This is my first build-up of any kind of box
I have some fatmat on order to put on the quarter panel.

 

Looks like you know what you're doing. I doubt I could make something like that.

 

If you have the required tools to do so and know basic math then you could easily do it. All you really need to know is how to get the volume of the box and that's it. It is all really basic stuff.

 

Update: Got a few things done today.

FatMat'd the space


Mounted one of the rear tweeters


Painted the box


Box mounted in the space


I am currently letting the second coat of paint dry on the box and am almost tempted to either paint it with the black stone/speckle paint or carpet it which I don't want to do but it may look better against the panel. If the weather holds off I will be doing more tomorrow so stay tuned

 

how heavy is that fat mat stuff?

 

That is a good question. I just checked the box and the 25 sq ft that I ordered weighs 8lbs. So, there are 5 sheets in the pack and that's about 1.6lbs per sheet

 

less then 2 lbs for a sheet.. thats not bad at all

 

Mind you though, the stuff isn't very thick. I'd say it's between 1/16 and an 1/8 of an inch.

 

aw man! this is coming along great. i need a sub box just like that. i like the little box for the right rear midrange. good job, man!

hold it now. amp on the back seat? you don't need the ability to fold flat? i do...that's my hangup. i'm considering putting the amp overhead just to preserve this function.

still, looking good so far man.

if you have spare scraps of the fat mat, stick it all over the plastic factory boxes on your front speakers. give that plastic a little more structural integrity.

 

Yes, 2 amps on the back seat. I will still have the ability to fold them completely down, as I will wire the amps with the seat backs in the up position. I've played with numerous amp positions and this seems to be the best place to put them. I wanted them under the front seats but they don't fit very well.

I have tons of FatMat left and am going to use it in other places but not sure where.

Thanks for the comments.

 

Today I focused on getting the navigation unit installed so I could wire the amps.

 

More updates: Today I started to add my additional set of components in the front doors.

First, I trimmed some metal and laid FatMat


Then I fitted the speaker and the trimmed pocket


After that I mounted the crossover


Then wired the crossover to the speaker and the tweeter


Test fitted the pocket


Reinstalled the door panel


Then I mounted the tweeter


More to come tomorrow. Now that I know what approach I am going to take as far as mounting the speakers and tweeters and how to wire them, I should finish much quicker and hopefully get to mounting the amps and wiring them for the most part.

 

Today was pretty productive. I finished the install of the components on the other door and routed the wires. I also started on a new box. I didn't like the way the other one fit so I built a different one.

Here is the other door and components


Here is the new box being test fitted behind the panel. I had to trim the panel about 1/4" all the way around but the box fits nice and snug down in there


Let me know what you think. I should be finished up by next weekend.

 

Very nice work. Any updates. You've got me wanting to finish my system. Take a look at ArcAudio's MINI series amps. You can fit them under the seats. Keep up the good work.

 

Thank you for the comments. As far as updates, I've run the amp wiring and mounted the amps, put both rear speakers and tweeters in, got the sub box painted and sub mounted in. I plan on finishing the wiring and hoping everything works by this weekend. I love Arc Audio but am sort of a brand wh*re when it comes to matching audio equipment. Plus, the Clarion amps matched the wattage I need very closely.

Stay posted.

 

I am subscribing to this thread...that setup is looking great!

 

Thank you. So far I'm pretty satisfied with the way things are turning out. I should have this completed this weekend.

 

Well, my hard work has finally paid off and I can now officially call this a wrap. I woke up early today (about 4pm, I work late nights) to finish some wiring issues I had, finished them up, turned the key and voila, everything works. Now I just have to fine tune the amps, put panels all the way back on, clean out the 4Runner and enjoy.

Here is some pics. I'll post more when I have the Runner cleaned up so you can see the final install.

Enjoy

Here is the sub mounted in the box I built


Just some amp and wiring shots

 

Finally got the back all cleaned up. Here are some final pics



My panel trimming wasn't very straight

 

well you could get some of that rubber stuff thats used around the doors and put it around the edge of the panel and it would give it that pro look, idk where you would get rubber lining like tho. but all in all its a very nice system!