Snowdrifter's Jeep Wrangler

Oh snap, it's finally time

The plan is for 2 Fi Bl 12s on a Crescendo 3500. I *might* do 4 sa 10s if I can find some for a deal

This will be a slow build log as a combination of lack of time, tools, and school. But it will be a build nonetheles

What I got so far:

Volt meter, reads from the inputs on the amp


Bass knob


Run of 1/0 to the back


Ground for the rear

horse shit!!! EAT SLEEP...................... WORK ON THE JEEP! lol that should be your schedule lol jk

good start, what do you have as of now besides batts?

LMAO

75 feet of 0 gauge leftover, going to be making more runs and going more grounds when I get more terminals tomorrow

I have one of the Crescendo's already - going to wait until I get a better alternator before I get the second one

Keeping the stock deck, already have a LOC wired up and have a bunch of 8 gauge for speaker wire

Have a box plan laid out, I just need to find a friend who has tools and a pickup truck so I can build it =/

Change of plans: Going with 2 BL 12s on a single 3500. My father about had a passed out when I showed him how big the box was going to be for the 18s LOL

Anyways.. Today's progress:

Ordered some dual inputs from TM

Added 1 more ground


Hey, copper posts on a stock alternator. Not too shabby!


Old vs new charging wire


(in a Nigel Thornberry voice) A relative of the common zip tie, bailing wire can be extremely effective in tieing items out of the way


Got wires cut for the amp



Batteries wired up


Tada!

looks good !

your first car and system and your prolly gonna be louder then me lol. its about time you got some wheels man! congrats!

Thanks for the support guys

A friend is letting me use his old rockford fosgate 12s in the mean time until I manage to scrounge some tools to build a box

I'll get better pictures tomorrow since it's dark, but here's something at least






The back of the car. I told you it was dark

those things are gonna get some real power ! haha nice

Lol, I'm going to turn the gain waaayyyy down. Something tells me those little subs will respond with smoke and fire if I try to run full power to them

Here are the daytime pics

Managed to get a pair of XS v2 12s for less than a pair of BLs.
Stay tuned for pics when they arrive.

I also hope to get my enclosure build this weekend

Got a bare-bones sketchup for the box done.
I'll do a double baffle if I don't have to get another sheet of wood

2.25 per, 33hz, 14sqin per cube

Got my cut sheet in place and tweaked the box a bit as per Crossfire's reccomendation

Went to a single slot port, 30hz, 2.25 per

Made a cut sheet: 1 full size sheet and 2 2x4' sheets


If my friend's truck is available tomorrow and we can scrounge up tools - it should be built tomorrow. If not: I shall pout aplenty and throw multiple hissy fits


Oh, and I picked up a bucket of herculiner since I can't carpet to save my life lol

Nice man. More XS v2's. They are getting popular.
I think they just started doing those in 12's. Pretty badass build. Looking forward to seeing how these do. Do you have a place to get metered when you finish it?

Yeah man, I'm at the 'giddy' point right now

No place to get it metered though

I have a meter. Where are you located? I live in Puyallup and work in Seattle area usually.

You might check with Noph33rracing (Ryan M) too if for some reason we don't find time to meet when you finish your build. He lives in Kent and also owns a meter. He's usually pretty cool about letting people get metered if you can meet up with him.

I feel like I'm always buggin' him lol

Where do you work?

Update



Didn't quite finish the box. I still need to cut the holes and do some 45s, but it's mostly there


Wood I carried for a friend's box


For my box










I don't care what anyone says. This stuff works great


To screw in the subs


















Lost the box of screws lol. Gotta make do with what ya got


In the back, taking it home from my friends house. More work to be done tomorrow

I'm in construction. Got a few jobs downtown right now. Should be there for a while. Probably the Columbia Center building for the next couple weeks.

Oh yeah, one more picture

Any reason as to not go sub up port back? Maybe you explained why and i didnt see it lol

Played around a bit and subs back port back seems to be what sounds best in my case

Well all power to ya.. just wondering. So how did you grt sich a good deal on those xs v.2s? Cant wait to hear it tho.. you plan on going two bc3500s or just sticking to one?

Watched the for sale section of CACO like a hawk lol

Going to stick with only 1 3500