new sub box and door panels

sportin83 · #1 01-24-2006, 02:12 PM

just finished my door panels and about done with the sub box. i still have to build the cover for my capacitor in the center of the truck. i removed the 6 1/2 components and replaced with 2 6 1/2 alpine r's. in the back put a jbl 1200.1 sub amp and a mtx 7804 4 channel, all mounted behind the rear seat for security and more room. let me know what you guys think.

xpunter83 · #2 01-24-2006, 02:40 PM

that looks awesome man, how does it sound?

chuck16 · #3 01-24-2006, 02:51 PM

Wow, man. That looks tight. Nicely installed my friend. I've been thinking of some way to try and tweak the back door speakers. Haven't pulled the panel off yet to see what's behind-em. Again nice install man.

sportin83 · #4 01-24-2006, 02:54 PM

xpunter83 that looks awesome man, how does it sound?

it sounds really good.

Wow, man. That looks tight. Nicely installed my friend. I've been thinking of some way to try and tweak the back door speakers. Haven't pulled the panel off yet to see what's behind-em. Again nice install man.

thanks for looking and the rear doors should have 4x6 inch speakers.

onehate02 · #5 01-24-2006, 08:25 PM

that does look great. i want to do something just like that. did you have to make an amp rack or can you just screw the amps in behind the back seat? how do those type-r's sound, are they components?

kenwood guy · #6 01-24-2006, 10:00 PM

I got a question is it possable to swap the rear speakers with 6x9's would it even sound better??? when I had my caprice the back had 6x9s and I got use to them behind me I just wonder if there is a way nice setup sport how did you get your driver side door panels to look like that?? did you just drill through the panels and mounted them??

sportin83 · #7 01-25-2006, 08:33 PM

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Originally Posted by onehate02

that does look great. i want to do something just like that. did you have to make an amp rack or can you just screw the amps in behind the back seat? how do those type-r's sound, are they components?

i took a piece of 1/2 inch mdf and cut it to fit the back and then covered it in speakers box carpet to make it look better. if it was going to be seen i would have made it look cleaner but i am happy with it. the type r's sound really good, and they are just the coaxials from last year but they have crossovers and hook up just like components do.

sportin83 · #8 01-25-2006, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by kenwood guy

I got a question is it possable to swap the rear speakers with 6x9's would it even sound better??? when I had my caprice the back had 6x9s and I got use to them behind me I just wonder if there is a way nice setup sport how did you get your driver side door panels to look like that?? did you just drill through the panels and mounted them??

i don't know of any way to sawp the rear speakers for anything other than
4x6's. that is one of my next projects over the next few weeks hopefully. the door panels where a pretty good amount of work. i took the panel off and pulled the grill off, then i took the grill onto a piece of 3/4 inch mdf and traced it out. then i had to cut the factory tweeter hole bigger. i wrapped the wood in carpet for padding to fill in any bumps in the wood then i bought some vinyl from the fabric store and covered them and screwed them into the door.

kenwood guy · #9 01-25-2006, 09:16 PM

so the section around the door speakers is what you made??? on my truck I have the speaker then grill over it (towards the floor) then its just a big empty space up towards the handle of the door did you just lay that piece over??? looks awesome man

sportin83 · #10 01-26-2006, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by kenwood guy

so the section around the door speakers is what you made??? on my truck I have the speaker then grill over it (towards the floor) then its just a big empty space up towards the handle of the door did you just lay that piece over??? looks awesome man

this is what my factory panel looked like, you probably have the more standard door panel. they made 2 different styles. mine had factory components.

kenwood guy · #11 01-26-2006, 05:44 PM

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Originally Posted by sportin83

this is what my factory panel looked like, you probably have the more standard door panel. they made 2 different styles. mine had factory components.

Now I see!!! that looks kool man would I have to change the panel to do something like that???

sportin83 · #12 01-26-2006, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by kenwood guy

Now I see!!! that looks kool man would I have to change the panel to do something like that???

ya if you wanted to make them look like mine you would need new panels. you could make the ones you have work but you would probably have to fiberglass them to make them form to the door and make the speakers fit.

Yellow Snow · #13 01-28-2006, 10:45 AM

I love what you did with the door panels, I would have never thought of that.

I actually just bought my 2001 1500(5.3L) a week ago and have been thinking of ways to add some subs under the rear seat for the same obvious reason, to save space. I was thinking two seperate boxes under the back seat, but the one solid box would be more stable in rough conditions.

Just a few questions...

On the Sub box did you make it one solid unit? Or is it basically two seperate boxes connected together? I tried to figure it out from the pics you have posted and it's to hard to tell. Didn't know if maybe it would mess up the air volume of the box. And do you have it mounted in any way to the vehicle, or is it just fit to the space under the seat so it stays in place without mounting? That's one of my biggest problems with just throwing a sub box in the back seat is that it just bounces around where ever it decides to, and if I were to brake for a deer I'd have a box bouncing off my seat, which in my opinion is unacceptable.

sportin83 · #14 01-28-2006, 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Yellow Snow

I love what you did with the door panels, I would have never thought of that.

I actually just bought my 2001 1500(5.3L) a week ago and have been thinking of ways to add some subs under the rear seat for the same obvious reason, to save space. I was thinking two seperate boxes under the back seat, but the one solid box would be more stable in rough conditions.

Just a few questions...

On the Sub box did you make it one solid unit? Or is it basically two seperate boxes connected together? I tried to figure it out from the pics you have posted and it's to hard to tell. Didn't know if maybe it would mess up the air volume of the box. And do you have it mounted in any way to the vehicle, or is it just fit to the space under the seat so it stays in place without mounting? That's one of my biggest problems with just throwing a sub box in the back seat is that it just bounces around where ever it decides to, and if I were to brake for a deer I'd have a box bouncing off my seat, which in my opinion is unacceptable.

thanks for looking at post. the best way is to make it all one box. mine is all one box but i had to work around all the wires in the middle for my cap, if that wasn't going to be right there it would have been alot easier. my seat just lays on top of my box, it is not mounted down at all. but it doesnt move any at all. if you go to www.audioenhancers.com they have alot of different boxes for our trucks, you can order them at any circuit city store, or just build them from the specs they have online, that is if you want to spend the time cutting and screwing the box. make sure if you build it yourself use 3/4 inch MDF and use some kind of good sealant, like liquid nails or nail power.

TexasF355F1 · #15 01-28-2006, 07:25 PM

Talk about going all out. I bet that shit is LOUD! Looks cool man.

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