97Jetta1637

generally speaking. if done right you'll break your 145 goal

correct, 5.25cubes would be fine for the 2k.

so keep box sie the same because when i get my 2k itll be better in the long run. . . what about 2800? "not the peak 2800" ??that's what i'd personally do. then when you get to 2800+ start going smaller. than what you currently have. say you were to throw a 3.5k on there you'd probably go with something along the lines of 4-4.5cubes ported.

honestly, i'd go with the same net volume but readjust the tuning to the 38 range. with a bigger box your 1.2k would be better suited. moar power = smaller box. less power = bigger box. and the dc 2k will be "over" rms handling on the website, not the peak at 2800, but still. as far as the db +- goes, idk, you gotta test it

maybe instead of buying guns, he could fix his girls teeth. holely gape tooth tunnel man

yah i know that, that car is long gone since i moved in with my dad. i loved my jetta's but i now own a 99 buick my 95 jetta (red one) had a bad tranny, exhaust (everything), and the steering column was going bad at only 82k miles. the exhaust i would of needed a whole new one, the transmission needed rebuilt, and the steering column was fine for awhile, but i hated everything about that car. so far the buick drives like a cloud, and seems to have a bigger trunk than both the 97 and 95 jetta, not combined of course.

i'm still confused since your jetta is a 95 is the buick what you're talking about?

on this same type of car or the jetta? cause $400 doesn't sound very fun

by far the sony xplod 10". my buddies dad's cousin owns a shop and he told me that he had a 1000watt rms sony amp and it made the windshield break. he was thinking of getting 2 but he doesn't want to go over 210dbs.

Will do, thanks for the advice. I was just going to blindly throw a system in there. We (me and my dad) test drove it and you're exactly right, drives like being on a cloud, smooth, straight, and no speed wobbles lol. Rear Bearings: http://www.partstrain.com/store/?Ntt=rear+bearing doesn't look to bad

http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/noframes/15079.shtml 17^3ft of cargo area? sounds enticing

lol 40k watts peak http://www.makeitlouder.com/loudspeakers.html

torres box calculator. but if you're looking for a box to build and want someone to make it they'll need to know your subs displacement, and how many there are.

We currently do not have any sub200's in stock. I can look into getting one, but we are located in Ohio. Your buddies best bet would be to check out armslist.com or perhaps a local retailer. where abouts in ohio? Couple hours north of you. Western suburb of Cleveland. North Ridgeville. ah i see. been to a lot of places in columbus with my dad, they're meh i guess. buckeye outdoors (near lancaster) is just about our best bet. he's more into 12 gauge hunting and trap / field shotguns so ARs and the like aren't his cup of tea

We currently do not have any sub200's in stock. I can look into getting one, but we are located in Ohio. Your buddies best bet would be to check out armslist.com or perhaps a local retailer. where abouts in ohio?

if you play with the 8s in a door panel you're basically doing a sealed enclosure then you need to adjust (enclosure specs) for power they're handling. and for amps, you'd be better off with a 2 channel for 8s. 4 channel for 6.5s, and a two channel for tweets. the reason you're a ways off, door panels be hard from what i've heard, seen, and read, unless you've done them before. don't quote me on the first sentence. i may be talking out of my ass

take that as a hint, it doesn't want you to look out that mirror so...

i'll vote tomorrow, c-bus ftw ;P

on the one not looking down yes from what i see

Worst summary ever!!! 80% leftover? What aout the Monty cash flow budget which is one of key elements taught in the book? lol nice skimming. say you get a 650$ paycheck. after taxes, it's 580 (or whatever idk) you get paid weekly and bills come at the end of the month, so 580 x 4 = 2320$ a month ( again making numbers up) you have your bills that's $1500. so now you have 820$ left. put $123 in the bank for a cushion, then $41 in the emergency bank. now you're left with $656 for that month, gas, food, and play. it's really not that hard. let me help you break that down again. you eat subway for breakfast lunch and dinner, buy a footlong and eat 6" for breakfast then lunch = 5$ then buy another footlong and eat the whole thing for dinner = $5. that's $10 a day on food (again examples) 30 days in a month so that's $300 and now you have $356. now you figure gas. you get 20mpg at $3.20 a gallon and your tank hold 12 gallons and you drive 15miles 1 way to work, so 30 miles a day. you go visit a friends house, they live 5 miles away, you visit them 8 times in a month. there's 80 miles or 20 miles a week, so 230 miles a week, times 4 weeks in a month (averaging the day week and month in a year so there's no unfairness about what day to start on) is 920 miles a month. that's 3.833 repeating times you fill up, or 46 gallons of gas. 46 times $3.20 a gallon is $147.20 a month in gas. leaving you $208.80 dollars to literally do whatever you want with. don't ever buy a book to save money. do the fucking math.

i can sum up that book in a short paragraph. take you check, pay your bills, after you pay your bills look at what you have left and put 15% or more into the bank with interest, put 5% into an emergency fund (ie: another bank account at another bank) but don't get a debt card for that, just for emergencies only so you have to go in to withdraw. then the other 80% of what you have is yours to play with. but bills and debt always come first. my percentages are based off of AFTER you pay bills/debt

small box big power, big box small power. remember that, so asking for a small box must mean you have big power, but with big power comes the chance of blowing the sub or amp if you fuck things up somewhere

backwards, bigger amp with a mono instead of 2 channel, or a 4 channel. don't upgrade subs if your amp doesn't draw enough wattage

^^^^ this car audio is just one big equation, if you give us nothing there is no answer, just statements

subs, amp, wiring, battery, mids/highs. that'd be gods plenty for starting really