Well after the decision to give my kenwood dnx7100 some company was made I had lots to do.
1) Find what amps, wubs, components I want (within reasonable budget)
2) decide if I wanted to do somethign custom myself or have soemnone else do it. If i didn't go custom I would be lookin at zenclosres prefab stuff. (BTW i have a good bit install and fiberglass experience - not pro just experience )

SO here it goes.

First i get my amp in and its HUUUUGE and im exhausted from work.
Elemental Designs Nine.5


Well the amp will put out over 1000 watts and peak prob around 1500 so 0 ga is needed but luckily it accepts 0 ga wire. Now if u never ran 0 ga its super thick and harder to run. Its over a 1/2" in diameter. SO here we go.









SO im running this amp to the rear and plan on putting my subs back there somewhere. Well Edead came to mind so that was done... (BTW this helped the exhaust noise sooo much in the cabin)

 

Now to figure out where to put the amp after a quick test to make sure it survived shipping OK. Decided to do something a little different but no too extreme. Was gonna do fiberglass and something alot harder but decided to take it easy and maybe next time. Well a amp rack first off would be good. SO i get to work.

JDM tools FTW!



Simple square amp box





Decided to test some colors against the amp to see what eventually i will paint it in there. Silver seemed like a nice contrast.



Well after fitting it. Its way to tall and wide.Oh noes. I spent another 3 hrs modifing peices of this one. But ultimately its a FAIL.

 

Well next day decided to rethink it and get out there with cardboard and make templates (which I've should have done to start with but forgot - hey its been a few years since I've done any audio stuff). After a trip to home depot for more MDF which btw is 1/2" for amp rack. I came up with this modified version.



Now to test in the car.... PLZ fit PLZ fit PLZ fit...



YES!!! moar pics...





Well so I decided to stop here today. Waiting on my 2 subs to come in and other parts that u will see in good time. Prob wont get a chance to work on this again till next weekend. I'll update then. For now i need to shop for more peices of my system.

 

BTW someone told me to edead everythign in the car for better sound so i got to thinking about this and decided this might help.



BTW im a clown and can never be serious or NOT do something stupid for laughs. The dance i DID with my new designer pants even made me laugh.

 

Looks promising so far. I love watching these audio builds, so much ambition and they usually turn out looking so good.

 

Well i got the ambition but that looking good part bleh who needs it!

 

Looks good tin man!

 

Good stuff Will. Can't wait to see it all finished.

 

are you 5'5 or is that amp really that big?

 

both
I see you used my pics!
Quit complaining about having to upload them.

PS: haha about there being 500 pics to go through!

 

Your table saw blade is dull.

Better sharpen that.

 

dude, i HAVE to link this pic to some other forums lol...this is priceless...do you mind?

 

Looking good so far. I like non-stealth installs, but ever since one of my cars got broken into I can't seem to do another of my own. In for further details.

 

I think I'm a little taller than him lol. I'm guessing he's 5'6

 

Looking good sweet cheeks

 

sure go ahead lol

Yeah i need to pick up some more.

LOL yep 5'6" - the amp is like 26" long.

 

thanks will but its not that big....

 

i guess i made a good guestimate

 

very clean william

 

Well i FAILED again today. Got some progress done and was gonna take pics aloing the way but dropped the damn memory card and stepped on it... (brand new card too) Ill get some pics of later tonight of what i did.

BTW anyone know the best way to pint mdf? Sand > Primer > Sand > Paint???