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mtrooper2k51080p

Date: 08/02/2007 Views: 5522

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My Mazdaspeed 3

Date: 04/16/2012
Owner: Gallery Administrator
Size: 80 items
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IMG_5885

Hatch cargo area before sub install

Date: 04/14/2012
Views: 8293
IMG_5891

IMG_5891

Weak Bose factory sub-woofer

Date: 04/14/2012
Views: 2111
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IMG_5894

Cargo area floor board with foam supports

Date: 04/14/2012
Views: 2246
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IMG_5898

Spare tire with factory sub-woofer removed, this is where the stealth box is going to be installed

Date: 04/14/2012
Views: 2393
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IMG_5901

Initial materials used to build the box. I ended up buying another gallon of resin and two (2) cans of Bondo-Glass

Date: 04/14/2012
Views: 2124
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IMG_5904

Two (2) sheets of 1/2" MDF for the box face

Date: 04/14/2012
Views: 2203
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IMG_5905

Blocks to elevate the foam support around the spare, this gives me room to build up the lip of the enclosure and gain much needed volume

Date: 04/14/2012
Views: 2365
IMG_5907

IMG_5907

Make sure it's level before taping the blocks with gorilla tape

Date: 04/14/2012
Views: 2146
IMG_5920

IMG_5920

Eclipse XA1000 Mono-block amplifier. This will be the 3rd car I've used this amp in and I love it! I was playing around with mounting the amp in the cargo area, but settled with mounting it under the driver's seat.

Date: 04/14/2012
Views: 2789
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IMG_5940

Fiberglass prep work - Foil

Date: 04/14/2012
Views: 2995
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IMG_5946

Building up the lip of the enclosure for additional volume

Date: 04/14/2012
Views: 3231
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IMG_5948

More foil

Date: 04/14/2012
Views: 1915
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IMG_5950

Now the tape

Date: 04/14/2012
Views: 3492
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IMG_5953

More tape

Date: 04/14/2012
Views: 2057
IMG_5957

IMG_5957

Even more tape - I should have taped up the lip as well, but it turned out ok

Date: 04/14/2012
Views: 3451
IMG_5959

IMG_5959

Making sure the trunk is safe from resin

Date: 04/14/2012
Views: 1667
IMG_5963

IMG_5963

Prepping the fiberglass for initial application

Date: 04/14/2012
Views: 1602
IMG_5964

IMG_5964

First application of glass. Slow and steady is the key, you want to make sure you don't have any bubbles etc.

Date: 04/14/2012
Views: 1586
IMG_5965

IMG_5965

I realized after bending over and killing my back for hours that I could just remove the spare tire and work with it at a more comfortable table height

Date: 04/14/2012
Views: 1659
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IMG_5965

More fiberglass

Date: 04/14/2012
Views: 1632
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IMG_5967

A lot of fiberglass for this enclosure, a minimum of 6 overlapping layers by the time it's done

Date: 04/15/2012
Views: 1852
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IMG_5968

This is the trunk with the elevated supports, almost no distinguishable difference from the first pic

Date: 04/15/2012
Views: 1582
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IMG_5971

Strips of woven fiberglass cloth to fortify the lip of the enclosure

Date: 04/15/2012
Views: 1999
IMG_5975

IMG_5975

About half way through the glassing, I can now remove it from the spare tire

Date: 04/15/2012
Views: 1888
IMG_5979

IMG_5979

Unwrapping the back of the enclosure

Date: 04/15/2012
Views: 1691
IMG_5981

IMG_5981

Most all of the foil and tape came off, the rest had to be worked at and a small amount was embedded in the resin

Date: 04/15/2012
Views: 2014
IMG_5983

IMG_5983

Starting to look pretty decent

Date: 04/15/2012
Views: 2032
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IMG_5992

Many layers of glass later I fortified the inner lip of the enclosure with Bondo-Glass

Date: 04/19/2012
Views: 1531
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IMG_5999

Getting ready to cut out the top of the box with a home-made jig for my plunge router

Date: 04/22/2012
Views: 1856
IMG_6001

IMG_6001

I cut it out in three (3) passes so as not to overheat the cutting bit

Date: 04/22/2012
Views: 1521
IMG_6003

IMG_6003

A perfect circular cut - I LOVE IT!

Date: 04/22/2012
Views: 1501
IMG_6005

IMG_6005

Cutting out the sub ring for the 2nd piece to be laminated to the top of the enclosure

Date: 04/23/2012
Views: 1798
IMG_6006

IMG_6006

The router jig is the only way to go for these cuts

Date: 04/23/2012
Views: 1849
IMG_6009

IMG_6009

Test fit of the sub in the cut-out. The 2nd piece is cut from a piece of MDF I tried to free-hand cut for the top of the enclosure before creating the jig pictured above. It will be cut out in a 12x12 square and laminated to the top piece.

Date: 04/23/2012
Views: 2042
IMG_6012

IMG_6012

3/16's inch deep cut with a 1/2" rabbit bit to recess the sub a little more. Total recess will be 11/16"

Date: 04/23/2012
Views: 1527
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IMG_6015

Cutting out the sub ring for the top piece

Date: 04/23/2012
Views: 2021
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IMG_6017

The top and bottom piece together

Date: 04/23/2012
Views: 1848
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IMG_6021

There is a fair amount of recession so the sub has room to travel

Date: 04/23/2012
Views: 1704
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IMG_6022

1/2 inch round over on the inner lip

Date: 04/23/2012
Views: 1548
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IMG_6025

1/2 inch round-over on the outer lip of the top of the enclosure

Date: 04/23/2012
Views: 1673
IMG_6029

IMG_6029

Marking the cut-out for the speaker terminal

Date: 04/23/2012
Views: 1365
IMG_6030

IMG_6030

Cutting it out

Date: 04/23/2012
Views: 1333
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IMG_6033

Free-hand routing the recession for the speaker terminal

Date: 04/23/2012
Views: 1963
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IMG_6035

Speaker terminal nice and recessed

Date: 04/23/2012
Views: 1516
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IMG_6036

Speaker terminal screwed into place

Date: 04/23/2012
Views: 1374
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IMG_6039

Cutting out the 2nd piece of MDF

Date: 04/23/2012
Views: 1593
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IMG_6047

Laminating it to the top piece

Date: 04/23/2012
Views: 1731
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IMG_6050

Ample coating of fiberglass resin on the back of the enclosure top

Date: 04/25/2012
Views: 1473
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IMG_6051

Making sure to fill in any gaps around the speaker terminal cup with plenty of resin

Date: 04/25/2012
Views: 1595
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IMG_6052

The Bose factory amplifier (removed from under the front passenger seat)

Date: 04/25/2012
Views: 1985
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IMG_6055

Taken apart

Date: 04/25/2012
Views: 1476
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IMG_6056

Soldering on the amp turn-on lead

Date: 04/25/2012
Views: 1713
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IMG_6058

Soldering on the rear left and right pre-amp leads

Date: 04/25/2012
Views: 1335
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IMG_6059

Amp back in the factory location before running the cables under the carpet

Date: 04/25/2012
Views: 1247
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IMG_6062

Soldering the speaker leads to the speaker terminal cup

Date: 04/26/2012
Views: 1335
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IMG_6064

Test-fitting the enclosure

Date: 04/26/2012
Views: 1275
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IMG_6067

Using general purpose caulk to tack the back of the enclosure to the face

Date: 04/26/2012
Views: 1493
IMG_6069

IMG_6069

Trimming back the excess caulk before applying fiberglass

Date: 04/28/2012
Views: 1688
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IMG_6071

Applying 2 layers of fiberglass mat to fix the back of the enclosure to the face

Date: 04/28/2012
Views: 1593
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IMG_6074

Prepping the enclosure for application of bondo-glass

Date: 04/28/2012
Views: 2250
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IMG_6077

Application of the bondo-glass to re-enforce the lip of the enclosure

Date: 04/28/2012
Views: 1828
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IMG_6081

Getting ready to apply fiberglass resin to the inside joint between the back and face

Date: 04/28/2012
Views: 1539
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IMG_6082

Getting ready to spray the back of the enclosure with bed-liner

Date: 04/28/2012
Views: 1740
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IMG_6084

Bed-liner sprayed onto the back of the enclosure. It adds some grip and looks better than the bare/rough glass

Date: 04/28/2012
Views: 1612
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IMG_6091

Leads coming off the factory Bose amp ran under the carpet under the passenger seat

Date: 04/30/2012
Views: 1675
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IMG_6094

Eclipse XA1000 mounted under the drivers side front seat with wires all ran under the carpet

Date: 04/30/2012
Views: 1962
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IMG_6095

Masking off the top of the enclosure for priming

Date: 04/30/2012
Views: 1819
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IMG_6097

Shooting the first coat of primer

Date: 04/30/2012
Views: 1937
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IMG_6099

Shooting 2nd coat of primer (black)

Date: 04/30/2012
Views: 1797
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IMG_6101

Removing the foam support from the carpet using a bread knife (worked really well)

Date: 04/30/2012
Views: 2098
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IMG_6103

Support removed with very little damage (can be put back on later)

Date: 04/30/2012
Views: 1736
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IMG_6104

You can see the glue on the underside of the carpet

Date: 04/30/2012
Views: 1994
IMG_6108

IMG_6108

About 10oz of poly-fill

Date: 05/01/2012
Views: 1723
IMG_6109

IMG_6109

The new Polk MM1040DVC Sub

Date: 05/01/2012
Views: 1979
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IMG_6115

Shot with textured paint with the Polk sub fitted. I had to route out an additional 3/16 of an inch all the way around as it's outer diameter was larger than a standard 10" sub's dimensions

Date: 05/02/2012
Views: 2163
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IMG_6116

Make-shift jig to reduce excess height from the Polk's plastic grill

Date: 05/03/2012
Views: 1893
IMG_6117

IMG_6117

Trimmed down ring

Date: 05/03/2012
Views: 1748
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IMG_6123

Finally installed where I can put my back carpet in

Date: 05/03/2012
Views: 1730
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IMG_6124

The grill looks nice, but adds considerable height

Date: 05/03/2012
Views: 1468
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IMG_5968

Carpet back in

Date: 04/15/2012
Views: 7380
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