killer20072001
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Looks good man
My First Build
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grnrpr68
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Looks good
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Brandon X
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Thanks.
Heres some more pics. Just finished caulking and painting the inside of the port so im gonna go to bed and let it all try while I sleep. Then when I wake up all I gotta do is spray one more coat of white and put the top on and its ready to go!
Taking it to the guy that installed my system tomorrow and having him carpet it, and then my ex gf is gonna stencil DC Audio, just like she stenciled Kicker on my amp rack, on both sides of the port. Then hopefully sometime soon im gonna get my amps professionally tuned, route my iPod to my glovebox and finally put in my cd delete pocket. Then that'll be it for audio!
Heres some more pics. Just finished caulking and painting the inside of the port so im gonna go to bed and let it all try while I sleep. Then when I wake up all I gotta do is spray one more coat of white and put the top on and its ready to go!
Taking it to the guy that installed my system tomorrow and having him carpet it, and then my ex gf is gonna stencil DC Audio, just like she stenciled Kicker on my amp rack, on both sides of the port. Then hopefully sometime soon im gonna get my amps professionally tuned, route my iPod to my glovebox and finally put in my cd delete pocket. Then that'll be it for audio!
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Brandon X
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It's completed! Got it in my Tahoe all wired up and it sounds soooooooo ******** good and clean. I love it. Here's some pics of it all finished, they kinda suck though. Most likely getting this beast carpeted tomorrow.
Also for those wondering the box is tuned to 46hz. I'll take some pics tomorrow of it in the back.
Also for those wondering the box is tuned to 46hz. I'll take some pics tomorrow of it in the back.
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Brandon X
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Well for those that care, I went to a local shop today called Xtreme Custom Car Audio. Was talking to the dude about how I wanted to get it carpeted, tune my amps, route my iPod to my glovebox and fix my alternator feedback. Then we talk about how I should be breaking in my new subs. Well he hops in my truck and he blares it (is this a good idea with an amp thats pushing more rms than these subs combined?) and my ******* box starts falling apart lol. The top piece of wood, which I forget to glue down but didn't think it would matter a whole lot, started flapping and smacking like crazy.
So, looks like this whole next week im gonna be trying all I can to make this thing more stable. Since I get 2 hours a day of free time if im lucky during the week, im gonna trying my best to put as many screws in as I can, and gluing down the top this time lol. If worse comes to worse, ill have to screw in a piece of MDF in the middle of my box in the port hole for some extra support. Then it's back to to the shop to get all that stuff done.
But hey, found out these subs slam, and I mean SLAM. I put on some waka flocka and my rear barn door windows were flexing like crazy for only 400 rms a sub basically.
So, looks like this whole next week im gonna be trying all I can to make this thing more stable. Since I get 2 hours a day of free time if im lucky during the week, im gonna trying my best to put as many screws in as I can, and gluing down the top this time lol. If worse comes to worse, ill have to screw in a piece of MDF in the middle of my box in the port hole for some extra support. Then it's back to to the shop to get all that stuff done.
But hey, found out these subs slam, and I mean SLAM. I put on some waka flocka and my rear barn door windows were flexing like crazy for only 400 rms a sub basically.
96ProCompTahoe
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Nice! haha no worries though, it happens. put another box worth of screws in it and it should hold!
killer20072001
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If you get some glue on there it should solve the flex no problem. The way your box is designed its pretty sturdy for what you got and should not need re-enforcing.
MASS-HOE'Z71
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ouch! that sucks, but its probably better it happened before you shelled out the money to have it carpeted and had it sittin pretty in the back of the truck, then have it shake apart in a week or something. good luck building it up, should turn out pretty nice when its all set.
If that's how they break in new subs, they're foolish and not doing you any favors. Go elsewhere. Or better yet, contact the sub manufacturer and ask them what they recommend for break in procedure.
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Brandon X
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The day I put em on (I think it was Thursday) I called DC Audio and got a message saying they were gonna be out of the shop until Monday. Just my luck!
But I hear you. I think I am gonna take it somewhere else because I don't trust those guys. It's so hard finding a good car audio shop, and within a reasonable driving distance.
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Just got off work and im leaving in 5 hours to get my audio shit finished. ******** im gonna be tired.
Going to a place called CarTunes and they are carpeting my box, tuning my amps, routing my iPod to the my glovebox, and tuning my amps. These guys sound pretty legit too, unlike the last place I went to.
I'm so glad this is finally gonna be complete. I'll take a picture of my box carpeted up when I get home.
Going to a place called CarTunes and they are carpeting my box, tuning my amps, routing my iPod to the my glovebox, and tuning my amps. These guys sound pretty legit too, unlike the last place I went to.
I'm so glad this is finally gonna be complete. I'll take a picture of my box carpeted up when I get home.
Back in the early 80's there was a very high end shop in Birmingham named Birmingham Autosound. They were on Woodward just south of Maple (15 mile rd). They carried the best of everything and that's where I got my start into it all. Manager's name was Brian _________. He left Birmingham and moved on to Car Tunes and was working at the location at 11 mile road and Woodward, in Royal Oak.
No idea if he's still at that location or even with Car Tunes managing another location (Allen Park or ?) but if you ask about him and he IS around, he's the guru to see.
No idea if he's still at that location or even with Car Tunes managing another location (Allen Park or ?) but if you ask about him and he IS around, he's the guru to see.
grnrpr68
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on most subs there isnt a break in period its just a myth play them when you get them and pound..i put 2 18" FI BTLS in my hoe with 2000rms to each and went to town very loud and flexing the shit outta my truck as long as you have it tuned and there is no clipping and clean power to your subs and mids n highs you will be fine....
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Brandon X
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I actually talked to the maker of DC subs (Rusty) and he says different. This guy is car audio genius too. He says with subs, there's some kind of material on the spiders that breaking them in removes or something like that. I can't remember exactly. He told me you COULD just drop subs in and slam on them but it's better to break them in and he told me 6-8 hours would be a good idea.
killer20072001
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Ya everybodys opinon on breaking in subs if different
grnrpr68
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everyone hears different i guess i got told from the forums on FI scott and nick said that its a myth and put them in and pound ......everyones got a different way
blueflamed03
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that's the way to do it...break in is for optimal SQ and alignments.
