Friend's 3/4 ton dodge ram-single cab (UPDATED 1/13-COMPLETED: ton of pics)

[andym85]

Truck: 3/4 ton dodge ram-single cab

Sub: 1-12” FI Q

Amp: Hifonics bxi1206d

Electrical: stock alt. (130amps or so) and stock battery with the addition of a stinger spv35 battery

Enclosure: 2.5cubes net-tuned to about 28 Hz

The sub and amp have yet to come in but we went ahead and started on the enclosure. In order for it to fit behind his seats we are going to have to move his center seat/consol forward about 2 or 3 inches. He decided that he wanted to try and paint the box instead of carpeting it….so here it goes…

Day 1: the build

tools

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the inside got a layer of resin to smooth out the surface

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Day 2: “body work”

My friend’s dad owns one of the biggest signs companies in Louisville, so we took the box down there to paint and stuff…they do all kinds of signs-from neons to large billboards….

here is the paint booth area

before sanding

my buddy, during sanding

after sanding

spraying primer

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then onto the body putty

then after waiting awhile for the putty to dry, my buddy realized he had used the wrong hardener, so we did it again…

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after another sanding

more primer

another sanding

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mixing the paint-jet black

first coat

second coat

third and final coat

didn’t turn out to bad considering we have never painted a box before…having the proper equipment sure does help a lot…I will post more pics when we install everything..

[S12X]

i like the idea that you painted the box instead of just doing a boring carpet job....looks good!

[andym85]

yea, there are some pits and stuff, but it turned out about as expected, i give us a C+ or B- for quality...but it aint going to be seen much with it being behind his seats, plus its our first paint job.

we are about to go pick it up, cause we left it down there to dry. i will get a few more pics of it in some better light and some of his truck...

[bibby>Chode]

Nice Box! Looks very well.

[Dale]

Man that box shines...you guys did a good job for your first time!! Post more pics I wanna see the complete install. And of course, VIDZ