Ok car audio nuts here is another one for you..

[inline 6]

I use tight bond 2 wood glue on all joints. I apply it liberally before I place any 2 pieces together and I get good squeeze out from every joint.

[black2002ls]

I use tight bond 2 wood glue on all joints. I apply it liberally before I place any 2 pieces together and I get good squeeze out from every joint.

Awesome. This has me wanting to get something back in my truck!

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[inline 6]

More progress today, I trimmed the top, sanded it down, filled all the holes with bondo, sanded them flush, rounded all the edges, sanded more, then I cut the holes for the woofers. I cut the first one and before I did the next I had to do a test fit. All is well and the box is coming together just as I had planned so far.

[Z06killinsbf]

I guess that looks ok....




Jp great work!

[black2002ls]

Looking good. Plenty of space behind the magnet for airflow?

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[inline 6]

JL reccomended a minimum of .5" of space behind the magnet and I think I wound up with like .625" or so.

[inline 6]

I decided that my box was looking a little bland and since I am going to have it sprayed with bed liner (hopefully tomorrow) I wanted to add a logo to it. So I made a drawing of the W6 logo and had the guys in our sheet metal shop cut it out on the cnc router. They should look good glued to the box and sprayed over with LineX.

These are a little over 4.25" tall and a little over 12" wide.

[EW]

inline 6 has access to WAY too many tools/machines.

[inline 6]

inline 6 has access to WAY too many tools/machines.

This is true although there are a few things that I do not have access to like laser cutting/engraving that I would really like to have. I built and used to own my own cnc router. I was making little bits of side money here and there cutting things out for people not to mention all the personal stuff that I could come up with. About the third time one guy came over for me to make him something he asked how much for me to sell it to him. I just quickly in my head doubled what I had in it. He said ok and I though nothing of it. After he left he returned 30 minutes later with the cash in his hand. I wish I had never sold it. I had about $2200 in it and I let it go for $4500.

[inline 6]

Well its done as far as I can take it. I played around with the placement of the emblems and on the front and back are the only places that they looked good. I filled and sanded a few tiny imperfections and it is ready for the bed liner. I am going to drop it off in the morning and they are usually pretty fast so I should have pics of it with the liner on by tomorrow evening. The best thing about this box build so far is that is has not cost me a dime. I just used materials I had on hand from previous projects where I had left over material.

[black2002ls]

GREAT job! Mine were typically finction over form. Nevr rounded the corners or cleaned them up, always bare MDF, though they were typically out of sight.

On a side note, and to save a new thread, what are the good interconnects these days (RCA). My new head unit should be here next week. I need to get the nav/on star antenna ordered. I figure while I have it out, I might as well set up the pac converters for a pair of amps and have the RCA's accessible so I don't have to pull the head unit when I am ready to add some power

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[inline 6]

I buy monster cable stuff personally. The kind I buy are shielded and seem to be of high quality without breaking the bank. I am sure there are several kinds that are good though. I am running 3 sets from the head unit currently and I have good signal on all 3. I can never detect any sort of interference or outside influence. I will add that I was buying monster cable 12g speaker wire and I quit doing that. It does not seem like it is pure oxygen free copper but more like aluminum wire. I found a vendor on eBay that I keep going back to because the wire is indeed 100% pure oxygen free copper, has a super high strand count, and also has a silicone jacket which makes it super flexible and heat resistant.

[black2002ls]

I buy monster cable stuff personally. The kind I buy are shielded and seem to be of high quality without breaking the bank. I am sure there are several kinds that are good though. I am running 3 sets from the head unit currently and I have good signal on all 3. I can never detect any sort of interference or outside influence. I will add that I was buying monster cable 12g speaker wire and I quit doing that. It does not seem like it is pure oxygen free copper but more like aluminum wire. I found a vendor on eBay that I keep going back to because the wire is indeed 100% pure oxygen free copper, has a super high strand count, and also has a silicone jacket which makes it super flexible and heat resistant.

Thanks. Monster was the name to go with it seemed several years ago as well. If you don't mind sharing, post up the user ID for the speaker wire! I am anxious to get this head unit in. Factory GM Navigation (touch screen I think) in an S-10.

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[Z06killinsbf]

I know a lot of people use KnuKoncepts wire and parts. Check them out

[inline 6]

Back from the Line-X shop! This project is really starting to take shape now.