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Project Big Black gets louder + Bottle Trick Videos

Just got back from the Petrolheadz show at the Vauxhall plant in Ellesmere Port - It was a dB Drag show which means both dB Drag and Bassrace competitions.  As you may have seen from my previous post - Paul @ A1 Audio Design helped seal off the b pillars and the step under the subs I was hoping for a little gain from that.

So I rocked up and burped as soon as I arrived

a .3db Gain - was happy with that but I tried a higher freq

Getting better!  at this point I really wanted to hit 157db so I went back on charge and came back with........

Woo Hoo 157db - equalling my personal best

I also did my first real bottle tricks - got a couple of videos

Leather Seats and Facia Finishing

I just got back from picking Big Black up from Paul (A1 Audio Designs) and Phil (Bespoke Auto Interiors) were it has spent the last few days getting the seats retrimmed and the finishing touches put to the B Pillars

A while back a good friend Jon (you may remember him from the roof installation) designed a logo for Big Black.  He showed it to Lou and I and we loved it and decided to get it stitched to the seats this is the logo

And this is how the final article looks - Im so f**king happy with the end product - Phil @ BAI has done a blinding job

During the door builds Paul discovered that the standard seat adjusters would foul the builds and so set about making custom panels
Before

And after Paul's modifications and retrimmed panel -

I also needed to have the B Pillars finished off and sealed up - The step that the subs sit on was open to the rear door and could have been losing me the dbzzz so Paul contoured the B Pillar panels as well as sealing the gabs below the step

The B Pillar and roof joined nice and flush

The top of the windscreen is strengthened with a slab of 18mm MDF which is strong but looks ugly - Paul managed to tidy up the roof and hide the beefy brace baton

The port side of the box presented another challenge - how to trim the side panels without obstructing the port - as always Paul was able to over come this and fixed a baton to the side wall and blended it in to the port wall giving a nice hard edge to trim up to

This join continued to the bottom of the port as well to ensure a nice smooth transition from the port floor to the trimmed step

Im so happy with the work Paul and Phil have put in - As always they where flexible and willing to work to my deadline (getting it done before PetrolHeadz) and budget - the work speaks for itself  - A fantastic pair of guys that can sort pretty much all your install needs in one place. Cheers Guys

Big Black thanks you!