20210321 GMT800 Console in an OBS GMT400 Part 1 

I appreciate it! You’re a way better box builder than I am!

@@rockymtnredneck4888 You had me fooled, I’m over here talking notes 📝 Great job!

Thank you very much.

I first learned to do car stereo in the 90s as well. I appreciate your suggestions and agree with most of them. I don't have a circle jig for the simple reason that I'm not building sub boxes all that often at all. I am also showing that any dude with basic tools can build this stuff, too. You don't have to have all the pro tools. I have nailers, yes. I still prefer the precision of drill and screw. It's just a personal preference on a project that is on my own time. For production? Yes, absolutely faster to use brads.

Thank you. It’s been great on road trips and off road.

They’rena great console, aren’t they? Thanks for the compliments.

Exactly, I’ve had my other truck robbed of stereo equipment twice now, so I don’t want it obvious.

Glad the be helpful! Good luck with yours.

Thank you! It’s been great in usage. Sub gives me the additional bass I wanted.

As I’m buckling my little ones in the far back seat, the bass is noticeable even back there. I went forward with my sub as that was the way that best fit given size and console usage considerations.

@@rockymtnredneck4888 It wasn't silent in the back of course, but when the gain and phase were optimized for the front seats, the bass in the rear was lacking a bit. Not a big deal, I just thought I'd mention it since I never had that with any rear mounted sub box

JL audio ftw 🙌🏼

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Thank you! Hope it gives you ideas for your own builds!

At one time I thought about putting a fridge there, but I like having storage and it was the best place to put a subwoofer.

Interesting idea. I’m not a huge fan of the molle craze.

Thank you! It sounds beautiful!

It’s solid I don’t get rattling on or off road from the music or not.

You’re most welcome! Subscribe for more!

Sub'n right now bro

Yeah, PL is a way to go. Fiberglass is something I normally have on hand. Yeah, I think you’re right about finding a place to fit things. That’s probably why this vid has been one of my most watched. I looked at the size of the console and what air volume I could get given the other things I needed the console for. Not even sure I have the volume for peak performance, but it does what I want it to do and that is the key for any build.

Yeah, the point of no return means you are committed to make it work.

Wrong. Everything is solid. Been using it a full year now.

All out out of MDF? As in not even use the GMT800 console? Yeah, could have. That wasn’t the look I wanted.

There were custom consoles that had those back in the 90s.

Yeah, I want depth to my music, but can’t have a massive system given the normal day to day usage of my truck and the weekends off road and/or camping.

Interesting. I’ve never seen one of those. It seems like they should have had something like that.

There is not a video of it’s sound, no. There are too many variables involved in what you’d hear and I’m not interested in copyright strikes. I’m still using the Kenwood, yes. It is great for my needs, yes.

That’s exactly how it works, yes. That and they are big help when it’s time to put the tools away.

Thank you, ……I think?

don't encourage bad behavior. This is a hack job.

Okay, interesting story. Heavy bass could get to the fluid and cause cavitation, I would bet. However, this build isn’t that strong. It’s a simple shallow 10 that just gives music that extra little punch.

@@rockymtnredneck4888 yeah it just reminded me of his truck bc he wanted to do the same thing with his center console and ended up breaking it and having to build a new one bc he wanted all his meters or monitors up front where he could see if anything was having voltage issues and make sure it wasn't going over 150 db but that sounds like what the shop said something about it caused cavitation like bubbles in the fluid that the transmission fluid wasn't always where it needed to be guess that why u don't see many people driving when they have that much bass bc it don't make it far I think the weight had a lot to do with it also bc he had to stiffen the rear bc he put 24 in rims and tires scraped like these squatting truck u see nowadays and it all that weight he might as well been pulling another car Everytime he drove it so probably a mixture of both really

Thank you. Look for them on amazon.

Cleanliness was not the goal there. Since 2 part epoxy basically creates new plastic (hopefully bonding with the old), I wanted to spread it out enough to get a wider connection. So far it’s held up nicely.

@@rockymtnredneck4888 naw I get that. I did the same thing you did an then friend of a race shop showed me that trick an its been amazing. when I made a custom dash for my 88 obs the I did the tape an I didn't have any trouble with fitment an still holding on a 800hp blown 383. But I get it I'm like you if it works it works but the older I get the nicer I want it lookin vs getting slapped in. Still bad ass tho 🤘

I honestly couldn't tell you. I have 2 6.75s in each of the doors, so to me a 10" was what I needed.

@@rockymtnredneck4888 they make little subwoofer 6.5 Memphis pretty cool you can Google it or RU-vid... how your sound... was thinking of borrow your design, I have a 1995 Silverado regular cab .

@@pablolopez1967Yes, I know who Memphis Audio is. I simply felt anything less than 10" would not give me the results I wanted. I love how my 10" fills out the bass in my sound system.

Not sure what you’re asking, but in this sort of joint I like both a mechanical and chemical bond. The JB is good, but can be broken. I could have spent a LOT more for true panel bond adhesive and then not been worried as much.

Yeah, I’ve seen those. Cup holders are all you get. No storage. So it may be a faster instal, but they don’t make what I wanted.

Funny enough, it’s still sitting on my work bench holding spare parts.

@@rockymtnredneck4888 I'm like you I don't throw anything away lol. There's probably medication for this

@@DuanDao everything can find a new use if you think about it. I don’t need a med for that way of thinking. I actually wish more people were less “consume and toss” in their lives.

@@rockymtnredneck4888 100% agree with you. Wish my LX470 had that cavernous center console to do something like this.

Yeah, I love their stuff.

Unfortunately that is the most common question asked me, no matter which video on my channel. And, sorry the answer is always the same. I simply don’t have time to do work for other people. I barely get to do my own projects. The point of my channel is really to show others how with basic tools you can build a lot of customizations. A shop is likely to charge $3-4000 for this sort of build. I would probably charge that much if not more…..IF I were doing work for other people.

1. I don't have time to make these. 2. You wouldn't like what I'd charge for it. That's the way a lot of what I do on this channel is. I have done installs for friends on different things, mostly for my brother, but I certainly don't go looking for that sort of work, sorry.

@@rockymtnredneck4888 the struggles of being a car guy. 😅 People never get that "I like working on my cars" is completely different from "I work on cars."

Thank you! I list the music artists in the end credits. It’s all from a copyright free website. I don’t use music in my vids anymore because even that hasn’t guaranteed no copyright strikes and there is no effective way to appeal those. That and I hate RU-vids copyright free music.

@@rockymtnredneck4888 Thank you so much! I wish there was another way to include music in your videos without copyright battles.

@@saabninefive93 would be nice, right? The real rub is some of these scammers are claiming stuff that is not theirs so they can get revenue offa content they assuredly did not create.

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More of what? There are multiple parts to this build.

Dunno, could work, sure. It’s been in the truck over a year and served me well. Probably just gonna stay that way. Not looking to win any competitions, just give me utility.

yep. Boost Auto Parts sells a nice kit for that. I'm still running an old phone without such high tech, though.

I never really measured them that exactly....or what measurements I did take, I didn't record. The console is an odd shape so there was a ton of cut, trial fit, cut, trial fit.

Hey would you make me one and I'll pay you for it because I want to put one like that in my 98 Chevy

@@MrMrBurnablunt that is the one question I get the most often, no matter what the project. Unfortunately, the answer is always no. I barely have enough time for the things I have or want to do.

It sounds great. Gives me the extra bass I wanted.

Oh, that is when they came out. Video discs were the size of vinyl records, too. Thank goodness they figured out DVDs!

I don’t build stiff for other people, sorry. I just don’t have time in life.

OBS….Old Body Style

I bet you win awards for your singular and original wit. It doesn’t rattle at all. You must be new to car stereo building?

That is the most often asked question I get on anything I build and video. Unfortunately I barely have time to do my own projects, so the answer is always no.

If I even had the time these days, you wouldn’t like the rates I would charge.

I can, but I don’t need it. Check out the follow-on videos. The sub is in a protected place.

Can be salvaged?! Maybe your manners can be, too? The console has been working great and doing EXACTLY what I built it to do.

I don’t think he’ll have to, the sub will be facing the firewall