My Custom CJ Audio System!
lilplaya25al
Jeeper
Hey fellow Jeepers! If many of you dont know by now, i have a 1979 Jeep CJ7 with an AMC 360 V8. It is running side pipe glasspacks with no smog goodies so you can imagine how loud it is. Im not saying the ride is boring without audio but me being only 17 and this being my first car, you gotta have some tunes! 
I decided to go with some powerfull stuff to overcome the loud exhaust and engine sounds. Also i wanted everything hidden so it wont be visible to be stolen. I had to make custom measurments so here it goes! :drool:
Me and two friends spend a few days working on this so the first thing we did was take measurments! I wanted my subwoofer box to be under the rear seat of my cj so it can be hidden and so i can keep the little storage behind the seat for other goodies. Ofcourse that meant the rear seat would have to be raised a bit, but that was okay with me.
So i didnt want to lift the rear seat more than 6 inches because that would have been to high and heads would of hit the rollcage i have in the car. I measured about 6 inches in height, 34 inches in width and 20 inches in length. I took a trip to home depot (one of MANY
) and bought a big slab of wood. I reccommend using nothing less than half inch oak because anything less would be too thin and oak is very strong.
So we told the home depot workers to cut the wood up to the sized we need because the big wood wouldnt fit in the car we drove with. Anyways after they cut it we took it home and sanded it all down and make some more cuts of our own.
I purchased liquid nails glue, the strongest one, and used it with my caulk gun. I smeared it all over and made the boxmany times to ensure strength.
Anyways im going to try to keep this short cuz i can tell you are geting bored
I put pieces of wood in the between between where the subwoofers were going to go for more support and with holes for cleaner air flow but sadly i dont have pictures of that to show you what i mean
I bought 2 12'' subwoofers because i want maximum power. I know my space what Limited because my box hight was only 6 inches so it was either i get smaller subwoofers or find special ones that and swallow. So thanks to craigslist, i found 2 12'' Kicker CVT12's for sale in almost brand new condition for a good price. I picked them up then made my trip to Fry's Electronics. There i spend my birthday and christmas money
I bought 2 Kicker 6x9 speakers for my tuffy storage speaker boxes, 1 pioneer head unit stereo with USB and aux and blutooth for my tuffy center consule, and 2 amplifiers (1 1000watt, 1 500watt). I also bought the whole wiring kit and RCA cables.
I was going to run my smaller amp (500watt) just straight to my 2 speakers and my (1000watt) only for my 2 subwoofers. So i basicly got done with my speaker box for now, so i started looking for places to hide the amps. I put my big amp under my driver seat and drilled holes in the carpet next to it so the wires would be hidden. The other amp is smaller and happens to be PERFECT to fit in my reat tuffy wheel well storage/speaker box.
The rear seat had to be mounted down somehow to i got a long piece of metal made for fences. There basicly 2x2. I sawed them and made two pieces and put them on eachother in the front and basicly mounted the front of the seat to the metal which mounted to the floor (if that makes sense).
The back i "L" shaped pieces of metal and mounted one side to the wheel well and the other side to the back of the rear seat. The subwoofer box on its own is heavy enough so it will not move, and it is a tight fit so the better. It didnt have to be mounted or anything.
Sorry guys this was my first thread on this forum so if i didnt do such a good job im sorry but i tried so PLEASE let me know what you think of my idea, the pictures are on the bottom! Glad i can contribute! THANKS JEEPERS!
I decided to go with some powerfull stuff to overcome the loud exhaust and engine sounds. Also i wanted everything hidden so it wont be visible to be stolen. I had to make custom measurments so here it goes! :drool:
Me and two friends spend a few days working on this so the first thing we did was take measurments! I wanted my subwoofer box to be under the rear seat of my cj so it can be hidden and so i can keep the little storage behind the seat for other goodies. Ofcourse that meant the rear seat would have to be raised a bit, but that was okay with me.
So i didnt want to lift the rear seat more than 6 inches because that would have been to high and heads would of hit the rollcage i have in the car. I measured about 6 inches in height, 34 inches in width and 20 inches in length. I took a trip to home depot (one of MANY
) and bought a big slab of wood. I reccommend using nothing less than half inch oak because anything less would be too thin and oak is very strong.So we told the home depot workers to cut the wood up to the sized we need because the big wood wouldnt fit in the car we drove with. Anyways after they cut it we took it home and sanded it all down and make some more cuts of our own.
I purchased liquid nails glue, the strongest one, and used it with my caulk gun. I smeared it all over and made the boxmany times to ensure strength.
Anyways im going to try to keep this short cuz i can tell you are geting bored
I put pieces of wood in the between between where the subwoofers were going to go for more support and with holes for cleaner air flow but sadly i dont have pictures of that to show you what i mean
I bought 2 12'' subwoofers because i want maximum power. I know my space what Limited because my box hight was only 6 inches so it was either i get smaller subwoofers or find special ones that and swallow. So thanks to craigslist, i found 2 12'' Kicker CVT12's for sale in almost brand new condition for a good price. I picked them up then made my trip to Fry's Electronics. There i spend my birthday and christmas money
I bought 2 Kicker 6x9 speakers for my tuffy storage speaker boxes, 1 pioneer head unit stereo with USB and aux and blutooth for my tuffy center consule, and 2 amplifiers (1 1000watt, 1 500watt). I also bought the whole wiring kit and RCA cables.
I was going to run my smaller amp (500watt) just straight to my 2 speakers and my (1000watt) only for my 2 subwoofers. So i basicly got done with my speaker box for now, so i started looking for places to hide the amps. I put my big amp under my driver seat and drilled holes in the carpet next to it so the wires would be hidden. The other amp is smaller and happens to be PERFECT to fit in my reat tuffy wheel well storage/speaker box.
The rear seat had to be mounted down somehow to i got a long piece of metal made for fences. There basicly 2x2. I sawed them and made two pieces and put them on eachother in the front and basicly mounted the front of the seat to the metal which mounted to the floor (if that makes sense
).The back i "L" shaped pieces of metal and mounted one side to the wheel well and the other side to the back of the rear seat. The subwoofer box on its own is heavy enough so it will not move, and it is a tight fit so the better. It didnt have to be mounted or anything.
Sorry guys this was my first thread on this forum so if i didnt do such a good job im sorry
but i tried so PLEASE let me know what you think of my idea, the pictures are on the bottom! Glad i can contribute! THANKS JEEPERS!
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