Loud & Low 8th Gen Civic - Time to say good bye to her.

[scooter99]

Third coat on. That's a look of, "I hate painting, it's sooooo slow" if I've ever seen it! LOL.

Murphy making a guest appearance! LOL

Now it's time to do some magic on the sub baffle. I had to pause a moment before I did this. I didn't plan on the second sub baffle being outside the enclosure, but after running the numbers again, and looking at the design, I had originally drew it up to be outside not inside. But the numbers previously showed it being inside the enclosure. Why does this matter you ask? Well because I've already cut the deck out and I didn't know if the port would fit in the hole with it pushed back another 3/4". But after a test fit, with the baffles in place, and the enclosure up against it, it fits just fine! I had to take 1/4" out of the outside corners of the deck, but that's because I didn't cut it straight apparently. OOPS. It's good now. So we pulled this panel apart.

And then I taped the edges so the glue wouldn't cause any issues when it gets brushed on.

My baby girl starting on the glue brushing.

Then we flipped the other side on the glued side and I put the 4 screws back in to hold it in place.

Then I proceeded to put the tons of screws in the panel.

Next it was time to work on the back panel. This is getting cut out to follow the rest of the back, and then a plexi panel will cover the rest of it.

Cut it out rough with a jig saw. Actually I let my daughter cut it out with my help.

This is what the cut out will be. I toyed with the thought of following the port ends all the way down, but I didn't.

Got the roughly cut backing put back on and ready for the router and flush trim bit.

After I got that done, which apparently I forgot to take pictures of, it was time to work on a piece that I've had sitting in my garage for months! Big thanks to Kyle and Laura Blackwelder! You guys rock!

[MarioB]

looking good.

[scooter99]

The goods!!!!! LEXAN FTMFW!!!!!! WOOT!

When I spoke with Kyle about this, I gave him a round about measurement. HOW'S THAT FOR A GUESSTIMATE!!! 1/4" to be cut off on the width! HELL YEAH!!

So what you all didn't see here, was the piece that i had cut before, the back panel, I re cut and re did. I didn't like the screw pattern on it, and decided to do it over. I took a long time measuring this and calculating it out to get the holes where they needed to be.

Here is where the back panel and the floor panel connect. These are 10-32 inserts.

And they'll be screwed together with 10-32 screws, obviously!

Next come the 1/4-20 inserts. These will connect the back frame with the rest of the enclosure. But still having threaded inserts so that all the screws could be removed as many times as needed.

THIS PART SCARED THE SHIT OUT OF ME!! Never drilled anything like this before. I've done thin stuff, and it's always a guessing game as to whether it's going to break or not. This was my only piece of this, and if it breaks I'm FUKT!!!!!

I made sure it was anchored down in place with these clamps. This ensured it won't move around at all.

Then drilled them out!

It really worked out very well. These were all pilot holes though. I still needed some bigger holes for the screws to pass through.

Then I drilled the panel so the inserts could go in.

Starting to look like swiss cheese but it'll make sense soon.

So the inserts I put into the enclosure walls, was for the back panel to screw into. The inserts I put into the back panel was for the lexan to screw into. Starting to make sense yet?

Attached with some of the screws. I do need more screws for the back panel. The one's I had bought, aren't long enough. I had enough of some longer ones to put it on, but not enough to get them all on.

[elflako17]

[scooter99]

View from the front. Starting to really come together.

I taped up one side, this was the inside. I had to lay it down on this side to counter sink the holes from the outside.

Then I pulled the plastic on the outside, so I could get that done. I started to do it without pulling the plastic but the bit kept grabbing the plastic. SO off it went.

Before

Got it attached with a few screws. Then I pulled it off and I taped up this side, because I'm done with this piece for now.

These are Spax screws. Similar to the ones I'm using on the rest of the box, except these are 3" screws and have a much larger head on it. These will hold the sub baffle on the enclosure. Every 2 inches all the way around, and double on the top and bottom.

Temporarily mounted the subs, and admittedly stood back and got a bit happy. I'm getting close!

I did that because I needed to drill for the mounts. Pilot holes here, although you may not be able to see them real well. But if not, you can see the back side which also makes me smile! LOL

Got the holes drilled, now it's time for inserts!

While cleaning up, I decided the port could use some black paint. So I touched that a bit. This is just one coat. I'll do another tomorrow.

So that' what I got done this weekend. Really most of that was today, and a little last night.

Really the basics of the enclosure are done. I could throw it in the car and put it together right now. BUT, I still have some filling to do on the sub baffle, the side walls, and some other spots. Then I need to paint it. Plus I have some other things I want to do on the inside. I also need to make some brackets for the port extension, do a notch out around the under side of the port extension so I can put weather stripping in there and have it seal nicely as well as not leave a gap between the extension and the enclosure top.

What I'd like to find, are 1/4-20 allen head screws, or just phillips head screws would be fine I guess, that are about 4" long. Then I could drill the port in place, and no brackets would be necessary. The screws would just simply screw into the enclosure lid via threaded inserts. That would make life easy.

I also need to do the rear deck panel still, and install some magnets into the top of the port extension, and body fill over them. So, lots of details left to do, but it's getting real close!

More to come in the next few days. Gonna try and do an hour or so a night, and deal with those details. We'll see how that goes.

Thanks for checking in!!

[walwalka]

You have me on the edge of my seat all weekend until I see what you've completed. Looking amazing as always! That box is going to me dope, love this build.

[basshead7890]

[walwalka]

You have me on the edge of my seat all weekend until I see what you've completed. Looking amazing as always! That box is going to me dope, love this build.

[kryptonite]

Sir, your build never ceases to amaze me. Too bad you don't live closer, i'd have you build my box for my 18s lol

[scooter99]

You know it sucks, I want so badly to go back out and keep working on it, cause I'm so damn close to getting this enclosure done. But the fact is, I only have so much time, and it's dark, not that that matters really, but I do have to get up early and I'm tired. But you all know how it is! You get on a roll, you get moving, pretty soon it's been 9 hours and there's a point where you just have to stop. I even took an hour and a half and went to the park today with my family, kicked the soccer ball around, chased my kids, and just hung out in the nice weather.

I am loving building this, and I'm loving the attention it's getting (admittedly it makes me feel good, thanks guys), but on the other hand, i can't wait to be done with it. I feel like it's absolutely consuming me and I'm sure that's going to be a problem real soon here at home. Although as long as I keep handling business at home, maybe it won't matter, but I think it's still an issue.

Not sure why I threw all that out there. I just want everyone to understand how much I love this, and how exhausting it's getting at the same time. Hopefully I can keep it up for a while. Good night all, thanks again, for supporting this! It's a big help to me, in the build, and for me. This is more than being a basshead for me. Maybe someday I can explain it.

Good night!