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    Howdy from Texas! I'm old and working on my first 'budget' build. What do y'all thi

    My first (and only?) kid turned one today. I recently traded my car in for a 2018 Civic LX sedan. Perfect cheap, dad, commutef car.

    Wellllll, the stereo sucks. My daughter LOVES music. As in, she's been moving to the beat of music since she was 2 months old.

    This has led me to open Pandora's Box.

    I planned on an ultra budget setup. I didn't want to rattle the cars around me at all. $500....maybe $1000. Maximum! Then I decided to just upgrade my HU, and do the rest piecemeal.

    About a month later, I don't have a HU. I do however have:
    1 pair Focal ES 165KX2
    1 Clarus c15sw d2 (maybe 2)
    1 DD D5.1000
    1 Helix DSP Pro Mk2 + Bluetooth (pending)
    1 lighter wallet
    1 overwhelming amount of work with no tools or experience.
    1 desperate need to sound proof the trunk.
    1 need to find the exact dimensions of my trunk so I can play with building a custom sealed box.

    Clearly things are going EXACTLY as planned.






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    Re: Howdy from Texas! I'm old and working on my first 'budget' build. What do y'all

    (sounds like a good start )


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    Re: Howdy from Texas! I'm old and working on my first 'budget' build. What do y'all

    Quote Originally Posted by Acula View Post
    Clearly things are going EXACTLY as planned.
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    In my experience things are going swimmingly then. 'Par for the course'

    As far as boot (trunk) dimensions go you could try cars101.com; they often have some measurements of cars...hope that helps

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    Re: Howdy from Texas! I'm old and working on my first 'budget' build. What do y'all

    If you're building a box for 2x15" in a small(ish) sedan, don't just check the dimensions of the trunk itself, but also the trunk lid aperture

    https://youtu.be/BkX2CuOeAWE

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    Re: Howdy from Texas! I'm old and working on my first 'budget' build. What do y'all

    Quote Originally Posted by Haakono View Post
    If you're building a box for 2x15" in a small(ish) sedan, don't just check the dimensions of the trunk itself, but also the trunk lid aperture

    https://youtu.be/BkX2CuOeAWE
    Ha! That's funny. I'm probably only going to install one. I really don't think my little sedan needs 2 15s.

    The HAT sub fits in a damn small sealed box for it's size. My two ideas were to either install it IB. Which would negate the 60/40 seats, or to see how much cargo room I could maintain covering either the 60 or the 40. Rather than a box that I could just move around.

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    Re: Howdy from Texas! I'm old and working on my first 'budget' build. What do y'all

    Quote Originally Posted by Haakono View Post
    If you're building a box for 2x15" in a small(ish) sedan, don't just check the dimensions of the trunk itself, but also the trunk lid aperture

    https://youtu.be/BkX2CuOeAWE
    Wow...
    I just watched the video. That's a special kind of dumb.

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    Re: Howdy from Texas! I'm old and working on my first 'budget' build. What do y'all

    What part of this great state do you hail from?


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    Re: Howdy from Texas! I'm old and working on my first 'budget' build. What do y'all

    Quote Originally Posted by SublimeZ View Post
    What part of this great state do you hail from?
    Htown region. You?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Acula View Post
    Htown region. You?

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    about an hour north of the peoples republic of austin


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    Re: Howdy from Texas! I'm old and working on my first 'budget' build. What do y'all

    Quote Originally Posted by Acula View Post
    Htown region. You?

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    Howdy Fellow Texan!!! Not sure how "old" you are but I'm quite certain that there are fellows in here that have kids of their own.

    I myself have 2. One almost turning 3 and the other turned 1 last month.


    edit.. Also I read your first post too fast and thought.. how in the heck did you get all of that for $1000...

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