96 blazer no more now 96 eclipse

[Junior Russell]

ah ok that makes sense and running 2 12's in my old box i had a 4x6x6 port which took it up to 40 hz

should i just drop the port?

also would the box itself have enough cubes for 2 15's?

[CleanSierra]

If you find some 15s that are happy in 2.5 cubes a piece, yes you have enough space. It sounds like the port on your last box was way too small as well. You should do a simple L-port that is the height of the box(1.5" shorter to allow for the .75" of MDF on top and bottom) and see what kind of port area you can get.

[genesis]

this is really reminiscent of that ghost guys build.

[Junior Russell]

hows that look man?

[CleanSierra]

I don't know what kind of music you listen to but 45 Hz seems a bit high to me. For my personal taste anyway

[Junior Russell]

yeah i mostly listen to decafs stuff and it seemed high to me too i was trying to get around 35 (i think that shoud be good enough to drop to the lows and up to bout 40 nicely) or so while maintaining the larger port but i guess i just dont know how to use the torres lol would it be 4 common walls if it were to wrap around behind the subs or something different?

thanks for your help btw

after fideling around just now dropping the port width to 4" and 20" long puts it right at 35 hz but for it to be 4 " wide do i leave it as 4 or do it raise or drop it any or what?

[Junior Russell]

ok so small update... after spending some time with my girl and her mom today i suprised the hell out of both of them by disappearing and reappearing with an engagement ring (story short she said yes) its official now... sad part my build is going to go even slower now as i have to start saving

now onto what i actually got done on the car after getting back to town i stopped by walmart and picked up some cheap model paint and started this:

sorry no actual before picks but everyone knows what it looks like stock

started by removing the dash cluster from the car (6 screws for me) removing the clear and trim plastic (all clips for me)

then used a fork to pop off the needles marking each possition just enough to line it up for re-install

took this

and started scraping the paint on the backside down to this

then the 97 cent paint and some q-tips

created this

almost done

btw i recomend after having now done this myself, put the cluster in with out the needles and the engine ice cold, turn the key to the on possition, that way all the needles minus the batt if you have one and gas are at zero and you can put the needles where there supposed to be, for the bat and gas use the small marks you made to line them up.

if you dont you might end up with this with key on engine off and a lot higher sitting at idle

but after having done what i suggested it will look like this when key in on engine off

and yes my temp gauge is right

engine on at idle

better shot of the gas gauge looks better in person crappy iphone 3g camera

i did 4-5 coats (3 light 1-2 heavy) for good measure and it turned out really nice then only thing im not 100% about is the speedo needle i think it might be off slightly

next step will more than likely be blue led bulbs to back light the dash ac controls and shifter

let me know what yall think and if you know of anyway to check the speedo's accuracy im all ears

[genesis]

innovative! I just went through a nightmare with my cluster . you could check speedo against a phone app (if you have a smart phone) with gps. or a portable gps..

[Junior Russell]

Thanks man I got the idea after finding the led bulbs on ebay looked for premade needles on eBay with no luck then after checking Google came across a video of a guy with the same car/dash doing it to his and for a $1 investment I'm happy with the results. how so? nightmares are often easy to figure out with a second perspective.

Yeah I have an iPhone 3g but the WiFi, gps, and Bluetooth antenna went out on it

[Rockford96]

Still no pics of the car man!? I love the older body style eclipses