Sullivan's Audio Build

[sullivan]

Good news is most of everything will be here Saturday, sadly the wiring comes next week.

Just finish the router jig to cut my 12" sub holes.

 

[sullivan]

Fedex just delivered the speakers and amp, not much of an update because its been 100+ degrees everyday.

Starting on the passenger side box.

Speakers and a few other goodies.

 

[sullivan]

Ill continue to post the project work log;

Speakers unboxed, 3.5" speakers get some protection soldered inline.

Custom 4Ga Monster Wire Terminals

3.5" Dash Speakers Soldered and installed

Rear 5.25 Speakers installed, recessed mounts

 

[quietpeen]

looking good man

 

[sullivan]

So I thought I'd share this find, I was able to mount my tweeters without making any new holes. I want to see how they sound before I drill additional holes.

These pop out:

And give you three holes:

External Mount:

Tinted the reflectors, Tweeters mounted and wired.

 

[quietpeen]

Looks good there..will probably sound good

 

[sullivan]

Looks good there..will probably sound good

Im really hoping the tweeters sound good where theyre at, my last trucks tweeters were mouted weird and sounded bad.

 

[CaliDodgeRam]

what brand/where did you get those 3.5 inch speakers?

 

[sullivan]

They are DS350 3.5" Speakers, you can find them online. Just google "DS350 3.5" Speakers".

Tomorrow hopefully Ill finish this all up except a few tiny things like wrapping the sub box.

Passenger side box, recessed mount, TWELVE INCHS!

Needed something to put the distribution block on, so I whipped this up and wood burned the Kicker logo the best I could.

Kicker amp mounted, power & ground wires ran.

 

[sullivan]

Todays tools; fukken and pam haha

Fiberglass layer 1, driver side box

Layer 2, driver side box

Ran under the carpet

Front seats were removed to run all this wire, slight photo of layer 2 on passenger side box.

 

[The Assassin]

Looks great! I am sitting here right now looking at audio for my truck. I am probably going with Kicker all the way around, amps speakers and subs. I don't really know crap about audio, so I am going to have to meet with the installer to map everything out.

 

[sullivan]

Im dog tired, over 24 hours of labor into the build so far.

Its pretty easy, you could do it yourself.

 

[quietpeen]

moving along nicely....running that many wires is a pita isn't it?

 

[KGBIGCOUNTRY]

Keep up the good work on it

 

[jhemi]

Im dog tired, over 24 hours of labor into the build so far.

Its pretty easy, you could do it yourself.

looking good, it takes time if you want it to look good and done right, i lost track of how many hours im into mine, i came in house last nite about same time you did, took me 4 hours to build amp rack 2 hours of putting in my truck and taking out to trim and putting back in several times, today i get to finsh wiring the amps in the rack then im done for few days need a break, keep up the good work

 

[sullivan]

All the fiber-glassing takes for ever!

Just two layers is over 10 hours, 8 hours is drying time.

moving along nicely....running that many wires is a pita isn't it?

I need to pull the rear carpet back so I can finish running them, running the wires alone was a huge project.

 

[sullivan]

Update: Both subwoofer boxes are finished below are the photos of the shells. They are a perfect mold of under the seat. 5 Layers of fiberglass each.

Tomorrow I seal them with a silicone caulk. Still left to do is some minor wiring and then I get to really test the system.

Driver side box complete, this is the bottom portion

Passenger side box complete, this is the bottom portion shell

Top view of the passenger side box, this thing fits so snug and ended out much better then I thought it would.

Speaker wire ran from head unit to the rear of the cab, what a pain

Extra goodies, 100leds, 100 resistors, window module, fused battery terminal connection...

 

[BlackedOutHemi]

Dang bud. You stay up late doing this! Guess it is cooler at night though without the sun beating down on ya. Looks great! Can't wait to see it finished.

 

[sullivan]

Luckily I cleaned up the garage so I can pull the truck in for wiring tomorrow. Can't stand these 104+ temps.

 

[BlackedOutHemi]

It's not fun at all. But at least it's getting done!