~ iPad inDash SQ Rebuild ~ Scion tC 2006 Old Alpines, Sundown, Pioneer, Mechman

[HunterJohnson]

Here's the UBL guys

http://www.stevemead...3s-and-saz3500/

[HunterJohnson]

Got some major updates...not really.

But I have received alot of education recently working as an engineer at aura sound.

So I preordered the sundown components the first chance I got, but I haven't installed them until now.

I also retuned my whole system, removed rear fill, I'm running active on my doors and running Rockford crossovers for my kick panels because the amp is a 2 ch.

Pictures will be coming soon thanks guys!! I haven't been active much on here bc I've been working so much but I've been so busy at work I haven't had much time to do stuff for myself

[HunterJohnson]

So...pics are promised

Installed in the kicks, it doesnt show it here but I hot glued the holes up so its pretty much sealed.

[HunterJohnson]

My bad ass hifonics FTW...not really but they light up! Still a bang for your buck

[HunterJohnson]

Now im still tuning and I've only done the doors, tuned for about an hour or so.

I'm running the hifonics tweeters because they feel, look, sound, identical even the specs are...i'm pretty sure they are the same tweeter tbh.

And I'm running the rockford tweeters in the kicks because I do not want to fabricate them again since they are molded in. But we will see when I start tuning the kicks.

ANYWAYS on to the SUNDOWN 6.5 Review

It isnt fair to review these speakers compared to the hifonics and rockford ones I previously had installed because this is the first time I have tuned my system and I'm running everything completely active.

I'm powering the doors active with Alpine F407 the mids are LP'd at 3800 and the tweeters are HP'd at 6000hz running off a pioneer 4300DVD. After an hour of tweeking I am very happy with the results. I listened to the pair for about an hour at nearly max volume and have no listening fatigue (only about 60rms)

The sundown mids are very powerful and play cleanly pretty low around 80 hz. There is alot of bass for not being sealed in the door and pretty much freeaired. These speakers allowed me to listen to old music over again because of how smooth the sound was and how my newly tuned system sound. I started to timealign it (cheating) by using the pioneer sonic setting an moving it over 3 to the left side. It separated the vocals and instruments just enough to make me really indulge in the music but of course there is still plenty of room to sound even better.

Tomorrow I will continue to tune and I will most likely add a single 12" sealed or my sundown 8" ported off my Alpine MRV T757

Thanks for reading

[Twostrokeking]

Sick. How much did they run you? Still love your car btw

[scooter99]

I have heard, from my days with the SQ crowd, that you should round over the inside of the speaker cut out on that MDF speaker ring. not where the ring meets the speaker, but the back side of it. Just a suggestion.

Those mids look sexy as hell!

[Kyblack76]

Does look great.

Are you happy? I understand you have some tuning to do, but, overall? Are you pretty satisfied?

Looks like your really on to what you want. I like it, & hope it turns out how you want.

Cheers bro !

[HunterJohnson]

Sick. How much did they run you? Still love your car btw

Thanks, still like urs too. I remember you were attempting to paint ur undercarriage did it ever work out good for you?

[HunterJohnson]

I have heard, from my days with the SQ crowd, that you should round over the inside of the speaker cut out on that MDF speaker ring. not where the ring meets the speaker, but the back side of it. Just a suggestion.

Those mids look sexy as hell!

You sir are correct, I didn't have a router at the time, or the time to finish it before my New Years party. ill take the doors off and do it, plus add a weather shield when I have time.