Spencer Good Posted August 19, 2012 Report Share Posted August 19, 2012 Alright guys, first build for this car.. 4th system ever. First time building a box, and first time doing 100% of the wiring myself! I started off with a few basic ideas of a ported box and quickly ran into the issue of small indentations on the inside of the trunk.. Well I ended up switching to sealed, and I picked up my sheet of MDF last night. So, I picked up a GLX 1400.1 D last wednesday, and 2 RE SEx 15's. I bought 6 foot of Knu 4 gauge ( Thank god for trunk batteries and fuse boxes ). First heres the equipment i'm working with. First thing we did last night, was come up with a really mediocre layout of how we were going to cut the boards off the sheet, and exactly where to cut them.. well of course us being stupid as we are and rushing as quickly as we could we ended up screwing it up. Thankfully, my dad being a carpentry genius, managed to salvage our plans and still make the board work + a little bit of wood lying around. Ripped up the boards this morning with pops.. pretty large for a sealed box in my opinion! Because I am working with such a small front, I decided to double up on the front ending up with a 1.5" bezel, conquered that first as the glue needed to be 100% dry before we threw it on the box. You can also see my little scrap of paper throw on top of it we used to calculate.. no wonder it came out bad, lol. Next thing we did was attach the back to the sides, since we couldn't do much yet since the front needed quite some time to dry. We were going to use screws, but dad pulled out some crazy hardwood dowels that he 100% backed were twice as strong as nails as they are ribbed, and make all of the glue spread equally across the holes. Kinda something different with sub boxes, maybe it'll work just as good as he says.. if not i'm not past rippin' them out and throwing some screws in instead. Next thing we did was attach the back and sides to the bottom. Took a little bit of finess as the boards were not square when we picked them up.. but we fixed pretty well. 2012 TORed Challenger 4 Alpine Type-R 10 1 Brutus 2400.1 20' Knu 1/0 OFC 1 XS Power D1200 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spencer Good Posted August 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2012 Pops doing some measurements for the holes.. Loves this stuff as much as I do, lol. Threw the baffle in now, had to use wood lying around for this part.. Only thing that my sheet couldn't cover. Pulled off the doubled up front, and cut out the holes for the subs. Came out quite well i'd say, really thick . That obvious mess up in the top hole was sanded over later, and is now flush. Threw the front on the box, and started putting in dowels to mount it. Still love how thick the front of this is.. How it looks sitting right. Love it. All sanded down and smooth looking pretty.. Hooked up the line out converter, and ran the power wire. Also a picture showing the awesome setup in the trunk with battery + fuse box right there. More to come tomorrow.. not enough sunlight left today to get it primered sanded then painted.. All of it will be hooked up tomorrow. Too damn excited 2012 TORed Challenger 4 Alpine Type-R 10 1 Brutus 2400.1 20' Knu 1/0 OFC 1 XS Power D1200 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spencer Good Posted August 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2012 Bonus picture.. Finished wiring my terminals this morning, left one was done by my dad.. whom is a surgeon. He very precisely put it everywhere other than the nut. Added a place on the back of the box last night before finishing up for the amp to mount, came out really well this morning and ran the router around it to smooth it up. Threw on the first coat of primer, currently waiting for it to dry so we can sand it down and I can start painting! So close, yet so far away. Should have everything in by noon. Sorry for the shakiness here! 2012 TORed Challenger 4 Alpine Type-R 10 1 Brutus 2400.1 20' Knu 1/0 OFC 1 XS Power D1200 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aerickson Posted August 19, 2012 Report Share Posted August 19, 2012 Its looking good. Sweet challenger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spencer Good Posted August 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2012 Its looking good. Sweet challenger. Thank you! I'm hoping my extreme attention to detail will pay off with a very, very clean installation. 2012 TORed Challenger 4 Alpine Type-R 10 1 Brutus 2400.1 20' Knu 1/0 OFC 1 XS Power D1200 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega5002 Posted August 19, 2012 Report Share Posted August 19, 2012 It will, and looking good so far, and nice car too. 2003 Kia Sorento Team Subsonic LowsTeam Bassin' on a Budget2016 Rebuild Under Construction Best score: 150.2 at 40hz (3k, 2 Custom HDC3 15's) Usaci style(door open, in the kick) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spencer Good Posted August 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2012 Threw on bottom half of the paint.. now dried. And.. my biggest step towards completion yet, completed paint! Everything is in place, and will be 100% done in about 3 hours. I also gave my dads work bench a cool new custom paint job. lol 2012 TORed Challenger 4 Alpine Type-R 10 1 Brutus 2400.1 20' Knu 1/0 OFC 1 XS Power D1200 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoudNLow931 Posted August 19, 2012 Report Share Posted August 19, 2012 Looking good! Once i get my 9k back ill come out that way i want to hear it! 2008 Dodge Ram 2500 6.7l Cummins 4 FT1s C1600.2 8 PWX 8s ONX2.100 Audio Technix Wiring & Sound Deadener My Youtube Feedback Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spencer Good Posted August 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2012 Looking good! Once i get my 9k back ill come out that way i want to hear it! Sounds like a plan dude. I'm excited to hear that 9k anyways lol. 2012 TORed Challenger 4 Alpine Type-R 10 1 Brutus 2400.1 20' Knu 1/0 OFC 1 XS Power D1200 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kranny Posted August 19, 2012 Report Share Posted August 19, 2012 what small indentations are you talking about that wouldn't let you go ported? i dont quite understand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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