Finally got it installed...

Yup its a SONY but hey I can read it in direct sunlight...


Doors completely deaden, also all the wires are wraped in sticky back felt (forgot to tak a pic of that)




Passenger kicks, not too bad first one I've ever made

 

The gap can't be seen when sitting




The second kick I've ever made, driver side. Is that a dead pedal, y yes it is. Actually use it so I kept it.




Passenger crossover under dash by glove box...

 

Driver crossover... I think you know where this one is


Amp... Yeah, yeah, Hifonics, temp thing, maybe... It still sounds good with it (note to self redo that d@mn mounting board)




All done so what do you think, its been about seven or so years since I had to do anything with car audio, but i came out pretty good.

 

Oh yeah forgot to mention SLC 365 in front Dreamline coax in back doors, Courtesy of the most sought after man in this forum, and not in any kinky way

Jeeze is my carpet really that dirty.......

 

Looks great man.

 

Great job ! Lookin good and I bet sounding better.

 

Way better! Taking it easy on them so they break in, but thus far the clearity is amazing!

 

Three way for teh win!!! Looking real good man!

 

Where'd you get those kicks?

 

Sweet.

Seems like dual 6.5 midrange drivers is the new trend nowadays.

Here's a question...is the passive crossover capable of handling output to 2 drivers on the same terminal?

 

Those are 4"s in the kicks. Its the 3-way SL set.

 

Bah..what if I wanted to put some in my kicks...can I just hook em up to my crossovers?

 

A very nice SL set.

 

I made them and attached them to the factor Kicks. Use two 3/4 MDF tapered down and sandwiched between two 1/4 MDF for a smooth surface. I used Evercoat Fibertech to get the contour of the kicks and Evercoat Gold for smoothness. Primed it and used truck bed liner for a final finish. It actually has a very nice texture. The color is a little, I mean very little, off but not noticable. The kick are anchored down with aluminum bracing. I like it. It's not big, does not get in the way and angles toward the listener. Works real nice! I did have to cut a hole in the original kicks but those can be replace for less than 20 bucks.

 

looks awesome Sin. How did you learn to do all the wiring and make those mdf brackets? Im interested in trying to do osmething like this myself although just 2-way. Any links/tips that can help me learn all this stuff?

 

THANKS! If you can believe this I just dove into it and crossed my fingers. I did find Car Sound and Performance helpful. They show alot of builds and items used in those builds. One of things you may have a problem with is getting anything to stick to auto trim plastic. Technically the fibertech should be able to do it but it's <30 in my garage and I wanted it done so the pods are bolted on the kicks and used polymer seal/adhesive to make air tight. To get the contour of the kicks used painter tape on the kicks, bolted the pods and used fibertech to fill the gap. Using tape allowed me to remove the pods once cured and paint them. The fit came out really good but I think the <30 did not help the paint job.

 

I would have done a worklog but I don't have a camera, had to borrow my parents for the shots that you see.

 

nope thats why i got the germs and not the profi or sls

they have an article named like kickbass forever, which makes you think youll get two extra xovders. No idea why, but the book says to do the exact same thing they talk down about in the article. Either way its a strong presense when you get down to it


good job.

 

Nice way to utilize that kickspace! Fairly close pathlength difference from the midbass...I can imagine it sounds fairly nice. Good job man! Finally some 3way love for a 6th gen

Try stuffing some poly around the kickarea (although not directly on the driver) should help ..

 

What would be the effect of doing this?

 

same effect it would in an inclosure, the speaker would feel it has greater airspace around it...if tight enough should also help dampen the panel area from vibration/resonance it may cause from speaker operation...its fairly cheap to try to see if theres benefit...

You could also reinforce where its mounted by adding mass loading dampening material behind it...the stronger the baffle, the better...