Project Rattle

[dannyp]

Hi all,

thought id post up how my build is coming along its taking its time as bills are killing my money atm, went from a tiny 300 rms sub to something a little bigger so hopefully can start hit higher figures

let the pictures show

my car: (yes i know bonnet is open)

and now the install

running a JBL 1200.1 monoblock amp bought from a mate for a good price

I then had the amp but nothing to put the power to as i had blown the coils in my old sub

So i went about buying a DC level 4 15" from Terry (focus_boy)

due to a little bit of overspray on the sub which i wanted sorted and a couple of other things

i got it reconed by dave (direct ice/ matrix audio designs) to a level 4 XL which was a nice new upgrade

and also got a custom RED dustcap for it, so to match the car

Dave also went about building my a ported 3.5 cuft box for the car as i didnt have a box sufficient

Fully installed in the new box in the back of the car

(sorry about the pic, sun decided to shine lol)

After testing the sub for a max of 15 minutes we realised that electrical power was a problem

so first of all we changed all the wiring from 6/8 gauge to 4 gauge which gave a nice improvement

(new wiring in amp - red wire old spec)

after wanting to have more power to go louder we upgraded my front battery as at quarter bolume power was dropping to 9.97v which was worrying

got this baby installed not to long ago

So this is how everything stands at the moment, in talks with dave at the moment with getting engine grounds upgrade to 0 gauge and the front speakers amped from my spare amp and then onto comps/tweeters upgrade

and here is the DC box sticker and my new dust cap which i love

look to be getting big three/ 2nd battery and front speakers amped from secondary amp in next month or two as just getting some funds together then going down bigger alt and sound deadening

thanks for looking

comments welcome

[Guest]

i would definently use fork connectors for power and ground. i dont like seeing bare wire sticking out like that

[dannyp]

yeah im going to get that done in the next couple of days i forgot it was set up bare wire method