Jay's 2015 Mazda 6i Touring build thread

[BigAl205]

Hehe...if you're going to rep at shows, I might have to upgrade you. Send me a PM with size and shipping info.

[JayinMI]

Just pulled one of my subs out of the box, and...















































It's beautiful. Even has my name on it. lol

Out to tear out the back of my car...

Jay

[Notloudenuf]

I was worried for a minute.

[JayinMI]

Yeah, with the way things had been going, I was too. lol
But they look great. Build quality looks nice, so I'm happy (Finally.)

Jay

[JayinMI]

So, I went out and started working on my IB wall. Tore the whole back of the car apart, rerouted some wiring and made a cardboard template.

IMG_20170823_122528176_HDR by Jay McGraw, on Flickr

IMG_20170823_122445467_HDR by Jay McGraw, on Flickr

IMG_20170823_131029180_HDR by Jay McGraw, on Flickr

Then I transferred that to a piece of 1/4 MDF and made some adjustments. Then made 3 more pieces out of 3/4 MDF. I was going to use Baltic Birch 13 Ply plywood, but the only place I could find the B/BB stuff closed up shop a couple months ago.

IMG_20170823_143511507 by Jay McGraw, on Flickr

IMG_20170823_190602329_HDR by Jay McGraw, on Flickr

IMG_20170823_184342178 by Jay McGraw, on Flickr

This weekend, I plan to figure out the mounting (1/4-20 T-nuts and Rivnuts, and some metal bracketry)

Probably going to recess the subs into the baffle. Once I have all the mounting figured out, I think I'm going to run the baffle through the router and
take like 1/8-1/4 off all the way around so I have room for caulk or foam or something and the wood won't rub on the metal and potentially squeak.

Jay

[JayinMI]

Worked on final fitment, then cut the holes and made some brackets. 1/4-20 Rivnuts in the metal, and there will be 1/4-20 T-nuts in the wood.
I will be building a trim panel (eventually) to hide all the hardware.

IMG_20170827_152158590_HDR by Jay McGraw, on Flickr

IMG_20170827_210119879 by Jay McGraw, on Flickr

Jay

[Glenn]

Looking great Jay!

[JayinMI]

Well, I made some more progress. I finished all the brackets for my IB wall, made sure everything fit, trimmed a couple of tight areas, made sure everything fit, and then blew it back apart to glue the layers together.

IMG_20170903_190238275 by Jay McGraw, on Flickr

IMG_20170903_190305635 by Jay McGraw, on Flickr

I installed 1/4-20 T-nuts in the 2nd layer for the brackets to bolt to. They're countersunk and epoxied in.

IMG_20170903_162342895_HDR by Jay McGraw, on Flickr

All the brackets are lined with a foam tape I found at Home Depot today.

IMG_20170903_204126148 by Jay McGraw, on Flickr

IMG_20170903_204553048 by Jay McGraw, on Flickr

Painted the area around the subs, but plan to carpet the whole panel after I build the trim piece to seal it to the seat sides/bottom.

IMG_20170903_211904574 by Jay McGraw, on Flickr

Bolted back in...all 1/4-20 hardware that attaches to either rivnuts or T-nuts, with fender washers and lock washers.

IMG_20170903_213103083 by Jay McGraw, on Flickr

There is about 1/16-3/16 gap in most places around the wall, which I did on purpose to reduce tactile response. I filled the small gaps with black silicone.

IMG_20170903_215302957 by Jay McGraw, on Flickr

Subs go in tomorrow, so I can try them out!

Jay

[benny z]

Lookin good Jay!

[JayinMI]

They're in and playing. I deadened the rear deck with 70% Noico 80mil and about 100% Sonic Barrier MX4. Then I added Sonic Barrier 1" foam on top so the rear deck won't rattle.

IMG_20170904_093105637 by Jay McGraw, on Flickr

IMG_20170904_104223762_HDR by Jay McGraw, on Flickr

IMG_20170904_105754842 by Jay McGraw, on Flickr

IMG_20170904_112925911_HDR by Jay McGraw, on Flickr

IMG_20170904_121224333 by Jay McGraw, on Flickr

IMG_20170904_120137853_HDR by Jay McGraw, on Flickr

IMG_20170904_123641201_TOP by Jay McGraw, on Flickr

IMG_20170904_132916888_HDR by Jay McGraw, on Flickr

Jay