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<font color='#000000'>Hopefully I can get it all finished in the next day or two. Get the dynamat schtuff in there...Button up the last of the wiring, finish tuning it, etc, etc....

 

Here is whats in there:

 

Fosgate 500x for the mids and highs.

Fosgate 700s for the subs.

Infiniti plates in the rear doors.

MB Quart components in the front doors.

2 Kicker Comp V/R 10" subs.

Stock head unit (for stealth).

 

 

 

The Box:

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The Amps:

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:jester: Looks good.  Even though I too am not really in to the stuff I knew my 4 4X6's(stock rears and Pioneer fronts) just wouldnt work so I put in a powered 6" Bazooka.  Thats more than plenty for me.
  • 1 month later...
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Did you cut away insulation to put the amps in? Looks great

Yeah, I cut away most of the insulation. Then put dynamat in its place around the amps.

 

It's a loud SOB, thats for sure. But with the MB Quart, and Infiniti mids and tweets....It has the most crystal clear sound of any stereo that I have ever built.

 

I'm pretty happy with it.

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did you screw the amps directly into the sheet metal or did you use another mounting method.  I just have my amp floating being the seat right now but want to mount it.  Let me know.  Thanks!

 

...by the way, looks good.

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I hope I can get my sub in soon, my stock highs are good enough, I just want a little more bass. Also I want to play some ol' Merle Haggard ouder than a riceboy can play Eminem :jester:  :smash:

 

Wing it looks great man, glad it sounds good :thumb:

 

Tom

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did you screw the amps directly into the sheet metal or did you use another mounting method.  I just have my amp floating being the seat right now but want to mount it.  Let me know.  Thanks!

 

...by the way, looks good.

I didn't install it for any beauty contests.....So yeah. I just got some short self-tapping screws. And it was done.

 

However, if I were to do it again. I would probably build a simple rack. Not that I care about a few holes in the back wall. I spotted them with a silicone sealant when I zapped them through...So no rust....And if I ever take the time to take that entire system apart, it means that the truck is totaled, or I'm selling it. Either way the holes wouldn't matter anymore. :smash:

  • 1 year later...
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I feel like killing myself. I had two 12" Arc Audio KAR series subs I bought in September, awating my car, which took forever to get lol. THEN when I get the Blazer, my dad says I have to wait to put even any kindd of stereo in, even though the fronts were blown out. OHH get this, I took the rear speaker grills off, there's supposed to be 6x9's in there, the jackazzes before toook some speakers off a boombox and gutted em out, used the magnet to hold them in :lol: GOD that made me wonder...lol.

 

Anyways, I', lookin to buy another pair of 12's, or even some 10's, A good amp, a set of tweets and I'll have my cousin help me put it all in. Oh yea, I sold my last pair, shudda mentioned that b4 :smash:

 

Ok, I'm done rambling lol.

 

Looks good nut!

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Built to spec or universal?

and from who?

 

thanks

I bought it from a local audio shop, they have a stack of them for Chevys, a stack of them for Fords, etc. So I guess that would be "Universal"....By Manufacturer. :rolleyes:

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