COLTON94 Posted June 29, 2013 Report Posted June 29, 2013 Looks good, i saw the at subs the other day just wish they had 15's
tsmigs619 Posted June 29, 2013 Report Posted June 29, 2013 box looks really unique. tuned in for this one. WTF? Hybrid parking? Really? What the hell is going on with these smug bastards?! I want gas guzzler parking right up front so i dont have to circle the parking lot 40 times and ruin the enviroment.
FieroGrande Posted June 29, 2013 Report Posted June 29, 2013 Im tuned in, interested to see how the subs do
slammedincouch Posted June 30, 2013 Author Report Posted June 30, 2013 Looks good, i saw the at subs the other day just wish they had 15's They have some starto 15s still I believe...listed on ebay for 104.99 a pop box looks really unique. tuned in for this one. Im tuned in, interested to see how the subs do Thanks guys- the suport helps me to keep working on it Hugeee day of working- I've been out there on and off for the past 14 hours working on cosmetics and I'm almost done, but I ran out of clear (fuuuu) so I won't finish until tomorrow when I can get to the store for more. Didn't take a whole lot of pictures today- mostly because I won't be showing the box until I finish it. Definitely will be an interesting cosmetic situation. Anywho, onto the pics: Went back and reprimed the inside of the box Finished up the body filler on the 2x2 support. Turned out decent- would have been better if I spent another half hour on it but meh just a 2x2 Kept going back and forth on port color for at least an hour today haha. Couldn't decide whether I wanted it black or white. Eventually I went with white, but decided it was too clashy with the interior colors. went back and decided a nice grey primer looked best (as shown above) dipped most of the inside of the box, or at least what you'll be able to see if someone wants to peak into it for what ever reason... Like I said above, i won't be showing any pictures of the fornt of the box until I finish it tomorrow, but I think it's turning out pretty great. Tomorrow I'm just going to clear, screw the top of the box on and wire up the subs. Getting pretty anxious and hopefully the weather will be nice enough to finish up the door panels (keep forgetting they need a few more coats of clear to finish up).
slammedincouch Posted July 1, 2013 Author Report Posted July 1, 2013 THE BOX IS IN Sweet baby jeeeeesus it was not easy especially getting it in there alone...had to remove the rear plastic panels, the 2/3 part of the seating and all of the mats (got my weather tech underneath it woot) but yeah. It's in, but not playing yet. Tomorrow I'll get the subs in and the amp hooked up to test it out. Need to make an amp rack still and finish off the panel pieces. Any who, onto the pictures! Started by clearing out all the equipment that used to be in the back...now jump ahead to after dinner. had to start by sliding the box in sideways, then pushing it forward, then removing all the the plastic paneling and then finally the seat. My garage is a heap of my interior currently. box pushed forward with my battery chilling still hooked up- should have unhooked it (which I ended up doing later), but for now yolo Still adjusting- tissue box is trying to help out Pushing it forward some more to get the weather tech mat under it. And finally, she is in. HUGE accomplishment and pumped to finally be almost finished. my only issue now is that the seats don't really lock into place anymore...seems like they still work though. And now for the revealing of the front- most people are either going to love it or hate it, but regardless, it's on plasti dip. i can remove it at any point to do something else: Now I'm going to go shower and pass out so more updates tomorrow!
slammedincouch Posted July 9, 2013 Author Report Posted July 9, 2013 Sorry I haven't updated this in around a week- I've been super busy between maintenance work at the cottage, getting estimates on the cost of a new fence, helping my dad around the house with random projects, oversleeping in, desktop computer dying and the darn weather, I haven't had a lot of time to work on the explorer or get pics. Got the subs in and the back piece screwed on, subs wired up and them playing, but haven't gotten a lot of time to start fine tuning. Set the gain, ssf, and lpf with some tones, then tested it on a couple songs. Keep in mind I have D2s (only thing left byt he time I decided to buy a pair), so my options are limited to 2 and .5 ohm on my M1c. I started off at 2 ohms and wasn't really impressed with the 700ish watts both subs were getting, so I decided to wire down to .5 and HOT DAMN they sounded a lot better. My only issue right now is that the gains were set on the powerful eq (anytime I reset the headunit from pulling the neg terms, the darn hu resets to the powerful eq). It's super annoying, and I'm OCD about having the hu eq on flat, so I'll be getting around to fixing that. On that note however, I was monitoring the crap out of my voltage and amp at .5- amp seems to get a little warm for my liking (used to my warhorse running cold to touch), so I may switch to something that does power at 2ohms (hint someone give me a deal/trade offer on an ol skool mmats or rf amp that's rated for ~1200 2ohms) but I have No Voltage issues. I'm resting on half tilt at 13.7-13.4 and I haven't even upgraded my wire...btw got this in the mail at the beginning of last week: Definitely have more wire than I need, so if anyone needs wire, I'm looking into trades for a 2ohm amp/cash always works as well. As soon as I snag some wire loom, I'll be upgrading dat big 3 under the hood and also swapping the run of meh soundquest wire that's running through the vehicle to 1-2 runs (got it for free and budget was tight last december). I'm happy that without it right now, my voltage is fine, but if you know anything about me, I'm all about Overkill when it comes to electrical. The other thing I still need to do is figure out my amp rack situation. Originally I was going to toss this together between the box and the tailgate: But I don't feel like there's enough ventilation back there, especially after I seal it off. So stay tuned for another idea. In the next few days, I should have the door panels back in, rear seats, and the whole thing playing finally. Will try to get videos up as soon as possible, but be prepared for kind of meh footage. Can't wait until I get some time to actually play with them! Overall, I've only had about 10 minutes of playtime total at half tilt to mess around with them, so stay tuned!
SMZ2 Posted July 9, 2013 Report Posted July 9, 2013 Nice work man! Those pokemon cards are going to be flying around lol! My Build Log!http://www.stevemead...nissan-xterror/ Check the Youtube Channel for Updates!http://www.youtube....ser/Xterror2002And Seller Feedbackhttp://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/163179-bought-from-smz2/#entry2363713
slammedincouch Posted July 20, 2013 Author Report Posted July 20, 2013 Nice work man! Those pokemon cards are going to be flying around lol! Haha oh they're on their pretty good, but if they ever decide to fly off, it'll add a new "gotta catch em' all" meaning to the cards! Haven't updated the thread in a while, mostly due to having a super busy schedule. Got the subs up and running and I'm pretty impressed by them for the little time I've gotten to play with them (probably have had 30 minutes total of playing time). A few things are holding me up right now from fully enjoying them though: 1.) I wish I had more power to throw their way. Didn't bother to account for how much rise there is in a 4th order build, so the subs are barely seeing much power. 2.) I wish I had upgraded the suspension when I replace the shackles. Explorer is driving really rough underneath all the weight in the back end now and she's sagging pretty bad... Because of this, and the fact I'm always looking to try new things in the truck, I'm putting these up for trade right now. Gonna give them a couple more days to see if there's anything I really like before I either put them back in the box and save them for another build, or possibly outright sell them. Unfortunately, I can't trade them over here due to the fact I never post, so if you're interested in making me an offer on them, it'll either have to be on caco, ca.com, or one of the many fb groups. Got some interesting things up for trade along with the subs!
slammedincouch Posted July 31, 2013 Author Report Posted July 31, 2013 Let the build resume! Picked this pretty piece up today. Probably won't have any updates for another week or so, but they'll get here. Didn't end up selling or trading the stratos also, so I'll hopefully do another build with them down the line
boom50cal Posted July 31, 2013 Report Posted July 31, 2013 1200 at 2 ohms on good voltage, easy choice: Crescendo BC2k or AQ/SQ 2200. And if that's an XL, a BC2k would be a great match for it Sad to see you have that though, because the wall looks killer. On 1/4/2013 at 9:31 PM, HatersGonnaHate said: Wow. 184 posts and I think you're a fucking asshole.
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