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Hey everyone, I know I've been here a while, reading topics, and joking around the random, and such, but since I've got some things done, I thought I might as well make a build log.

1st, here's my car
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Now, my equipment
My tiny little amp, the MB Quart FX1.600
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And my Kicker CVR12 that I got from a pawn shop for $60, it's alright. The JVC is something random, not gonna use it

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And this used to be my former setup before coolant destroyed the box. It sounded terrible anyways
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Now time for the good stuff:

1st off, here's a design I got from RAMDesigns, 2.3cu ft tuned to 33hz before displacement

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Some supplies
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Some red suede for box wrapping I got for free
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Everything all cut after the help of some friends, and a very kind carpenter, he even let me borrow his titebond premium :)
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2003 Kia Sorento

Team Subsonic Lows
Team Bassin' on a Budget


2016 Rebuild Under Construction

Best score: 150.2 at 40hz (3k, 2 Custom HDC3 15's) Usaci style(door open, in the kick)

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Building process

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table was useless

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No clamps, no problem :)

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applying bracing

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all glue in, time for sanding

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all sanded up

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Sub fits in nicely

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Took me all of Saturday to build this, which is my 1st box. Gonna apply wrapping and install bolt terminals Monday since I was busy Sunday, and I wanted to wait for the titebond to dry completely

2003 Kia Sorento

Team Subsonic Lows
Team Bassin' on a Budget


2016 Rebuild Under Construction

Best score: 150.2 at 40hz (3k, 2 Custom HDC3 15's) Usaci style(door open, in the kick)

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Got done with wrapping, and installing the box.

Here's some pics

Preparing to measure suede cut outs

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All the pieces cut out

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Got it all wrapped up

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Made a bolt terminal, didn't have a cripper, so had to make use of the hammer.

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Everything all done

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I'm gonna take the picture of it in my car tomorrow since it's dark right now, and I'm also gonna post a video of it in action, though I do have to say, it sounds louder, deeper, and better than my junk prefab I used to use

2003 Kia Sorento

Team Subsonic Lows
Team Bassin' on a Budget


2016 Rebuild Under Construction

Best score: 150.2 at 40hz (3k, 2 Custom HDC3 15's) Usaci style(door open, in the kick)

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Did a few more things, like make a resting place for my amp since I was sick of having it lay around in the trunk, and finally got pictures of the install, and organized the wires a bit.

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Been saving up for a new headunit, till then, I'm stuck using my stock radio. Next plan is to get new headunit, new mids and highs, and some sound deadening

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Video has yet to be made, need to find some time, and a good place to do it.

2003 Kia Sorento

Team Subsonic Lows
Team Bassin' on a Budget


2016 Rebuild Under Construction

Best score: 150.2 at 40hz (3k, 2 Custom HDC3 15's) Usaci style(door open, in the kick)

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Got my new headunit install, got it as a gift from a friend's dad. Has some cool features for being an older model, comes with gps, cd/dvd player, backup camera option, and it plays my ipod, which I usually use for it anyways.

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2003 Kia Sorento

Team Subsonic Lows
Team Bassin' on a Budget


2016 Rebuild Under Construction

Best score: 150.2 at 40hz (3k, 2 Custom HDC3 15's) Usaci style(door open, in the kick)

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Just a small random update, I replaced my dangling turn signal light since I needed to

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2003 Kia Sorento

Team Subsonic Lows
Team Bassin' on a Budget


2016 Rebuild Under Construction

Best score: 150.2 at 40hz (3k, 2 Custom HDC3 15's) Usaci style(door open, in the kick)

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Yay a 1st comment :D

Since my sub is a D4, I have wired it to 2 ohms, and my amp does 600 rms at 2 ohms, so I'm feeding my sub 600 watts. For a cheap sub, I'm impressed for what it can do in the right box. After I built it, I've never expected to have a little windshield flex, and still sound good at whatever it plays.

2003 Kia Sorento

Team Subsonic Lows
Team Bassin' on a Budget


2016 Rebuild Under Construction

Best score: 150.2 at 40hz (3k, 2 Custom HDC3 15's) Usaci style(door open, in the kick)

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Yay a 1st comment :D

Since my sub is a D4, I have wired it to 2 ohms, and my amp does 600 rms at 2 ohms, so I'm feeding my sub 600 watts. For a cheap sub, I'm impressed for what it can do in the right box. After I built it, I've never expected to have a little windshield flex, and still sound good at whatever it plays.

with the proper box and sub you can really optimize smaller amps. I had a single Skar VVX-12 D4 in a box tuned to 35 Hz and it managed to do 134.9 in a competition. I was very surprised with that. I was only running a kicker amp at a little over 500wrms @ 2ohms

try putting your box closer to the back of the trunk, the closer it is, the louder it should be.

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