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Old Apr 1, 2006 | 06:05 PM
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Car: 88 camaro, black, T-tops
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My project so far...

Well been working on it on and off for the last couple of weekends. So far i'd say i'm 75% to completion on the fabrication end. Lot of sanding to do still and I'm finishing with black gelcoat that i'm polishing. Let me know what you think...

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Old Apr 1, 2006 | 11:25 PM
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Car: 88 GTA
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Nice work

Not a big fan of the door pods but the kicks look nice. Defiantly a very nice sub box but it seems a bit on the big side for a single 12” woofer that doesn’t have that much excursion. Any idea how big the box actually is?

Your pictures makes me want to go out and get some more work done on my car but I don't have the time to right now
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Old Apr 2, 2006 | 06:07 AM
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what wires do u use to power speakers in door and in kicks i was told it was bad to run off other speackers.
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Old Apr 2, 2006 | 11:51 AM
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Car: 88 Iroc Vert/ 1980 Z28
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Love that hatch area
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Old Apr 2, 2006 | 12:07 PM
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Car: 88 camaro, black, T-tops
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thanks for the comments.
The speakers run on 14 ga wire and are solder tapped.
The door pods are being molded to the door panels when i start the re-upholstery (pops is an upholsterer).
The enclosure it double wrap. One 1.15cu inch enclosure is fiberglassed completely separate beneath the cover plate.

As far as looks I was debating on keeping the door pods. But as far as sound I can't imagine the car without them. It is perfect, phasing is right, soundstage is beautiful, and bass guitars never sounded so good. I do think though when i make new door panels i'll try to incorporate different pods.
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Old Apr 9, 2006 | 01:22 PM
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i'd like to have some feeback guys. i'm far from finished, and any ideas that you guys may have to make it better i'd like to try. thanks
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Old Apr 10, 2006 | 12:05 AM
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Originally Posted by lockchad
i'd like to have some feeback guys. i'm far from finished, and any ideas that you guys may have to make it better i'd like to try. thanks
Might be a little late for this given paint on the kicks, but it looks like the tweeters are aimed at the bottoms of the seats. General rule of thumb is to aim more or less at the dome light. Also, depending on how far along you are with your door panels, why not aim the woofers in the doors some? On axis sound from a woofer generally sounds a good deal better than off axis. Also, I’m assuming that the woofers in the doors are running in sealed chambers?

I’m not sure what kind of input you’re looking for so I’m not really sure what to say.
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