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

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Here we go! SHIT'S BOUT TO GET REAL!!!

Base board in. All the walls are going to be doubled up. Each wall, floor, baffle, top, whatever will have 2 pieces of 3/4" birch on it. My hope is to keep the weight as minimal as possible. But lets face it, not an easy task!

View from the cabin

Now to make the baffle I got out my trusty card board!

Trimmed and in place

taped it up cause it wouldn't stay in place

Tools of the trade! 3M tape and an angle finder

Measured up the angle

Supervisor sleeping on the job

I'll actually leave you with that cuteness cause I have to go take my kids to gymnastics! Super dad to the rescue! I'll get the rest posted when I get home I promise! That should hold you over till I get back though! More to come later!

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Ok I'm back now. Let's get some more pics up!!

Time for the baffle. Got it cut and also got the corners transferred on and ready to cut.

and the co supervisor sleeping on the job

Yes, like that!!

Other side

Baffle in place. Looks good! I like the fits. Little trimming in places but no problem.

Right side view

Left side view. that cable is gonna have to get re routed. Not sure how I'm going to do that just yet. I'll have to figure it out soon though.

Shift change

top piece on.

Counter sink pre-drilled and screwed. No glue yet. All dry fitting now.

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Time to put the bottom piece on.

Now we're getting somewhere!!

Just a piece to hold the actual shape. The top wants to sag a bit cause there's no support. Needs sides now!

View from the cabin.

The boss back from lunch! He's snoring folks! Should've gotten a video! Damn!

So the corners were a little tight, forgot to get a pic, so I had to take them down a bit. These corners are going to be a pain to get done I think. But I have an idea or two for them.

Other side.

This is what I used to take down the corners. Did I mention that I love this thing yet?

Here she is in place. Didn't put the brace back in, but it it needs it until I get the sides squared away. So this is layer one of two. The second layer will go in approx 2" back from the first layer. There's a very good reason for this! You'll see as things progress!

Right side. Good fit

Left side. Good fit! That's it for today.

So there it is. That's what I got done today. So the upper corners are going to be a pain to deal with. But I have an idea or two in order to take care of that. But I think I may wait until layer #2 is on to do it.

May not be much more done this weekend, but I'll see if I can fit anything in.

Thanks for checking it out!

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SO I was able to get a couple things done today. Not much. Check it out.

Time to sand some filler! 40 grit, let's get to it!

Base done, time for walls

Walls done. However, I'm not happy with the back wall. I'm thinking I'm going to go ahead and cut it out. I'll probably put a piece of wood in there, and glass on the wood. That will make a nice solid wall. Or maybe I'll just put the wood on and call it a day. Not sure.

Whoops this was blurry.

Just a peak of what it will look like! NOICE!!

Other side

Have a little plan here.

Thinking if i can somehow mount these hinges on the back side of the amp, I may have enough room to lift them up and get to the settings to adjust. We'll see.

What it would look like raised up! More to come!

So the couple things like I said that I'm dealing with are the back wall, and figuring out the hinge thing. So I'll be dealing with those in the next few days. Also need to start climbing up the number chain with the sand paper. Gonna do another sanding with 100, and then probably do some spot filling. Anyone have any ideas on thinning down filler a little bit? Thought about putting resin in it, a little small bit, but not sure how that would go. Maybe I'll just try it and see where I get with it.

Ok more soon!

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I guess I'll post more pics, even though it didn't seem like you guys were interested in those.

SO the wife and kids went to her sisters house for today and tonight. I'm supposed to be working on the sunroom, and I will, but I thought I'd take some "Me" time first.

This is the start of the second layer of Part 1. Second front baffle.

Little ear there that needs to be taken off.

Other side same thing

Wasn't real happy with the way that fit in there, and while I didn't get any pics of it, it was about 3/16" short of the bottom of the top piece. Not good enough for me. So I re cut it!

about 1/16 is tolerable. Much better

Other side

Countersunk and screwed from the bottom

Pre drilled and screwed from the side.

other side

Through the top piece

Added the second top piece and screwed in

second top piece. Doesn't look like much, but when it's all said and done, it'll make sense.

Bottom piece set in

Holes predrilled

close up

Some screws in, not all though.

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Right side piece

left side piece

screwed

Wanted to see it in place with amp rack. I like it! Remember this is only part one, so there's another part that goes in behind it. But there's plenty of room to play with.

Higher angle

So that's it for now. I have to get to work on the sunroom now. Maybe tonight I can take some more time for some other stuff. But this may be it for a couple days. We'll see what I can do!

Thanks for checking it out!

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Ok here we go, I'll save some chatter and get right to it!

First things first, after dealing with the last part, this table needed some beefing up!

Had some siding left over from the sunroom project. This will do just fine.

Bam! Ready to work!

Time for sheet 2 of 3/4" Birch for part 2! Part 1 took a sheet as well.

Part 2 A is cut and ready to assemble.

Assembled and ready to move forward!

All sides pre drilled, countersunk and screwed.

Other side of the box

Part 2 B is cut and ready to assemble

Look at those cuts. All this with a circular saw btw. No table saw here!

Time to put it all together.

Still need a back, but we have to put it together first.

How are we gonna do that.

Slid it over Part A and we're home!

Back side view

Pre drilled, counter sunk, and screwed.

Other side

Back side cut and on. This is what the rest of the sides will look like. I have to drill them all out.

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The two parts meet for the first time! Aren't they the cutest couple...............Sorry got carried away! LMAO

and together........................oops! See a problem here? Damn. I must have miss measured. Good thing it's all a dry run.

So I apparently didn't think about these two levels. So I need to cut this one down. I actually did these pieces, you can see in the last picture, reverse of what they should've been. So I'll fix that now.

See the difference. The space calls for 3 9/16", and this piece is 5 9/16. The bottom piece was fine, for where it was at, but now that has to be remade to be able to attach correctly.

This is better. See the bottom now is longer than the top.

So we now have a good connection. I'll have to round over the bottom piece since it's inside the enclosure now, but I'll do that later. I actually also have some scrap that I can use that is the same angle as the front, maybe that would be ok as well. I can just glue that onto the back of the bottom piece there and it'll make a nice roll off instead of a squared off edge.

Then I put these little ears on the rear part, to kind of close in the corner area.

Like this. Now I'll see if I can cut some angled pieces to put in there, or maybe I'll just glass it in. I don't know at this point.

Other side

Holy Matrimony!!!!

front view, what you'd be looking at from the back seat.

rear angled view

So this is where things went haywire. Got the front part in and was going to test fit the rear part. WOULDN'T FIT! Epic fail on my part! It's too big by about an inch. Maybe less. At first I thought it was just hitting the latch for the trunk, but after taking it out, it gave me a bit more, but not enough. So I'm going to have to see about separating the two pieces of part 2, and maybe having to put them together in 3 different parts. I'm not sure yet. I'll cross that bridge when I step back and take some time to think about it.

So that's about it. After writing that about a half hour ago on facebook, I've been thinking about it. I have 2 different options of taking care of this. Either way they both have to come apart. Both meaning both parts of the rear piece. The outer shell has to come off of the inner shell. There are a few things to check:

1 - Will the inner shell fit in the trunk on it's own? I believe yes, but won't know until I take it apart and try.

2 - If the inner shell will fit in the trunk, with it slid all the way forward into place, will the outer shell fit in there or will the inner shell be in the way?

3 - If the outer shell fits, with the inner shell in place, how do I go about gluing the two together? They're pretty tight as it is, so whatever glue I try to put between them will just be spluged out when they slide together and I'm sure not much will be left for it to be stuck together.

4 - If the inner shell will not allow the outer shell to fit in one piece, then the outer shell will have to be broken down. There should be enough room to glue and screw it together piece by piece to the inner shell inside the trunk. This may be the best way to go about doing things.

5 - will the inner and outer shell slide in the trunk, without the back pieces? My thought is that if this will work, I'll make it so the back two pieces, inner and outer, are put together, and then if the inner and outer shell will slide in the trunk together, I can glue that as one piece, slide it in place, screw it to the front piece, and then putty the screw holes and sand and get it ready for glassing together. Then put the back piece(s) on the rear shells, and then glass that together from the front through the sub holes.

So as you guys can clearly see, I have some testing and work ahead of me. I also wanted to put some 45's in there on the back wall. I think if I just do the back wall it will be fine.

Ok guys, I'm listening! Let me know what you think!

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Ok, it's time to get busy! I started out by taking pics of the current battery, Stinger SPP1200. In that I also took voltage pics. Not bad. Good battery, never given me any problems. But, it's time for a change. Here we go.

Stinger SPP1200 resting voltage.

Stinger SPP1200 running voltage. Not sure if that's the proper term . I just turned the car on. That's what it was when I turned it on. Like I said, not bad.

Now I was just going to throw the new XS Power Batt in, but I ended up getting fancy. Figured if I'm going to do the work, do the work right!

Had an idea for this a while ago. But I never did anything about it. But this was the stock I bought for it. 1 inch x 3 inch by 12 inch and a 6 inch piece too. We're going to use the 6 inch piece for this one.

Also got some 1 inch by half inch stock from Kyle, thanks buddy! That will be used later on in the build. I can't wait to use it. Looks good!

Ok the battery I'm going to be using in front is an XS Power D4700. It has cut outs for the terminals. This can present a problem when it comes to multiple runs of cable and not a big space to put them in.

So to start, I'm going to use the 6" piece of aluminum. Got it taped up and ready to draw on. This makes layouts easier.

This is the basic layout. Now I have to get it from one big piece, to two 3" pieces.

Going to use the vise for the first time! WOOT!

This is what I decided to go with. May not exactly be the right way to do it, but I thought I'd give it a try since I have no band saw and I'm not feeling warm and fuzzy about using the table or chop saw. So here we go.

ALWAYS remember safety glasses of some sort. Especially in a situation working with metal. If you've never had a piece of metal shaving in your eye, I HIGHLY DO NOT RECOMMEND IT!!! It hurts!!!! Let's do this!

Aaaaannnnnnddddd 5 minutes later.......................

10 minutes later.

Home stretch

Metal shavings anyone!! There's more on the ground too.

Not too bad for using a jigsaw.

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little jagged

pretty close to straight.

Let's just see how straight? Hard to see here but we're within a 1/16th of an inch. Pretty damn good!

Let's put this baby to use!

Needed to put a nice round on the corner. You'll see why in a moment.

Not too bad!

Before look. Forgot to take a before pic. This is an opposite corner.

Before it was cut. See on the battery it has a little round to that back corner. It doesn't allow the block to sit in there very well just cut straight like that.

After the round over. See how much tighter it sits in there.

Both corners in the upper center are done. One + and one -. Time to lay it out.

I'll spare you the boring details. Measured, laid it out, did it with pencil, and then marked with a sharpie just in case.

Ready to drill

Finally get to use this beauty. This is pretty much exactly why I bought this thing! Time to put it to use. Need to test it out before I dig into the blocks. I used the 1" x 1/2" stock to do a test.

THIS THING DRILLED LIKE BUTTER! OH MAN! Sooooooooooo happy!!

Ok so now the hole is drilled, I have to get them tapped. Let's see!

Almost there. The stainless steel screw at the bottom that needs to go in.

And we're good! No problems at all. It actually wasn't that easy. I went through a couple drill bits before I got the right one. But it's all good now!