95 Chevy Z71

one more SS75.2 and a fiberglass bow coming soon.

here are some pictures of my new setup, not completely done yet, still need a cover board to hide all the wires and a board to make the speakers look like they are flush mounted.

Thanks,   I will post more pics when i am done, Im not sure yet if i am going to put carpet or or paint the box, im thinking about painting it and putting some crazy artwork on it, and since the only sides you can see are the top and the front I dont see any reason to paint the whole box.   

The reason for the tach is that i have a built 350 with a little over 400hp and it revs to almost 8000 rpms and I like to keep close tabs on what the engine is doing and the stock tach does not go that high. I have a lot of other gauges in the truck that you just cant see in the pictures.   

i am an idiot wrote:

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You got the front end fixed up nice after the accident.
Accident

Looks good keep us posted as you get it completed.

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How do you know if the truck has been in an accident?  yes it has been in a few accidents,  just curious on how you know.

I did not know the truck was in an accident. It just looks a lot like a truck on Youtube that somebody drove into a telephone pole. It appears as though youtube links as well as fleabay links do not work here.

youtube.com and search idiot truck telephone pole    It looks a lot like your truck. Different year same color big tires etc.

i am an idiot wrote:

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I did not know the truck was in an accident. It just looks a lot like a truck on Youtube that somebody drove into a telephone pole. It appears as though youtube links as well as fleabay links do not work here.

youtube.com and search idiot truck telephone pole    It looks a lot like your truck. Different year same color big tires etc.

 

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Ha ha  yes I have seen that video, it would have taken a whole liquer store full of alcohol to get drunk enough to do something that stupid to my truck.

Here are some pics of the finished box without the carpet, im trying to find carpet that matches the truck carpet, was also thinking about red or black if i cant find the grey. let me know what yall think, im taking sugestions.

Im not to worried about getting the edges perfectly smooth sense they will be wraped in carpet and you won't be able to see them.

and it sounds awsome, the rear window and the roof flex in and out about 1 inch.  I will shoot some video and post it as soon as i find a better camera.

runtz52 wrote:

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alright let me know when u get that video up let me know u can see my setup on youtube on the runtz52 channel

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Im going to try and get a video up sometime this week. I did check out your ride, it sounds good, is that one L7 all you have or is there another one that i didnt see?  that thing hits pretty hard for just one 12 inch sub,

runtz52 wrote:

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u mustve watched my older vid then i have newer ones up and in those i have 2 12" L5's in a 7.5 cu. ft. box, prolly bout the size of urs, and yea that setup bangs. my rearview mirror fell off, my blinker and shifter lever bounce up and down its ridiculous. i havent had it metered yet but im hopin for high 130's to low 140's.

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I saw the new setup, must have missed it the first time i looked. it looks and sounds good, is it just one big box or does each sub have its own airspace?  My box is accually a little over 12 cubic feet, but once you subtract the space taken up by the port and the sub it comes out to about 5.5 cubic feet per sub.

rushman2112 wrote:

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Good job on the newer latest set up. Looks good. I admire your attention to the detail of all the wiring that wont even be seen but you know its there. You said somthing about finding carpet......Just about every Auto Zone , Orieleys and even Wal-Mart Has 3 X 6 foot rollls of grey carpet in the automotive section. I think some places call it Trunk liner. Sells for about 12 - 14 bucks or so. Should match up pretty close to your interior. Keep posting.

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thanks rushman, I looked at wal-mart but the one near me didnt  have anything, I havent looked at any of the auto part stores yet but i will check them out his weekend, home depot had some that matched perfecly but it was a little more than i wanted to spend. I have found some red and also black carpet at a fabric store bt im not sure what they would look like and I dont want to waist the money if it doesnt look good.

I saw the new setup, must have missed it the first time i looked. it looks and sounds good, is it just one big box or does each sub have its own airspace? My box is accually a little over 12 cubic feet, but once you subtract the space taken up by the port and the sub it comes out to about 5.5 cubic feet per sub.

bumpinexploder wrote:

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hey bev. how do your cvrs sound having 5.5 cubes each? i have 4 and they have 3.6 each and some people hate and say thats too big. lol. just wondering if they hit the highs well as the lows. box looks great man. good work.

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I think they sound pretty good, the sound quality is not the best but the bass is ridiculous, they dont hit the highs much but the lows are really good. my subs are 15's so the 5.5 cubic feet is only .5 cubic feet more than kicker recommends for a ported box. im not an expert but i dont think your box is to big, your going to lose a little sound quality but as long as you like the way it sound then who gives a doodie what other people think. 

theetimurban wrote:

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If you fix that roof flex you can gain a few decibels. Even just taking aluminum and bending it to the curve of your roof, making "ribs", and gluing the ribs to the roof will prevent flex, plus the ancillary gain of SPL.

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im going to be taking it to a body shop hopefully pretty soon to have some dents fixed and get some new paint. i was thinking of having them reinforce the roof and the side panels since they are going to put a new head liner it it anyway, hopefully that will get rid of most of the raddiling.

Thanks for all of the comments guys, but im sorry to say I sold that truck , I didnt want to but I got a great deal on an 2008 silverado that I just couldnt pass up. I loved that truck, I miss it and the system, but with gas prices these days and that truck only getting about 5 miles per gallon if im lucky I just had to do it.

As far as the system goes, it was crazy, the sound quality wasnt much to brag about but the bass was nuts, it was actually cracking my front windshield. its to bad that box doesnt fit it the new truck but im going to build a new box for it to under the back seat, I dont want to take the back seat out of the new truck. and if you wondering how those 15's are going to fit under the back seat  well there not i am going to get two 12's.

I will post pics of the new truck soon.