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This went from concept to product in about 24 hours. I lay awake last night thinking about MattW and Don, their two threads on stereo installs. I kept coming back to just using an iPod, amp and some speakers...Well I checked around and found my 100watt 2 channel Optimus amp I bought from a friend 13 years ago when I was 16. A little more searching yielded some Dual 5.25 coaxial speakers I got when the wife was working at best buy. I still had the better part of a sheet of 3/4 MDF and a bunch of left over carpet from my last sub box build. The wife had her school's homecoming game tonight, so I went to work when she left.
I really didn't measure things very well. I used a tape, but didn't measure twice, cut once. I didn't take pics along the way since I was under some time constraints and most of what I did is standard sub box construction. I'll post step by step next time I build a sub box. I was originally planning on coating the box with some leftover dupont bedliner, but after hacking up most of the cuts and using the skill saw as a belt sander, I decided carpet would cover the bruises better. Total build time was about 4 hours.
I really didn't measure things very well. I used a tape, but didn't measure twice, cut once. I didn't take pics along the way since I was under some time constraints and most of what I did is standard sub box construction. I'll post step by step next time I build a sub box. I was originally planning on coating the box with some leftover dupont bedliner, but after hacking up most of the cuts and using the skill saw as a belt sander, I decided carpet would cover the bruises better. Total build time was about 4 hours.