Wicks' E46 M3 Build. Hertz 3-Way Set from Tony D!

[hdorre]

Jamie.. Dustcap styles don't matter? Why? Because Id be too busy admiring everything else hahah

But.. Hmm.. I think plastic for you. You're OCD, so not only will you line up the logos.. you'd probably try to line up the CF lines

[Wicks]

That's a crazy look with those thick surrounds. In My opinion I'd chosen the CF but taking in consideration that one doesn't have "DC" on it I'd choose the original caps. But hey that's me and my weird ocd. I like things to match.

Awesome job dude. Keep up with the great work.

I've always like XL's but they are looking rather beastly with the recones.

Ohhh I have plenty of white logos for the carbon fiber dustcap, I just never installed it since I was scared that I'd never get it straight....

I too like everything to match. If you look closely at the CF dustcaps, one is "shinier" then the other. Always bothered me.

I think I got one of the first CF caps that DC made and it wasn't as polished as the others.

I originally had a damaged sub which Rusty kindly swapped for me which got me a newer (shinier) dustcap.

So I always wanted to do something about it....

Thanks for the compliments, Sir

Jamie.. Dustcap styles don't matter? Why? Because Id be too busy admiring everything else hahah

But.. Hmm.. I think plastic for you. You're OCD, so not only will you line up the logos.. you'd probably try to line up the CF lines

Haha, I was worried about the CF lines

I was thinking that I'd have to line those up, apply the logos and then apply the dustcaps on the subs and then make sure they're both straight.....

With all said and done, I think everything came out OK. Guess we'll see when they go in. :fingerscrossed:

[goodvibez]

cf cough cough cf....lol what ever you decided is just fine...your build your rules...this thing is soo kick ass that anyone who says other wise is just jealous haha...

subs are looking good I love they way my xl 10's look with cf dust caps....just soo pretty haha...keep it up man!

[scooter99]

I think, you should put the logos on the cf dustcaps, at the angle of the cf, and then glue them on and have the lines pointing toward the middle pointing down like this \ /

You're welcome!

Those look bad ass man!

[Wicks]

Quick update on the recones.

Had a competition last Sunday and they worked great.

The system sounds louder and seems to have more flex, although my scores were quite a bit lower but I may just need some tuning time on the meter.

I'll get to all the pics and updates but for now............

A new video of the actuated rear seat (other one was bad quality) AND the fresh recones with the dustcaps I selected

Overall the recones came out GREAT. Lovin' them.

Much more to come.

[Kyblack76]

Nice job.

Ive heard from more than one that the AR surrounds do affect scores. Down in most cases. Less actuall cone, or some affect like that, but, im sure you can find what you loose somewhere and make it up, as well as the added benifit of them staying together up at the extreme.

Great job bro.

[mikutzu]

Love the new silver CF dust caps. Looks sexy with the brushed aluminium.

Good luck finding those hidden DB's.

Great finished product.

[Wicks]

Nice job.

Ive heard from more than one that the AR surrounds do affect scores. Down in most cases. Less actuall cone, or some affect like that, but, im sure you can find what you loose somewhere and make it up, as well as the added benifit of them staying together up at the extreme.

Great job bro.

Thanks Dude!

Strangely it seems like I lost dBs wired at 1ohm but gained when wired to 0.25ohms...

This latest competition had a Trunk limit of 4kW so I had to stay at 1ohm which hurt my score.

I'll do more testing though to see the differences.

My peak may have changed as well so I had to do sweeps which, I think, also may have negatively affected me.

Yep, I definitely lost cone area with the AR's, not much, but a little. But gained in excusion with the surround. Soooooo, which is better

Love the new silver CF dust caps. Looks sexy with the brushed aluminium.

Good luck finding those hidden DB's.

Great finished product.

Thank you Sir. I'm loving the silver as well. They do look cool with the aluminum panel which is what I was going for.

Ohhhhhh I'll find them dB's.

On a side note.

Who HATES changing their subwoofer wiring to change their ohm load?

<<<This guy had about 5 layers of trim panels to get through and was fed up with that shit only after one change.

So he did something about it which makes it MUCH easier.

...details coming.

[scooter99]

WHERE THE DAMN VIDEOS OF IT PLAYING DAMN IT!!!!!!!!!

Just kidding, sort of. Looks good man, and the silver caps are gonna have to grow on me. I kind of liked the black ones better. I might have gone black cf caps with a black dc logo. Black on black. Still see the logo when you look but just blacked out otherwise. Yummmm.

Anyway. What was squeaking in the video. Is that the seat rubbing together, or is that the actuator? Still one of, if not my favorite, builds on this site.

You da man buddy!! Way to change the game!

[Wicks]

WHERE THE DAMN VIDEOS OF IT PLAYING DAMN IT!!!!!!!!!

Just kidding, sort of. Looks good man, and the silver caps are gonna have to grow on me. I kind of liked the black ones better. I might have gone black cf caps with a black dc logo. Black on black. Still see the logo when you look but just blacked out otherwise. Yummmm.

Anyway. What was squeaking in the video. Is that the seat rubbing together, or is that the actuator? Still one of, if not my favorite, builds on this site.

You da man buddy!! Way to change the game!

Well, in fact, I do have a vid of them playing...

I'll post it up tomorrow.

I have LOTS of pics of the subs if the video didn't properly showcase them. I see what you're saying though. I did really like the black CF and the shiny rubberized surround on the paper cones.

Yep, the squeaking is just the seat squeezing in and out of the side seat bolsters. Its a tight fit so there's some squeaking.

Its always done that, even with manually moving the seats. Most likely the leather rubbing on leather. Cloth seats would probly be more quiet.