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  5. US Debt Clock

    in Political Arena - The one and ONLY place on this board to talk politics.

    Posted

    Who is really going to go to us and say pay up or else? Or else what?

    or else they will lose a war with america lol. This is exactly how I see it. I understand we need to pay our bills but when you are the most powerful place in the world, there really isn't much anyone can do. One good point someone made was, all great countries of the past have fallen. Britain, china, soviet, Greece, Rome. Maybe it's our turn?

  6. 03 Lancer build and rebuild

    in Member Rides & Builds -- Show off your whip, Show off your System!

    Posted

    Thanks man! Yeah I can't wait to get it up and running again. I have big plans and I want to see them realized before the end of the summer. I never realized how addicting beat can be, which is why I went so small on the first one. If I knew I was going to enjoy it as much as I do I wouldve went big with the first one.

    On another note I forgot to add that I went with two boxes because I used my trunk a lot and two boxes is easier to remove than one. Now that I have a second vehicle to tote stuff around I am sacrificing my trunk for the love of bumpin good.gif

  7. 03 Lancer build and rebuild

    in Member Rides & Builds -- Show off your whip, Show off your System!

    Posted · Edited by Lumpydonut

    Found some FatMat laying around that I hadn't used, so I decided to do the spare trunk well. After sitting for 2ish years it still stuck, and in 40 degree oklahoma weather. So anyone who says it don't stick obviously don't know what the hell they are talking about.

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    After wrapping and cutting holes for the hooks to hold it, it fit perfect. Not in that picture but I do also have the trunk carpet still so you cant even see it, I just wrapped it in cheap carpet for the fun of it.

    Was just about to order up an alt form mechman and a couple batteries. Hadn't chosen yet, while XS power has great product, I can get Optimas at work for 20% off so I was still thinking. Then bad luck hit......photo31z.jpg

    Timing belt jumped a tooth, and in an interference engine that means bad news. My audio plans have been on hold since then as I am trying to find time/money to get the head either replaced or fixed. Since then one thing after another keeps popping up and not letting me get it fixed, so I took the money I had set aside for alt/batteries and bought this...

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    The bike, not the girl good.gif I had to have something for fun. All work and no play when youre 19 sucks. People kept pulling up to the shop with their garbage systems, and it made me nastalgic about mine. As it happens the local Ultimate Electronics was going our of business so I went in and spent some coin and bought a spool of Monster 8g wire, some speaker wire, and some Stinger RCAs. Put all my old stuff in the GFs car that we share until mine gets fixed, and I am appeased for the time being. photo53u.jpg

    Now it's just a waiting game until I can tear apart my engine and fix/replace the valves and or head. Then it will be back to the plan. I know it's not what everyone around here is used to seeing, but I definitely have big plans once I can get it back on it's feet.

  8. 03 Lancer build and rebuild

    in Member Rides & Builds -- Show off your whip, Show off your System!

    Posted

    I've been snooping around for a while so I decided it's time for me to post up what I've done so far.

    It all started when some kid hit me at school.photo1wl.jpg

    I wasn't even in the car at the time so it couldn't have been my fault. Filed the report and he turned himself in a couple days later. After going back and forth between insurance places I got my check, then had to roll in a PT cruiser for a few weeks while my car got repaired. After it got fixed I had some extra cash. Tint came first. I was only 16 so I went the safe route and got the lowest legal percent. After that I had to choose between wheels, or a system. I had just bought new tires for the car when I first got it so I decided to wait on wheels until I needed new ones. So I hopped down to my local audio store to figure out what all I wanted and bought my headunit, amp, and 6.5s. I ended up ordering subs online.photo15bb.jpg

    I went with sealed boxes because every ported box I had ever heard sounded like garbage. I wanted crisp bass, not a bunch of air blowing around making it sound loud. Now I have learned a bit since then and know you can have clean bass if you make your box right, but I still think I prefer sealed up. Old stockers

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    New Alpines

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    I realize I did a pretty shitty job on the FatMat on the doors but that was because I did it at 6am and it was already hot as hell outside, and I hadn't slept more than a few hours in a week or so. I did a little better on the trunk lid, after breakfast and a monster or two good.gifphoto16q.jpgphoto26n.jpg

    Seats pulled for easier wire routing.photo3qt.jpg

    Wiring, and somewhere to mount the amp.photo44z.jpgphoto25l.jpg

    Nice and clean :) Amp is mounted behind, didn't get a pic, didn't take too many on the first install because I didn't think it was too amazing. That lasted for a few years, then I got the itch to upgrade. But not before wheels...photo24ls.jpg

    Yellow lip is how they came, wouldn't work on a white car so I plasti-dipped them just so I could get them on the car quick, powder coating is in the plans after system. PlastiDip held up very well. This is after a few months and 1 or 2 power washes...photo43d.jpgphoto34w.jpg

    Also plastidipped the letters and grille. I'm not a big fan of chrome.photo52k.jpgphoto22et.jpg

    After all that fun I started deciding on what I was going to get next. The new T1s just came out so I went that route and ordered up 2 of 'em.photo13n.jpgphoto23m.jpg

    Old vs New, I was pretty damn excited.photo33g.jpg

    Decided I was going to go big and build a box and seal off the trunk. Also going to order up some hinges and make my seats fold down, like every car should. But I popped one in one of my old boxes and realized that bitch was heavy. At around 38lbs each my little spare tire cover would snap in 2 if I tried to put them on there, it was already bowing in because its only like 1/8in plastic or something. So I make a new one, 1/2 plywood if I remember right.

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  16. Box volume & port question now

    in Subwoofers / Enclosures

    Posted

    I just take how big the square that the angle makes is, in your case (not counting wood) is 6.5x16.5x46.5, figure that volume, divide by 2, then figure the volume of the entire box, as if it didnt have an angle, 35x46.5x24.5, and subtract. And to figure the wood you just subtract the size of the wood times 2 from all measurements.

  24. Odd but useful question

    in Off Topic - Random, Misc posts - the forum "Junk Drawer"

    Posted

    To Insure Promt Service (TIPS) a tip used to be delivered before you received a service. Now it is used as gratitude for good service so i tip anyone who provides a service that makes me feel that they deserve of a tip. Also i dont follow a guideline on the amount its what i feel is necessary. I gave a lady that cut mine and my 3 year olds hair last week a 20 because she handled my son extremely well

    Same here I base tips on service quality. I have been a waiter and now i work at AutoZone and do all sorts of shit for free (wipers, headlight/brake lights, discounts just so people will be happy) so I know what it's like. But if I go in to Applebees or Olive Garden and am constantly out of drink or something like that I don't tip at all. But if they are extremely busy and still manage to come to my table a few times I will tip a little, and if I never have to go without drink/bread sticks I will tip very generously.

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