Finally getting somewhere on my speaker box build

[EfiniMotorsport]

I started working out my ideas for the speaker box I'm building for my 04 Denali. Nothing crazy just a single 12". The box itself fits behind the driver side rear panel kind of like the 02-03 trucks. My box takes up most of the room in the cavity though and the face of the speaker box is actually the stock panel. I filled all the holes and glassed it over. I also glassed the box itself. Next step is to get them lines up and fiberglass them together. I forgot to take a pic with the speaker actually in the box as I cut the hole today. Here is what the two pieces look like before I cut the speaker hole. Yes I know it started to delaminate. Once both pieces are together I'm going to grind down the top layer and redo it.

 

[EfiniMotorsport]

Here's with the speaker

 

[BigDaddy13440]

Have done the same thing in a few of my vehicles, as I'm a General Contractor, and can't afford to give up space. My '88 S-10 Blazer, '90 Suburban, '96 Tahoe, '01 Suburban, and now my '04 Yukon XL. Here's a few of my XL:

 

[BigDaddy13440]

Few more

 

[BigDaddy13440]

Also did a center console for a pair of 10's for lower midbass (60-100hz).

 

[BigDaddy13440]

and more.
Console is now carpeted, two tones of gray. Lower portion (base) still needs to be finished, will be doing some black vinyl. Also have some blue LEDs to put in the base, have light come from the "port" holes.

I know that the way i have it built, I'm effectively making a 4th order enclosure for my midbass. Assuming the sealed (front) enclosure is about .65 cu ft net, and the base is roughly 1.2 cu ft, I'm using (10) 2" ports @ 1 1/2" long..... it's probably tuned to something like 600hz.

 

[EfiniMotorsport]

Those look pretty good. I'm trying to keep the rear box as stock as possible which is why I'm using the stock panel for the face. At some point I'm going to redo the sub in the console too. The rest of my speakers are starting to go so if I have to swap them out I might as well do everything else. a 10" in the front and a 12" in the rear should be plenty of bass for me.
I'll have some more pics tomorrow. I finished fiberglasing it today and am going to sand it tomorrow

 

[swathdiver]

Nice work fellas! Fun with wood!

 

[EfiniMotorsport]

Finally got the box sanded down (mostly) and test fit it. Holy crap it's loud even with a crappy amp. best of all no rattling inside or out of the truck. I've still got more sanding to do and need to figure out how to get the stock looking texture into the paint. Anyone have any ideas?

 

[Tonyrodz]

Finally got the box sanded down (mostly) and test fit it. Holy crap it's loud even with a crappy amp. best of all no rattling inside or out of the truck. I've still got more sanding to do and need to figure out how to get the stock looking texture into the paint. Anyone have any ideas?View attachment 212993

That came out really good.

 

[NathanJax]

need to figure out how to get the stock looking texture into the paint. Anyone have any ideas?

SEM texture paint

 

[EfiniMotorsport]

I'm pretty happy with it. It's loud but even turned up you can still have a conversation in the front without yelling (too loudly anyway). You can feel it as much as you can hear it.

 

[EfiniMotorsport]

Here it is after paint and adding the grille. I ended up using spray bed liner to give the box some texture then SEM paint over the top to match the color. I'm damn happy with how it came out.

 

[adriver]

That looks fantastic. Now go vacuum that carpet.

 

[RockTheHouse]

Looking good! OP, is that a standard Yukon or the XL? Looking to do something similar myself and if that's the standard I may try something similar. I'm having a custom box made myself, though it isn't all that size, but it looks very clean and stock-looking, which is what I like.

 

[EfiniMotorsport]

that carpet is there to get dirty. It covers the wood floor in the cargo area. It is a standard Denali and the reason the box looks stock is because it is. The front panel of the box is the original interior panel. I cut out all the opening and filled them then fiberglassed the whole thing. The box itself is behind it and was made to fit around the fuel fill, the inner wheel well and everything else behind it so it can be as large as possible.

 

[Tonyrodz]

Came out super nice.

 

[05Single]

Nice work! How about a write up on how you did that wood floor ?

 

[CJ Rodarme]

That’s amazing. I wasn’t a fan of those until now. Great work

 

[89Suburban]

Looks great man nice work!