I've been absent for a bit because my Ultimax 18 kit arrived and I was busy getting it all together.
It didn't go quite as smoothly as I would have liked, but the end result is amazing. Thanks to
@lovinthehd for answering so many of my questions through PM.
I was quite happy to open this bad boy up.
Got all the primary colors here:
Getting there:
Mounting holes drilled and slab nuts installed:
Attaching the last baffle piece:
All sanded down and ready to paint, unfortunately sanding in the garage wasn't an option, but it did give me an excuse to clean my entire place once I was done.
Feet on, wired up, painted, and ready to go:
The finished product:
I did two coats of roller grade duratex, the first coat was applied with a smooth foam roller. I then lightly sanded it down to knock off the roughness. I thinned the second coat out with a bit of water and applied with the smooth foam roller again. This ended up giving me a slightly textured finish. I will see if I can grab a closeup pic of the finish.
I ran into a few issues along the way:
The baffle cutout wasn't large enough to fit the woofer, PE thinks they may have inadvertently shipped me the kit for the HO series subs. I used a dremel to enlarge the hole a bit so that the sub would fit in quite nicely.
I had a few slab nuts that weren't straight and couldn't be used. I ended up drilling new pilot holes and mounting the driver with coarse threaded wood screws.
I just finished it on Friday and put it in place (previously determined best sub position by doing the sub crawl). Ran audyssey, bumped up the sub level quite a bit and have been enjoying it ever since.
