Loud & Low 8th Gen Civic - UBL #3 - The Final Chapter - Up to date

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I think when I left off with the port last, I had figured out that I needed to router out some grooves so the weather stripping would fit correctly. So I was trying to figure out how I was going to do this, thinking about making some strips or something as a fence, etc. Then it dawned on me that I had this nifty little too that came with the router. It's a guide that I can adjust to the depth of what I need to cut.

After getting the routering done, I cut the stripping.

Then i set it on there, and started the screws. Before.

After. Much better. Before there was an 1/8" gap fully tightened. Now it's closed.

Started sanding the baffle.

Once I got that done, I got things set up to paint. Hi Murphy dog!!

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Primed the sub baffle, and the rear baffle frame

and then put the screws in the port to paint them black.

and then did the whole thing once again since I was at it.

Next I had to fill these holes after sanding from the first coat.

Also needed to fill a couple of holes in the floor piece.

And the nail holes in the port wall.

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Then came the fun sanding.

i sanded a lot on the port wall so that the sharp edges could go away.

Then it was time to prime all this too.

Then I got an idea for the rear baffle frame. This is the before, all primed.

Then I did a little orange. I'll let you guys sit and think about this one for a bit.

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Then everything got a coat of black.

What is this? A DC Audio sticker huh? What ever will I do with this? Hmmmmmm

Ahhhh well that's cool, but a little simple.

Let's step it up to the next level!!

We'll let that dry for a while before we do the next step on it.

So to get the enclosure pieces finished up, I needed to make a Flocking booth. This was really not quite big enough but I made it work. Why do I need this? You'll see!

Sub baffle before!

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adhesive on

and it's Flocking done!! WOOT!

See all the fibers on the bottom of the booth? That's why a booth is needed. at the end of this there will be a ton of those fibers. I can gather them all up in the plastic and recover them for another project. So I don't just waste it all.

Close up of the flocking on the sub baffle.

Removable floor

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Port extension

Rear baffle frame

Remember this, I'll be back to it in a bit.

Enclosure body.

There it is!! How do you like that? Me? I LOVE IT!! Looks way better in person!!

So that's it for the enclosure for this time. What's left? Well honestly, just letting this all dry, and putting it together. Then mounting the subs, and wiring them up. So this is just about done folks! WOOT!

Let's move on to the Rear Seat Amp Rack.

For this project I bought a new seat. The seat I have in the car now is a split 60/40 and it just wasn't going to work for this. So for $100 I got the full seat back, and the seat bottom.

This is the only mark on it. I may be able to get that off.

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Let's get started. Need to get this off and reveal the metal back of it.

Next I need to make a template of the opening to make sure that nothing was going to hit.

Next i had to cut some foam from the bottom there to make my lines and get this thing laid out.

The bottom there is a sharpie line. That represents the trunk bottom. Well not the bottom but there are two nubs that are there that I have to watch out for.

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Using the template, up to the line, I marked the area in which I was going to need to stay within.

Now that I have it all laid out, it's time to use my favorite tool and get this business under way!

Next I need to pull some foam.

So I had said before that I didn't want to take out all the foam, but I didn't have much of a choice. So I'll have to address the fabric and re upholstery later.

Now let's make the box. 1/2" birch ftmfw!!

Got the bottom piece and the walls cut.

All put together. Let's test fit.

So putting it in the seat itself, there is some more foam trimming to do, as well as it's going to be in too deep. All the edges on the other side will need to be rounded over and softened. I'm also goign to have to reinforce the metal backing in some way. It's not strong at all. So I'm thinking that in order to get this to stay put, I may do some threaded inserts, and some angle aluminum and make some brackets. We'll have to wait and see. I'm out of time tonight.

Here'st he final layout of the amp and the processor.

This is just the start. Lots to do on this. The one thing I'd like to do, in the details department, is rotate the "R" on the 3sixty so it reads up and down like the "c1100.4". Maybe I'm being nit picky, but it's gonna bother me I think. We'll see, maybe not.

So that was my weekends progress. I think I'm on course to be close to playing by next weekend. We'll see. Still so much work to do. But things are being crossed off the list left and right.

More to come soon.

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wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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So let me start with the 360 from last night. It's a little out of order but I want to address this separately. I'm very happy with how this came out.

The first idea was to cover the body with the black carbon fiber. Then I was going to cover the logo with the orange carbon fiber.

My original plan was to try and just rotate the R. So for kicks and grins I think I'll give that a shot.

Little love with the heat gun, and touched it with my finger and it moved quite easily.

Then a little finesse with the knife, not the sharp side.

And done!

Just some two sided tape.

Got the body covered up and it looks real good I think. I'm very happy with it.

And then after trying the orange carbon fiber vinyl about 4 times, and it not working, I decided to hell with it and just painted it orange.

I think it goes very well. I'm still trying to get more labels made up like the amp that says 3sixty.3 in the same font, and about a half inch tall. I think it will really set it off. The other thing I want to do, is get the LED changed out on it. It's a blue led for on, and then white for other stuff (set up I think) and then red for other issues. But I believe it's mainly blue. Well I'd like to change that blue to orange. Then we'd really be in business! So that's it for this for now. I'll update it when I get more added.