Reed's '03 Tahoe: HAT, SQ/AQ, Singer, XS, SHCA, Cockbox, 80PRS

[reedal]

Here is the enclosure details for my three year old SoundQubed HDS312D2's (thank you to Triticum Agricolam after I was having issues getting my design to show response the way I wanted):

What it will look like

Torres specs (actual tuning is 28hz)

Cone excursion

And lastly, frequency response

[412Mark]

Looking forward to see this all done with the new box

[reedal]

Who wants some pictures?

Everyone wants pictures, that's who!

No pictures of the woodwork yet (because who cares about seeing wood being cut?) but I started the day off with taking the amps, battery, and subs and the pre-fab enclosure out. It's like there's a whole bunch of space hiding back there. It was very solemn to do this though.

Old amp rack I designed to fit in the not-as-wide-assed-as-the-Tahoe-Explorer. Monoblock, 4-channel, and battery with some olddddd no-name wires laying about.

I believe I have found the reason for the loss in output I experienced over the weekend. I had two broken screws, and the glue joints on the baffle next to that same sub had separated. After almost four years of having that enclosure, not bad results from that little prefab

My subs are a little dirty, the surrounds are scuffed, but overall I feel like they're in pretty good shape for the abuse I have put them through in three years.

And this will be my arsenal (excluding mids and highs)

Thank you to n8 and dollarbilz for the AQ amps, priced very well(cheap) for their good condition imo.

That's all I have picture-wise. I made a mistake and wasted some wood by measuring and making the same cuts twice. So I think I'll just make use of the extra port wall and cut it into shape for my battery.

Tomorrow should be the last day for cuts, then it's all sand, glue, and screw.

[reedal]

Slowly coming together. My cuts aren't perfect, so I'm going to have to do some filling in some places, but being this is only the second time I've tried making my own enclosure, first time in 5 years, I'm not too upset about it.

Only cuts left are the sub cutouts on the double baffle. Will the .75" difference between counter sinking the subs and not counter sinking make any kind of difference?

[reedal]

Update time!

Let's get all of those loose boards glued, clamped, and screwed together

Andddd my port walls

And now to test fit the double baffle

I was a little concerned about bracing it, and with more help from Triticum, I decided on this

It looks rough, but it was cleaned up a lot

Baffle glued and screwed

Some body filler where it's needed

Edited January 2, 2016 by reedal

[reedal]

For subwoofer installation and removal, I decided to go with some barbed threaded-inserts and machine screws. It required drilling the mounting holes in the sub larger, but no big deal

[reedal]

For my amp and battery mounting plans, I made a floor out of the plywood that takes up the entire cargo area, and made a little fence for the battery

I'm going to attach the 3500 to the rear of the sub enclosure, and I felt like the vents on the bottom of the amplifiers don't get enough air flow, so I took some of my scraps/screw-ups and made some raised platforms to mount all of my amps onto.

And my two 200.2's

Still need to finish the rack for the 90.4, paint it all, and install it. Got some stuff on the way from sky high, and maybe I'll be done by next weekend

Edited January 2, 2016 by reedal

[reedal]

And the "amp rack" is built. Now I need to paint it. But I don't want to, because I'm terrible at it.

Thank you to those watching

[Kyblack76]

Fucking dig it man. Nice work.

Get making some noise

[jcarter1885]

Love the amp rack man.