JL install pics

**midnightnavyz28** · 07-02-2009, 04:07 PM

my camaro z28 system, im 20 yrs old & did EVERYTHING myself...im currently in college studying electronic engineering....at some point in life id love to have my own car audio shop:

system:

Kenwood Excelon KDC-592 head unit

Audiovox MT Commander XM Satellite Receiver

STINGER ( speaker wire, 4 gauge power, dist blocks, etc.)

Dynamat in needed areas...

JL Audio TR Series 2-way components (front doors)

JL Audio TR Series 2-way co-axes (rear seat side panels)

JL Audio 10W1 v2 4ohm subwoofer

JL Audio Slash Series 300/4 full range amp

JL Audio Slash Series 250/1 mono block amp

rear well amp rack ...designed and built by me

fiberglass stealth sub box (.95 cubic in.) .....also designed fabricated by me

enjoy:

**midnightnavyz28** · 07-02-2009, 04:09 PM

**midnightnavyz28** · 07-02-2009, 04:12 PM

also i know the cars FILTHY in pics...car since has became garage queen w/ 90k miles and the fast mods have began...she also got a 3day cleaning.......2nd all that extra wiring under the amps has since been cut...hadnt had a chance to tune the amps.

**Octavain** · 07-23-2009, 09:29 PM

This is the sweetest set up I've seen! I want a set-up like yours so I don't have to sacrifice my t-top holders!!! Do you know where I can pick-up something like yours???

**fieropope** · 07-24-2009, 06:14 AM

damn fine lookin system .that amp rack is exactly what i was thinkin for my setup but you,ve blown my plan out of the water . Its safe to say that you could make some money off of selling those amp racks. KUDOS!

**Octavain** · 07-24-2009, 11:49 AM

Agreed! I would buy one!!! And one the sub-box too!

**midnightnavyz28** · 07-24-2009, 12:59 PM

id thought about it...if their was enough interest

**LETHALxLS1** · 07-24-2009, 01:56 PM

Great job!!! Wish I lived near you-I would pay you well to do my Z. I don't trust these car audio places.

**midnightnavyz28** · 07-24-2009, 09:29 PM

Originally Posted by LETHALxLS1

Great job!!! Wish I lived near you-I would pay you well to do my Z. I don't trust these car audio places.

yeah i dont trust audio shops either.....the cars cleaned up now and the wires have been hidden.....if i can just get off my lazy ass ill get some better pics

**leitthouse** · 07-24-2009, 11:10 PM

Hopefully you'll kiss and tell...

What's up with the stealth sub fiberglass boxes. How did you do that? Is it ported? It doesn't look like fiberglass. My only guess would be to lay in plastic, fill in with foam, let the foam set, then use this as a form for laying fiberglass over. Looking at it, I'm pretty sure I'm wrong. Hopefully this isn't an ancient Chinese secret. It's an OUTSTANDING installation, and just what I was looking for, but right now it's a mind boggling mystery!

**midnightnavyz28** · 07-26-2009, 09:32 AM

Originally Posted by leitthouse

Hopefully you'll kiss and tell...

What's up with the stealth sub fiberglass boxes. How did you do that? Is it ported? It doesn't look like fiberglass. My only guess would be to lay in plastic, fill in with foam, let the foam set, then use this as a form for laying fiberglass over. Looking at it, I'm pretty sure I'm wrong. Hopefully this isn't an ancient Chinese secret. It's an OUTSTANDING installation, and just what I was looking for, but right now it's a mind boggling mystery!

first, its a sealed box and it is fiberglass....and would be extremely difficult to make if you havent had any experience w/ glassing.....i didnt make a mold or anything...just made it right in the car...taped up the area, layed down aluminum foil, taped over that, then soaked that w/ resin applied a layer of glass, soaked on some more resin...then allowed that to dry overnight....the next day i removed it from the car and added 4 layers of glass and resin...then using 3/4 mdf i made the faceplate(i routed the edge so the sub is flush mounted)...and proceded to apply that to the mold using glass and resin.....after that i used a mix of resin-body filler to seal up the inside of the box...and another thin coat on the outside...after this had dried i applied a black rubber coating to the outside...wrapped it in carpet and dropped in the sub...also for the wires i just used a spare terminal cup i had laying around.....found a flat spot on the side, dremeled out a hole and glassed it in

**midnightnavyz28** · 07-26-2009, 09:34 AM

-note as soon as i get time ill do a better step by step write-up w/ pics

**krazykarl454** · 07-29-2009, 05:24 PM

i love the amp rack. u've solved my problem. and i was thinkin the same thing for a sub box sincle i need closer to 1 cu ft for the 12" MB Quart im lookin to run.

**Smittro** · 07-29-2009, 06:28 PM

Wow! That has to be the most excellent use of such a confined space I have ever seen. SweeeeeeeT

Love that color by the way..

**mild2wild** · 08-01-2009, 10:50 AM

That's awesome lookin', well done!

**LgndKller20073** · 08-21-2009, 12:05 AM

how did you mount the amp rack? I have a similiar set up that I had bought from a website a few years back, but they had me use self tapping screws to screw it into the car. Well after having to wire and rewire and things from upgrading stuff, my amp rack has began to fall apart. I like the way you seemed to have mounted it. Let me know what you did. Also, where did you get the carpet from? Thanks

**midnightnavyz28** · 08-21-2009, 06:05 AM

Originally Posted by LgndKller20073

how did you mount the amp rack? I have a similiar set up that I had bought from a website a few years back, but they had me use self tapping screws to screw it into the car. Well after having to wire and rewire and things from upgrading stuff, my amp rack has began to fall apart. I like the way you seemed to have mounted it. Let me know what you did. Also, where did you get the carpet from? Thanks

You can see in the pics, I used threaded galvanized steel bolts, you remove the rear tail light panel , drill the holes the bolt them down....then you have2 make brackets on the back of the amp rack to secrue it to the bolts......i work at a car audio shop....thats where the carpet came from....you just have2 look for a stereo shop near you....or you can get it online somewhere