nathin Posted January 23, 2014 Report Share Posted January 23, 2014 Alrighty, where to begin... Basically my parents bought my 15 year old sister her first car, a 2011 Cruze Eco... But she doesn't get her license till the end of Feb. So, in the meantime, I can drive her car, since its waaay better on gas than my truck (lifted F150). I could not stand the factory radio, not enough bass.. So, as her christmas present, i thought I'd hook her up, get her car just a little bass... Equipment: DD SS1B that used to be in my truck Soundqubed HDS 300 15" D2 Sky High 4 gauge Pac loc NVX RCA's Oh, and a LOT of time... Box is tuned to roughly 32 hz, 48 sq inch of port, 3.58 cubic feet. And it BARELY fits.. Let the pictures begin! The Sub, i have to say, for the $150 it cost me, it ain't too bad at all! Had lowe's cut most of the pieces, they were pretty accurate, except one port piece.. Harbor Freight cut out tool, FTW! cutting that hole out near perfectly took FOREVER, but, it is nearly perfect! more pictures coming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoomZoom808 Posted January 23, 2014 Report Share Posted January 23, 2014 I alternate between lowes and home depot for my cuts too lol 2010 Mazda 3s 2.5L Pioneer DEH-X9600BHS Knu OFC 1/0 SS Platinum AGM / XS Power XP750 Alpine PDX F-4 / Morel Maximo 5 + Coax 5 IA 10.1 / SSA XCON 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathin Posted January 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2014 Now, i don't have any pictures of me trying to put the box in the car... I was having WAY too much trouble.. I had to completely remove the back seats, and use a mallet to squeeze the box in through the hole. It barely fit, had to bed some of the sheet metal to get it in the trunk. Needless to say, i am NEVER removing this box.. Not going through that hell again.. Oh, and did i mention that this was a SURPRISE present for my sister? Yeah, she had NO idea I was doing all of this. She thought i was out with my buddies when i was doing all this work. Who's the best brother ever? Haha Back to pictures.. Now, this is how I initially mounted the amp, on the back of the box. I had some little sections of rubber hose to kind of help it against whatever vibrations.. All wires were ran behind the amp since it was lifted off the box about a half inch or so. Then they were ran under the box. Used some 3M double sided tape and put the bass knob in a little hole in front of the gear shifter My mom's main concern about me putting a system in the car, trunk space. I think i saved enough, I mean, I can fit a whole set of golf clubs in the trunk still, so thats plenty! That's how it was from a couple days before christmas, until this last weekend. Thats when I decided to change it a little bit. And make it a little bit prettier. Trim panels!! They're not 100% perfect, but hey, I've never done anything like that before, I'm proud of myself! Oh, and also, moved the amp to the floor. Then made a false floor to hide/protect it. I also made a couple little pieces to go on each side of the box on the front, just to help seal the trunk off, but I don't have any pictures of those at the moment, they're small anyways... That's where I'm at today. I'm pretty much done with it, except, that SS1B amp just isn't enough... Needs more power. But for now, its a fantastic system for a soon to be 16 year old blonde.. I'll try and post some videos I've got, if it'll let me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtopper Posted January 23, 2014 Report Share Posted January 23, 2014 Awesome big brother. did similar for my "little" cousin. can't wait for the videos. i have a 2012 cruze myself and am still trying to figure out the best way to keep trunk space while getting 2 12s in the trunk with 2 amps and a processor. clean job though! 2013 Ford F250 CCLB XLT Bone stock work truck for now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrtopnotch561 Posted January 23, 2014 Report Share Posted January 23, 2014 man those cruze have huge trunks.. how does it sound? any vids? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoomZoom808 Posted January 23, 2014 Report Share Posted January 23, 2014 Nice work I'm curious how the HDS with the 3" coil stacks up against the SDC2.5 with a 2.5" coil 2010 Mazda 3s 2.5L Pioneer DEH-X9600BHS Knu OFC 1/0 SS Platinum AGM / XS Power XP750 Alpine PDX F-4 / Morel Maximo 5 + Coax 5 IA 10.1 / SSA XCON 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osiris10012 Posted January 24, 2014 Report Share Posted January 24, 2014 Looks great. I am curious to hear how that 15 sounds. I have 1 10" in the wifes cruze and was pretty impressed how it sounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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