2000 Ford Ranger XLT 4.0, SQ HDS315

[wil]

Well, this is my first time building a system.
I've been into car audio for a couple years, and now that I have my own vehicle it's time to give it a little something special.

2000 Ford Ranger XLT 4.0
Pioneer DEH-80PRS
SoundQubed HDS315
Crescendo S1500.1 (Currently waiting for UPS to get it to my house and f*** me up the a** with brokerage fees and whatnot)
NorthStar Battery BCI Group 34/78
SHCA Stuff:
1/0ga 30ft
4/0ga 10ft
12ga 50ft
16ga 50ft
ANL Fuse Holders x2
300amp ANL Fuses x4
Lugs, Heatshrink, etc.

I've been slowly building stuff and collecting these image for a while.

First off, here's my triple coloured beauty


Head Unit


Fire some dimensions and stuff into Torres


Get bored and learn SketchUp


Building a platform for the sub box to sit on, and the amps to sit under.
Before


During


After


Now for the box, time to draw a circle and cut a hole.



A bit of glue, some quality time with the nail gun, and some reality that Home Depot doesn't always cut precisely.
A built box.


SoundQubed ships quickly, which is awesome.


Who doesn't love goodies


Now for the actual goodies








She looks good in the box


Very good


Time to carpet everything with some random stuff I found at Princess Auto
First up, the platform

[wil]

Looks pretty decent in the truck

And now to carpet the box

Almost done

HDS315 still looks good in the box, that's a relief (just kidding)

Flat Blacking the port so it doesn't look completely hideous

Now that all the woodworking is done, time to do the big 3

Some things and some stuff from SHCA

My workshop.

No the truck doesn't fit fully in the garage and it was pretty damn cold, so I improvised.

Got some wires cut, crimped, soldered, wrapped

Had to modify the battery tray to fit the new battery (Sorry if the following image offends anyone, it's the only one I took >.>)

The Big 3 Completed (Added wires, not replaced)

That's all I have done so far and won't be doing any more until UPS delivers my damn amp.

I will also be upgrading the speakers with:

Crescendo PWX 6.5"

Crescendo FT1 SuperTweetybirds

Pioneer GM-6100F (4 channel amp)

[juan777]

A little more port area and slightly higher tuning may yield better output if you rebuild at some point. SQ subs love big boxes. Awesome equipment choice.

[Hifonics]

This build is so dirty I would bang it.