2 12" XXX Mustang Install

[Chris from MI]

Well I finally got the install completed on my mustang. I did a wall in the trunk that I mounted the amps and the distro on. Then built in the enclosure in the area behind the flip down rear seats. So the subs are firing into the cabin. A lot less rattle that way and makes for a good clean install with all the damn RCA wires for the 2 JBL1200.1 amps. Plus I haven't seen too many installs set up this way either.

The subs sound amazing. I had never heard a XXX until I got mine and I am extremly happy with the SQ that they have. Also they get pretty damn loud for a daily driver. I plan on adding two neons above the subs and 3 more in the trunk (along with a screen maybe) just to give it a nicer custom look. I am really happy with how the install turned out. I will try getting the pics up in the next day or two.

[Ryan from Ohio]

All this time and I never knew you were Justins friend...

No mention anywhere of it...lol

:p

[Chris from MI]

well he is adding the pics for me so I will let him put in his 2 cents when he adds them. We worked together on it, not trying to steal all the credit. This was a Detroit Bass install

[Justin from Detroit]

A lot of funning trying to figure out what the hell to do in a tiny Mustang trunk.

THE ROUGH INSTALL

A picture of the subs
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The box partially completed, held together by glue forged by the hands of Satan
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That's right, GLUE CAN NOT BE REMOVED FROM SKIN WITHOUT SANDPAPER OR SHARP TOOLS
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The first piece of MDF for the double thick face
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1 1/2" thick face, with a sub in place
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[Justin from Detroit]

THE FINISH INSTALL

The finsihed inside of cabin, subs beautifully built in
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The wall up in the trunk, still leaving some trunk space
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Another trunk shot, no wires to be found
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All in all a fun install. Some people got stabbed in the process, some made weird noises, but it was fun fitting all that into a tiny trunk and still leaving space for things.

Oh and yeah Ryan, Chris is my main installer.

[lotas]

wow very clean, good job guys, looks very nice.

[JeremyC]

I like the way you set up the box. Other than porting the back deck that is one of my favorite setups. Its definatly not the easy way out, but the extra work is well worth the difrence in SQ, and the reduction in rattles. Heck I would have went the same way with my Accord, but I am getting old and lazy. I don't want to take the time to fold the seat down every time I get in.

[Chris from MI]

Yeah I barely had enough room for a sealed box in my truck let alone ported. It still gets plenty loud for me and maintains great SQ.

[JeremyC]

Yeah I barely had enough room for a sealed box in my truck let alone ported. It still gets plenty loud for me and maintains great SQ.

Yeah I think were thinking a little diffrent here. The box I am talking about is still a sealed enclosure. The only difrence is you fire the speaker up, thru a hole you cut in the back deck. If you scroll down to the post "stereo install pics" you can see what I am talking about. Either way its a nice install, and I would love to hear it.

[Darthness]

sorry for the newbish question
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how do you make the panel fit so perfectly like that? :( FG or some mdf trick?

[JeremyC]

If they did it like mine, you make a new floor out of mdf, and use it to measure off of.

I have even used peices of cardboard to make templets.

Cut a peice the width you need and a few inches shorter that the height.

Hold it in place and use a scribe, to mark the outline of the top an inch or so down on the cardboard.

Cut it to fit, make any adjustments as needed

Once you get it perfect, hold it in place and measure from the bottom of the cardboard to the floor. (make sure all the edges of the cardboard are square, and strait)

Then set it on your peice of mdf,

draw out any sides you had to cut on the cardboard to make it fit

and then measure down from the bottom of the cardboard so you know were to make your bottom cut.

set it in place, and sand or add bondo as required. (make sure to put masking tape on the inside of your trunk so the bondo sticks to the mdf, and not the trunk.

[GlassWolf]

if you want it to look even nicer, cut another board of thin plywood, same shape as the one the amps are mounted to.
cut openings for the amplifier surfaces to show through.
cover the board in carpet, vinyl, whatever.. amps will be flush mounted and look even nicer. zero wires showing, no screws, etc. just the amp faces/

[Chris from MI]

Thats a good way to do it like Jeremy said. Mine is two seperate pieces carpeted and when they came together the seem was almost insvisible. The carpet mathced my cars almost perfect, I was really happy about that. We debated on putting the pieces in and then carpeting the whole thing, but I figured it would easier to hide the seem then to try to carpet it as one piece. Also we mounted and wired the amps all before we put it in the trunk. Then attached the wall after making all the final connections.

Thats a good idea kiki I tossed around that idea before I decided to do the wall. I was going to put the amps in the corners or something and flush mount them how you said. Still something to think about though.

I got the led's hooked up today and I will try to get some pics up as soon as get around to it. Still need to hook up some line drivers and change up my RCA's to call it completly done. But then again I don't think I will ever consider it DONE. Maybe a few screens or something who knows.