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  3. WTB Q Logic panels and alt for 93 Suburban

    in Want To Buy

    Posted

    WTB:

    1: Q Logic kick panels for 6.5" component set that would fit a 93 Suburban. Doesn't matter what color, doesn't matter if they are cut already.

    2: 200amp and up alternator for 1993 Suburban

    3: RF Power 4x6's

    4: Big 3 kit for my 93 suburban (anyone remember the name of the dude on the boards that sells these?)

    5: Stinger distribution block

    6: Inline fuse that would work for a RF T1500.1

    7: Box plans for a Alpine Type X, tuned for an all around performer. Equally listen to rap, metal, jazz, all things in between. Mostly hip hop...

    8: Thanks!!!

  5. How cheap can you go and still be satisfied?

    in General Audio - Can't find a category for your question? Ask here.

    Posted

    I tried to do a cheap, basic system in my new car... all of a sudden there's like $1k of gear in it and I'm left wondering WTF happened.

    We had a bang-for-buck-on-a-budget competition over here a while ago. Judged on SPL, SQ and overall crazyness with points given or taken away either side of the budget.

    Winning car did 138.7dB and scored reasonably well in the SQ part. Cost a grand total of $144 for deck, 2 amps, sub and fronts.

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    I feel you. I had a budget of like $500 for a sub, amp, new mids and highs and that was going to be it for my daily driver and my return to car audio. Now I'm over 1k in myself and I've got about $$1500 more planned for the next year. But I love it!

    Congrats on your system dude. You're moving more air than I am. Even though I do have a suburban. :)

  6. need a new alt fellas need some ideas

    in Electrical-battery- Alternators- Wiring

    Posted

    Just my two cents...

    In all my experience in car audio, and life in general, when I don't look further down the road, I always get screwed. Trying to fix something short term never works. You always end up spending more money, more time, and more heartache by constantly putting band aids on problems that need surgery.

    I can say without a doubt in my mind, that turning your gain down on your beat and saving up for a couple of extra months is the right thing to do. It always is. Alternators aren't to be fooled with. Just get an Iraggi, get the lifetime warranty/exchange, and be done with it. Done done done.

    It will cost you more money now, but you have just bought an alternator for life. If you spend $150-$250 getting your current unit rebuilt for some extra amperage, you will end up doing it again in a couple years and will have spent the same amount of money you would have spent by waiting a couple months and saving a bit more.

    But, if you insist, get out your yellow pages, look up alternator/electrical shops. Most cities have places that will rebuild stock alternators and give you some more juice. I've done it once. And I was completely dissatisfied because I had no warranty, and it wasn't enough amperage. It was a band aid on a gun shot wound.

  7. It's down to these for my purchase.

    in Head Units-Processors and Eq's

    Posted

    I've been running the 993 version of that Kenwood for about 4 months now. I can't stand it. It's the best SQ deck I've ever owned, but it's lack of intuition sucks, the stupid Iphone bug (the thing is advertised as being MADE FOR IPHONE) where if you have it plugged in, the phonebook downloads, it cuts audio to the deck and you have to unplug and plug the phone back in everytime, and it's general lack of ease of use sucks.

    If you look in my earlier posts I did a thorough review of my 993. If they fix the bulk of the user complaints about that deck then it's going to be one of the better parrot bluetooth handsfree decks you can run. Period.

    But the way it sits now, no way. It's too complicated combined with Kenwood's manual sucks nuts.

  11. what would be the labor cost for installing a system on an suv

    in General Audio - Can't find a category for your question? Ask here.

    Posted

    Typical prices for a head unit would be $30 on the low end and $50 on the high end. Amps would be $40 on the low end and $80 on the high end. Every shop is different. My friend that works at a shop in Portland told me that the majority of their money comes from installs. He claims they don't make dick on straight up gear. Who knows if he's right because dude is generally full of shit.

  12. Some life advice

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

    Posted

    I'm 31 and grew up in a toxic household. The best advice I can give you is to stay the fuck away from your father. Your family, or your tribe, is what you make of it. You will always be bound by blood to some people, but that doesn't mean shit if they perpetually chump you, treat you like shit, or try and control you.

    It sucks but I've had to turn my back on nearly my entire blood family because it's just not worth the headache.

    Make your own path, cut the leash your father has on you. Saying "MAN UP" is kind of true, but in turn you need to acknowledge that shit sucks and figure out what's best for you and the people you care about.

  14. While Bumpin, Someone's Gotta Complain

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

    Posted

    I always turn it down at stoplights and pedestrian crossings. And of course in Portland we have a shit load of bikes on main roads so I keep it down when they are around. Although, they probably like to hear me coming.

    But yeah, it's a slippery slope. In my neighborhood about 30 blocks away I always turn my shit completely off. No jackers, no guff from my neighbors. I live on a gated property, have a Rottweiler, Akita/Chow mix, and a Wolf mix, and a nice paging alarm, and enough guns to cause shit to form in pants. But, I try to be cool to my neighbors as we kind of live in a rural area. We like the quiet where we live. But when I'm behind the wheel... It's on.

    The worst I've ever had happen is simply people looking in their rear views and shaking their heads when I forget to drop the volume at a light or something. In turn, I've never had a system loud enough for cops or much of anyone to give a shit about. My current set up with 600 watts going to my Type X is the loudest I've had, and it's pretty gutless. But once the sun comes up, my t1500 is going in. That will change. :dry:

  18. Alpine Type X @ 1ohm load

    in Subwoofers / Enclosures

    Posted

    Regarding ohms = I'm a nooooob. I've done my research but I'm still confused.

    I just bought a RF T1500.1 and was hoping to run it at 1ohm to my 12" Alpine Type X. (I know... It's getting replaced with a proper 18" sub once my new mids/highs are done.)

    According to the Type X owners manual and the Fosgate ohm wiring guide, I can only go down to 2ohms with the woofer having dual 4ohm voice coils. Is this correct?

    I'm assuming different wiring configs on the amp are what determine what ohmage the amp runs at. What happens if I run the amp at 1ohm and the sub at 2ohms? Badness?

    Sorry for the newbiness. I'm trying to figure this stuff out on my own but I'm hitting walls.

  20. Losing a father/mother/loved one

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

    Posted

    Sorry to hear you lost your dad. I grew up without a mother and my father worked out of town 3/4 of the year so my grandmother pretty much raised me. I was at her side when she passed. It was the hardest thing I've ever been through in my life, but looking back, I'm glad I was there.

    I know you're going to hear a lot of advice, but the best thing I can say based off my experience, is that if you're sad, feel sad. If you're angry, be angry. Acknowledge those feelings and grieve. Deal with the shit as it comes up. Don't bottle it up.

    I hope you and your family can find some peace.

  21. Would the dewalt 18-volt cordless circular saw work on 3/4 mdf?

    in TOOLS and TESTING Devices

    Posted

    You need to learn how to maintain a battery and have more then one. If charged properly my 18v dewalts do pretty good, but I have a few so I can condition the properly. You can't use it for a minute then throw the bat in the charger. You need to use it till it dies, let it cool off, recharge, let cool back off and use it again.

    x2

    Unfortunately Lithium Ion technology hasn't hit the cordless power tool market yet.

  22. ..damn need some help guys. (venting)

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

    Posted

    another thing that convinces me is that his whole life he's been a theif..like he breakes into cars takes everything..but i saw him as family and would never think he would pull some shit like that on me or my brother...

    oh yeah and my ipod went missing from my room a week ago and still havent found it :censored: :unknw: it has all my bass songs that i made :cray:

    Oh dude if he steals from other people than he did it. Amoral people don't pick and choose who to fuck over. They will fuck over anyone, anytime, anywhere. At risk of sounding like a dad, if you hang around a thief, you're asking to get your shit stolen.

  24. ..damn need some help guys. (venting)

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

    Posted

    More often than not, other than my really really close friends, its always been people that are fairly close to me and are(were) good friends with that stole from me. Alot of times its those people that steal from me because its easy for them. Proven statistic

    I haven't had anything stolen from me friend wise since high school. Proven statistic. Once you grow up and enter "man" world you find that if you do shit like that there are consequences. Such as, beatdowns, gut punchings, bitch slaps, taking DJ Pooh's chain that his grandmama gave him, ass whuppings, and of course the old fashined drop kick to the small of the back when the thief is on top of a long flight of concrete stairs.

    That sucks though regardless. Homeboy probably took it, and if he did, he's a gutless turd. Being that he's a gutless turd, if you confronted him, no way he'd fess up to it.

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