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This is a great build so far! Patience definitely goes a long way when doing stuff like this. Keep it up!

2002 Dodge Dakota 4.7 club cab - Sold 2004 Audi S4 Avant

- Fi and Crescendo - Stock Bose System

- http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/147725-2002-dodge-dakota-end-of-the-road/?hl=%202002%20%20dakota

136.4 Sealed @ 29hz

137.0 Drivers window open @ 26hz

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Well I knew that if I was to seal off and secure the box to the car that I would have HUGE issues spraying glue onto the sides of the box. So I did that first.

Layed down news paper to cut down on overspray.

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Marked on each side of box where the side panels ended. Then transfered that to the carpet. This way I would know where to stop spraying the glue so that I wouldn't have issues putting the side panel back on.

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Left side

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Right

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I then wanted to put weather striping around where the box was going to be touching. I then realized it was going to raise the box too much. LOL

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Hmm, the car jack was useful for something ;) Jacked up the box to put the weather stripping on, which was ripped off 5 mins later.

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Put masking tape down for the foam.

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Put the sides back on and put some of the foam rod caulking around the edges.

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I used lock washers under the bolts. First time using them and holy crap! I stripped out a screw and tried to back it out. Dug into the sheet metal like no other.

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foam foam foam foam :)

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I still have some touching up to do. But that was one bottle used. Will have to get another and fill in the bit up top and misc holes in the deck.

Started to trace the cardboard onto mdf. I tacked it down with a staple gun so I wouldn't have to fight it lol.

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Mad freestyling

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'01 Dodge Stratass Sealed Trunk Build Log
2008 Honda Fit Sport Build Log

On 10/3/2013 at 10:00 AM, ROLEXrifleman said:

Anyone who says they knew everything they wanted out of life at 19 can go suck a bag of dicks cause they are lying to themselves or brought up in a cult.

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Will be picking up the last of the supplies tomorrow :) rubber washers, ziptie mounts and more foamy goodness

 

'01 Dodge Stratass Sealed Trunk Build Log
2008 Honda Fit Sport Build Log

On 10/3/2013 at 10:00 AM, ROLEXrifleman said:

Anyone who says they knew everything they wanted out of life at 19 can go suck a bag of dicks cause they are lying to themselves or brought up in a cult.

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Exhausted. Worked right after school till 11, no breaks lol.. snackin now

Worked on the big 3. Wondering what the hell I was smoking when I planned out where the wires were going. I eventually figured it out.

Stock next to D925. The XS power weighs a good 5 pounds more than stock. It was rather impressive considering how much smaller it is.

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Lame stock terminal is lame. Snipped that off and soldered 4ga ring terminals onto 8ga wire(stock) I used the trick that I used when doing my 1/0 earlier.

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Had to have my Dad hold the wire in pliers while I soldered it.

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Stock battery is still useful after all. I made a battery rack so the front battery would slide around, ground out and blow up.

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I didn't want my fuse holder to move around that much, so I made a mount for it somewhat. I dado-ed (i believe its the right term) the wood to the correct depth.

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'01 Dodge Stratass Sealed Trunk Build Log
2008 Honda Fit Sport Build Log

On 10/3/2013 at 10:00 AM, ROLEXrifleman said:

Anyone who says they knew everything they wanted out of life at 19 can go suck a bag of dicks cause they are lying to themselves or brought up in a cult.

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I also shaved down the foam from yesterday. I then filled in all the other misc. holes. Good thing I did because a few I didn't realize went down into to trunk. It is now 98% sealed off.

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This is where I will be grounding at in the rear.

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Kidding. It is just the hole for when I drill through tomorrow. I needed a pilot hole

Here is the hole on the outside, and the bolt I will be grounding to.

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And these are what took so damn long. Trying to get them to fit just right. They still don't fit, but I wanted to get 80% of the cutting done because I am tired of mdf dust being where mdf dust shouldn't be.

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'01 Dodge Stratass Sealed Trunk Build Log
2008 Honda Fit Sport Build Log

On 10/3/2013 at 10:00 AM, ROLEXrifleman said:

Anyone who says they knew everything they wanted out of life at 19 can go suck a bag of dicks cause they are lying to themselves or brought up in a cult.

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More plz! Your build is getting awesome er

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2 B2 Class H quattro's

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B2 SLIP40 - Lithium in the trunk

Northstar Group 35 under the hood

100ft 2/0 welding cable

30ft 4ga welding cable

20ft 8ga welding cable

All stinger OFC speaker wire

Soundrive custom RCA's

Tons of attention to detail.... Can it be perfect?

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Nice build man!!!

2010 Kia Forte Koup (Slow Build)
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Kenwood KDC-X798
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XS power D3400 up front 3 D3100s power in trunk
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