so I could get these mocked up and started, and not have missing parts in the car, and as well it will serve as a back up if I decided to sell the car down the line. I can take the pods out and put the stock equipment back in.

I also got a couple of replacement grills for the dash. Not putting anything in there but the ones that are in there now have holes in them from the last temporary mountings. Then I got a new dead pedal. Not audio related but I'm tired of not having it. The last one broke!

I also need to decide if I want to get a circle jig or if I just wanna make one. I may just get one. No time really to just make stuff. So I'll probably get that today.

Gearing up, gonna get started this weekend unless that job comes through. I'm hoping it doesn't, I'm pretty excited to start this!

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Ok. So the last monitor has sold. Now the question becomes, do I pay on cards and get them later or buy them now and just get it out of the way?

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Get em' later! Get this system Rollin! All that matters is that you know that they will work when you're ready to drop the cash on them and install them.

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Thanks for the advise, here and to everyone else from other sites. I'm back in recovery mode where I should be. I've got enough equipment to get the build going and that's good enough for now.

So I'm gonna drop a big payment on the credit cards, probably one so I can get it down and under control. I do have other stuff to sell, and those funds will all go toward credit card payments.

Again, thanks for the help guys, it's the best idea and the best scenario for me right now. Smart good choices.

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I wanted to just give a little update on the headlights. It rained here last night, not a ton, but it did rain. My car sits on the side of the house in my back yard at night, but I usually have a tarp covering the area so that I can work on it if needed, or just simply to keep the car covered. Well I'm in between tarps cause the summer does a number on them and I haven't had time to get the new one up yet. So needless to say my car was soaked when I got up this morning to go to boot camp.

Started it up, got it warmed up, with the lights on, and I'm happy to say I have no fogging what so ever! So it seems as though they're sealed up quite well.

I'm not sure what i'll be able to get done this weekend, it's supposed to rain last I saw, tomorrow, but I'm for sure gonna try to get something done and started. I may start the rear deck amp rack, since I've got the mock up done for it already. I will load pics when I get some time Sunday night or Monday morning. Stay tuned! More to come!

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I wasn't gonna post this yet, but I gotta get off post #666 quick! Not very religious but it's just not a good thing! So here goes.

Got some 1/2" birch yesterday to start the rear deck amp rack today. Although I'm not sure if I'm gonna get to start it today. I'm going out to do my overhang on the side of the house so that my car doesn't get rained on or weathered anymore. Maybe I'll start on the rack tomorrow, or maybe tonight depending on timing since I'll already have tools out. We'll see!

Ok now I feel better!

[scooter99]

Ok ladies and gents, and everyone else, I got some work done on the audio portion of the build this weekend. It wasn't nearly as much as I wanted to do but, as I've stated before, I have other responsibilities and they had to come first this weekend.

First things first, I FINALLY, got my car aligned properly. I decided that the Firestone by my house just couldn't do the job right. After two tries, I said F-em, I'll find another shop to go to. I was seriously regretting the lifetime alignment package there at this point. But I took it in on saturday, and told them I was in no hurry, take your time, just please get it done right. Went over every issue I had with it, and it was the manager that I was talking to.

Saturday afternoon the called me up and said we'll be done in about 20 minutes and we close at 6:00 so anytime before then it'll be ready for you to pick up. So I got up there not expecting much, to be honest, and I was absolutely wowed! It's beautiful! I could tell just by walking up on it, that it was fixed. Before you could tell that the driver side wheel top sunk in way further (about 3/8" per my measurements) than the passenger side. Now it's about perfect.

Drove it home and have no complaints. This place is about 20 minutes from my house but I'd happily drive another 20 for them to treat me the way they did! BIG UPS to them! Thanks!

Now, the audio. I mocked up my tablet a bit the other night, onto some 1/4" foam board. This is going to give me an idea about mounting and cutting on the dash bezel without actually having to use the tablet. Not a big deal.

I'll start working on that very soon!

However, with today being so nice I had to take advantage of the weather and get some work done in the trunk! Not really having a design for the sub enclosure yet, I'm still mulling over some designs for that, I decided I needed to get some progress made on the rear deck amp rack. So, that's what I worked on.

So a few months back, or a month, or however the hell long ago it was, I made a mock up of the area under the rear deck for this amp rack. So I started with that mock up of foam board, and some 1/2" birch ply wood.

Got out the Ridgid (FTW) circular saw and the jig saw and went to work on my first board.

Got out the amp mock ups from last year, FINALLY get to use these! Then did a little set up to see what kind of room I ended up with.

Then I got out the real deal baby! Audison LRx 2.4 and LRx 2.9! Mmmmmmmm sexay!

Ya those are gonna look good there!

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So with those bad boys in there I knew I was going to need something pretty stout to hold up to the weight. These are what I came up with. 14" Heavy Duty Drawer Slides from Home Depot, courtesy of the hardware department.

So I did some more measuring and calculating and decided I need 4 panels. Two for the actual drawer, and two for the frame. So at this point I had my first panel done, I just needed to copy it three more times. So I cut out three pieces to copy.

OH YA, NEW TOOLS FTW!! Bought this a couple months ago, and finally get to use it!

Then I got to routering.

Now I needed to cut two of them down by a half inch to account for the rail slide thickness.

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Double checking my arrangements and calculations. And time to build the walls. I wanted to do this in a way that I could incorporate my final design and have it tight against the amps. So I had to do some serious calculations on this. Took me a few times of measuring and remeasuring and measuring again! But I got it.

That was all dry fitted in place. Nothing attached at this point. I looked at it a few more times, and with the design and the way the amps sit, etc., I had to get the wires in there and at the same time, make it look neat. My original thought was to cut out some really big arches , or two, leaving two inches on either side and two inches in the center to attach the wall. But then I got to thinking, and the only thing going in here are going to be two amps and maybe some leds. I don't need that much cut out, and with this being half inch, I need as much structural as I can get. So I decided on a couple of 1 1/2" cut outs on either end and in the middle. The RCA's will go through the center, and the power and ground through the outer cut outs.

If you're thinking wire management, and WTF, cause that's going to not look clean and tidy, well don't fret! It will look clean and balanced cause these amps can be rotated. The center part (grey) with the led audison logo, rotates and that allows you to put them in any direction! WINNING!

Ok lets put it together. Glue, and nails!

Time for the amp cutouts for the top plate!

2.4 done!

2.9 done!