NEW AMP RACK PROJECT 1 OF LIKE 100
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Silver Member Username: Langless28Boston, MA Post Number: 568 Registered: Dec-04 | hey guys, spent my sunday fabbin up an amp rack. well this is where the amp is gonna sit, and later i will build a surrounding for it when i figure where my 300/4 is gonna go.  never believed in templates until now ;)  basic cutout of 1/2 inch mdf  due to poor skill saw skills, i had to bondo (boy do i love bondo) to make all the sides nice and flush and stock      here it is. test fitting the amp  from outside the car. really gotta make a surrounding, eye candy to thieves   ight time to paint, color doesnt look like it matches due to the sun, but its pretty close. ill have more pics of it up and completed w/ wiring and such. and in a day or so ill have pics of my second project. if anyone knows jeeps, that annoying cutout in the back on the right panel, well thats where my cd changer is going, heres my project list for the smmer (due to shortage in money ) 1. xtant amp rack. done 2. cd changer 3. electrical ugrade 4. get my new sub (treo tsx 12.44) 5. build new ported sub box 6. find some cool idea where to put my 300/4 |
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Gold Member Username: RovinTrinidad & T... Post Number: 7933 Registered: Jul-05 | very interesting & a cool way of "engineering" a amp rack - nice ! ..... |
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Silver Member Username: Usask8er1Appleton, Wisconsin USA Post Number: 148 Registered: Jun-05 | looks clean man , keep up the good work |
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Silver Member Username: Langless28Boston, MA Post Number: 569 Registered: Dec-04 | ha rovin just finished my first year of mechanical engineering too |
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Silver Member Username: Killerzracing71Fredericksburg, Virginia United states Post Number: 793 Registered: Aug-05 | thats wuts up....one day i am gonna have a nice enlocsure and amprack one day |
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Gold Member Username: PelonaPerris, California USA Post Number: 1482 Registered: Dec-05 | nice amp |
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Silver Member Username: Matt12490Benicia, California USA Post Number: 912 Registered: May-05 | why dont you build another one on the other side for your 300/4 would look very nice and sychronized (sp) |
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Silver Member Username: Langless28Boston, MA Post Number: 572 Registered: Dec-04 | my cd changer is going there. james longo gave me his old cherokee amp rack. it goes on the back of the seat, i might build my box so it has the same angle of my backseat and takes up half of the seat. i suck at explaining stuff (pics soon) and then cut james amp rack in half so the 300/4 will be in there, sorta like an amp corner thing. |
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Silver Member Username: Alias747MN Post Number: 897 Registered: Apr-05 | HEY BASSFISHING! So how is that A6001 holding up for ya? I remember when we both bought one at the same time and you were freakin out about something cuz you thought you bought it from the same guy I did and you were gonna get ripped off or something. LOL. That was a while ago, I haven't been on here much lately. |
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Silver Member Username: JohammbassCork, Cork Ireland Post Number: 122 Registered: May-06 | Nice amp, looks clean |
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Silver Member Username: Langless28Boston, MA Post Number: 573 Registered: Dec-04 | haha isaac, i remeber, love the thing to death, the funny thing is i decided to upgrade my sub at college (boston so no car) and i couda sworn i bough the a3001. so i spent the whole year researching on a 12" 300watt sub at 2 ohm, i go home and take the amp out for my new rack and read that its the a6001. now i got 645watts (called xtant up to find true wattage) to work with  |
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Silver Member Username: Alias747MN Post Number: 898 Registered: Apr-05 | Yeah, thats what I love about good companies like Xtant they are always underated! That's awesome. Unfortuantely, my A6001 is not in a car at the moment, it is sitting in it's box in my room at the moment, along with my subs. I don't really have a car right now. Oh well soon enough! BTW, that amp rack is tight bro. Good clean installs are always killer. Keep it up! |
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Gold Member Username: Tdeaton1021Near Tampa, Florida USA Post Number: 3010 Registered: Sep-04 | nice work, looks great. goodluck with the rest of your list! |
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Gold Member Username: InsearchofbassPost Number: 4802 Registered: Jun-04 | good work bro....Gotta love the feeling of customizing it yourself |
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Gold Member Username: TheelfkeeperStockbridge, GA USA Post Number: 2216 Registered: Feb-05 | looks good. never thought to use bondo for the edges like that, i like it. how did you attach it though?? also, is it cracked where the slot is cut?? and how come you didn't make it go all the way to the floor?? or will that be covered?? |
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Silver Member Username: Langless28Boston, MA Post Number: 575 Registered: Dec-04 | look at the pics with nothing there, theirs this hook like thing that was used to atach the spare tire. well i used that to secure the top with 12 gauge solid wire to the board, then two bolts at the bottom to secure it as well. also brandon, it will prolly be covered cus it looks really appealing fromthe outside of the car (thieves) and didnt have enough mdf to make it go to the floor. |
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Gold Member Username: TheelfkeeperStockbridge, GA USA Post Number: 2223 Registered: Feb-05 | gotcha. looks good though and yeah, i bet it looks good to thieves too, lol. |
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Gold Member Username: JmloughreyFarmington, CT Post Number: 1542 Registered: Jul-04 | http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Python-2-Way-Security-and-Remote-Start-System-wit h-Responder-Technology-PYTHON881XP-/sem/rpsm/oid/119100/catOid/-13097/rpem/ccd/p roductDetail.do get that. |
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Silver Member Username: Langless28Boston, MA Post Number: 576 Registered: Dec-04 | here it is finished, gotta clean up the wiring, but im gonna hold off till i get my 0ga installed.  all finished  my 300/4 gotta sit on the floor till i make my new box and modify another amp rack  heres where im puttin my cd changer. a little more adjustments to get it perfect and a couple coats of paint.  this is where it all goes down. my shed. i love the thing to death. that blue door is my pong table as well. :P |
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Silver Member Username: Langless28Boston, MA Post Number: 577 Registered: Dec-04 | jeff i got a car alarm, but think, tell me one time you heard a car alarm go off and say to yourself, hey someone's car is being broken into, lets do something |
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Silver Member Username: Langless28Boston, MA Post Number: 578 Registered: Dec-04 | ^^ sorry jeff, i read it after i posted. im an idot. thats really cool. wish i had 400 bucks to buy it, ill look on ebay but i gotta buy a 200amp alt, and a TSX 12.44 this summer. im gonna be working my butt off! |
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Gold Member Username: TheelfkeeperStockbridge, GA USA Post Number: 2230 Registered: Feb-05 | Alarms are good, but if someone really wants your stuff, they will get it. and like you said, no one pays attention to them either. thats why you need one with a 2-way paging system because if your alarm goes off, YOU will do something about it even if no one else around will, lol. i hate theives, they should be skinned alive. |
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Gold Member Username: Tdeaton1021Near Tampa, Florida USA Post Number: 3015 Registered: Sep-04 | someone took a crow bar to my car last weekend. they tried to pry the door open. about a grand worth of damage. they didnt get in though. |
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Silver Member Username: Alias747MN Post Number: 916 Registered: Apr-05 | Bassfishing, someone from Xtant told you that the A6001 did 645 wrms? I just talked to someone and they told me that it really does close to 750 wrms!!! I was like no way dude, and he was like ya, you can expect all of are amps to be underrated by 25%. He said that most of their amps that they bench test do 25%+ over what they are rated, I am just stoked, that is awesome. I knew they were underated, but I didn't know by that much. SWEET! |
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Silver Member Username: Langless28Boston, MA Post Number: 581 Registered: Dec-04 | cool isaac. im pumped as well i though 645 was impressiver for it, now its 750. haha. i really gotta upgrade my alt so i can give it all the juice it needs for full potential. speakin of this new discovery, is 750 watts too much for a treo TSX 12.44? |
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Silver Member Username: Alias747MN Post Number: 923 Registered: Apr-05 | At 750, I would almost feel comforatble powering 2 12.22's!! Yeah, I really hope that guy knew what he was talking about and just wasn't loading me with a bunch of garbage. But even then, if the amp only put out 6oo wrms, the sub is only 4oo rms. Some people swear by over powering by 50%, I on the other hand like to be a little closer. I'd say its up to you. |
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Silver Member Username: Langless28Boston, MA Post Number: 583 Registered: Dec-04 | would 750 be enough to fully power a 12" arsenal (still cant make up my mind, but i got a while to decide cus i dont have any money to buy one yet) |
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Silver Member Username: LewassBoomfield Hills, MI USA Post Number: 724 Registered: Jan-06 | Now that's how you do an amp rack! Looks schweeeet |
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Silver Member Username: Langless28Boston, MA Post Number: 584 Registered: Dec-04 | finally done with first two project. very impressed at myself how nicely this fit in with the car. oldschool alpine cd changer. date on back said it was made in 1995. works like a beatuy still. bought it in 2000 for 30 bucks from a neighbor  once again, BONDO. its so brittly i decided once it was dried, i used fiberglass resin before paint to make it a little stonger.  test fit  same color paint as my amprack, it has a nice texture to it too.    thats it! now all i have left to do is get my 0ga wire dist block and all that, find some clean way to run it. get a new alt, upgrade big 3. get my treo or arsenal, build a box and another amp rack. this summers gonna be so fun! |
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Gold Member Username: Tdeaton1021Near Tampa, Florida USA Post Number: 3020 Registered: Sep-04 | very nice. goo work. i dont know why you didnt take the extra 15-30 minutes to get out every last blemish. or maybe cover it in matching vinal... |
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Silver Member Username: Langless28Boston, MA Post Number: 588 Registered: Dec-04 | yeah i noitced a couple little flaws in it when i installed it. |
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Silver Member Username: Langless28Boston, MA Post Number: 591 Registered: Dec-04 | does anyone have the link to the thread about window tinting? |
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