I designed the box/amp rack using some of the great free tools available on the12volt.com. I then had a carpenter friend of mine build the box. That whole setup fits between the two rear speaker mounts behind the seats. I lose one click with the armrest down (60/40 bench) and no clicks with it up. It should look/sound great once it's all finished up

I'll post updates along the way.

Here is what I have so far:




This is the first semi-strange shape I've ever carpeted:



You can see I didn't get the very lowest corner of the box. I didn't want to try stretching the carpet any more, so I just made the small relief cut there. It came out pretty nice if I do say so. A razor blade is very helpful for getting those nice straight cuts. I also have no idea why the amps look so gray and dusty, they are brand new.

I will screw the sub in tomorrow, then hopefully install the whole setup later this week.

EDIT: I've decided to run one 4 channel amp as opposed to the two Alpines. It makes the install a lot easier and cleaner, and I got a smokin' deal on the Kenwood. I also like the fact that the equalizer/gain adjustments are all on top of the Kenwood (under the lower panel), rather than the side of the Alpines. This makes tweaking a hellova lot easier.

Here it is installed:

Looks pretty good eh?


You can see that the armrest does hit the box/amp, but the sub does have a little breathing room behind the drivers seat.

Overall I'm very pleased with how it all turned out. Everything is going to be taken out and re-done in the next few weeks so I can sound deaden the entire interior. I may re route a couple wires and hide things a little better here and there, but I'm pleased with the current setup. I think the sub still needs a little time to break in, but it does sound great. The components will be going in this weekend I hope.

Gear:
Alpine CDA-9856 HU
Infinity 6010CS Components
JBL GT0804 8" subwoofer.
Kenwood KAC-8402 4 Channel Amplifier

 

what kind of components do you have?

look cool!

 

I'm probably going to end up getting Infinity 6010CS. I have a hookup at Best Buy, and I can get them for a reasonable price. I would have liked to get something a little higher end, but I think they'll sound fine once the doors are fully sound deadened and the system is tuned.

 

Nice! I have Infinity's too, but not the component ones, just the 6x8's...sounded the same to me, but I still need to buy more dynamat for my doors

so where are you going to mount the tweeters?

 

looks real nice man..im liking it

 

that looks nice. post some finished pics when you're done

 

Bump for semi-final update!