Aluminum amp rack?
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Topic: Aluminum amp rack?
Posted By: carguy411
Subject: Aluminum amp rack?
Date Posted: July 23, 2002 at 12:25 AM
im putting a jl audio 500x1 in the side compartment of a 2002 C320. i want to make an aluminum rack out of angled aluminum and mount that to the car and the amp rack to this to give it a floating apeerance. i was going to rivit the rack together and bolt it to the floor of the car. does anyone have any suggestions or ideas on how to do this the best possible way and to make it strong enogh thanks let me know
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Posted By: TonsOFunCustoms
Date Posted: July 23, 2002 at 1:26 AM
make sure ya pop enough rivits in there... and brace the rack ... i dont know how you are gonna float it... i am making one for a MX6 right now out of just wood... and i have 4 braces on it for it to sit properly... just trial and error is all i can suggest... good luck... i would like some pics of the finished project
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Tons O Fun Customs
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Posted By: Velocity Motors
Date Posted: July 23, 2002 at 8:51 PM
If you have access to a mig welder , you should use that because the amount of bass going through the trunk will be alot and screws, bolts and rivots tend to shake loose after sometime. If you don't have access to one then rivots would be my second choice. ------------- Jeff
Velocity Custom Home Theater
Mobile Audio/Video Specialist
Morden, Manitoba CANADA
Posted By: Samantha
Date Posted: July 24, 2002 at 7:24 AM
You might want to try going to a exhaust fitter. I've done installs with floating amps before and I went to an exhaust fitter and got them to make up some brackets and stuff for me. He welded it all and it looked pretty neat.
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Sam
Posted By: orion157
Date Posted: July 24, 2002 at 10:59 AM
By chance do you have a link to a picture of a floating amp installed? I've never actually seen one myself......
Posted By: carguy411
Date Posted: July 26, 2002 at 5:08 PM
i was thinking of putting 2 rivets in each connection and maybe a drop or two of some kinda of glue just to give it a little more strength. im also going to run a few braces threw it too. i dont have a mig welder and i figure that it will hold the waite considering the JL Audio amps arent that heavy.any other suggestions let me know thanks
Posted By: carguy411
Date Posted: July 27, 2002 at 5:09 PM
oly other question i had is what is the best way to get a clean smooth cut. i dont have a me tal chop saw or a plasma cutter, but i have a cicular saw and dremels and things like that. a metal cutting blade on a circular saw is that a good way? let me know. thanks
Posted By: carguy411
Date Posted: July 29, 2002 at 11:02 AM
also what type of glue can i use just to give the connections some added strenght
Posted By: speekafreak
Date Posted: July 30, 2002 at 3:28 AM
Posted By: orion157
Date Posted: August 01, 2002 at 12:05 AM
Sweat setup there and I see what is meant by floating now... 
Posted By: Scotts1
Date Posted: August 01, 2002 at 12:08 AM
I read somewhere that you should not mount amps directly to metal/chassis of the car.....If you need to do this use rubber mounts/grommets/washers to mount between the amp and rack.
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-Alpine CDA-7892 HU
-Lanzar 750s EQ
-Audio Control line driver
-Rockford 500X
-Rockford 500.2
-Alpine SPR-176a Component's
-Kicker 12vr4 Subs (2)
-Lightning Audio wiring
Posted By: Scotts1
Date Posted: August 01, 2002 at 12:09 AM
I read somewhere that you should not mount amps directly to metal frame/chassis of the car. If you need to mount amps this way use rubber grommets/washers/etc between the amp and rack. https://members.cardomain.com/scotts1 ------------- -Alpine CDA-7892 HU
-Lanzar 750s EQ
-Audio Control line driver
-Rockford 500X
-Rockford 500.2
-Alpine SPR-176a Component's
-Kicker 12vr4 Subs (2)
-Lightning Audio wiring
Posted By: speekafreak
Date Posted: August 01, 2002 at 1:06 AM
The only reason I know why you wouldn't mount it directly to the chassis is because of vibration. Just like you shouldn't mount your amp to your box (alot of people do). The vibration will shake the solder joints loose in your amp causing multiple loose connections. I would probably mount an amp to the chassis before I would a box.
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