Sound deadening, speaker upgrading

Its a little hard on the shoulders but not to rough. I had to do mine in stages as i ripped my roof skin from the cross members, Used a secret product and then deadener over that and its SO solid and quite

 

Yes, definitely did the roof and foamed the braces to strengthen the bond. Not sure if it's needed or recommended, but I feel better about it. The headliner came down pretty easily. Just be carful not to crease it or damage it trying to get it out of the door.

 

Nice work, and very rewarding

 

I'm going to be doing this in a month or perhaps less, so it's good to see a thread so detailed. If you don't mind, please post any tips or things you would have done differently for the rest of us.

 

The area around the front seat bolts are a bit of an issue for me. I only cut a small hole around the bolts so when the seat gets bolted down it squishes the FatMat and coats the bottom of the seat bracket with tar. Lately I've had my seats in and out several times and now have black tar on my carpet from the bottom of the seat brackets. I should have left a larger area clean/unmatted around the bolts.

I think that was about the only "problem" I ran into. The only thing to really pay attention to is where bolts and snaps need to be poked through the mat to attach interior parts.

 

Changed my mind on the box. I'm ditching the inside shell and just using the lid. I'm going to glass 2 squares of MDF into it for speaker mounting and just seal it to the truck. Airspace isn't the problem. It's just too tight for my liking.

 

Progress.

 

Test fitting.

 

I'm excited to see how this all turn out.

 

Definitely an interesting way of doing it, not sure i would have done it the same but nice to see others projects

 

More than 1 way to skin a cat

 

4 sure lol

 

Changed my mind again lol. Decided to seal it all together instead of fighting with it trying to seal the lid onto the truck and separate the two sides. I glassed in a divider and did some reshaping and sealed the lid to the bottom shell that I wasn't going to use. After a test fit to see if they would actually fit I decided to go ahead and use it. To be continued....

 

Wow I never thought of adding the subs UNDER the seat, only behind the seat. I'd like to see how it comes out and how you like the sound. My 2015 has the JBL sub and it's actually pretty good for stock so this upgrade might be the ticket. Great updates too, thanks for sharing!

 

Did you add all that eggcrate or is that in there already?

 

No that was in there already. I thought about taking it down and matting under it, but I wasn't sure how that would affect the way the headliner rests on it.

 

I wonder if a down firing box would be doable? I built one for my last truck and it sounded incredible!

 

I think it would be the same thing.

 

So after 2 failed attempts to utilize my fiberglass creations, I decided to just cut the damn lip on the front of the enclosure and use wood. I was trying to avoid cutting the truck up, but my fiberglass skills weren't making it easy.
Mi should have it up and running tomorrow.

 

Well it's up and running. I've got to figure something out for the carpet. I'm pushing about 1500watts RMS to the 4 of these which is probably a tad too much, but oh well. It's more bass than I really need/want, but at least I can turn it down if I need to. If I had to do it over again I'd do the subs under the seat and leave the rear alone.