UBL: Lbox88's 2009 Equinox

[Lbox88]

After this vid I did another coat or two while everything was still kinda tacky and I think I am happy with the front now


Looks good to me now

Going to let this cure for 24 hours and then cover it up and start working on the bedliner coat on the rest of the box. Once I get a new sub later I can do a better paint job than this, but having this old box to work on as a tester will help so I don't fudge things up on the new one.

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Flipped the box, threw some primer on the bottom, and I'm about to go out now to hit it with the bedliner. This part of the build is almost there

[Lbox88]

I forgot to take pics of the new battery, but here is the old one lol

I put the new one on the charger as soon as I got home and topped it off before I put it in, and then reconnected the charger once it was in to keep it topped off while I did some other things with the car.

Also bedlined the bottom of the box and sides. The can ran out just in the nick of time after these photos were taken.

[Lbox88]

box is done and I put the sub back in.







I also ripped all the RCA's back and then ran them down the passenger side along with adding in the remote bass wire. Had a little help tonight

[Lbox88]

So, ran wire today. Have some pictures, but after a few I kinda was just working along and didn't take too many pics part way through. Will be going back out tonight after the wifey passes out, sill snag some more pics then.






After I got it up into the engine bay, I coiled up the excess in the back. I will DEFINITELY have some loft over lol.

Here's one of the terminals I crimped on for connecting to the battery.





Will get some more later and with this much done, should have it either hooked up tonight or tomorrow.

[Lbox88]

Went out and worked on the car for a whiiiiile. About 10 after 2am. All I should have to do in the morning is zip tie some wires for safety and throw on 2 fuses.











Before battery, amp, sub, and box















After everything in. Basically no drop at all.



Fuse ready and waiting to go in



And had to add teh STICKERZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!!!!!!!!





And the Pièce de résistance

[Lbox88]

Fuse in and wire zip tied


Fuse in


With cover


Where I mounted the remote bass knob


I have to figure out somewhere to put my volt meter now


What keeps me from being a zombie in the morning


How the rear looks from the front seat


PCM controlled alt was only messing with me a little bit.


And I had to get rid of the dealership sticker. Shit was pissing me off.

[Lbox88]

forgot to get this pic before. All I need to do right now is find a good spot to mount my volt meter and then I can put the beauty panel back on that covers this spot up.

This also shows how they did a layer of padding under all the carpet in the car, makes it pretty damn quiet when driving down the road compared to my old Malibu or my wife's Escape.

[Lbox88]

GOD DAMMIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So I heard some rattling on the way home and it turns out a panel has popped loose already.

And I fail at posting a clip from my phone. If someone can fix it I would appreciate it.

Then I go to post it here from my computer and it turns out the updates last night killed my laptop from what I can tell.

[Lbox88]

Ok, so I took the door panel apart, peeled back the liner and found a loose nut and one nut that fell off. Both are tightened down now and good to go. Here's a video for now, I'll fix the links and add pictures tomorrow when I get to my work computer.

Looks right now like I'll need to get a new computer. Probably go to worst buy tomorrow with my laptop and see what they can do, but if you guys know of a laptop my local stores carry that is fairly cheap and decent, let me know.