e_lectro

I got to show this off the other day at the Chicago meet, but I thought I would post the pics here as well

It's designed to house a single Jl 12w6 and 300/2 amplifier, and then was painted in the Honda/Acura Nighthawk Black paint to match my car.

Let me know what you think!

Ouside the car:


Closer view:

moreace_RENAMED

wouldn't think it would be a good material to house it

e_lectro

Do you mean fiberglass? Have you not seen any of the crazy custom installs being done there days? Almost all are done with fiberglass!

JaTe

how does it sound? do u need to fold the seats back.

i have a jl audio sub 12w3 with a 250/1 jl audio amp that i will most likely install. im just wondering if it would be worth to install.

thanks

e_lectro

Folding the back seat would be pointless, the pass-through hole is capped by a piece of MDF. The sound gets into the cabin through the holes where the 6x9's were.

Worth the install? That's a personal decision, but I think it was. Sounds much better than the 6x9's did.

wiz

Here's another picture of it from the meet:

phingerz

JaTe, I thought it sounded great at the meet this past weekend. I'm very impressed with the JL sub... nice job with the enclosure too electro!

snoops79

Hey nice job e_lectro I think it looks very clean!

So did you use the 6x9's connection thru a line converter for the amp?
How about rattles do you get a lot and if so did you dynamat anything that you had problems with?

I am in the process of installing 2 Kicker L7 10's in a sealed box (I prefer sealed and would not build any onther way) and I would appreciate any certain area I should look for rattling and what your solution was. It would save me a lot of time.

I will post pics of entire installation process when complete, I have been documenting each step to help others out.

Hey I really commend your courage to go all out on the enclosure, sick!

I also would like some info on workng with fiberglass, I have tried in the past but I think I was either using the wrong materials or I had no clue what I was doing. Where did you learn? Any links you can direct me to?

e_lectro

Thanks for the compliments guys

The amp is connected to the stock radio through my AudioControl EQX, it has a line converter built in. I went ahead and removed the 6x9's.

Yes, I got rattles, but I have not done anything about them yet. The main rattle is the licnece plate area. This is something I plan to start looking at more this week.

Almost everything I learned about fiberglassing was from HERE. There is a ton of info there and was a great help. Doing it was easy after reading through the posts.

e_lectro

snapier

wanna build me one? that looks suhweeeet! good work!

Packrat55

so you tapped the signal before the amp? How did you do it cut wire or a tap splice?

e_lectro

No, I tapped it directly before teh 6x9's. I did not feel like digging in the dash right now. I just unplugged the 6x9's and made connectors to fit in their plugs.

At some point in time, I might try tapping into the wires before the stock amp. I just dont feel like tearing down the dash again right now But that feeling wont last for long, lol

superscalar

Nice install, but thanks alot, now I feel the need for bass.
It has been a bit of an adjustment going from 2 12" subs to the 6X9 or whatever it is in the rear deck. I keep telling myself that I will get used to it. Oh well I can fit more golf bags in now... I do miss my epicenter and sub box though.