Focal, Mosconi, Illusion and Helix build

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Today’s progress. Glued and screwed enclosure that bolts down inside using the oem spare tire mount. T-nuts for the sub. Amp rack is welded up and everything fits like I wanted.

 

[Bryantbjb]

Awesome.

 

[ferneyhough]

Today’s progress. Glued and screwed enclosure that bolts down inside using the oem spare tire mount. T-nuts for the sub. Amp rack is welded up and everything fits like I wanted. View attachment 7387 View attachment 7388 View attachment 7389 View attachment 7390

Looking good so far

 

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1st trim panel complete. The amps will be flipped and all wiring will run straight into the oem trim panel behind them. Virtually no wires will be seen. This panel is held in place with neo magnets. The final trim panel will be press fit where the factory piece goes. I’ll order new Mosconi badges so I can flip them the right way.

 

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Final trim panel…waiting for the mesh to flush into the top before I cover it.

 

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Got the tweeters ready today. I wanted to add caps for back-up protection…didn’t even have to figure it out myself…looked up the formula on Google and found a video a guy made using these exact TKMX tweeters…so I copied. They’re 15uF 100V Electrolytic Non-Polarized Crossover Capacitor’s.
And forgive the soldering…I may touch that iron twice a decade. I’ll add some Tessa tape to keep them from rattling around later

 

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New battery on the way. XS Power D4800. Tomorrow I’ll wrap all the panels and finally have a look at “finished product”. Sunday I start pulling wires.

 

[zdubyadubya]

Did you consider Li-ion at all? Seems to be the new hotness for people looking for more power...

 

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Did you consider Li-ion at all? Seems to be the new hotness for people looking for more power...

Nah…XS Power takes care of me.

 

[Cdubya]

If it will fit, I'd replace that electrolytic with a polypropylene.
https://www.parts-express.com/Dayton-Audio-DMPC-15-15uF-250V-Polypropylene-Capacitor-027-432

 

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I didn’t want polypropylene.

 

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Today’s progress. Put carpet on the top of the enclosure only just to decouple the trim panels a bit. The magnets still hold them just fine. Got the enclosure bolted in using the oem hole for the Jack and spare but it wasn’t solid enough for my liking so I went through the floor pan with another 1/2” bolt and now it’s not moving. There’s 1/8” CCF on the bottom of the enclosure to decouple from the floor.


The Amp rack is bolted in, trim panels all covered and fit including the new floor panel. The amps are just sitting in place right now…I’m about to mark the oem trim piece in front of them and drill the holes for the wiring to pass through then that’s it for today. Tomorrow I’ll pull the main 0 gauge power run and pull the speaker wire to both front doors.

 

[singingwhodat]

Today’s progress. Put carpet on the top of the enclosure only just to decouple the trim panels a bit. The magnets still hold them just fine. Got the enclosure bolted in using the oem hole for the Jack and spare but it wasn’t solid enough for my liking so I went through the floor pan with another 1/2” bolt and now it’s not moving. There’s 1/8” CCF on the bottom of the enclosure to decouple from the floor.
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The Amp rack is bolted in, trim panels all covered and fit including the new floor panel. The amps are just sitting in place right now…I’m about to mark the oem trim piece in front of them and drill the holes for the wiring to pass through then that’s it for today. Tomorrow I’ll pull the main 0 gauge power run and pull the speaker wire to both front doors.
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That looks amazing! You could retire early if you would sell plug and play packages.


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Oem trim panel drilled and snap grommets in place for the wiring. I’ll add some butyl around the back of those so they don’t make any noise.

 

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That looks amazing! You could retire early if you would sell plug and play packages.


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I don’t think many people would be interested when they saw the cost. lol

 

[TMac]

What kind of snap grommets are those? Did you punch out the holes in the trim or drill them?

 

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What kind of snap grommets are those? Did you punch out the holes in the trim or drill them?

Just normal plastic snap in grommets. I drilled them with a step bit.

 

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Running cables today. Fitting 0ga power and three runs of 12ga speaker wire was a little tight on the passenger side but everything fit inside the OEM channels and under the 3rd row seat to aim at the amp rack.

 

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I forgot the ground. It’s a unibody car so I went straight through the floor pan. Ground the paint off on both sides, star washer under the lug and bolted in tight with a 10mm bolt and nylock nut with fender washers on the bottom side and sealed after with silicone.

 

[Bryantbjb]

Looking awesome.