thehoe92 Posted February 8, 2009 Report Share Posted February 8, 2009 Well I have decided that I am finally going to start the build log even though I am almost done since every time I post a question I add pictures so it is scattered everywhere. Btw, the camera I am using is from my phone so it is not the best quality but it gets the point across. To start off I am 16 years old and this is my first system/car I will be doing. I will be putting in: 1 Fi 18" Bl 1 Rockford Fosgate t1000.1bd Mono Amplifier 1 Alpine CDA-9884 head unit my box will be right around 9 cubic feet after displacements and will be roughly tuned to 31~32Hz Rockford Fosgate 1/0 Wire RF RCA 1 Kinetik HC1400 and other miscellaneous things necessary for a build. The Hoe... The Sub The Box its going to be double baffled for a flush finish... eventually it will be carpeted as well. installing the head unit wiring in a GMOS in order to keep the Bose speakers (for now) wasn't that hard my original plan was to put the Kinetik on a battery tray from Chevy but there were too many complications and things just didn't fit right. so it ended it up in the back under the passenger side seat on top of a little piece of MDF so it wasn't floating on the seat brace. wiring the 1/0 to the back. what I did was drill a hole down in the groove of the door frame and wire it up the wheel well into the engine compartment of course with a grommet. with the seats out so I could get the RCA, Power Bass controller, remote turn on, and 1/0 under the carpet... Wouldnt be thehoe92 without teh purple Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehoe92 Posted February 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2009 woke up to this haha... back to the build... I wasn't sure where to mount the amp since I know it isn't good to put it on the back of the box where it would have been the most efficient for running wires and what not so I decided on putting it underneath the seat. I saw Steve's build on his Tahoe and wanted to do the same thing where you cut a piece of MDF to contour around the seat brace and then mount the amp to the board but I didn't have enough and it just doesn't seem like there is enough airflow to it like that. So eventually I decided to take about a 2" long piece of PVC and let the amplifier float about the seat brace and just screw the amp with long enough screws to the frame. I got lucky and two of the seat braces were perfect size away from each other so I only had to screw twice and bolt the other two to the brace. 360 degrees of ventilation. ...where to mount the remote. Do like everyone on YouTube; let it just hang around - too sloppy. Mount it in between the seat and the center console - ends up ruining the upholstery Copy Chevy and mount another switch on the side of the seat because it already has enough room to get your hand too it and it is out of the way - I think we will go with this one. and the finished product... last one for the night... running the wire across the engine bay to the battery terminal. you can pick these up at Home Depot. they work great. thats it for now. all thats really left is to mount the subwoofer and connect the wire to all the terminals and put the fuses in. -Kasey Wouldnt be thehoe92 without teh purple Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted February 8, 2009 Report Share Posted February 8, 2009 i like the knob location. you can cook bacon shirtless if you're not a pussy...lol not hatin, but am i wrong here it looks as if the amp is not grounded its hooked directly to the battery. it that the way it should be. DC POWER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
etaks_crew Posted February 8, 2009 Report Share Posted February 8, 2009 x2 I LOVE the bass knob location. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehoe92 Posted February 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2009 i like the knob location. thanks man. its also my favorite part of the build so far Wouldnt be thehoe92 without teh purple Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kentb Posted February 8, 2009 Report Share Posted February 8, 2009 what are those cable clamps for the engine bay called? nice build btw! New System 2 10" Fi SSD, Sundown 1500d Build I build and design enclosures(cheap price), PM ME Kicker L7 Navigator(plexiglass, fiberglass, aeroport) Build BTL 18" Escalade(plexiglass, battery tray) Build http://www.kentbaudio.com Old System Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Sundown's Charles Posted February 8, 2009 Report Share Posted February 8, 2009 looks great man...tell your dad he did a very job. 1993 Mazda Mx-3 Subs: 2 18" DC Audio Lvl 4 D.7 Highs amp: Sundown SAX-100.4 Sub amp: Sundown SAZ-3000D Electrical:Kinetik 1200 under hood, 2-Kinetik 2400 rear All 1/0 KnuKonceptz Wire Power/Ground, Big 3, 8Ga Speaker Wire, KnuKonceptz Karma RCA's Dampening: 120sqft 80Mil Thick Sound Destroyer Mat Goal: 150 DB 149.9 Street Bass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmanson Posted February 8, 2009 Report Share Posted February 8, 2009 what are those cable clamps for the engine bay called? nice build btw! in the navy we all them "adel clamps". we have a shit load of them on the helicopters. 2-DC 15XLM2 D.7s 1-DC 5K amp (1) XS Power D6500(UNDERHOOD) and (1) XS3000(REAR) 3 runs 1/0ga for power and 2 runs of 1/0ga for negative. (2)-RFT165s components, ...... 4 separate 1 inch tweetersRF T600-2(fronts) Punch 450.4(rear) Audiocontrol 3.1. DC power 260amp alternator w/MLA Module Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoudNLow931 Posted February 8, 2009 Report Share Posted February 8, 2009 looking good. 2008 Dodge Ram 2500 6.7l Cummins 4 FT1s C1600.2 8 PWX 8s ONX2.100 Audio Technix Wiring & Sound Deadener My Youtube Feedback Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c0smo kram3r Posted February 8, 2009 Report Share Posted February 8, 2009 Hope you don't run into problems w/ the Power cables & RCA's right next to each other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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