After about 16 hours, spread over two days it is finally in.
Due to my undiagnosed obsessive/compulsive disorder I took no pictures. But the pictures in Luke's tutorial are very good. Much better than any I could have done.
I began collecting the pieces for the setup in Feb. Everything was stacked in my garage last week but I wanted to wait until I had a couple of days with no work to do the install.
I think it went pretty smoothly. I followed Luke's instructions pretty closely, although not in the same order.
Some observations that may help others:
Taking the seats out made it easier for me to run the cables.
Filing the edges of the cut holes helped reduce the number and severity of the cuts on my hands.
Hole saws are your friends. I used a 4 1/2" hole saw for the port tubes (pm me if you want to buy this), and a 1 1/2" hole saw for the corners of the triangles. A 1 1/4" hole saw would have been better. Luke's install guide makes reference to both sizes. Get the smaller one.
Any metal that was cut got sprayed wth a little primer for rust prevention.
For some reason upholstering the inside top of the trunk was more difficult than I thought it would be. Huffing some glue was fun though :D
Luke includes some things in the kit he sells that I bought or got from friends before opening the package. So, open the box and look inside before you make a trip to the hardware store.
So. The big question. Was it worth all the time, effort, and expense?
I've only gotten about three songs worth of listening time in, and so far I am impressed. What others have said is not hype. What little I've heard has been incredible.
Due to my undiagnosed obsessive/compulsive disorder I took no pictures. But the pictures in Luke's tutorial are very good. Much better than any I could have done.
I began collecting the pieces for the setup in Feb. Everything was stacked in my garage last week but I wanted to wait until I had a couple of days with no work to do the install.
I think it went pretty smoothly. I followed Luke's instructions pretty closely, although not in the same order.
Some observations that may help others:
Taking the seats out made it easier for me to run the cables.
Filing the edges of the cut holes helped reduce the number and severity of the cuts on my hands.
Hole saws are your friends. I used a 4 1/2" hole saw for the port tubes (pm me if you want to buy this), and a 1 1/2" hole saw for the corners of the triangles. A 1 1/4" hole saw would have been better. Luke's install guide makes reference to both sizes. Get the smaller one.
Any metal that was cut got sprayed wth a little primer for rust prevention.
For some reason upholstering the inside top of the trunk was more difficult than I thought it would be. Huffing some glue was fun though :D
Luke includes some things in the kit he sells that I bought or got from friends before opening the package. So, open the box and look inside before you make a trip to the hardware store.
So. The big question. Was it worth all the time, effort, and expense?
I've only gotten about three songs worth of listening time in, and so far I am impressed. What others have said is not hype. What little I've heard has been incredible.
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