Man - this is truly a fantastic composition of gear. Going to be a killer, killer build.

Almost exactly what I’d spec out for myself if I did it all over again. The Raven is in my Top 3 for pieces of gear I’m curious to try alongside 3.5WM and the Morel Ultimo subs.

Next build I truly hope to integrate a Raven into it. How much air are you looking to give yours?

very much looking forward to seeing this one come together.

 

I’ll be curious to hear your thoughts on the single 12XL. A single C12XL just wasn’t cutting it for me so I wound up with a pair.
I really wanna try a pair of 12XL’s but I gotta get through this winter project first.

 

I’ll be curious to hear your thoughts on the single 12XL. A single C12XL just wasn’t cutting it for me so I wound up with a pair.

I'm not sure if it will suffice for me either, luckily the box my IDMax is in just happens to be the size I need for the Raven. The plan is to see if a single sub will do or if I will need to add a second one and add a second Pro 1|10. If I'm unsatisfied, my entire layout is going to change. I'll have to lose the spare and go your route.

 

Yea, I'm pretty stoked as this will be by far the best system I have put in one of my vehicles. I have been off all week, but didn't get as much done as I wanted due to it raining almost every day. I wanted to get the CLD applied to the doors, the amp rack mounting locations secured, and rack layout done. I wanted to have continued access to the spare tire, to I had to get a little creative with the amp rack mounting locations, but I got it figured out and got the tub around the spare tire deadened.

 

Tub has had Resonix CLD applied. It's not the best looking job, but it will work. Ill get the area under the trim when I'm ready to start running wire.

 

Great list of gear. This build will truly come down to install. I also want to try dual raven 12s. but my budget sounds like frogs right now. Interested on your thoughts once built out

 

That's the idea, if it doesn't sound good, then clearly I did a install. I'm not looking forward to installing all the Luxury Liner Pro, that will be a Christmas break job as I will be off work for 2 weeks.

 

Mounting locations for the amp rack. I used some factory mounting holes to mount some 1/2" aluminum angle that will get 4" magnets so secure the rear of the amp rack. for the sides, I 3D printed some pretty thick brackets out of ASA, and for the center, I used a tall nut (I forget what it's actually called) and attached a 3D printed support that the center of the amp rack will be bolted to. The center support is made out of carbon fiber infused poly-carbonate. It's very stiff and has zero flex unlike the ASA where I wanted a little bit of flex. To remove the amp rack, I will simply remove the side 6mm bolts, the center 10mm bolt, and slide it back an inch to release the magnets; I can then simply lift the entire rack out of the way to remove the spare.

 

What brand of ASa you using ? I have futru asax and I haven’t found way to make it print and not be so brittle.

 

Once I got the 1/2" HDPE sheet cut, I started looking at layout of gear. My original vision of a 2 tier design to hide all the wires, but still make it accessible went into the toilet. So I looked for a layout that allows for easy accessibility and installation, but also still look nice.

Once I got a couple different options, I felt that option A and B would probably be the easiest for wire routing, but I don't thing I would be happy looking at my gear from the side, so I went with a variation of option B. Once I started working through the power wire routing, I found that there wasn't enough room to run all 6 4g wires around the right 1|10 amp, so I decided to build 11mm risers and run them under the amps. Signal cables will run around the left or under the amps also, I just have to figure out how to take up the excess cable.

Final layout.

Prototype risers being printed.

Finally, the HDPE looks like a sack of , so it's going to get wrapped with Matt Black Vinyl. I've never done a wrap, so we'll see how it goes tomorrow. Then I can get the heat-set inserts installed in all the holes and start wiring everything.

 

Luxury liner pro sucks to work with. I really wish the resonix barrier was around when I first started my build. I know it’s pricy af but looks way easier to use.

 

It was on back order and I wasn't really interested in paying 3 times as much. It did look to be much easier to work with and was probably worth it. Had it been available, I probably would have just bit the bullet, cried about it for a minute, and then got over it. I'll probably regret my choice later, especially after I saw how thick and stiff the LLP was.

 

Yeah. I got LLP in my car, and I stopped at the front 2 doors because of how much of a PITA it was to work with hah.

let’s see what you do with that printer of yours

 

So far, I have all my adapters printed. The most complicated thing I have been working on is a mount for the director. Think of it like a cup phone, but it will fit in this goofy spot designed for a small phone. I have the mount built, but I haven't created the part that actually goes in the location that the mount bolts on to.

 

Here is a rendering and an actual print of the Director mount I am working on. In the background of the pic, you can also see the center support for the amp rack that mounts to the existing spare tire support.

 

I may be interested in buying one of those mounts, after I see it in the vehicle. Looks cool!

 

I designed it so that the mounting base can be what ever shape the end user needs it to be. I'm sure I'll still have to make some adjustments, but I think I got it really close. I may have to adjust the height depending on if I recess the base or make it flush with the console.

 

You may want to consider adding star washers to the inside of the tongue/groove pivot points. This would lock down both sides much more tightly without relying on friction only. Allowing for a stiff pivot point once tightened

 

Very nice!

 

I had good luck with overture nylon in the markforged- but never tried any of their other filaments. Polymaker is a sure bet for all of their filaments. super consistent.

 

Update for the day. I got a lot of work done on the amp rack today. I did my first ever wrap using VViViDx Matte Black. I fully expected to have to do it twice, but I think it turned out pretty good. Good enough I wasn't going to redo it. I had some issues on the corners, but it will work. I also got the heat-set inserts installed and verified all the components mount to the mounting points correctly, then verified it fits in the vehicle securely and can be removed when necessary.

Before wrapping, I did sand it to ensure all the holes were flat from drilling and scuffed it up a bit to help with glues adhesion.

Wrapped and cutout the mounting holes.

Cutout all the mounting holes.

Installed all the M4x8 heat-set inserts and test fit the amp risers.

Made sure everything fit, amazingly I hold had to adjust one insert that was a little off. It was the very last one I put a screw in for the auxiliary distribution block.

And finally, a test fit in the vehicle.

I also installed the 4" magnets and the 3/4" steel strip on the bottom of the rack. I did a test to see how secure it is, and it will stay put until I slide it back for removal of the rack. It works as intended.

 

In all honesty, I wasn't sure if I would get into it either. I knew I was going to need a way to build things and I figured I would give it a try while I was waiting on all my parts for the build. So I didn't spend much on my first printer, but had the intentions of upgrading to to print higher temp filaments if I was able to learn it and the CAD part, and produce parts I felt were usable to my standards. I can be a bit OCD, so I had that hurdle to get over. I found that I liked it so much, I bought a second smaller printer as an upgrade project. If I stick with it, I may even buy one of the fancy Bamboo ones like Turb0Yoda has. Those things are getting great review and clearly, they can print some amazing things. I'm not a nic-nak collecting kinda guy, everything I print is functional and doesn't need to be absolutely perfect.

 

That's the flip side my ocd tends to make me hyper fixate on things so I think I would love it especially once I learned the cad part. I do end up watching alot of 3d printing vids on YouTube because I enjoy them pushing the envelope on what's possible. CNC/laser is just as interesting to me. Both can be costly though.

Hopefully I can get more or less settled this year coming up with less traveling. I'm supposed to be sitting at this one refinery for practically the next year and a half. Which is nice, even nicer when I'm working 70-80hrs weeks

 

A CNC that can do Aluminum is on my wish list. One project at a time though.

 

when i grow up i want to be rich like you.

 

Not rich, far from it. Not poor either. My mother died and we sold her house. Paid off my new vehicle and spent some on the tunes.

 

Well, it's dark when I get home so I am working on small things. Today, I got the shape figured out for the Director mounting base. The spot has a taper to it, so the top is actually wider than the bottom. The first full size test print is going to take a couple hours, I'll be able to test fit in the morning and adjust the angle if necessary. I'm also working on wire retention. Everyone (almost everyone) does the zip-tie method, I wanted something cooler looking so I am making these little doodads to hold the wires down. I"m making a bunch of 2 wires ones, I'll also make some 4 and 6 wires ones. They print pretty quick and actually look pretty good. And, yep; you are see that right in the last picture. I am missing a digit.

 

Wire retention looks great

 

That is pretty funny you had train wreck print

 

I've had a few, but that has been the worst one so far. It taught me a lesson on printing ASA, use a brim and reduce z offset.

 

Which YouTube channel for 3D printing you watch ? I like few guys teaching tech might be my fav .

 

My Tech Fun = Great for filament analysis
ModBot = One of my favorites
Teaching Tech = Also one of my favs.
Product Design Online = Fusion360 tutorials are very good and easy to do.
CHEP = nice short videos, but I can't get his profiles to work for .
Ricky Impey = Has some good tutorials on fine tuning the printers

There are several others, but those are the ones I watch whenever they have something new.
Chris Riely
Crosslink
BV3D: Bryan Vines
EB3D Printing
and a handful of others.

 

What cad program you using ? I am trying learn but in dark blind fumbling around trying figure it out