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Smoked some passive crossovers running 0dB tones too high of volume. Made tweeter holes with the wrong size hole saw (too big). But didnt spill my beer :drink40:

Rebuild Log with the SMD

CURRENT..

Honda Accord Coupe

Porsche Cayenne S

Lexus CT200

Lexus ES300 (sold)

99 Lexus RX 300 (sold)

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Porsche - Fi BL, XS Power, more to come

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peep the old rebuild log of the Lexus RX

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Hooking up 4 channel amp to stereo and confused wires and shorted the headunit out HARD. Didn't have a stereo till 6 months later when they finally gave it back. Never going to best buy EVER again. Hideous customer service. Also was blasting about 500 watts through 10 gauge wire, and melted the fuse...

1983 Bmw 320i 5 speed 251000 miles on it

Sundown SA-12d2

Big 3

Optima 75-25

Jensen hlx600 150x4 amp

Hifonics BRZ-1200.1D for sub in a 1.7ft^3 ~33hz ported box

Pioneer USB stereo

Bass knob integrated into old fading switch (Sneaky)

Lowered on H&R sport springs with bilstein sport shocks (2" drop and handles like a dream)

Leave him be. He's just talking shit and laying on his bathroom floor listening to Dashboard Confessional. Let nature take it's course and pump this chick in the butt. Let her know who's boss.

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Letting iH8PunkRok help with my builds.

Posting this^^^ then asking him to design me a new box. Lol let's see if I can play anything below 100 hz lol

Vehicle: 1995 Impala SSHead Unit: Pioneer AVH-P4400BHMids And Highs: (still deciding)Batteries: 1 Deka Group 34

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Accidentally touching a negative wire onto a positive post on a Kinetik HC2000... one loud pop sent my ears ringing for a while.

My negative wire came loose out of my battery terminal and couldnt figure out why my amps kept shutting off (battery was floating at 5.4 volts since it wasnt charging :trippy: )

It was a dark night with limited light while hooking up my Soundstream amp and thought the negative was positive, and positive was negative. <_<

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2004 Bagged Trailblazer

(4)18" Sundown Nsv3s
(4) Taramps HD10000s, Taramps DSP3000, Lanzar opti 250x2, AB 100x4
(2)DC power SP 270s, (14)XS Power d3100s, (1)d6500

 

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Poked a hole in the surround of my friends brand new Level 3 15 with a drill bit....... The very day he got it.

Broken pieces on door panels. Door panels that arn't mine so it's ok. (Right? :peepwall: )

I cant think of anything else really bad that I have done.

The biggest mistake might be my friends letting me touch their cars..... :shrug:

2003 Dodge Ram 1500 SLT (Yea its got a Hemi)Alpine CDA-105KnuKonceptz 0ga CCA

Big 3 with Yellow Top

15" SoundQubed HDC3DC Audio 1.2K (Bass)Pioneer 6x9's (Front)Pioneer 6.5's (Rear)Kicker 3.5's (Dash)Sony amp on the highs. (Hey it was free)

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worst mistake ive made was letting a buddy design his own box and volunteering to help build it without checking it first...spent my whole weekend to build a box tuned to 80 htz <_<

This isn't teeball. YOU DO NOT GET A TROPHY JUST BECAUSE YOU SHOW UP. Put the work in and then maybe get the respect when it has been earned

151.6 with single 12 at 41 hz

153.2 with 2 12's at 43 hz

power: dd m4

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Mine are just goofy "duh" moments

Halfway toasted a pair of JL 10w1 original series subs. Didn't know why until I joined SMD and got learned up real good 'n all. I was using a cheapo LOC and apparently my factory head unit is like 40 watts RMS per channel. They got real stinky and then would only play about 60% as loud as they used to. Then I sold them for $10 more than I bought them for.

Connected my power cable to the power post on the fuse block instead of directly to the battery, and a really shitty ground as well to the underside of the rear deck. Amp is probably gone by now, haven't had it hooked up in a while. We'll see.

Oh, and I built a 3.5 cube box for my RF P1 15, so I could move to something like a level 4 or HDC 3 15 in the future, put it on a build log, and then realized that my 20 sq in port is too small. 3.3 sq in per cube?

Do you ever facepalm because of your own stupidity? <_<

2007 Pacifica
Rebuild. Less quiet. Still not loud.

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Broken door panels, trim panels, burned myself, soldered myself but those are duh moments the worse for me had to be puncturing a brand new 15" Kicker L7 in front of the customer. Boy he wanted to kill me...actually he tried but I'm a small guy so shake n bake shake n bake. I paid for him to have it shipped back and fixed but it was a learning experience always make pilot hole first.

2013 Dodge Charger

Build Log


1996 Ford Explorer XLT 5.0
Build Log

2005 Honda Civic LX Coupe

Build Log

SMD SUPER SELLER!!!!
My Selling Feedback

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mates DD 9515, picture sums it up LOL

AUSTRALIA do i need say more?

HU: some crap pionee

AMP: dc 9k @ 18v

SUB: 4 elevation audio sqx 12"

Battery: 2 neuton power 8200d

burp setup for fun 152's

soon to come: rebuilt soundstream xxx (2 18" OR 3 15" wall) Bunch speakers, more batts and new HU

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^^ How the?? :trippy:

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2004 Bagged Trailblazer

(4)18" Sundown Nsv3s
(4) Taramps HD10000s, Taramps DSP3000, Lanzar opti 250x2, AB 100x4
(2)DC power SP 270s, (14)XS Power d3100s, (1)d6500

 

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