The Garage (What did you work on today?)

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Finally got back on the fun car. Got a bug up my butt a while back that the audio wasn't good enough in my 2012 Mustang Convertible. Honestly, it's a convertible so it will probably never be that good but I decided to try and improve.

I've replaced the head unit, the factory speakers and added an amp. Still have some fitment work to do on the mids in the door. While I'm thinking that through I figured I would start on a custom sub box.

I have discovered that I absolutely hate woodworking. MDF is pure evil. To be fair I may have gotten a bit ambitious for my first foray. I should have built a simple box but I wanted to go hard mode and build something that fits more custom. I'll post some pics once I get somewhere and if anyone cares to witness my frustration.

Regardless, a frustrating day in the garage is better than a quiet day in the office.
Funny how those projects start. When we had the Bronco I decided to built a 4” platform in the rear do to the way they stepped and I wanted a flat floor because my daughter was hauling her recurve bow back and forth so had to be flat. I built it with small small hydronic lifts and carpeted it with auto cloth. End up with like 30 hours until all done. What a PITA
 
Funny how those projects start. When we had the Bronco I decided to built a 4” platform in the rear do to the way they stepped and I wanted a flat floor because my daughter was hauling her recurve bow back and forth so had to be flat. I built it with small small hydronic lifts and carpeted it with auto cloth. End up with like 30 hours until all done. What a PITA
Sounds cool though…
 
Hope these hold up better than your last round


Couldn't resist to go test it out… articulates quite a bit now in my ditch testing.
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Didn’t hit the bump stop surprisingly. If I disconnect the rear sway bar again it would probably flex a lot more.
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But… I forgot about the fuel tank skid plate clearance with the driveshaft now that I have all that travel in the back….
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Long travel is definitely a can of worms. You solve one problem and create 5 more 😂
 
Couldn't resist to go test it out… articulates quite a bit now in my ditch testing.
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Didn’t hit the bump stop surprisingly. If I disconnect the rear sway bar again it would probably flex a lot more.
View attachment 14086 But… I forgot about the fuel tank skid plate clearance with the driveshaft now that I have all that travel in the back…. View attachment 14087

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Long travel is definitely a can of worms. You solve one problem and create 5 more 😂
It’s always something.