Slow basic fairly low budget build

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Keele81

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Started a couple weeks ago, haven't made much progress between the weather & kids. Living out here in "corn country" don't help either, takes a week to get anything you can't happen to run across at farm supply or auto parts store lol

So far I have:
DEH-80PRS
Boston GT-2200 & GT-2300
JBL MS-62C (nice for around the $150 I paid, not so much so if they where more)
0 & 4 gauge Stinger HPM
2000 series Stinger interconnects
Stinger 12 gauge pro speaker wire
2- 0 gauge to 4- 4 gauge fused distribution block
STP Gold, Bomb, & SPL04 sound deadening


I've switched my Kenwood touchscreen dvd player for a 80prs. I didn't really use it for dvd's, & flip-outs are a bit dated anyway, just happened to have had it around from my old car.
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Didn't take any of the Pioneer, but it's in the same dash kit for now
 
I had some plastic signs sitting around so I used them. They're close to 1/8" thick, not the flimsy ones you usually see.
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Wrapped the cables for the latch & lock with SPL04 ccf. Laid a bead of seam sealer around the edge, & started laying on 3" overlapping strips of STP Gold

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Started getting dark so I got some help by the way of a little slave labor :wink:
 
So when I put the door panel back on I saw that the surround was nearly touching the grill. I had only did one side so at least I had that going for me. Even though I'd thought to include the thickness of the mounting flange & deadener, & a little room for excursion, turns out I'd overlooked the surround :banghead:

Made two new, slightly shorter, baffles & sprayed them with some SEM black paint I had left from a old project
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Used some of the ccf to make seals around the baffles that'd press firmly against the door panel
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Zip-tied incase the adhesive gave out, ca glued at the seam. Panels went back on effortlessly & the speakers are now centered directly behind the factory grills. Sadly they can only be seen by shoving your face against them & using a flashlight. Oh well least I know it's centered in there :facepalm:
 
Finished both doors with a layer of STP SPL04
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Got lucky & had a empty factory wire channel under the passenger side carpet! Just enough room for my 0 gauge in the driver side too, good day indeed!
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I'm not to good with a camera, sorry. I soldered, heat shrank, & techflex'd the wiring harness for my head unit but didn't think to take a picture at any point. Next time it comes out I'll try to remember
 
SublimeZ said:
Looks good so far. What car is this?
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2002 Stratus Coupe, I hate the thing. My cousin works at a local dealership & when my old car died it was what he could give me for the most under book value. I got him to take even less because I paid cash. That was about 4 1/2 years age so I can't complain too much :shootme:
 
That's pretty well where I'm at right now. Still experimenting with tweeter locations, but it sounds best to me a few inches up from the bottom of the a-pillar & slightly off axis. This is my first attempt at an active setup. I've got my mids at 80-3.15 & tweets at 3.15 12db slopes on both. Currently running the gt-2300 amp 300x2@4ohm on mids & gt-2200 200x2@4ohm on highs. Gains are all the way down on highs & hardly touched on mids, less then degree or 2 rotation. These JBL components are ok, but they sound better to me highpassed at 100 hertz. I have got to get some subs soon

I'm thinking about getting a gt-275 amp 75x2 for highs & using the 2200 for mids & 2300 on subs, any thoughts? I had planned on a gt-2200 per side & 2300 on subs, but I am thinking it may be worth saving a few pennies & using less power on tweets. I could be wrong, I often am, enlighten me
 
I've been doing some basic tuning since I've figured out approximate tweeter locations, & I'm not very impressed with the mids. Don't get me wrong they sound good, there's just not much along the lines of low frequency output or volume. Maybe I was just expecting too much due to all the internet-hype.

I'm going to move ahead with the trunk & sub stage, but won't be surprised if I don't end up either replacing the JBL mids, or adding 7-8" with better low frequency response to the doors & putting the JBL mids in some kick panels or back in the box they came in.
 
I've got mids at 80-3.15k & tweets at 3.15k, 12db slopes on both. This is my first active setup, any advice or suggestions is appreciated
 
I gave it a go, sounded like my sound stage widened & raised slightly. Problem is it's almost like these mids lose clarity below 100hz. I'm tempted to try a pair of small mid bass/subs in some kick pods, or moving these to kicks & mid bass/sub in doors.
 
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