50lb of stuff in a 5 lb bag? :) 11 Camaro - Arc , Illusion, Audiomobile, Mosconi

[Forte]

Is there any completed pictures? With the subs and everything installed?

[IBM/2SS/RS/LS3]

Originally Posted by lscamaro

With bing it's definitely worth the wait though

lol. He's worth the wait and had my deposit since May.

Originally Posted by Forte

Is there any completed pictures? With the subs and everything installed?

I missed part of the build

Originally Posted by simplicityinsound

so moving on to the finished trunk. again the goal was for 100 percent stock appearance, so here is the view with oem carpet in place, as yo can see, nothing at all visible:



here is what normally greets you when you remove the carpet, a piece of fiberboard cover is secured by a mounting cap that threads onto a stud, this secures the spare tire.

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in our version, it looks basically the same except the oem cover has been replaced with a vented one made from MDF and mesh and carpeted:





unscrew the cup, then you are ready to lift it off:



with the cover off, you see just how jam packed everything is under there. two audiomobile elite 2208s sit in a sealed enclosure trimmed by a decorative vinyl spacer with the chevy emblem and ridges, while three arc audio KS mini amps at upfront, mounted virtually the only way they can. a KS125.2 powers the tweeter, a KS125.4 is bridged on the midbass, and a 500.1 powers the subs. the entire well structure is carpted and goes around the battery, which has its own cover made out of mdf and carpet. it is not secured to the car with any bolts but is held down securely by the top cover.







the challenge for me was to some how wire this thing, everything was so tight and i had to find places for distribution blocks and all the wiring. took me a few hours but eventually i got it figured out. this is with the battery cover removed and you can see everthing laid out. not really meant to be pretty but basically functional and easy access. to remove the battery, you simply unhook the main power and ground cables from the battery, lift and pivot this top rack out of the way, which is held down by velcro (and also byt he top cover.







now lets get to some build pics of this contraption. Joey drew out the shape needed to go around the battery, and then began securing pieces of mdf top and bottom so it would sit in the well completely flat and uses all avaiable space:







next, the whole area was tapped off and plastic sheeting laid down and the fiberglassing begain:









after the well cured and was trimmed, boards matching the KS mini amps were made up and molded into the front part of the well, while the decorative trim spacer, with its layer of vinyl for raised effects was built and test fitted









the spacer was then vinyled:





next some final test fitting and trimming took place and this is the end result:







next the entire structure was removed from the vehicle, here you can see the various pieces of mdf that forms with the shape of the spare tire well and goes over the oem and aftermarklet wiring and hardware: the sides were blended smooth in the back from the stepped ridges of MDF:

[lscamaro]

Wow, that's gorgeous! I love the fact that you can't even tell you have an aftermarket system 90% of the time. How he got all that stuff into that small of a space is beyond me! The system is perfect!

[camarograna2]

Looks good

[IBM/2SS/RS/LS3]

Originally Posted by lscamaro

Wow, that's gorgeous! I love the fact that you can't even tell you have an aftermarket system 90% of the time. How he got all that stuff into that small of a space is beyond me! The system is perfect!

90% of the time? I even left the 6x9's lol. They said if anything was even a half inch bigger it wouldn't have worked.

[Forte]

Alright, this may be the most impressive system I have ever seen for a camaro. Absolutely fantastic work.

[IBM/2SS/RS/LS3]

Originally Posted by Forte

Alright, this may be the most impressive system I have ever seen for a camaro. Absolutely fantastic work.

[rebelyell22]

How much money are you looking at to do something like this?

[Rockhead]

That's craftsmanship at its finest .

[IBM/2SS/RS/LS3]

Originally Posted by rebelyell22

How much money are you looking at to do something like this?

$3k equip and $2k for labor

[stt816]

that looks great! one thing, you couldnt make the chevy logo slanted on the sides like the real chevy logo?

[IBM/2SS/RS/LS3]

Originally Posted by stt816

that looks great! one thing, you couldnt make the chevy logo slanted on the sides like the real chevy logo?

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[stt816]

Originally Posted by IBM/2SS/RS/LS3

?????

not that, the box it is situated in

[stt816]

this