nick418

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Red1991TransAm

Now that looks great! Nice and clean install. I love it... wanna come to Oklahoma and do mine that way!!??

ryanL04

holy shlt dude. well i guess if your gonna go with the best might as well have a whole crap load it it then. wut u run.. 3 12" w3v2 with two jl 500/1 amps? good way to spend around 2g's i guess if you have it.

concidering you have this in a carmero though, isnt a little much? cameros and firebird both put out a better sound equality due to its accoustics. that must be insane.

slammed_z

wow thats a very nice install..nice flasy but done very well..good job..ya are those 10s or 12 w3's kinda look like 12's but 3 12's in the hatch look so much closer together cause its not a wide trunk...either way its sweet...ever db meter it?

Red1991TransAm

From the picture it looks like 3 10's..... ????

Saigon_Bob

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you should black out or drop you license plate b4 taking pics..... thiefs are crafty nowadays and with a setup like that. i'd have a homless guy with a bat on watch at all times. pay him with beans

Saigon_Bob

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DP

nick418

thanks for the comments

nick418

thanks for the comments

nick418

thanks for the comments

ScrapMaker

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GTA Jim

How about a stock 3rd gen CD player ? (RPO U1A)

Most people shudder at the idea of a stock head unit, but factory CD players in third gens are RARE .. My GTA came with the (UX1) cassette player, but I found this CD player while poking around in a boneyard. I grabbed it right away.

The reason I'm using the factory player is because I show the car and enter it in the stock class.. In car shows with strict judging, aftermarket or improper radios will lose you points.

This is an actual shot I took of the radio as it sits in the car.



To help out the sound a bit, I installed Clarion plates in the front and Kenwood 3-ways in the sail panels.. (That's about it )

ScrapMaker

how do those plates compare to the kappas?

GTA Jim

They aren't as good as I thought.. The seperate tweeters are nice and crisp, but if I hit the plates too hard, I get some distiortion from the regular speakers.. When I turn things up, I have to keep my fade at 40 front / 60 back... I've had them in for about 5 years now.. I guess I should look for something better.

The Kenwood 3-ways in the back are great.. They'll take everything the head unit can dish out

Justin Horne

Here's mine:

Kenwood KDC-MP628 HU
Rockford Fosgate FRC-4369 3 ways in the sail panels, 4 inch T142C in the front
Rockford P4004 Amp
.5 farad RF cap
Kenwood 800 W sub

All in a home built and carpeted box... (Well, I guess it isn't ALL in there, but you get the idea...)

ScrapMaker

hrm what kind of rating does that kenwood sub have? looks interesting.

edit: I also kind of wonder if my posts from 4/1/05 are still being counted... or if my posts to the "new forum" were just deleted from my count.

Justin Horne

It's 12 inches, 35-400 RMS watts, and it sounds really good...

http://www.crutchfield.com/S-TpluYD0...nfo&i=113W3009

ScrapMaker

pretty cheap subwoofer... sounds like a good deal.

Justin Horne

Yeah, it was.. Crutchfield's got a great deal right now, 2 for 130... Wouldn't make a difference to me anyway, the amp would have to be more expensive to power it, but it's still a good deal.....

ScrapMaker

you may consider getting a new box and putting two of them in.

nick418

i have 3 10s, with 300/1 and 500/1 JL. Yea tell me about. This stuff is pricey. Not worth imo..... Thanks For the Compliments

Saigon_Bob

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yeah well the price of quality....

kowboy59

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...........never comes cheap.

ScrapMaker

well... for some reason, every car audio place I have been to lately, has told me they really hate hifonics amplifiers... and that they are really cheap and not very good..

is any of that true, or were they just trying to off their autotek, memphis, and ppi amps on me?

hifonics 1800 RMS watt amp = $279 ebay

memphis 1500 RMS watt = $1100 local shop...

sounds too good to be true.... anyone have any REAL experience with hifonics brutus amps?

ryanL04

i have a hifonics brutus 1000watt. i love it. it power my two jl audio subs. i not once have had any sort of problem with it whatsoever. i bought it used. totally this amp is one year old. used to its fullest. i dont believe this amp has ever ran on anything other than 1 ohm. thats what i have it wired to, and so did my friend that owned it before me.

memphis amps are a really good amplifier. they are worth it if you have or want to spend the money on it. my cousin has a single 12" memphis sub with a memphis amp and hits 128db (old mic rating) memphis is a really good quality. but as i said above, i have and own a hifonics and know many others that have or use hifonics amplifiers and have NEVER had any problems with them at all.

and again, ive had my hifonics in use running at 1ohm for one full year and have yet to have any signs of problems.

330hp_91RS

Hifonics makes some good stuff.

I have a sub in my truck.

I have also dealt with the company on a personal level and they were extremely nice.

Just make sure the amp isn't a refurb.

omnipotentgoku

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added a new section

http://www.omnipotent-goku.com/iroc/gallery/album09

speakerbox's
thx to those who submitted pics...

DustyJL

There is only 1 500/1. The amp on the left is a 300/4. They look like 10s to me. How does that sound? There isn't much room to make the correct sized box in that trunk for 3 subs. I barely had room to make a sealed box for my 12W3v2s.

nick418

yea there 10s

ryanL04

i knew they were 10's . i knew at least one of the JL amps was a 500/1.

ive never seen a 300/1 or 300/4 JL amp thought. maybe its just cause im not looking for one. cause ive only seen a JL 300/2 in the 300watt series. anyway... good setup though.

nick418

thanks mate

aaron7

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My setup:

Pioneer DEH-P6600 50wx4
Pioneer TS-A4615 4x6"
Pioneer Premier TS-929 6x9"
(2) Audiobahn AW1200Q 12" subs
Kenwood KAC-929s 1000w amp
4 gauge Monster Cable wiring (Monster interlink too)
Homemade 3/4" MDF dual sub box (The mess in the middle was a failed 4" port... I'm yet to recover the box lol)

I have a Pioneer DEH-P8600 in the mail... I can't wait!

Saigon_Bob

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how do your subs sound...aaron

aaron7

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Actually, really good. I haven't heard much good about Audiobahn, but I like the subs. And I'm sure with a proper (as in not sucky and made by me) box, they would sound much better!

Saigon_Bob

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how tight is the response.. i find mine to have decent response and tightness on certain freqs.. but becasue of the ultra small box they are in the deep bass is teh suxors. nuthin below 40hz i think. im looking for tight response and output that can make it rumble you chest like crzy

ScrapMaker

most songs don't even have bass that low..


do you use a test tone cd for testing?? I've got one and its handy

aaron7

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Ya, I have one of those test tone disks.. fun to annoy neighbors with!

Actually, my subs have a very good frequency range with that little box!

Saigon_Bob

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i want a tone disk but they aretoo expensive for me to see buying.... idunno what freq my songs i usually listen to are but lil jon, three 6 mafia, etc has deep low bass tha tm y system sux at reproducing

87CIZ

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Here's my head unit at night I'll have to take one during the day to see anything.... These in the link are my subs

ScrapMaker

reminds me of that sony that you have to open up to use the controls...

its not the touch screen version that only opens for cd's, right?

this is the one with the tiny screen on the inside?

Dark Mavis

I've got a nice set up using the same 12inch Kenwoods that Justin Horne has. These subs were definitely a great bargain from Crutchfield.

Dark Mavis

and this was the final result...


http://memimage.cardomain.net/member...30_35_full.jpg

orangetang

My budget build...

ryanL04

sony xplodes huh.. i actually have somewhat of a new respect for those. yesterday in a stereo comp i was entered in i saw a set of two 12" xplodes hit a 136 db. i was actually pretty darn suprised. good lookin set up. i think youll be very happy with the alpine type-r's

Saigon_Bob

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ive been in a civic coupe with 2 xplode 12s that made it so bad that at half volume you couldnt breath...... but how long they will last and how good they sound are another story

crazycamaro83

orangetang are you gonna make any more pairs of those kicks i have the same type r's in my doors and i have another set that i wanted to buy kicks for but they dont make them that big. drop me a line back if you are. those speakers hit hard too.

ace16a

Scrapmaker, where did you get that video for your cd player. I have the deh-p860mp premier and can't find any good videos. Also, how did you mount your 4x6 plates? I have the same ones and can't figure out how to mount the drivers side.

ScrapMaker

which video?

and the easiest way to install the driver's side kappa plate is to get an exact-o knife and tear the crap out of all the ducting...

make sure the speaker fits then fix the ducting with... wait for it.... duct tape!

I didn't even bother with the duct tape, and my vents still work great, the speaker sealed the hole good enough.

ace16a

The second pic in your first post shows a camaro. That video, or is it just a pic of a car?

ScrapMaker

that's a video... and it's either off of this website from some point in time... or off kazaa/irc

gotta love the background videos...