2003 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS IB Trunk Build - RF Fi Infinity Pioneer XS Power MechMan SHCA Knu Gates ...

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Here's one, from the inside ... sound of CAI, Inc. intake & FM Super 44's ...

(Let me search for the exterior exhaust ones. Keeping in mind, without internal mods, no N/A 3800 sounds good through almost any exhaust mods, muffs, resonators, CATs, etc.)

... & thank you all for the kind words, ... about my footwear. Grrr!

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... Also, ... here is my tail, brake(s), signal, & parking LEDs from SuperBrightLEDs DOT com.

Each signal, brake, & tail fixture has either 45 RED or 45 AMBER SMD LEDs per fixture - & the "SMD" here does not stand for Mr. Meade' Design!

ALL 45 are lit when the flasher is ON, & ALL are lit when at "rest" ... All 45 brighten when activated, not just half. They are very, very bright at night - I have even had a friend semi-complain after riding behind me.

Some might notice I do not have any of the "hyper-flash" issues ... I originally bought the resistors to quell that phenomenon, but found someone in NJ who rebuilds the flashers for these GM cars - Monte Carlo, Impala, Malibu - & that is all I had to have done.

These front turns are identicle to the rears, only these are obviously the AMBERs.

Any questions? Ask away.

*** EDITED IN 2014 TO FIX YouTube LINKS ***

[k3n12ock]

Good start. And always good to see another Syracusan on here.

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Good start. And always good to see another Syracusan on here.

I thank you, Sir. Where were you from in these here parts? ... if I may ask ...

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I don't really intend for this to be a "showing off", but I have had quite a few folks on the WWW doubt that I get a decent sound from this IB set-up, so this is the first video I have ever made of the system at work.

Build Log: http://www.stevemead...build-ib-build/

Artist: Psyph Morrison
Album: Diamond In The Mudd
Song: Thrash Hella

Kicker Comps & ZX amp are out in a few in exchange for a bi-amp Rockford Fosgate set-up & 2 12" Fi Audio IB312 infinite baffle subs.

Say "Hi." to my Pop cleaning his shoes, & Mom just getting home in the rearview ...

Just after I raise the volume, I went into the EQ & went from +2 @ 50Hz to 0, & 0 @ 125Hz to +2 ... & left it.

But, seriously, ... for what it is, it does garner a little respect, no?

[Kevin M]

Nice. I am always down to see an IB setup. With the right drivers they can get plenty loud. 140 db+. I had one with 2 18 around two years ago and am going back to one this fall. They are so musical it is hard to go back to a box.

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Nice. I am always down to see an IB setup. With the right drivers they can get plenty loud. 140 db+. I had one with 2 18 around two years ago and am going back to one this fall. They are so musical it is hard to go back to a box.

Thank you for ducking your head in here for a minute ... I have been following what you have been doing to your Impala for over a year now. :BigFan: :ThumbsUp:

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Spring 2013 Upgrades, ... FINALLY!!!

Rockford Fosgate amps ...

RF T400-2's PVC:

RF T500-1bdCP's PVC:

Fi Car Audio 12" IB3's ...

100A Breakers, POS & NEG terminals, POS & NEG BATT terminals, GM BATT lug extenders, NEG ground terminal (for use in Big 3), & tube of NO-OX-IDE ...

MechMan S Series 170A ...

Specs:

*** EDITED IN 2014 BECAUSE PHOTOBUCKET SCREWED UP MY LINKS ***

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As most might've read before, I am somewhat disabled, so my Pop had to crawl in the trunk, from the cabin, to remove the Kicker Comps I had been running for almost a year:

Always gotta have the right tool(s) for the job:

The Comps had to come out because there was no way we could install a network board (one side) / amp rack (the other) with them in there. Believe it or not, for what they are, these Kicker 12's & ZX.550.3 3-channel set-up did rather well, for my needs ...

So we took to getting some cardboard, & to making a template:

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A piece of scrap 3/4" plywood was going to work just fine, ... no need to bail out to Home Depot, etc., for a half-sheet for $20. And even if it did look like shit, ... Who cares? It gets covered up in the end, right?:

This was important enough to me that it was "Measure 3 times, then again, cut once":

I knew I needed to recess the board a couple inches on the "seat side" so I could be sure that with the seat folded up, & with folks back there - which is a rarity - it would not hit the breakers to trip them off, or crack/break the nice covers of the Infinity x-overs. So we ripped some 2x4's in half & used 2x2's to frame it all the way around. Glued & screwed, my friends:

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Now it was time to figure out the placement of the amps. I knew they were going to have to be vertical, but side-to-side, I was not sure how I wanted them ... I only knew I wanted the T500-1 on the left. Do not ask why ... it was just a Tourette Syndrome / OCD thing. Here they are with the KnuKonceptz Kolossus Fleks Kable - 4awg:

I decided on centering them, & then separating them 10", ... so I could still get a small screwdriver in between to adjust them accordingly. Next I drilled some power cable holes:

Time to flip it over & decide where to align the x-overs, breakers, distribution blocks, etc.:

Time to cover the whole deal, but first I made a wire "diagram" in marker, then took a photo of it so I had an idea of where things were going to go: