20210321 GMT800 Console in an OBS GMT400 Part 1
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- The GMT400 console is nice enough, sure, but a little undersized. The GMT800 console adapts nicely to the OBS trucks, sure; but I also need a place for a decent subwoofer in my truck. Follow along for how I modified the GMT800 console to fit my needs.
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A1 work bro. Love the design and creativity on the internal expansion 👌🏽 I will definitely be back for part 2. Awesome vid!
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!
Outstanding idea and work. Great videos sir.
Thank you very much.
Awesome work amigo! keep them coming
I have the same console in my 99 Chevrolet Silverado 1500. I love what you have done with this. I am going to have to do this if I install a sub. Thank you so much for the video and the idea.
They’rena great console, aren’t they? Thanks for the compliments.
Awesome box & functional console.
Thank you. It’s been great on road trips and off road.
I've done a lot of projects along these lines since the 90's. I appreciate your ingenuity and work ethic. I just have a few suggestions. You really don't need to do all that predrilling and screwing to assemble the MDF. Just glue it up and shoot some brads to hold things together until the glue does it's job. That's just a lot of extra work and hardware. Second, cut the speaker hole before assembly and use a router and circle jig. You'll never do that cut with a jig saw again. You might consider dropping a small 400 watt inverter so you can get 110v to the back for other power options.
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.
Good shit Man!! Nice work!! I’m all about that stealthy DIY for car audio. I’m from California and it’s almost mandatory to keep as much as possible stealthy & hidden. You got yourself a New Subscriber!
Exactly, I’ve had my other truck robbed of stereo equipment twice now, so I don’t want it obvious.
Wonderful...also a beautiful family..thank you
Your a MASTER in my BOOK 👍👍👍🙌
I think you did a great job following your vision.
Thank you! It’s been great in usage. Sub gives me the additional bass I wanted.
Working on my 1998 Dirty Suburban.
SLT right now. I have 2 center counsels and was thinking on the same lines of what you did. I Definitely want more Use of Space. good detail work. Thanks
Glad the be helpful! Good luck with yours.
U REAL PRE-NICE WITH THAT DEWALT SAW BRUH
Pretty darn cool! I'll be dipped!
I did a very similar sub install in a 2012 Tahoe, except I pointed the 10" JL Audio woofer downward (I cant remember why), 1.5 inches recessed with bass shooting out a gap in the front, also removed the carpet below the woofer to free up even more space for sound to escape. I loved it!! Totally freed up the cargo area. Sound quality was very good, and had plenty of thump. Only one negative, the rear seat passengers couldn't really hear or feel it as much as the front. I guess that's a positive if you have small children in the back. Anyway I was very happy with it while sitting in the front seats
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 🙌🏼
You just gave me another reason to start using my dewalt multi tool.. lol. And I have that same center console.
I have to say good work bro I love the idea nice
Thank you! Hope it gives you ideas for your own builds!
Excellent job
Nice work.
Great video, impressive work!
That JB Weld Plastic Bonder is some amazing stuff. I recently did some very extensive testing using most available 'plastic epoxy' adhesives and that Plastic Bonder surpassed all my tests.
Im using it to make a custom cup holder for my console. Using the actual insert from a 13-15 Accord and a flip up cover from an Audi Q8. Ive had to make the Audi cover much larger to fit over the Accord cupholder. Some very surgical style cutting and bonding.
But safe to say it was successful thanks to the plastics bonder. I then backed up all my adhesive with thick layer of regular JB weld for strength.
The things we do for 'custom' ...
Cheers!
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Thanks for making this video bro 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽💪🏽💪🏽
You’re most welcome! Subscribe for more!
Sub'n right now bro
PL premium glue will take care of any cracks and air leak spaces no problem just FYI for next time.
Very nice job. Exactly what I need help figuring out for my truck. People aren’t creative enough today in finding locations to fit proper sized subs in vehicles. Everyone wants to put small 6.5” or 8” subs under seats, or even shallow mount 10”/12” drivers when I know good and well with some creativity in enclosure design some large motor 12” drivers could be squeezed into most vehicles.
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.
Looks good. I definitely want to hear how it sounds. The wood box and fiberglass should hold up great. I use my center console as a cooler. I line it with a couple of 6 mil plastic bags and I can get a twelve pack and ice in it. It will keep it cold for about twelve hours. Great video
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.
That's gonna Rattle the cold snacks like crazy
Wrong. Everything is solid. Been using it a full year now.
Since you have widened the storage compartment under the armrest, you could add some approx. 4" x 7" horizontal molle pouches to hold gear, one per side, and they seem like they would stay hidden below the opening edges of the console. Heck, maybe even toss one under the armrest itself! Thats what i plan to do with my custom console build: a molle panel under the armrest lid that will have a smaller bag, a flashlight sheath, knife sheath, multitool sheath, and smaller size admin panel that itself holds a few pens/pencils and a sleeve for 3x5 notepad.
Just wanted to toss a friendly idea. Cheers!
Interesting idea. I’m not a huge fan of the molle craze.
Great stuff
I alway run a piece of dense foam weather stripping around the perimeter to seat my subs on just to ensure they’re airtight..
Also, just a suggestion but it’s recommended to go with a low fume silicone or similar material applied from a tube or caulking gun to finish all your inner joints with and that will ensure you’ll be airtight for the life of the sub (finish the outside how you’d like)..any concern with bigger gaps just mix a little MDF sawdust in a bit of glue to fill in the rough cuts but always run that bead of silicone around the inside and you’re good to go - the low fume you want because the fumes put off from those other epoxies you’re using can actually be harmful to the rubber and polypropylene materials used to build subwoofers.. cool box though, I’ve got a buddy who’s been talking about building a console box similar to that.
Nice build
Thank you! It sounds beautiful!
That's so cool.
hellyeah I have a plan for both them slots 😊🤘🏽
I would recommend either a sundown audio sub or skate audio I replaced my factory 8 in my 01 Tahoe and for a single 8 it sounds pretty good. Replaced it with the skar 8ix
Great job and sure a lot of time building this sucker. Thanks for the video. I’m only in at 22 minutes of the video so hopefully you finished it and take it forms spin. I’m curious about the plastic rattling.
It’s solid I don’t get rattling on or off road from the music or not.
The scary part is once you start cutting there no going back! I do miss working on the cars though…. But having a new vehicle isn’t too bad.
Yeah, the point of no return means you are committed to make it work.
When I bought my 1996 Silverado new there was a cup holder insert that they sent me a couple of weeks later for the cd location.
Interesting. I’ve never seen one of those. It seems like they should have had something like that.
Nice
It looks great,very stealth, factory looking, I have a question 🤔 why didn't you just make it out of all MDF? You did such a good job on the wood part, a Lil more sanding would have come out great too! Awesome job regardless
All out out of MDF? As in not even use the GMT800 console? Yeah, could have. That wasn’t the look I wanted.
Cut one of the allen keys and use it in a drill to drive the threaded inserts. that's what I did.
Holy fuck dude. I’m fucking following you.
I’m trying to design a system that takes least space without having to build crazy boxes.
Trying to jam some Tool with a bad ass set up in my Tahoe.
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.
I was just at the scrap yard and seen an OBS suburban with what looked like a factory TV on the rear of the console. Could be good to keep an eye out for sub swaps?
There were custom consoles that had those back in the 90s.
As a box builder for 30 plus years....the woodworking was hard to watch...lol..but end result is fine ...DIY FTW
Thank you, ……I think?
don't encourage bad behavior. This is a hack job.
Is there a video how it sounds...did you stay with the Kenwood shallow sub..thanks..
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.
Like the USB Duals may I ask what model?
Thank you. Look for them on amazon.
Not bad my man...
I see you have your little ones learning what daddy do…. Trick is to give em a part that looks important and give them a few screws that are way too big or long for the holes you tell them to put the screws into for you…
That’s exactly how it works, yes. That and they are big help when it’s time to put the tools away.
Think by putting jb weld on the other side and fill in to make it flush. Then go in and trim the inside of the counsel instead of riveting it??
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.
polyurethane wood glue would have worked amazingly to seal up the sides and cracks in the back of the inside of the box
The music gave me black ops 2 vibes ngl
SMD product for the win
Yeah, I love their stuff.
plans for 12 inch tuned port center console box on ebay fits silverado. has the boom for real i put a punch power in it slaps hard with cup holders too :)
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.
What year the truck? And also you think it sounds good with 6.5 sub from Memphis or Sundown..like your thought and Design.
Respectfully
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 TH-cam... 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.
I've seen a gmc youkon had 2 15s and 2 18in Armageddon subwoofers and the vibration caused the transmission to go start making a chattering noise from it being at 147 db and the shop said they never seen fluid have so much metal inside they said the subwoofers we're most likely the reason the transmission went bad and as loud as it was I think that and the added weight was the cause of it bc u couldn't ride with him without having heart palpitations and felt like the breath was being sucked out of my lungs lol so I bet the transmission was going through alot with all the vibration from them and it couldn't take it lol
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
Would you consider selling a custom box like this ?
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."
@4min,
Hey bro a cleaner way of doing that is laying down some painter's tape on the inside to create a nice little line or use a paintbrush from art store
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 🤘
That bin you cut out is like an office trash can. You weren't kidding about wasted space
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.
More please
More of what? There are multiple parts to this build.
Hey RMR, how much would you charge to build me something like what you did for your truck, minus the sub?
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.
What is the music from 24:08 to about 30:20? I really enjoyed that.
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 TH-cams 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.
What’s it sound like ?
It sounds great. Gives me the extra bass I wanted.
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What the dementions of the box you made
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.
I see that you didn’t like the curve in the plastic what if you melted them together cut some excess and melt a piece on to it to make it flush
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.
What is obs
OBS….Old Body Style
So how much for one?
I don’t build stiff for other people, sorry. I just don’t have time in life.
U can get a wireless phone charger that mounts on top door
yep. Boost Auto Parts sells a nice kit for that. I'm still running an old phone without such high tech, though.
Not sure if I remember CDs in the 80s 🤔🤣😂
Oh, that is when they came out. Video discs were the size of vinyl records, too. Thank goodness they figured out DVDs!
After 03 they were one piece
I bet your dash rattles! lol
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?
Please just build one for me 😔
If I even had the time these days, you wouldn’t like the rates I would charge.
Any chance make me one for my 98 obs I'll pay you and pay fir shipping
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.
I definitely think it can be salvaged. A carpenter does his best, caulk and putty does the rest.
Can be salvaged?! Maybe your manners can be, too? The console has been working great and doing EXACTLY what I built it to do.
You can order a grill
I can, but I don’t need it. Check out the follow-on videos. The sub is in a protected place.
SALAM: Make a grill with plexi glass clear plexiglass✌🏽.
I don’t think he’ll have to, the sub will be facing the firewall