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Old 10-02-2006, 01:03 AM
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Default finally finished my fiberglassed system

tell me what you think. eclipse 4200 12"s, xa1000 mono amp, ea4000 4ch amp, tusnami 1.2 farad cap, eclipse avn5435 headunit, (eclipse 3 way components from the front soon to come) did all the work my self it was a pain in the ___ but worth it i think lol

this one is from before i installed the cap


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and a pic of the is300 fogs i molded in =P



pictures were from a car show we had this past saturday. placed 2ed in spl. i did 139db, but on a ____ty cd they gave me to use, i think i could have gone louder with some of my cds tho. i plan on taking out my trunk light, and making a switch pannel to go in there, to hook up some neons im going to put in to light up the system at night.
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looks nice. i think it looks even better when you can do it yourself. good job.
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I think it looks great and I love the uniformity of the Eclipse products. A+!!!!!
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looks pretty clean. the sub wires are kind of distracting though. i think they'd look better going down at more of a right angle, closer to the sub basket. good job though!
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I like it..were did you get that rs 1.0 grill however... =)
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Old 10-02-2006, 04:55 AM
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im re doing the sub wiring tomorrw, gunna have the wires run back into the box. thats not the rs1 grill, thats the figurellc grill :D
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Old 10-02-2006, 05:01 AM
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^ looks good. were and how much?
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you can get them off ebay, he has a website but its still under construction. i believe they are around 100 bucks, and if you want them powdercoated its a little extra. they hooked me up with a sponsorship :D
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lumpy, next time i'm down in psl, i'll show ya mine. it got the figure grille powdercoated gloss black. looks sick as hell

as for the system, it looks great except for the subwoofer wiring. The wire should go down underneith closer to the subs themselves instead of in the middle of the box.
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Old 10-02-2006, 06:17 AM
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I like your setup alot, and I like all the equipment.
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IMO, would look better with the cones showing instead of the inverted mount....

but for a DIY, looks excellent!!
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i inverted the cones, because the box was a bit small for the subs, and the cone was taking away even less airspace that i couldnt afford to lose. as for the sub wiring, im bout to go change that and run it down back into the box. ill post some new pics when i finish
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^^ did you reverse the polarity for your inverted mounting?? just making sure...
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yep i reversed them. just finished running the wires back into the box. it cleaned it up alot, i like it better.



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nice!! looks great!
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hella nice man! good job!
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I like it! Ahhh..... brings back memories.... custom suede wrapped fiberglass boxes....
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a little update, got some free time at work (i do installs at circuit city) and i was able to put my neon tubes in. i used 4 4" tubes. i put 2 in each side under where the trunk cover goes, and 2 in the plastic trim on eather side of the hatch latch. i dremeled out the plastic so i could hide the tube inside of it, so all you see is glow, i cant stand when you can see the neon tubes. well here are the pics



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looking good!!! very nice
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