Wicks Posted May 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2014 Ahhhhh, the weather is finally shaping up. Time for the summer wheels and to dust off the R1. This post sent with 100% recycled electrons. 2004 BMW M3Mechman 280A 2 - XS Power XP30001 - XS Power D375 500F of Maxwell SuperCaps (soon to be 1000F) iPadMini2Dash mounted O-scopeAudison bitOne (Remote DRC MP) Highs Amp - PPI Art A404 Hertz HSK130 (HSK165 waiting...) DC Audio DC9.0K 2- DC Audio XL12m2LEGAL - 147.3dB @ 41Hz OUTLAW - 150.2dB @ 45Hz OUTLAW - 145.7dB @ 30Hz JUNE 2014 SOTM WINNER 2014 COLORADO PEOPLE'S CHOICE WINNER SOTM BUILD:http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/141656-wicks-e46-m3-build-bass-turbo-button-and-a-big-new-addition/page-68#entry2802026 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrown57 Posted May 20, 2014 Report Share Posted May 20, 2014 I've got to say man you did an amazing job on this entire build. I've read it start to "finish" and am following this for all future updates. Hell I even sub'd ya on YT and saw that video before I saw it on here lol. Reading this build and Scooter's Civic build has given me some amazing ideas that I hope to implement on my 03 CTS once I have the money and supplies. Both of your guys builds now has me planning to port though the rear deck and add an actuator for the seats (as far as the port I get to cheat cause I have a 10in hole where the stock BOSE free air sub used to be!) keep up the awesome work man! New to the car audio world and looking to learn as much as I can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wicks Posted May 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2014 I've got to say man you did an amazing job on this entire build. I've read it start to "finish" and am following this for all future updates. Hell I even sub'd ya on YT and saw that video before I saw it on here lol. Reading this build and Scooter's Civic build has given me some amazing ideas that I hope to implement on my 03 CTS once I have the money and supplies. Both of your guys builds now has me planning to port though the rear deck and add an actuator for the seats (as far as the port I get to cheat cause I have a 10in hole where the stock BOSE free air sub used to be!) keep up the awesome work man! Thanks! Much appreciated. Glad I could help inspire some ideas. Whoa......that's not fair. You already have a rear deck hole? That would have been nice..... Can't wait to see what you come up with. Keep me posted! This post sent with 100% recycled electrons. 2004 BMW M3Mechman 280A 2 - XS Power XP30001 - XS Power D375 500F of Maxwell SuperCaps (soon to be 1000F) iPadMini2Dash mounted O-scopeAudison bitOne (Remote DRC MP) Highs Amp - PPI Art A404 Hertz HSK130 (HSK165 waiting...) DC Audio DC9.0K 2- DC Audio XL12m2LEGAL - 147.3dB @ 41Hz OUTLAW - 150.2dB @ 45Hz OUTLAW - 145.7dB @ 30Hz JUNE 2014 SOTM WINNER 2014 COLORADO PEOPLE'S CHOICE WINNER SOTM BUILD:http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/141656-wicks-e46-m3-build-bass-turbo-button-and-a-big-new-addition/page-68#entry2802026 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wicks Posted May 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2014 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! As requested...Sir: Notice the complete lack of trunk rattle. I've gotten quote a few compliments at my recent competitions where people state that they can barely hear any vibration at all when I'm in the lanes burping or BassRacing which is kinda cool. I put a lot into sealing off the trunk and its a good feeling to know that its showing. Adds to the "finish" of the whole system when everything is tight, solid and not rattling like crazy when listening to the system from outside the car. I demo'd the system the other day at work for some co-workers. I was a good ~50 yards from our building and I got a lot of comments that people in the building were looking around trying to figure out what the "booming" noise was........ This post sent with 100% recycled electrons. 2004 BMW M3Mechman 280A 2 - XS Power XP30001 - XS Power D375 500F of Maxwell SuperCaps (soon to be 1000F) iPadMini2Dash mounted O-scopeAudison bitOne (Remote DRC MP) Highs Amp - PPI Art A404 Hertz HSK130 (HSK165 waiting...) DC Audio DC9.0K 2- DC Audio XL12m2LEGAL - 147.3dB @ 41Hz OUTLAW - 150.2dB @ 45Hz OUTLAW - 145.7dB @ 30Hz JUNE 2014 SOTM WINNER 2014 COLORADO PEOPLE'S CHOICE WINNER SOTM BUILD:http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/141656-wicks-e46-m3-build-bass-turbo-button-and-a-big-new-addition/page-68#entry2802026 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodvibez Posted May 21, 2014 Report Share Posted May 21, 2014 Love the dustcaps bro! makes the subs stand out better and looks good with that aluminium! Great work! Funny how the people who have a louder system than you will usually give you a compliment about your setup because they know how much blood, sweat, time, and money you put into it. The people who criticize or try and one up you....have a p.o.s to no system at all and will tell you all about this "other" guys system! Saddley I'm sure if I meet this "other" guy...he will probably tell me he thinks your just as annoying as I think you are! I'm not compensating, just proud of fabricating! My build log: 10k center console with 4 DC Audio XL 10's powered by 2 DC Audio 5.0k amps 5 xs batteries and dual DC Power 300xps alts http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/169404-goodvibez-04-dmax-10k-center-console-w4-xl-10s-custom-5ksit-plays/page-19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bump4life Posted May 21, 2014 Report Share Posted May 21, 2014 i didnt realize your back seat whas actuated!! thats awesome!! I am doing that on my next car!!! also what did you do to make sub wiring easier!? im about to wire mine up and I love fresh ideas Buyer/Seller Feedback Thread: http://www.stevemead...5015-bump4life/ MB C220 153 Trunk Car Build Log: http://www.stevemead...d/#entry1840136 MB C280 Ipad Dash SQ Build Log: http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/194484-bump4lifes-new-benz-tony-c-relay-kit-pictures-ce-electric-audison-front-stage-installed/ My SPL Log: http://www.stevemead...__fromsearch__1 BMW M340 xDrive Stock, for now. Corner Load 10" maybe soon. But does 10s in the 1/4... Best Scores out of a trunk 153.0 sealed legal full tilt clamped 5524 @ 42 hz 154+ windows down, 155+ kick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wicks Posted May 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2014 i didnt realize your back seat whas actuated!! thats awesome!! I am doing that on my next car!!! also what did you do to make sub wiring easier!? im about to wire mine up and I love fresh ideas LOL, I get a lot of great comments about the rear seat. It is REALLY nice to just hit a button rather then manually moving that thing down and up each day (multiple times...). That'd be cool to see some other guys out there incorporate some actuators too. Takes some fab work but it really pays off in the end. Ahh, the sub wiring, great segway into another update. Here's the whole story on the subwoofer wiring. After competing for a while this year and from sweeping my system impedance, I realized that I only burp when dBDragging. That burp corresponded to a point in my impedance curve that was something around 8 ohms or so. So I wasn't getting much amplifier power at all. If I wired the amp down to 0.25 ohms and strictly burped at that one frequency then I could put out a LOT more power and thusly increase my score. I tried it out and sure enough, I gained 1-2dB's. I thought it'd be more but I'll take what I can get. Well...my subwoofer terminals on my box are on the side and BURIED in layers of trim panels. It'd be way too difficult to swap my wiring on the fly, at a competition. I've done BassRacing as well which requires music which I'd have to do at 1ohm since the amp usually protects if I push it too hard on music. I needed a way to switch my sub wiring, on the fly and easily. Soooo, I hunted around and found some very beefy 150A relays. They needed a bracket These relays didn't have an internal diode so I had to solder some on. ALWAYS get relays with internal diodes or attach them yourself. Its a reversed biased diode that absorbs the energy from the relay coil and stops some nasty voltage spikes on your electrical system. Could cause popping noises and other damage to equipment, especially larger relays like these. Diodes soldered and heatshrunk These relays have 3/8" spade terminals so I had to search around for crimp terminals that would fit. Here's everything wired up. Stuffed onto the passenger side of my sub box. So I modded my dash ashtray with some custom goodies. Of which, were two chrome push buttons. One for my manual remote turn-on. The other was a spare. Well, this is a perfect use for it so I wired it up. The push button controls a smaller relay so I'm not drawing very much current back to my trunk. Then the smaller relay turns on the bank of four larger relays. In the "default" configuration, my wiring is at 1ohm. With a simple button press, BOOM... 1/4 ohm. One ohm. 1/4 ohm (notice blue ring around the right button). Meter has a bit of internal resistance and shows 0.4ohms which is about ~0.25ohms really. If anybody is hesitant, I can use a more accurate meter to show the true impedance but the system works great. The relays simply change the coil configuration between the subs and the amp from series-parallel to all parallel. More pics, maybe a vid and some SPL metering to come........ BTW, I'm trademarking this as my........."Bass Turbo Button" This post sent with 100% recycled electrons. 2004 BMW M3Mechman 280A 2 - XS Power XP30001 - XS Power D375 500F of Maxwell SuperCaps (soon to be 1000F) iPadMini2Dash mounted O-scopeAudison bitOne (Remote DRC MP) Highs Amp - PPI Art A404 Hertz HSK130 (HSK165 waiting...) DC Audio DC9.0K 2- DC Audio XL12m2LEGAL - 147.3dB @ 41Hz OUTLAW - 150.2dB @ 45Hz OUTLAW - 145.7dB @ 30Hz JUNE 2014 SOTM WINNER 2014 COLORADO PEOPLE'S CHOICE WINNER SOTM BUILD:http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/141656-wicks-e46-m3-build-bass-turbo-button-and-a-big-new-addition/page-68#entry2802026 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldsoundguy Posted May 21, 2014 Report Share Posted May 21, 2014 Holy Fawk that is cool. 80prs Arc Audio Xdi 1200.6 (using active crossovers) Freaking awesome amplifier Incriminator IA 10.1 Focal PS 130v 5.25 (doors) 4" Faital pro Neo (kick panels) 3" Faital pro Neo and focal tweets( dash) DC Audio level 3 12" custom box designed by joex built by me AGM front, XS 750SE batteries rear DC 180 alt 99 Toyota Tacoma extra cab http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/179476-my-small-build-turned-into-the-ongoing-build/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo1103 Posted May 21, 2014 Report Share Posted May 21, 2014 I want one of them bass turbo buttons 2002 Honda CR-VAlpine 9887My BuildRebuilding... Second Skin Damp 4 DC XL 15's 2 DC 5ks Singer 320 amp 6 cap banksSky High wire 2 VM-1's OM-1 all under window line Team DC Audio Obama has a law he's trying to pass right now, trying to ban Leo for being a threat to children everywhere.EDIT: Not in a JP kind of way. I thought I was going to die from all the jizz filling my ears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wicks Posted May 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2014 Holy Fawk that is cool. Yep...I love it. Talk about easy.... I want one of them bass turbo buttons $199.99 This post sent with 100% recycled electrons. 2004 BMW M3Mechman 280A 2 - XS Power XP30001 - XS Power D375 500F of Maxwell SuperCaps (soon to be 1000F) iPadMini2Dash mounted O-scopeAudison bitOne (Remote DRC MP) Highs Amp - PPI Art A404 Hertz HSK130 (HSK165 waiting...) DC Audio DC9.0K 2- DC Audio XL12m2LEGAL - 147.3dB @ 41Hz OUTLAW - 150.2dB @ 45Hz OUTLAW - 145.7dB @ 30Hz JUNE 2014 SOTM WINNER 2014 COLORADO PEOPLE'S CHOICE WINNER SOTM BUILD:http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/141656-wicks-e46-m3-build-bass-turbo-button-and-a-big-new-addition/page-68#entry2802026 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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