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Sorry for the late replies guys... Been busy moving and stuff...
Anyway, to answer a few questions, the Xplodes are way more than enough thump for me. They pound, and sound great even with that hokey box thing I built. For those of you who figure they're just cheap ****, you're right and wrong. They're cheap (I paid $160CAD for the pair new), but they perform just as good as some of the more expensive subs on the market. It's not like subs need to be precision pieces of equipment... They're subs afterall. boom boom! Even the cheap Sony amp in the picture ran them well at the time. It now powers my 6.5 Alpines, and I bought an on_sale Pioneer Premier 860W? for the subs. I don't have any pics, but the headunit I use is a Clarion DXZ-635MP. Great mp3/wma support, but it's been to the shop twice for repairs. Within 2 weeks, the backlighting died on some of the buttons and when it came back it had heat issues and would always reject good disks.... That got old and i gave the console a wap with my fist one day and she went off the the repair place again... Great support, and now i'm very happy with the deck.
As for the kicks... What I did was find a used set of those generic Q-forms one this board for $40 bucks and I fibreglassed them to the the original kicks... I like to play with that sort of thing... Fibreglass is messy and smelly as it turned out, so do this in a garage or something . I'd say the total cost, including the glue and $1 dolalr glue gun from the dollar store, and carpet... $60 bucks? Super cheap, and fun and they're original. HOWEVER, if you just want to buy some pre-fab ready ot isntall kick *** kickpanels, the same company, named Q-logic makes excellent enclosures for subs and custom kick panels for our cars... They're called Qforms generally, google it! As for making more, I'd like to but no. I down int he Okanagan doing some flight training and I dont have time, money or materials to do anythign liek that. I urge you to try it yourelf though. Go to the wrecker, grab some kicks in any color, get a margerine tub or somethign and cut it out, and cut out a little yogurt container for the tweeters... tape them, glue them, fibreglass them.. it's easy. it's like art that always works and you cna't really **** up. Pile on the fibreglass too, it only make sit stronger gives better resonance than flimsy ****. Carpeting is easy too. each one of those probably has about 10 pieces of carpet glued to eachother for the tight curves and stuff
Orangetang, i really like the clean look of your setup (especailly the subs)... I'm thinking about upgrading from my stock stereo and i liked your setup the best out of everyones (i dont need anything to break glass, just something that sounds nice and looks clean and good). if you dont mind me asking, How much did your setup cost you?
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Originally posted by a mack6 Orangetang, i really like the clean look of your setup (especailly the subs)... I'm thinking about upgrading from my stock stereo and i liked your setup the best out of everyones (i dont need anything to break glass, just something that sounds nice and looks clean and good). if you dont mind me asking, How much did your setup cost you?
I'll do my best to answer that here, it may take some thought. Everything I bought was on sale, including the deck... All prices in Canada dollars.
Clarion DXZ-635MP $249
10" Sony Xplodes 2 x $79
600W Sony Amp $149
860W Pioneer Amp $169
Alpine SPR176As $299
Kenwood 6x9 crap $39
Cables and wires ~$80
MDF, Carpet and Materials ~$70
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~$1200 CAD
Originally posted by BlackMagic Is there anyone else here running Kenwood headunit, amp, and subs?
I'd love to get the kenwood amp that communicates with the excelon headunits... they completely control the amp EQ/GAIN/FILTERS remotely via a link cable...
sweet.. the only problem is the kenwood amps aren't known for their value or performance...
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Heres a crappy picture of mine, its not bad for being the 1st box I ever made. I decided to go with black vinyl because I plan on putting black carpet in sometime in the future. You cant see the screws that bad in real life either.
They sound real good, they hit real deep. There deffinatly hitting in the 150's. After a couple songs with it turned up your ears starts hurting. People who ride with me tell me to turn it down cause they cant think.
I just got my new deck that i orderd ! Its a sony- CDX-F7710
it turns up real loud and sound clean even at high volume levels. Plus i like the cool graphics. so thats step one of my whole system. I had a cool JVC CD-player but someone jacked it in school .
Originally posted by 3rd gen V8 I like that part were your friends cant think because of the hard hitting bass, It also would help to keep thier mouth shut when i drive
how mouch did you spend on that setup?
Amp $400 canadian
subs $500 canadian
deck was $500 canadian but I bought it the day it was released
BonesNIS what is that "panel" next to the locking mech on the back hatch. it looks like a keypad. i need to get batteries in my digital cam so i can take pics of my box... lemme see if i can upload some unfinished pics.
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before the first layer of fiberglass was laid on the top. I used an old shirt, i think i mixed the resin wrong this time because it took almost a week for this crap to dry the shirt hard
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"It's a Chevy... If it ain't smokin, you're walkin." ----------- My Cardomain site
some 80's cars had those contacts to know when the latch was closed completely i think... the later must have relocated that to the actually pull down motor.
Originally posted by Saigon_Bob mine is too but i dont have that lil panel thing....
your brake light is inside the car, instead of in the spoiler. That's why you dont have the pad. 87-90's had the pad for the 3rd brake light in the spoiler.
Originally posted by 87CIZ your brake light is inside the car, instead of in the spoiler. That's why you dont have the pad. 87-90's had the pad for the 3rd brake light in the spoiler.
The brake lights changed on the camaros either late 80's or in the 90's so yea the 86 camaro has the brake light on the spoiler. firechickens dont have the same type of spoiler
__________________ -Alex
"It's a Chevy... If it ain't smokin, you're walkin." ----------- My Cardomain site
I think pretty much everyone can... it would be silly to make a setup where you couldn't...
you could easily just make it so you can lay the t-tops over the subs themselves if you had to... it would only slightly alter the sound, and it's not like you drive like that all the time.
. I'd say the total cost, including the glue and $1 dolalr glue gun from the dollar store, and carpet... $60 bucks? Super cheap, and fun and they're original. HOWEVER, if you just want to buy some pre-fab ready ot isntall kick *** kickpanels, the same company, named Q-logic makes excellent enclosures for subs and custom kick panels for our cars... They're called Qforms generally, google it! As for making more, I'd like to but no. I down int he Okanagan doing some flight training and I dont have time, money or materials to do anythign liek that. I urge you to try it yourelf though. Go to the wrecker, grab some kicks in any color, get a margerine tub or somethign and cut it out, and cut out a little yogurt container for the tweeters... tape them, glue them, fibreglass them.. it's easy. it's like art that always works and you cna't really **** up. Pile on the fibreglass too, it only make sit stronger gives better resonance than flimsy ****. Carpeting is easy too. each one of those probably has about 10 pieces of carpet glued to eachother for the tight curves and stuff
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