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  1. Congrats To Charger - Sotm 8-08!

    in August 2008 System of the Month!! Chargers "Holdon Jackaroo" aka Isuzu Trooper

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    So after my last wall, two DD 9915s in a Volvo 240 Station wagon had some issues, it was time to start fresh! I wanted to build something that I could go all out on, something big, loud and almost over the top.

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    Scanned the newspapers for a few weeks, looking for a good van or perhaps my ideal available car, Isuzu Trooper 2 door long wheel base. This car is good for a wall. It's cheap, square and has a large cargo area which is flat on the floor.. The 'B' pillar is 'thick'. The front doors are very short and the windscreen is very flat. The roof has big channels in it which add strength to stop flexing. Let the hunt begin!

    Okay so a quick trip to 'Koondoola', a right ghetto to look at an advertised car. One Holden Jackaroo, faded red, two door long wheel base petrol motor for $1600. After some quick negotiations (waving cash around desperate seller's faces seems to change their minds fast :) ) and we had a deal struck, $1100.

    This car is identical to the Isuzu Trooper and never really sold well in Australia, with much more feirce 4WDs easily available in Aust, they never really had a purpose.

    Here's how it looked the afternoon I got her home.

    Humble beginnings they say.

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    I broke the windscreen on the way home, slammed it with my fist saying to a friend "Wow this thing will flex really easily!" and the damn thing cracked all the way across. Damn. :P

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    Wow; Holden sold a re-badged Trooper, live and learn! Nice sound chamber for maximum destruction bass btw!

  2. Goldwood help needed!

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

    Posted

    Thanks for the advice, I was doing research WHILE asking questions here. I thought this was a forum for an exchange of ideas. I wanted to see if there were any avenues that I could go to that could give me what I wanted. I also don't like being talked down to like I'm an idiot who knows nothing about car audio. It's not what you say; it's how you say it. Lesson learned; there won't be anymore inquiries unless I ask specific people that can speak the way they want to be spoken to. We're all adults; let's speak as such.

  3. Goldwood help needed!

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

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    Thanks for nothing. After researching A LOT; I found out that it was a hybrid sub that used parts from several different subs that fake snobs brag on all the time. It was never meant to be sold to a large scale audience; which is why it was never labeled. It was a trial series to gauge interest in the speaker. The dealer that sold it to me also has some old Hifonics 15" subs that don't have their logos on them either. They've (Maxxsonics)contacted him about sending the subs(he has 4 of them) back to the factory for the equivalent of 8 new subs. It's good to know that some jerks can support Chinese made subs by American companies, and American made subs with Chinese parts; but a good sub that was musical and could get loud cleanly is talked about like it's garbage. Having been in car audio since 88; I'll do what I've always done and do my own work to find better answers without silly ass answers clouding the way. BTW; the dealer that I originally bought it from is going to do the re-cone with dual 2 ohm coils for $80. I've always respected answers from people on SMD; and I'll have to be more of a comment and keep moving person like I have been.

  10. Goldwood help needed!

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

    Posted

    I have a problem finding a re-cone kit for my Goldwood Audio sub. It's a 12" dual 4 ohm sub with a massive motor structure. I don't remember what model it is because I purchased it 8 years ago new and it had no stickers on it to identify it. I've been beating the hell out of it for the entire time that I've owned it and was expecting failure some day; and it let go spectacularly! the smell and sound was TOTALLY worth slamming on brakes and pulling to the shoulder in traffic! I'd like to find a re-cone that also has the leads woven into the upper spider and all of the other things that made this sub so nice to listen to for all of these years. It has 6; 1/2 - 3/4" phillips head bolts that hold the basket on the motor assembly. This is an extremely well built sub that sounded fantastic and I'm not willing to part with it. I'd like to go from dual 4 ohm to dual 2 ohm coils. HEEEEELP!

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