the ones that were 5.5" deep are the 6.5" mid's in the RE audio XXX comp set. those look like 2nd gens to me. the first gens were smaller, but their beastly hungry drivers, incredibly inefficient.

 

Me or the O.P. mine our 6.5 RE Audio XXX

 

i actualy like how that looks. it doesnt look out of place to me. i do like those speakers too, i have been wanting some.. i look forward to your 300s build!

 

good lord are those thinsg beefy. i think RE discontinued the line, or have haulted production for a bit.

 

some changes..well lot of changes. ive changed my amp plans, possibly even processor plans. I've picked up an alpine H701 and RUX unit on a trade from Todd Luliak, who came first in his class in meca, 2nd over all best score this year in the entire country, or at least out of the people who made it this year. his score i bleiev was a 85.6, which at finals...you'r talking about a 5-10 pnt cut off from normal scores. and the scores go to 100. so an 85 is like a ****ing B, and he avg's A's!

anyways, here are the changes..i think their quite shocking at first, but if you look through things, the gear is chosen very well. these ZED amps do 200 watts rms x6 and 1killiwat x1 powering the 2 18" FI IB subs i just bought from a member. I'm switching decks to the alpine because it intergrates with the 701 and the 800 processor. i sitll might go with the RF though, we'll see how things turn out.



anyways, some eye candy..i did some house cleaning, dug everything up lol if you look real hard in the 2nd picture, theirs a 701 in the corner their not flashy lol, not ment to be. pure awesomness right thier sadly, like stated. its got a contact issue i found, but the seller had multiple units and is helping me out by just replacing it, rather than me waitingf or it to break or him fixing it, he's simply replacing it and fixing it for his back up. from what i'm told, this is the 701 that Mic ran this summer to finals, so i'm sure it got it's use, i cna't even imagine the kind of tuning time a man like him puts in.





'by the way, these amps are for sale of course since i've changed plans to go with ZED amps. if you are interested in anything, including rings being made, i can make ya some i have pieces of mdf laying around. i also have plenty of 4 gauge wire, it's not really as heavy as the stuff i'm used to using so i don't even know if i'll use the spools they seem cheaky to me but if somebody needs any i'll be glad to sell some by the foot, gatta fund these ZED amps

 

what are those subs compared to the BTLs

 

their the IB models. they run ONLY in IB, and they can take about 500 watts each side rms, which is allot for IB subs. they are gonna hit so hard, and gonna hit so clean. i can't wait to disimpact my bowels I picked up a set over at diyma.com for 400$ they retail about 210$ a piece new + SHIPPING, i got them 420$ shipped. that's a DAMN good price, that's more like 540$ direct, the ones i got are BNIB the guy just coudln't fit them. i am so excited to get them, they'll be my next speakers to go in. my next move will be the deck swap, i have a buyer looking to buy my pioneer, and I have the alpine H701, i'll be pulling out my MS-8 next weekend. i'm also getting that alarm you see in the corner installed, theirs also a bypass kit in their somwhere too.

 

progress! i got home from work earlier than planned, was puting stuff in the car when i had the realizationt hat the sun was out and it was pretty warm, so i took off the one door panel i had preped for the fiberglass back plate, and i preped it with painters tape and plastic.









as you can imagine, even in the open air, resin is strong, so i'm about as high as a kite right now XD haha and my nose burns >_< ugh. alright well, thats the update. its drying right now, i came on to check some private messages, some of my gear is starting to move, the ZED amp order should be going in soon, at the very least at least for one of them, not sure which one yet.


OH, also the ms-8 sold, it's coming out today, and the new h700 came in earlier in the week, i haven't tested it yet, but my seller did, and he's reputable good standing man.

 

some more progress, that panel above is now dry, it went well, i didnt attempt to lift, it was still pretty soft. i just cut out the hole in the middle and tucked it away for the night

I started preping the 2nd door panel, and did some tweaking to the baffles because they were conflicting with the mounting points of the door panel.



this time, i didn't take so damn much off so i woudln't have so little to grab into for the grill mount





found this on my driver side! i must of broke it while mounting them the other weekend, i think i mounted them last weekend was it? not sure if it's been like this all week, doesn't appear to of torn the cone even though the terminal was just flatling about. should be a relatively easy fix, just need a new terminal board to afix the terminals to.



the first door panel dry


here's the baffles drying after a good spray to reseal them, not gonan re resin the cut parts, the spray should be enough to seal them in the small areas i cut.

 

alright, just finished pulling off the pods, trimming and have them bondoing now.

this is what it looked like this morning after removing the plastic and excess tape.


first trim -



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showing how the curves follow the pocket, to avoid modding the pocket - the X's mark the mounting point's that I believe i'll use.




and, bondoing it for strength to get the final shape set in stone. you can see one of the baffles in the back ground, they dried up nice, i'll hopefully be getting those back in my car today, don't wanna run around with out mids in my doors for to long :P kind of annoying.


some thoughts -

well, this is a decent outcome, i expected it to be slightly easier, but everything still worked out decently, the tape was a real pain, I wanted to tinfoil it, but I wanted the tight curves, i wanted to make sure it sat up agaisnt it as tight as possible. It's looking good though, i am gonna probobly get the other one started today, maybe make the rings, doubt i'll get any mock up in, i don't have to much time today, i have to work on school work still. talked to scott, his L4 grills are ready, but he told me the L8 grills are 4 weeks +, - a few days, so that' put's a real hault in my program but we will persaver! also out of bondo, gonna do a supply run today, also finily investing in my own dremel, my cousin took his back after i finished my A pillars, so i need one of my own. I have that little cordless one, but it's pretty useless for this kind of stuff.