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'13 Subaru BRZ HCCA/AQ2200/Fiberglass


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So I have had almost all of the stuff to do this build for awhile now but due to being busy hadn't gotten around to it. Well, I finally have a week off from school, so build time it is.

The plan is to seal it off from the trunk. I had some plans on how I wanted to do it, but when it came time to actually start measuring etc, most of my plans got changed in some way. The primary problem is that the width of the trim ring on the sub is about 13" but many parts of the trunk doesn't even have that much height. So, I am going to have to use some tricks.

I have a few goals with this build. One goal is to leave as much room in the trunk as I can. I already have very little space in this car and fairly often I need to take stuff with me. A second goal is I have to be able to cleanly remove everything for the times I autocross. I have some plans on how ill do this but still have it securely in there both for the sake of being safe and to make it harder to steal. Due to the second reason for making it secure, I won't show at least some of what I'm doing to make it secure. A third one is to make it as light as reasonably possible. I realize that if lightweight is the goal, I shouldn't be using an hcca. However, its what I have, so I'm going to make use of it. But, considering the point of this car is to be lightweight and I enjoy it being so for daily driving, I might as well do the best I can. So, birch!

I have a decent amount of time into this build already, but since a good bit of it is just measuring and thinking and whatnot, here is what I have to show.

First was to kinda place things where I envisioned them to see how it would look and measure. This brought about the first issue I found; originally I was planning on having a tilted front to the box. But too bad, the hcca has too big of a magnet to be able to tilt within the height confines I have. Oh well to that.

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Wire from an old build. Bringing new life and electrons to the AQ!

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Making a cardboard template of the trunk

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Transferred to birch

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Test fit of base
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definitly tuned in for this....love those brz's..... interested how you plan to build that box :)

i think there real i was looking through that guys stuff he sells and it looks like he finds stuff at auctions and just sells it

Yea, it looks like someone got the mids about a month ago....shit. If I had a whole Hertz front stage my ears would jizz all over my cheeks.

/ LOL

My Low Budget Build:

Green 1995 Subaru Legacy wagon 147k- $1K

headunit- pioneer premier deh-p650-$25

4 Lead acid batts. 1 up front and 3 in back- vented outside.- $50

4 vvme L11 10"s <- $30 shipped a piece

6 cu. ft box (after displacment) tuned to 32ish hz with 10 inch sonotube. -about $50 all together maybe a lil more

2 aspm 1300 strapped

Selenium 6"s in the front doors on headunit power- for now -$20

quantum tweets in door-for now -$10

boston acoustic 5 1/4 in rear doors- for now-Free

big 3

1/0 and 4awg throughout.

roof sound deadened (not peel n seal ftw)-free

on 80 amp alt (bench tested to put out 100 amps faithfully) <--?-$10 for test

about $430 for everything<----Not bad at all

still gotta add 3 way crossover, amp for front and rear door speakers and maybe eq

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Got some more materials

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Made a template

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Made some cuts

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Screwed it together to test fit.

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I ran into some more issues with how massive the sub is. I hadn't actually checked the cutout for the sub, and it turned out to be more than what I had been planning the inside height of the box. That just won't work, so ill just have to deal with an extra inch worth of causing problems with being too high in a tiny trunk.

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I call first demo once back at school ;-)

I guess I can deal with that as long as you are in the right place at the right time.

Post pics of car, and get to work!

Ask and you will receive, Ill even throw in a vid.

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