Will757

2 fully loaded q's are more like 1500rms a piece. and theyd be quite a bit more expensive. it cost me about 630 shipped to va so my guess is that it would be a bit more to australia

who said anything about the outside temperature changing between idling and moving? Im talking about the operating temperature of my car. There is actually such a thing as taxing on the engine or cooling system. When oil breaks down due to excessive heat, it loses its lubricative properties and doesnt do what its supposed to do quite as well. Of course its not like this is a fast process, but its still happening and is doing no good for the engine. Plus, all that extra heat isnt good for plastic and rubber pieces under the hood. lots of heating and cooling makes that stuff brittle over time My Point: The chances of catastrophic engine failure are slim to none, but it is definitely better for the engine to be off than to idle for long periods of time when it doesnt necessarily have to

you have a strange and disturbing avatar there bud. you also make some good points, especially about the police package. police cars have larger radiators, larger crank cases, transmission coolers and bigger oil pans so they can hold more oil. even the hybrid cars are outfitted with better cooling components. However, letting a car idle for a moderate amount of time while playing a system shouldn't drastically affect the engine temperature. I feel like this shouldn't really be an issue. just use common sense when your listening to music. if its 100 degrees out I dont even want to be sitting in the car with the air on. id rather just not be idling at all, let alone powering up 5 amplifiers and 30 speakers. if your careful with what you do, there shouldnt be any problems. Haha yeah i know. I was clearing out my emails and my friend had sent me this back in like 07. so i just decided to make it my avatar since i didnt have one. But back to the idling - it probably wont do any real damage to your engine, but excessive heat speeds up the process of oil breaking down. so if your car is lime mine and runs 40-50 degrees hotter just sitting there, might wanna go easy on that. Ive got a deka 105ah battery in my trunk, and 3500 watts of amps. I always listen to it when im working out in the yard, and it has no problem running not full tilt, but loud enough so that i can hear it clearly throughout the yard which is about an acre. I can do that for at least a couple few hours no problem. and if im working for longer, I turn it off, take a break, and start the car for maybe 15 minutes or so, lettting it charge some. Never had any problems doing it that way

Idling for long periods of time definitely isnt the best thing to do for an engine. a lot of heat builds up under that hood when its 90+ degrees out. Some cars do have better cooling systems than others though. My dad's F150 runs at the same temperature on the freeway that it does sitting in the driveway idling for a while. My car on the other hand, runs at about 160-180 when Im on the freeway, and just sitting there idling itll hit 210 or more if its really hot out. There is definitely an added strain on the cooling system. Thats part of the police package on cars. they have a beefier cooling system because police cars do a whole lot of idling

lol Yep. That and anytime I have to work on or install stuff in them. Just seems like everything is in the smallest and tightest spots. Even on the newer imports like my brothers Civic, I can't fit my hands ANYWHERE to fix stuff. haha I know exactly what you mean. theres a kid at my school with 3 15's shoved in his trunk, and his wiring is the biggest taco job ive ever seen

Thanks man! yeah after having so many problems with my first setup, I really wanted to do it right. I saved my money, bought nice equipment, and installed it right. Tried not to cut any vital corners. In the Past month, I even bought all new ring terminals, took the old crimped ones off, and soldered new ones on to all my power/grounds

Thanks a lot! haha my grandma bought it new in 96 so i basically grew up with this car. doesnt really suit me for what I need a vehicle for, but for what it is, I love it

The amp is a MMATS 3000.1 check em out. they make really great stuff. I asked guys on the ecoustics forum and on CA.com and they reccomended this amp over a sundown 3k. I love it. Its hardly bigger than my JL 1000.1 on my first setup, it hardly heats up at all, and its really efficient. Hey now dont hate on the buick. that things nice inside and drives smoother than just about anything else. its even kinda quick! could use a paint job and window tint though.

haha yeah the stuff is like 16 bucks for a 25 foot roll. just needed anything to absorb some of that trunk rattle. lol you mean like when someone tries to shove a few 18's in a civic?

thanks a lot! haha i actually looked into gettin some second skin after seeing it in one of steve's videos but then i saw the price. Money doesnt exactly grow on trees when youre 17. My buddy has a ranger completely covered in damplifier though and it really is good stuff

finally got my system functional and decided to play around with it some

whaaaaat?!! haha thats insane! im impressed just by the woofer flex off 25 watts!

all the subs you mentioned are great sounding subs, i guess its just really all personal preference and price

Thanks man! haha i had my gramma in the car one day and i had some jeezy playin. she cant hear a damn thing but she could feel the bass and goes "Will is that thunder or is the car about to explode?"

Fi is a great company. IMO theyre the best for the price. Ive got 2 12" Q's in a 5ft^3 box tuned to 30hz and it sounds amazing. at full tilt it looks like my trunk lid is about to fly off haha. But theyre super clean and pretty damn loud for sure. Ive also heard a single 15 in a box tuned to 32hz and that was pretty damn loud too. Ive never heard the BL's but I highly recommend the Q's