ICE and car audio

[YelLowBug]

by the way i've got some work done today...
didn't go the way i liked it, had a nice party yesterday so today started working like a die-hard with a splitting headache, then my saw gave up, continued with a smaller one, wich gave up on me to , but got it back running with some minor repairs..
sawing this 18mm plywood with an angle left its mark on my tools
anyway got some work done and placed it all back in the bug for some more pics..



i just can't wait to it

[1965aaron]

that is an awesome setup!!

im running 2 15"s in the back with 4 5.25"s and 8 tweeters
hahaha!

[YelLowBug]

i've got some work done today
kinda like a side project..
it always troubled me a bit to show of the amps in the trunk on a car show..
if you stay by your ride it's no problem, but when you leave i like it closed but then there's not much to see anymore...
now i found me a big piece of plexi-glass so it got me "thinking"
long story short ; I DID MY FIRST VW CUTTING WORK
i think it explains itself and pictures tell more then a 1000 words (especially my crappy english)
here some pics
drawing...

first test...

and were halfway there...

so far so good..
next half will be next week, it's sunday today, been cutting for 2hours already and i don't want the neighbours to..
greetzzzzz

[Steve White]

so how is this coming?

[grease_monkey]

i lucked out my sub box just fits behind my back seat so i can put the seat up and it looks like nothin is there, i just don't know how it sounds

[YelLowBug]

It's not coming it all....
my garage aint big enough to work indoors and it's minus 5°C
i don't want to rush things and make mistakes so i'll restart when it's warmer again..

the hood is cut almost compleetly so the flames are done
but i don't know if i would cut the negative of the flames on top or just make it a straight line...
so what needs to be done;
order batteries(oddysey dry cell 2X) a little woodwork,covering,wiring,installing, testing,and

oh yes and i had an invite to put the car on "DREAMCAR INTERNATIONAL" an oltimershow were people have to pay 10 euros just to get in and see some cars.. and it's going down in may

so i'll keep you posted, just need to get a new camera cus mine is trashed..

greetzz and have a Happy Newyear

[Steve White]

here is my sub box. The PO paid a shop to do it but I ripped it apart and rebuilt it. It seems most everything on my bus was built to look at it, not actually use it.

It works real good now. I basically ripped the entire system out and redid it all and it is amazing the difference it made.

[YelLowBug]

looks cool, i bet it sounds great.. any movies?
mow many inch are they? how much power?
i'm gonna hit 1000Wrms!!!!!
friends are trying to talk me in to buying a bus..
so much room in the back, so much CarAudio in my basement...
but my hearts lost on a bug...

[YelLowBug]

little update since last pics i actually got some work done...
made a new bottom for the trunk..

and it has just enough room to fit it all..
3 amps, condensator, equalizer and a fusebox...


and i even had some topcovers done..


more work will be done this weekend if i find the time..
i want to make another tribal like this one..

i made this one for my Golf 1, and i want the same tribal to be on top of the box where the 38cm woofer sits
What ya think?
greetzz

btw; those seats look real comfy, just not a fan of the "ironing board" closet on the side..

[Steve White]

thats looking pretty crazy ass. Gonna be sweet.

The sub are Kenwood 12 inchers in a sealed box running on a Kenwood 1000 watt sub amp with out a cap on what I believe is a stock alternator.

In all fairness I doubt I ever push more then 400 watts to the subs. There is another 1000 watt amp pushing the kicker separates up front.

[YelLowBug]

for all you caraudio freaks,
got some work done,
http://www.volksrods.com/forum/showt...657#post380657

i'm realy starting to wonder how this would sound...

the rest of the pics is in the intro and project thread

[Steve White]

it looking good! Summers coming :)

[ClassicGMJunkie]

youre not going to be happy mixing sub sizes unless you plan to cross them over at different frequencies. the smaller subs will be faster in response and the larger sub will seem sluggish ( time alignment) regardless of phase.

that cat from KY says it best... less is more. a good, built-to-spec cabinet with a single sub will yield better results than just tossing or cramming something in there.

after driving an SPL vehicle in the 90s when SPL was getting big, i was running 4 18's in a Horizon ( the REAL Dr. Crankenstein demo car) and built and tested many designs in other cars. hitting 150's that era was the shit, and 160s almost Godlike. nowadays, 150s can be common in high end single and dual sub setups, with proper planning and vehicle preparation.

after all the boom and doom, i opted for a daily with a setup that wasnt so heavy or carry for 3 city blocks as well ( low key is safer and attracts less of the wrong attention!) and ran a full Alpine type R setup from top to bottom. After that, i went with Diamond and U.S. Amps but kept the Alpine HU. Cleaner, better matched equipment will sing with ease and lessen the chances of electrical enigmas! cheers ;)

[YelLowBug]

like most V-rodders even this is build with the junk i had laying around, i dont try to be the best or the loudest, i just like to cruise around with "some" tunes..
i've ordered 2 batteries 3meters of cabel and some cabelshoes..

and hey it works...
i didn't have much time to keep my page updated but here is some pics of the finished YelLowBug
front with the amps

back finished and installed..


and here some movies..

and here is a funny one.. and yes the are well atatched!

[crack monkey]

looks good man.... i bet it puts out a little more sound than the stock unit huh?

[Steve White]

sweet job on the sound system. You plan on competing with it?

[YelLowBug]

nah just show it off a little, and enjoying it while cruizin'..
i'm not a really competitive guy,..
as long as i love it and other people say i'm crazy it works for me..
it has not been build following iasca rules and sh*t like that, 3 woofers get me in a dB-drag class with pro's with thousands of watts, so it's just you're average V-rod (build from scrap) ice system
but hey, they asked me to ride my car to the local "audio" shop to inspect it, they already saw some pics and they liked it, so it is possible they'll put it on display with professional demo-cars at their next open-shop day (or whatever you call it)
so for the ones that can't get enough -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uh_MMw7YDw

greetzz

[YelLowBug]

Originally Posted by crack monkey

looks good man.... i bet it puts out a little more sound than the stock unit huh?

just a little

[Dungbug58]

Nice, clean install!

In high school I had a pair of tens in a cheap box aimed out the back window of my 74 Super, but I was too poor to afford an amp. Still, they hit like a kick in the head when I cranked the system. The Beetle is like a natural soundstage, the way sound gets directed all over the cabin... so even 300 measly watts reverberates in your nuts!

Honestly, I rarely ever turned it on. I preferred the sound of the stinger and the whistling sunroof (see my sig)

[bugnout (randy)]

heres mine that i build for my 71 super beetle nothing to crazy but 2000 watts and one 10" kicker l7...its still enough to make your eye ball shake...

[YelLowBug]

it's now almost halve past ten in the evening and i'm preparing to get my newly painted hood from the painter

he's closed for the rest of the week and it needs to be ON the car by sunday..

it still needs a handle, striping and logo and some plexi glass windows ...
wish me luck

[YelLowBug]

by the way almost forgot here some pics from the makin of the new hood

first some drawing



and then some cutting..



now let's hope it looks good painted..

[YelLowBug]

with a couple of houres to spare it's finally ready for our next vankrally.be oldtimer rally
so here some pics en then i go to sleep busy day tomorrow and i need to be rested we are expecting about 200 oldtimers here in town..
an i'm responsible for parking half of them

you can check the cars out under "inschrijvingen" on www.vankrally.be

so here some pics of the hood on the car



and a little darker with the led-spots workin



and another one...



so what y'all think of my first VW cutting work?

[skaterwithasquare]

wow. I'm not normally one for big systems and body or chassis lights, but that is pretty damned sweet.