Looking for help with the next IXFE boat design...

[shawndoggy]

Wait till you see what happens if you post a picture of your dog.

[IXFE]

^^^ this genuinely made me laugh out loud. 

Well played, doggy

[DarkSide]

WBP gets a lot of thier pics from Mason (Upperleftwake).  he posts on Instagram regularly and they take from his posts fairly frequently.   It is scary how they propegate!  I have ended up on WBP by a Facebook friend saving my picture, posting on Instagram and then WBP grabs it from thier post. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[ibelonginprison]

2 hours ago, shawndoggy said:

Wait till you see what happens if you post a picture of your dog.

 

I'm cleaning up the mess from spitting water out... everywhere.

[Stevo]

 

2 hours ago, shawndoggy said:

Wait till you see what happens if you post a picture of your dog.

Shawn your statement above detracts from who Boots truly is. Boots is more than just your dog. Boots represents the plight of everything a man should strive to be and more. 

Need i I say more.

[IXFE]

This Boots talk is hilarious. 

Now... How do you squeeze 4100 watts onto a factory size amp rack?  Here's how...

Edited March 10, 2016 by IXFE

[ibelonginprison]

Boots is the TMC Mascot.

[Stevo]

id buy a boots T-SHIRT, OR TOWEL

[Pnwrider]

4 hours ago, shawndoggy said:

Wait till you see what happens if you post a picture of your dog.

It was that video of him swimming that was so epic. It might be the only thing I've ever shown my wife from this site. 

[ibelonginprison]

33 minutes ago, Stevo said:

id buy a boots T-SHIRT, OR TOWEL

 

I think it's time for a Boots sticker... so he can ride shotgun in Malibu's across the world.

 

[Stevo]

3 minutes ago, ibelonginprison said:

 

I think it's time for a Boots sticker... so he can ride shotgun in Malibu's across the world.

 

Shawn were gonna need some high res pics to start, photoshop will do the rest

[DarkSide]

I think the site should be renamed the maliboots crew,,,

[ibelonginprison]

23 minutes ago, Stevo said:

Shawn were gonna need some high res pics to start, photoshop will do the rest

 

I texted him once and asked for those... I think he threw his phone in the yard.

[Sixer]

7 hours ago, Pnwrider said:

It was that video of him swimming that was so epic. It might be the only thing I've ever shown my wife from this site. 

Ha!  That's one of two things I've shown my wife.  Boots swimming was #1.  The second was the top ten list made after Afun almost got in a scrap at the boat ramp!

 

[Stevo]

for those that haven't seen boots in action, part Italian greyhound part Volvo penta

[DarkSide]

I have watched that a dozen times it still makes me laugh.

[IXFE]

Okay, folks… we’re back on track! 

The mods were kind enough to unlock this thread so long as we promise to behave.  So let’s keep it clean!  I'm serious guys… if this goes off track again the mods will close it permanently, and then what would poor IXFE do...??

I’ve been busy for the past week on the stereo build, and I have to admit it’s not quite a fun w/out being able to share the stoke with my TMC friends.  Documenting my steps is therapeutic in a way.  And I always learn a ton from your input. 

So welcome back!

 

The audio plan is as follows (everything is Exile):

• In-Boat: 4 SX80M (cabin) + 4 SX65M (walkthrough & bow) powered by XM15.4
• Tower: 4 SXT9Q (aka “surf 9’s”) powered by 2 XM30.2’s
• Sub: Xi 12 DVC powered by XM20.1

So here’s my amp rack.  I decided to use black carpet from Home Depot because I was too lazy to wait and order factory gray carpet.  Now that I’ve wrapped it I think it looks pretty sick, especially with the black amps mounted to it. 

Another shout out to Shawndoggy (aka 12v King) who taught me almost everything I know about boat stereo installation, including the hanger bolts and spacers you see for the amps. 

 

 

 

 

Edited March 9, 2016 by IXFE

[IXFE]

Measuring under helm for the sub enclosure.  I’ve already ordered a pre-fab box this year as I just don’t have the time or patience to build a custom one like I did last year. 

 

Is it just me or this a lot shallower than I remember??

 

Two years of ported subs has taught me that I'm more of an SQL guy, so back to sealed enclosure.  I'm also too lazy this year to build a custom sub box.  So I'm following the lead of Fman and Bunji and using the Q Bomb sealed enclosure (pictured here in Fman's boat).  

Edited March 10, 2016 by IXFE

[Pnwrider]

Why the switch from xm9s? 

[IXFE]

Exile got some really nice new 12g speaker wire in.  After seeing it and feeling the weight there was no way I was going to use the factory wire.  So I rewired the entire boat with the new stuff.  Nobody will see it and probably won’t ever hear the difference, but I’ll know it’s there, and I figured it was something I’d never done before so why not?

 

 

This took me longer than I thought it would and, along with the RCA's, produced a pretty thick bundle of wires coming into the amp compartment beneath the glove box.  My wire management skills are definitely being tested!

Notice how Malibu changed the mounting blocks.  There used to be two long blocks completely carpeted over.  Now there are three shorter blocks and you can see where the carpet is slit so you can easily see where they are

 

21 minutes ago, Pnwrider said:

Why the switch from xm9s? 

 

Good catch!  I don't have a good answer.  I guess I'm just jumping on the bandwagon.  To be honest, I'm kind of nervous about it.  I really love the XM9's and the crystal clear sound they emit.  I hope I'm not disappointed.  I guess if I am I can maybe switch?  I mean, the mounting posts and amps would be same in either case.  

Edited March 9, 2016 by IXFE

[Stevo]

11 hours ago, IXFE said:

Measuring under helm for the sub enclosure.  I’ve already ordered a pre-fab box this year as I just don’t have the time or patience to build a custom one like I did last year. 

 

Is it just me or this a lot shallower than I remember??

 

 

Two years of ported subs has taught me that I'm more of an SQL guy, so back to sealed enclosure.  I'm also too lazy this year to build a custom sub box.  So I'm following the lead of Fman and Bunji and using the Q Bomb sealed enclosure (pictured here in Fman's boat).  

You may have to shave the rear starboard side corner of that box, I had too to avoid moving the kick panel forward 

[ibelonginprison]

Tell me more about those hanger bolts and spacers... like, for real for real.

[malibuskier2003]

13 hours ago, IXFE said:

Measuring under helm for the sub enclosure.  I’ve already ordered a pre-fab box this year as I just don’t have the time or patience to build a custom one like I did last year. 

 

Is it just me or this a lot shallower than I remember??

 

 

Two years of ported subs has taught me that I'm more of an SQL guy, so back to sealed enclosure.  I'm also too lazy this year to build a custom sub box.  So I'm following the lead of Fman and Bunji and using the Q Bomb sealed enclosure (pictured here in Fman's boat).  

Do you have a heater?  I have one and I can say that 9.5" is a deep as you can go without modifying the walkway tube or the box itself.  I will say that building a custom box is not the time/cost saving route.  It does feed the soul of the part time craftsman that really enjoys doing projects instead of sitting on the couch though....

Dave

 

[Fman]

14 hours ago, IXFE said:

Okay, folks… we’re back on track! 

The mods were kind enough to unlock this thread so long as we promise to behave.  So let’s keep it clean!  I'm serious guys… if this goes off track again the mods will close it permanently, and then what would poor IXFE do...??

I’ve been busy for the past week on the stereo build, and I have to admit it’s not quite a fun w/out being able to share the stoke with my TMC friends.  Documenting my steps is therapeutic in a way.  And I always learn a ton from your input. 

So welcome back!

 

The audio plan is as follows (everything is Exile):

• In-Boat: 4 SX80M (cabin) + 4 SX65M (walkthrough & bow) powered by XM15.4
• Tower: 4 SXT9Q (aka “surf 9’s”) powered by 2 XM30.2’s
• Sub: Xi 12 DVC powered by XM20.1

So here’s my amp rack.  I decided to use black carpet from Home Depot because I was too lazy to wait and order factory gray carpet.  Now that I’ve wrapped it I think it looks pretty sick, especially with the black amps mounted to it. 

Another shout out to Shawndoggy (aka 12v King) who taught me almost everything I know about boat stereo installation, including the hanger bolts and spacers you see for the amps. 

 

That looks awesome, one mistake I made was not positioning the xm30's so I can easily reach the adjustments with a small driver.  I can't see the adjustment settings without a small mirror,  just something to keep in mind.  If I ever do another system I will push the xm30's as far forward as possible to make is easier to see the amp adjustments.

[ibelonginprison]

2 hours ago, Fman said:

That looks awesome, one mistake I made was not positioning the xm30's so I can easily reach the adjustments with a small driver.  I can't see the adjustment settings without a small mirror,  just something to keep in mind.  If I ever do another system I will push the xm30's as far forward as possible to make is easier to see the amp adjustments.

 

That's why I kick mine at an angle. Not because I think it's fancy, but it makes it easier to get to all the adjustments and wire connections.