My Blue Kaboom Weekend Project

[milosancho]

Inspired by Norm's Kaboom project I wanted to try my hand at painting a Kaboom. Couple weeks ago a dusty, dirty and rusty box showed up on Craigslist for cheap so I picked it up. It was dirty, very dirty. But thankfully all functions were working perfectly, was only missing the antenna. Lucked out there.

Took it apart completely, this was kinda fun actually, and cleaned it up real nice.
Here's a pic of the front before paint.

After paint.....

Finished product. The blue matches the blue display nicely!

More pictures outdoors.

Now I just need Norm to kick down with a tweeter kit......

 

[oldskool69]

If Norm sends the tweet kit will it become the "Blue Racoon"?

Looks great and well done on the find!

 

[Superduper]

Glad you had fun Mario. I had loads of fun with mine. Unlike you though, there was no way for me to do this in one weekend. Mine took months.

 

[blu_fuz]

Lookin great!

 

[baddboybill]

Very cool lookin Blue

 

[monchito]

awesome i gonna have to see about my dp-100

 

[Fatdog]

I love that color blue. What's the paint code on it?

 

[milosancho]

Thanks for the nice comments, guys!
Bobby, the color is Royal Blue - the brand is Valspar (from Lowes).

 

[Jboogie2384]

That looks friggin sweet!!! Favorite color!! now I want a Kaboom just so that I can do this!! Great job!!

 

[stormsven]

With the blue display lookin amazing . Great job dude.

 

[mellymelsr]

That blue definitely adds some pop to that kaboom...well done.

 

[milosancho]

I would recommend this project to anyone who wants a custom Kaboom color. Taking it apart, and putting it back together, is surprisingly easy. Gotta hand it to JVC, they made a solid and logical box with this one. Everything comes apart with ease, no desoldering or soldering required, every component has a unique connection so there is no way to put this back together incorrectly. It helps to take pictures along the way.

Love the way this box takes every precaution to separate the bass compartment from the main drivers and the electronics. It's no wonder so much air comes out of the bass ports, it is built like a tank inside. That's what I call "Bass Integrity"