Rocket Man's 2008 Bagged CC Silverado Build AKA "THE MACHINE"

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I’ll probably get a steamer. Any idea what kind I should get?
I have heard you can use a clothes steamer but I have not confirmed. When doing the vinyl in Caddy I am just going to try the one my wife bought for clothes.
Where’d you buy those? They don’t look like the regular all black ones.
Katzkin gave them to me for being such a nice feller. They had red stitching and red in the perforated holes.
 
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I have heard you can use a clothes steamer but I have not confirmed. When doing the vinyl in Caddy I am just going to try the one my wife bought for clothes.

Katzkin gave them to me for being such a nice feller. They had red stitching and red in the perforated holes.
Were you wearing knee pads when you were being such a “nice feller” ? Hahaha lmao. ;)
 
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Bet you could sell your old oem seat covers--just to recoup a little $$.
Oh hell yeah, they’re not very worn. Truck only has 60k on it. I figure $300 easy. I already have a buyer for the LT dash for $400, just waiting for his funds to replenish, and I could have sold the tan Tahoe dash for $100 the first day I put it on FB marketplace yesterday but I’m waiting for a bit more but I did only pay $150 for the entire dash with everything included. I figure if I sell most of the stuff I’m taking off this entire upgrade won’t cost too much.
 
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LKQ called and said the first console failed QC, as well as another one. Then they called later and said a third one passed and will be here a week from tomorrow. The Katzkins are shipping today. Just waiting for info on when the carpet ships.
 

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Oh hell yeah, they’re not very worn. Truck only has 60k on it. I figure $300 easy. I already have a buyer for the LT dash for $400, just waiting for his funds to replenish, and I could have sold the tan Tahoe dash for $100 the first day I put it on FB marketplace yesterday but I’m waiting for a bit more but I did only pay $150 for the entire dash with everything included. I figure if I sell most of the stuff I’m taking off this entire upgrade won’t cost too much.
Funny--someone just emailed me asking if I had a ds in black leather--which I don't.
 
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OC Carpets just let me know it shipped today, should be here in 5 business days. Got started with the removal. I’m cleaning and applying Leather Refinish Color Restorer and then taking good pics before I remove the covers so when I advertise them for sale they will look their best.

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OC Carpets just let me know it shipped today, should be here in 5 business days. Got started with the removal. I’m cleaning and applying Leather Refinish Color Restorer and then taking good pics before I remove the covers so when I advertise them for sale they will look their best.

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Hoping you found some change instead of old french fries.
 
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Hoping you found some change instead of old french fries.
Just fries. Today I started figuring out how much to budget for the sub. Of course its more than I thought, everything is. I'm going to go with a pre-made box that fits inside the console and the Ebay seller I'm looking at has great reviews and there were a couple members here who used this box with good results. I could make one but figuring out all the dimensions and then all the trial and error is more than I want to do. As far as the amp and sub, I'm going with what worked in The Beast- with a bit of change on the amp. I used a Soundstream Picasso Nano 1.450D 450 watts RMS into 4 ohms but now I can buy its bigger bro, the 1.650D 650 watts RMS into 4 ohms for less. I might swap the amps out and put the bigger one in The Beast since that sub is way in the back and this one will be right next to me. For the sub, it's going to be the same, JL Audio 10W1V3-4. It fits the enclosure specifications almost perfect. The box is $150, amp is $100, sub is $180 for a total of $430.

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Just fries. Today I started figuring out how much to budget for the sub. Of course its more than I thought, everything is. I'm going to go with a pre-made box that fits inside the console and the Ebay seller I'm looking at has great reviews and there were a couple members here who used this box with good results. I could make one but figuring out all the dimensions and then all the trial and error is more than I want to do. As far as the amp and sub, I'm going with what worked in The Beast- with a bit of change on the amp. I used a Soundstream Picasso Nano 1.450D 450 watts RMS into 4 ohms but now I can buy its bigger bro, the 1.650D 650 watts RMS into 4 ohms for less. I might swap the amps out and put the bigger one in The Beast since that sub is way in the back and this one will be right next to me. For the sub, it's going to be the same, JL Audio 10W1V3-4. It fits the enclosure specifications almost perfect. The box is $150, amp is $100, sub is $180 for a total of $430.

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I assume you are talking about Rodney's boxes. He is the one I bought my box from that is between the buckets of the second row.

I wonder how much extra space you have under the console since you don't have the factory Bose amp taking up space under there?

I was just thinking, if you needed/wanted some extra air space in the enclosure, that Rodney could probably accommodate you as he is pretty easy to deal with.

It sounds like you already have the air space you need for the sub you chose though.

Just thinking out loud so to speak.
 

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I don't know if you'd wanna geek out on it, but I'd get the volume of that enclosure and add a tuned port before installing it if the numbers all worked out. Get more bang for the buck with less power. I have a 5" sub in my work van (Transit 250) in a 1/2" plywood box with a slot port tuned to 45Hz on about 120 watts from a cheap Power Acoustik (turned way down, of course). It fills the cabin nicely, rattles my radar detector on the windshield, vibes the passenger seat cushion and even gently pats your chest on a fairly wide range of notes.

The driver is from a passive subwoofer from a cheap Sony home theater setup. I found it in the parking lot one night at Petco. My guess is someone took it out of their trunk to carry a large bag of food or kennel or something and left it. The sub looked pretty decent with a nice magnet, neoprene surround and lots of excursion, so I pulled it and trashed the thin particle board cube.
 
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I assume you are talking about Rodney's boxes. He is the one I bought my box from that is between the buckets of the second row.

I wonder how much extra space you have under the console since you don't have the factory Bose amp taking up space under there?

I was just thinking, if you needed/wanted some extra air space in the enclosure, that Rodney could probably accommodate you as he is pretty easy to deal with.

It sounds like you already have the air space you need for the sub you chose though.

Just thinking out loud so to speak.
Yes, Rodneys boxes. Thanks to you I went back and saw in his listing that he offers to match the box to the sub or change carpet color. I just messaged him to see if he can match it exactly to the sub. Of course I mentioned his box will be in my build thread here. JL does suggest .55 cu ft and his box is the same as my MTX Thunderform in the Denali, .48. The JL hits real hard in the Thunderform and shakes The Beast pretty good so I’m sure it will perform real good in his box too but it doesn’t hurt to ask.
 
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I don't know if you'd wanna geek out on it, but I'd get the volume of that enclosure and add a tuned port before installing it if the numbers all worked out. Get more bang for the buck with less power. I have a 5" sub in my work van (Transit 250) in a 1/2" plywood box with a slot port tuned to 45Hz on about 120 watts from a cheap Power Acoustik (turned way down, of course). It fills the cabin nicely, rattles my radar detector on the windshield, vibes the passenger seat cushion and even gently pats your chest on a fairly wide range of notes.

The driver is from a passive subwoofer from a cheap Sony home theater setup. I found it in the parking lot one night at Petco. My guess is someone took it out of their trunk to carry a large bag of food or kennel or something and left it. The sub looked pretty decent with a nice magnet, neoprene surround and lots of excursion, so I pulled it and trashed the thin particle board cube.
That’s ok, I’ll go with what I know works for me. I want a 10” JL and some power. I’ve built boxes with tuned ports before but in order to get a box this small to work ported isn’t in my plans, I would end up with a small sub and even though I might get ok results I don’t think it would be what I want. I want something I know is a sure thing. If I had more room I’d go ported but this must be stealth, inside the console. And ***** already ordered, I’m past the age of waiting for things lol.
 
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I have started on rear the seats as far as disassembly goes. They’re pretty simple and a good design. I just had to remove a few plastic trim pieces from the bottom areas by the hinges, pop off a few plastic trees, unzip some Velcro or zippers and the foam with covers attached just slid off the frame. The covers are attached to the foam with Velcro at the inside creases. Easy.

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Yes, Rodneys boxes. Thanks to you I went back and saw in his listing that he offers to match the box to the sub or change carpet color. I just messaged him to see if he can match it exactly to the sub. Of course I mentioned his box will be in my build thread here. JL does suggest .55 cu ft and his box is the same as my MTX Thunderform in the Denali, .48. The JL hits real hard in the Thunderform and shakes The Beast pretty good so I’m sure it will perform real good in his box too but it doesn’t hurt to ask.

He seems like a good guy. He modified mine to fit the Burb. It worked out good for both of us because prior to mine he only had the specs to build one to fit the floor of a Tahoe.

He even gave me a discount for doing the leg work of measuring the stuff for him.

I'm certain he can accommodate your requests.
 
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He seems like a good guy. He modified mine to fit the Burb. It worked out good for both of us because prior to mine he only had the specs to build one to fit the floor of a Tahoe.

He even gave me a discount for doing the leg work of measuring the stuff for him.

I'm certain he can accommodate your requests.
Well he just got back to me and his box doesn’t occupy the space where the Bose amp resides. But he said I’m running the same sub that JL uses in their stealth box and his is nearly identical so it should be fine and sound great. BTW that Stealthbox is $720 shipped so I’m saving almost $400 doing it this way. ;)
 
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I finally got a tracking number from LKQ on the console, it shipped today. It will be here a week from today. The Katzkins will be here tomorrow, the sub on Sunday, the carpet and mats next Monday, the amp next Wednesday and the sub enclosure hasn’t shipped yet. So it will all work out pretty good, ill install the leather, then the carpet, then wire in the amp and wires for the sub, then hopefully by then the enclosure will be here so I can install that and the console.
 

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I finally got a tracking number from LKQ on the console, it shipped today. It will be here a week from today. The Katzkins will be here tomorrow, the sub on Sunday, the carpet and mats next Monday, the amp next Wednesday and the sub enclosure hasn’t shipped yet. So it will all work out pretty good, ill install the leather, then the carpet, then wire in the amp and wires for the sub, then hopefully by then the enclosure will be here so I can install that and the console.
Nice. You have alot going on there Mark. The ups guy must know you by name.
 

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Don't the console mounts go under the seat mounts?


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I guess it doesn't matter. Not your daily driver. :D
 

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