Oh my god what the hell have I bought?

Coat the shelf liberally with spray adhesive and let it go slightly tacky:

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Get a roll of acoustic carpet or any old backless carpet and lay it over the glued shelf. Smooth out any wrinkles and be careful - it stretches very easily!

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Fold the edges over and trim them off. Cut through the sub holes and glue them back like so:

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Use a staple gun to keep the edges firmly in place, incase the glue fails:

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Leaving you with something that looks like this from the back:

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And this from the front:

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Now would be a wise time to make sure the subs still fit in the holes:

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And run the wires along the shelf, I stapled them in place:

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Drop in the shelf, hook up to the amp and voila!

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Stick your favourite Ice Cube CD in the deck and get rollin' through your nearest intersection lookin' for hoes, or whatever else you might like to do on a Saturday afternoon.
 
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Purely awesome.

I love the attention to detail, especially the way all the carpet sections in the boot match with each other! :D
 
Just wait 'til my 2000 Watt amp turns up next week, THEN we'll be in business :cool:

Will, I'll get some Cypress Hill on for when you come up next.
 
Awesome thread :D

That Volvo is so cool.

I am definately converted to retro rides now... Penski is to blame mainly I think but this thread is not helping either :p
 
Make sure you set the drivers seat to the neccessary reclined angle, or they'll be no hos in different area codes for you my friend.
 
Thanks - although it's a tongue in cheek "project" I've tried to make a neat job of it. When my new amp arrives I'll route the wires tidily and secure it in place, but there isn't much point until it then because it sounds like a sack of crap with the 400W amp.

If you turn the gain up at all the subs just pulse which is no good, makes me look like a foo'


Amp should be here Tuesday.... roll on!
 
Stick your favourite Ice Cube CD in the deck and get rollin' through your nearest intersection lookin' for hoes, or whatever else you might like to do on a Saturday afternoon.

lmfao lopez, :D
 
I love the attention to detail, especially the way all the carpet sections in the boot match with each other! :D

Cheers - but they don't *quite* match, and it was annoying me.

So I took out the panels and peeled off the carpet (hard going!)

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Replaced it with more from the same roll of acoustic carpet, and refitted.

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Perfect match now :D I can't do much about the other piece of carpet because that's proper shaped stuff.
 
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