2008 Honda Element

[Hillbilly SQ]

So... when is the part where you start cutting up the car? I wanna see some carnage!

I bet he'd let you do some type of dash cutting since you have experience

[BigAl205]

Experience and expertise are two different things

[BigAl205]

Even moar stuff! Mechman 240A alternator and Pioneer AppRadio 3

[PaulD]

You need a 240A alternator ?

[BigAl205]

I don't think that the factory 105A alt is up to the task, so if I'm going to upgrade anyway...

[BigAl205]

A small update...I've decided to get started on my tweet/mid pods, but I'm not sure how I want to aim them. The tweeters are Morel MDT-12 and the mids are HiVi B3N. I ended up coming up with an experimental setup where the tweeter and mid can be aimed independently using pieces of PVC block and caps.

I started out by cutting some pieces of PVC board and laminating 3 of them together to make a block for the tweeter (I somehow lost the pics of this step)

Next, I used my combination square to make marks on opposite sides of the PVC cap



I transferred the marks to the side, and traced the cap onto the PVC board. The marks allowed me to find center.




I then used a hole saw to cut a 2-3/4" hole for my HiVi B3N mid. Once that was done, I used regular PVC cement to glue the caps in place using the traced circle



I cut the caps off the board and rough cut them into shape which left less stock for my router to remove. I love the fact that my table saw has the ability to mount my router underneath and use it as a router table. Using a flush-cutting bit, I finished the mid pod




Here are the mid pods on the left, and the laminated tweeter pods on the right.



Up next: paint and assembly...

[erinh]

Cool stuff! Jealous of that table saw.

[Hillbilly SQ]

Looks like you've joined the dark side with the new frontstage build. Look forward to hearing it and also hearing your impressions of those SQ amps.

[silkyslim]

That's bad ass. Inexpensive, quick, effective. BAD ASS BRO. get err done!!! :-)

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[Notloudenuf]

I didn't think anyone else knew about Hooverphonic.

aaaaaannnnnnnnnnndddddddddd the pods were looking good at the meet, sorry I didn't get to hear them.