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    Re: Jay's 2015 Mazda 6i Touring build thread

    Also going on over 5 weeks since I ordered my AE subs. The website said average turnaround of about a week. I new they were kinda slow, so I figured 2-3 weeks was being pretty damn reasonable. I explained in my first correspondence (a few days after the order) that I was hoping to have them by mid to late June so I could possible have a system installed and maybe go to The Vinny. That's not going to happen now.

    I could probably cancel the order, put in an order for FI IB3's, but I still wouldn't get those for AT LEAST 2 weeks after the fact.

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    Made some more progress on my driver's door today.

    Started with a piece of 12x24x1.5" black King Starboard. Rough cut it to the shape of my speaker adapter template and used a pattern bit to do the initial shape, then a 1/4" spiral flush trim to complete it.











    Then I used the pattern bit to trim the sides down to about 3/4" high.



    Then I used a 5/8" forstner bit to recess the mounting hardware.



    And mounted on the door:





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    Then I decided to pull the "door module." Which is the big plastic panel that the window motor is mounted to. Nick (Skizer) gave me a heads up on how to deal with it.



    Then I applied butyl rope on both sides of the crash bar.



    Made some cardboard templates for my deadener, Black Noico 80mil for the outer door skin and some other areas. Sonic Barrier MX4 will be used elsewhere.



    Then I made a template for the area the midbasses mount to.



    IMG_20170717_174910064_HDR by Jay McGraw, on Flickr

    I need to order some more butyl, some foam, security hardware and door panel clips.

    But I made some progress.

    Subs still not ready.

    Jay

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    Re: Jay's 2015 Mazda 6i Touring build thread

    Absolutely fabulous job on those speaker baffles!!!
    Are you not entertained?!?!


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    Worked on my car some more after work today. Finished my passenger speaker adapter, and got my (acrylic) dash speaker adapters mostly done.









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    OK. Ever had one of those days? Today was one of them.

    I started by running 12ga into my passenger door...except I forgot I had to put on my Techflex and labels first. So I did that.



    Hard to see (phone camera wouldn't focus, but it's clear as a bell in person) but the label says "RF Midbass," and it is labeled every 16 inches.



    Then I had to do the same thing I did on the driver's side...relocate a couple of wires so that I could Dremel out a spot for the wire to come through.

    Before:



    After:



    And then ran the wire into the door. Went a lot quicker because I knew what to expect.

    IMG_20170730_171732528_HDR by Jay McGraw, on Flickr

    So, that went OK...then I moved on to my dash speakers. I made two adapters out of 1/4" acrylic yesterday. All I had to do was drill the mounting holes for the speaker and drill the holes for the screws that hold them in the dash. First one turned out fine.



    Then when I tried to use it as a template to drill the holes in the second one, the second one broke. So, I made another one. It broke as well. Now I know why you use specific drill bits for acrylic. Yay.

    So I don't have any more acrylic (and was kinda pissed anyway) so I switched to 1/4" ABS, since it's easier to drill. First one turned out perfect. taped it down to another piece of ABS to make the second one, and of course the template tape let go 3/4 of the way through and messed up the second adapter. I don't have any more pieces of 1/4" acrylic or ABS big enough to make another one right now.

    But at least I have one good one (in 2 materials) to make another one. Or I can use 1 of each and see which holds up better. lol



    At that point I took a break and came into the A/C.

    Got a few things to do tomorrow, but I hope to get more wires techflexed and run either way. If I'm lucky, I can get amps hooked up and run without the processor for now so I can listen to the radio til next weekend.

    Jay

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    Re: Jay's 2015 Mazda 6i Touring build thread

    Lookin good! Is the label every 16" a competition requirement, or are you just showing off?

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    Re: Jay's 2015 Mazda 6i Touring build thread

    I should probably check. I don't think it's a requirement, but I want to compete in Install at some point.
    I think the wires have to be mounted down every 12 inches (or less), but I don't believe there's a requirement for labeling.
    I was going to go every 12" but once I did the first labels, it seemed awfully close and overkill. 16" seemed about right.

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    So this weekend, I had a few things going on, but managed to get some time in on the car.

    Everything that I need to have sound in the car is run front to back, under the carpet. Other than the RCA's, and cable for the RC Mini controller, all the speaker wires are labeled every 16 inches. Everything is covered in blue/black Techflex tightweave for abrasion resistance.

    Saturday night I put the rest of the ends on my RCA's. I labeled both ends.

    IMG_20170807_113407832 by Jay McGraw, on Flickr

    IMG_20170807_113424993 by Jay McGraw, on Flickr

    And on Monday I managed to run everything front to rear.

    IMG_20170807_131854942 by Jay McGraw, on Flickr

    IMG_20170807_131827360 by Jay McGraw, on Flickr

    IMG_20170807_121736883 by Jay McGraw, on Flickr

    IMG_20170807_122116293 by Jay McGraw, on Flickr

    IMG_20170807_122123714 by Jay McGraw, on Flickr

    IMG_20170807_122140720 by Jay McGraw, on Flickr

    IMG_20170807_125552431_HDR by Jay McGraw, on Flickr

    IMG_20170807_121520672_HDR by Jay McGraw, on Flickr

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