curtomic7 Posted November 24, 2009 Report Posted November 24, 2009 Hey everybody, firstly I'll introduce myself and what I want to do. My name is Curtis, I am 20 years old, 21 on December 24th. I started doing some small time system installs about 3 years ago and have been loving it ever since. I'm working on getting my MECP certification as we speak. I used to work at Circuit City installing stereos and making custom boxes. Some of you may be saying, "Circuit City installer? What a Joke!", but we were the only place that did installs before a custom shop opened here and we did quite a bit of custom work. My shop manager was a certified MECP Master Technician. Anyways, sorry for the rant, now onto my ride. My previous ride was a 1992 Ford Ranger, and this thing was tiny. I ended up fitting 3 Kicker 10" L7's behind the seats, although the box was pretty small. I had some Polk db Series speakers for my mids and highs. I was running some kicker amps as well, forget what series they were though. I was using a Sony deck as well. It was a pretty nice setup considering I got everything for free from Circuit City, they payed for it so we could take it to shows and show our work off. Then a year later, they go bankrupt. Sold the truck for $5,000. My newest ride, is a 2007 Dodge Ram Regular cab I bought back in February. This is where some input from anybody here would be greatly appreciated. I have some ideas for things I want to do to it, but having some other ideas would be amazing. I do want to use as much Rockford equipment as I can, I am currently in talks with PR from Rockford about possibly getting an endorsement or sponsorship after its all done and I start taking it to shows and such. The ideas I had for it was to build a custom box that would take up the middle seat, its a 40/20/40 bench configuration, and build a bandpass box with a single 15" or 18" in it. Then behind the seats have two more 12"s or 15"s in a ported box, not sure what will fit best yet. I plan on getting the whole interior, including the dash, rapped in black leather with red stitching. The truck is red as well. I plan on getting some 22" Boss 335 Wheels and installing a 4/6 drop. Anyways, let me know what you guys think and if theres anything better I could do with it.
Marlo Stanfield Posted November 24, 2009 Report Posted November 24, 2009 Do not mix and match different sized woofers... How are you gonna be able to fit a single 15 or 18 in the middle of the 2 seats?? On top of that you wanna do a bandpass which will take up even more room. My suggestion is that if you want a big system in a regular cab, then do a blowthrough if you're comfortable doing so. 1998 Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer... New setup, old ride... QX56 is staying stock til I get loud... It's only getting walled off if I don't meet my goal @ SBN. Pioneer AVIC-N2 (12) 12" RE SXs old model.... (3) AB VFL 500.1 @ 1ohm each Dual 300amp Ohio Gen alts.... (10) Northstar NSB-125s 26ft3 @ 33hz w/ a ton of port area 156.5 @ 40hz @ dash, Db Drag style / 153.2 Bassrace
curtomic7 Posted November 24, 2009 Author Report Posted November 24, 2009 Do not mix and match different sized woofers... How are you gonna be able to fit a single 15 or 18 in the middle of the 2 seats?? On top of that you wanna do a bandpass which will take up even more room.My suggestion is that if you want a big system in a regular cab, then do a blowthrough if you're comfortable doing so. I was thinking of doing a blowthrough, but I've never done one. I was thinking of scrapping the whole bandpass thing and just make one box that will look like a t-shape when im done so it will have a part for a middle sub and the 2 back ones.
TahoeJoe Posted November 24, 2009 Report Posted November 24, 2009 I was thinking of doing a blowthrough, but I've never done one. I was thinking of scrapping the whole bandpass thing and just make one box that will look like a t-shape when im done so it will have a part for a middle sub and the 2 back ones. There is a few blow through installs with lots of pics in the build log threads that may give you some ideas. Live the dream baby...You will be shitting your pants again before you know it.
curtomic7 Posted November 24, 2009 Author Report Posted November 24, 2009 There is a few blow through installs with lots of pics in the build log threads that may give you some ideas. Alright cool man, I'll check those out!
Basshead08 Posted November 24, 2009 Report Posted November 24, 2009 I was thinking of doing a blowthrough, but I've never done one. I was thinking of scrapping the whole bandpass thing and just make one box that will look like a t-shape when im done so it will have a part for a middle sub and the 2 back ones. When I get home from work I'll upload some pics of the T_box I just finished if it'll help. System tear out has begun...Out with the old i have a iq of 128 i graduated at the top of my class tell me how im reatrded you are the 1 thats dumb as hell you can't even spell Look at the underlined text hahahahahahahaha I think of it as the virgin losing the virginity technique not just jumping in to it, and pounding away, but going at it slowly over time, to get to that full extreme
curtomic7 Posted November 24, 2009 Author Report Posted November 24, 2009 When I get home from work I'll upload some pics of the T_box I just finished if it'll help. That would be awesome man!
Marlo Stanfield Posted November 25, 2009 Report Posted November 25, 2009 Blowthrough isn't that difficult to do especially seeing that you do have a decent little background in building and installing. Plus there are a few on here that have done them that I'm sure would be more than willing to help u out with it, including myself. 1998 Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer... New setup, old ride... QX56 is staying stock til I get loud... It's only getting walled off if I don't meet my goal @ SBN. Pioneer AVIC-N2 (12) 12" RE SXs old model.... (3) AB VFL 500.1 @ 1ohm each Dual 300amp Ohio Gen alts.... (10) Northstar NSB-125s 26ft3 @ 33hz w/ a ton of port area 156.5 @ 40hz @ dash, Db Drag style / 153.2 Bassrace
Basshead08 Posted November 25, 2009 Report Posted November 25, 2009 My internet at the house is being retarded!!! and I can't upload pics from work. If you can I would say go blowthrough. System tear out has begun...Out with the old i have a iq of 128 i graduated at the top of my class tell me how im reatrded you are the 1 thats dumb as hell you can't even spell Look at the underlined text hahahahahahahaha I think of it as the virgin losing the virginity technique not just jumping in to it, and pounding away, but going at it slowly over time, to get to that full extreme
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