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  1. How does your car ride with a wall or other huge box?

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

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    if you plan on going big just make sure its bolted down, your tires are inflated properly and you be careful......no more hanging corners and whipping donuts in the parking lot type stuff :D

    1st I must say wow to all the comments, great feedback, ya'll make me feel MORE comfortable with a bigger system for sure.

    My concern comes from little people (kids) that will be riding with me, I don't want to jeopardize there safety just to have a big(ish) system. I don't want to roll over, or anything like that.

    I'm an old fart so I don't do the whole donut thing, but I'm on the freeway A LOT, and I wanted to know if the feel and handle of my van would be unchanged. Acceleration is not a big deal, and the brakes and rear weight issues are easily solvable.

    If you'd like tell me about your freeway experience. Is it basically the same?

    On a different note, I have been a long time member of CA.com (since 2005) and have loved cars with bass since I was 13, (waaaay back in the 70's:O). This place seems to have a mature, reasonable audience, who are not so prone to flame, and talk crap, I personally H A T E THAT. Also I appreciate all the budget systems here. It is nice to see the big name brand stuff, but I have yet to read a thread flaming someone who is doing a multisub setup on cheaper subs. I have only read help and encouragement.

    On my part as a member here, I promise to always search 1st, (here and on google) not participate in flames or crap talking. I'm not a spammer, and I'm not interested in high post counts. Thanks gentlemen, this site is MUCH appreciated.

  3. How does your car ride with a wall or other huge box?

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

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    you gotta think a mini van is made for alot of weight so no. yeah there always secured to the floor/roof

    this is VERY true, I was just imagining in my mind that with a wall it would make things in an suv/van/ect more top heavy... which would subject it to more dangerous forces. However if the people with walls responded here and they say they've had no issues with these types of setups in a daily driver, then I feel better... Braking and rear weight issues are easily solvable. I just don't want to take a turn off the freeway and end up in the lake !

    (hell I CAN'T SWIM :o)

  6. How does your car ride with a wall or other huge box?

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

    Posted

    Hello again,

    I've always wondered, when you have a large system in your car/van/suv (like a wall or something close to that nature) how does the vehicle handle? I would assume you need to make the obvious changes to the rear like springs/shocks ect, but what else from a safety standpoint do you change, if anything?

    How is your braking? Do you need better/different brakes? Are you afraid to take a sharp turn at a reasonable speed? I have contemplated a wall in a dodge van, but I've always been concerned with some of those things.

    I'd love to hear from those who have walls (or whatever) and can shed some light on this...

    thanks!

  7. MA audio MA150QS

    in Subwoofers / Enclosures

    Posted

    all the comments about MA audio are appreciated. I'd like to hear more input from any1 with real experience with these subs. I want budget, (super budget) 15" but I don't want them to look like plastic toys. (you know like red, or orange, or some other god awful color.)

    Thanks every1 :)

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