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yea, practice...
i think this weekend my friends killed 2 kegs with like 15-20. Before going out to the bars. I went home and missed all the fun. Was out till 3:30 with a 11am class, tomorrow no class till 4, so it should be a fun monday night. Don't ask questions, just sit back and try to keep up
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excuse me if i'm retarded, but are these things snorkeled or something? i cant see putting my shiney couple of thousand dollar toy in peril like that, hydrolock ftl
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if you're feeling adventurous, cut that pocket off, open everything up, and start glassing. It's not that hard, especially if you do alot of research first, just labor intensive. Took me about 2 weeks to do 4 pods, and i never really finished them, just got them solid smooth and mounted, and sprayed some flektone on them so they didnt look like total garbage
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if you get a battery with the bolt type posts, this is super easy
run 0g from front + to back battery, use a ring terminal to the bolt, from the same bolt, run wires to your amps, with whatever gauge wire and ring terminal they require.
run a 0g ground from the negative terminal to the chassis, and then using the same guages and ring terminals, run ground lines to the amps.
basically front batt to reaar, and rear to amps, so u have 3 terminals stacked on the bolt, and then chassis to neg, and then to neg of amps, so there is again, 3 stacked on the one bolt.
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for reference, i dont think i've ever gotten mine to completely max out, these amps wont go into thermal or clipping protection, only voltage, i think its that hc600's fault...the lights barely dim in my car though, need to reinforce the rear ground and do a stronger rear batt to get full potential.
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Power: 200a iraggi alt
hc1400 under hood, hc600 in trunk (getting upgraded soon)
monster 0g big 3/front to rear run, kicker 4g rear bat-amp
setup:
1 gto1400d (160 amp fused)
2 gto1004 (i think 80a fused, dont remember, mayb 60 apiece?)
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its one of those things where if you have to ask, you shouldn't do it. Stick with 12 volt for now, learn, watch the boards, do some builds, and then consider making the leap. There's only a few guys here that run a 16 volt system, and all of them are hardcore competitors.
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ive heard good things about those amps
i hope you have 6-8 large batteries (kinetic 2400/ powermaster 3100), triple or so runs of 0 guage, and something like dual 300a alts to keep those monsters going, they suck current like you cant comprehend. really hope it's not your first system.
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so YOU'RE the guide to boobies
i thought that was booble...you know, google for boobs....
but for real, if you search "car stereos" or "subwoofers" in google, you're going to find all the sites we'd post up....
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i thought you were our guide to the internet....
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just my .02 but if the 4 batteries are in the back near the amps they should give you the current you need, but a second alt would be an excelent idea, since once those abtteries are drained down, you're going to be stuck with only 300a of current to recharge the batts and supply your system, car, lights, etc. If you plan on driving down the highway on blast, or letting it play close to max for extended periods, definately consider another alt
other than that, you should be fine
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its all just pipe dreams right now unfortunately, between fixing the car and putting security down on a house next year, i'm next to broke, and winter is going to be time to re-do the subs, so if anything it'll be during summer....if i dont move out to my own apartment, cuz the only way i can afford a house at school AND an apartment back home is to not blow cash on my car and dumb crap
plus i have to go furniture shopping ftmfl...growing up sucks...
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i've seen people use ipods with downloaded music from god knows where...not sure if its all official and legal though, it may be up to the discretion of judges. Try checking the rulebook of whatever association you're considering competing under
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well you got me convinced, and it seems like they are a similar price
any experience with the 4xl's? im really looking to either throw an 8 and 6 in pods and a 4 int he stock location, or run 2 6.5's, a 4 in the door, a tweeter, and 2 10inch midbasses in a center console. If those 8's are worth getting and are better than kicker ssmb8's, i'd be sold, i have this thing about everything matching, i think itlooks mad ghetto when stuff is obviously mismatched (3 gto amps, 2 power subs, 2 power components, 1 power coax....get the idea, i didnt wanna run ss kickers, i really dislike the sound of them, i find it really harsh.
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i'm running 3 sets of jbl powers (the 660 series) in my car right now, but i was looking to do like an 8-6-4 3 way setup, are these speakers louder? clearer? more midbass(doubt that one considering the powers are beasts in the lows)
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thats what they do, every one ive driven rattles....see if you can do anything like deading around the mounting holes for the panels or something like that, it should make some difference
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he had a sock in the car somewhere, its jsut so it doesnt get too scraped up by the metal, and its hard to see, but that pic of me smiling in the engine bay, my other hand is woven through and under all the hoses and junk in there, going from the battery area to the charge post of the alt, it was the most awkward position, and i dropped that damn nut twice.
voltage chills at just under 14.4 with the motor running, battery was 12v on the dot outta the box, was prob sitting awhile.
If anyone is wondering how to solder those cup type terminals, vice em, cut the wire sheath back far enough that the wire hits the end, twist the terminal cup onto the wire so it takes the shape, remove the wire, break solder into short enough pieces to fill it end to end, pack it full or solder bits, melt it down to a nice pool in the bottom of the cup, shove the wire in utilizing the twist you put on it with the test fit, and then invert it and let it cool. Those things are never coming off. theres prob 8-10 inches of solder melted into each one.
and that battery strap is probably the most secure thing int he car, im pretty sure if this car gets hit that battery is gonna be straight chillen right there, its bolted down with big ass frame bolts that were originally used to hold down the battery tray and stock battery, its never moving.
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it looked like it had a scratch or two on some of the corners, but that may have been from us trying to get it in, other than that it looked perfect
one more reason mechman rocks
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stupid pic of me shoulder deep int he engine campartment trying to get the charging post bolt back on FTMFW
and you def owe me a strip of plumbers tape=)
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8am class one day a week, fuck that
bill for new rotors, pads, abs sensor, o2 sensor, and labor is the exact amount i planned for new bl's and a box, fuck that
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yoooo im curious now, what did she say?
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they're both good, but the re's prob go a little lower and the t1's probably go a little louder
there's no wrong choice, especially if this is your first system
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i <3 jbl
just so u realize, these are more of an sq speaker than a volume speaker, they are very very clean.
they will get loud with some power, but they're more so meant as an sq setup.
the px and bpx lines of amps have been discontinued, but looks for an amp that can easily do 150rms the 300.4 is a beast amp and should be fine for them, i'm not sure what your price range is or how many you're running, but the alpine pdx's are pretty sick, or you can go the route everyone else does and look at sundown 100.4. just remember that you do get what you pay for to some extent, so dont be afraid to drop a few extra dollars for the peace of mind that it's going to last and work the way it should.
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chode is right
nekkid picks
18+ should have a revenge section, that would be sweet whenever someone wants to verify me=)
College Kids
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i still think the funniest thing was waking up on a couch in someone's attic, not remembering how i got to the house, with a girl from my dorm ontop of me, and a good friend of mine ontop of her, soaking wet, wearing haloween costumes (this was last year), at like 8am freezing cold, in rochester which is like 50 miles from my school.