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Naw man I tried emailing Debbie at sundown but haven't gotten anything back. I ordered it back on 9/11/12 so it's almost been 2 weeks but I was thinkin something around 2 weeks for a recone. I am guessing the recone is having to be made or something. Jacob did get those new tooled baskets in for the new line of subs so that might have slowed the production of recones. I'm not totally sure. I'm anxious to get her playing but I don't want to rush the masterminds behind sundown though. I'm sure it will come in pretty soon

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- 1997 Chevy Tahoe- Big 3 (1/0)- Dual Autocraft Batts- JVC KD-A315 HU- AQ 2200.1D- 18" AQ HDC3- Box w/ Removable Port (6ft^3 @ 36hz & 6.7ft^3 @ 42hz)- 39' 1/0 & 13' 2/0 Flex-A-Prene

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Well I got my shipping/tracking number this afternoon so the recone is on the way :) said it should be delivered tomorrow afternoon. I'm glad I live within SA's home state so shipping doesn't take very long. I will have pics of the recone hopefully after work tomorrow and ill post em up soon as I get them.

A few shots of the SA-8 motor weight and all the supplies in one spot

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- 1997 Chevy Tahoe- Big 3 (1/0)- Dual Autocraft Batts- JVC KD-A315 HU- AQ 2200.1D- 18" AQ HDC3- Box w/ Removable Port (6ft^3 @ 36hz & 6.7ft^3 @ 42hz)- 39' 1/0 & 13' 2/0 Flex-A-Prene

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Well I got the recone package yesterday and reconed it after i finished cooking dinner. The process really wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Pretty straight forward and as long as I took my time seemed rather easy. I guess I'll see how we'll I glued it after I get it in a box and throw some power to it. Anyway got plenty of pics from the process so ill start gettin em up here

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- 1997 Chevy Tahoe- Big 3 (1/0)- Dual Autocraft Batts- JVC KD-A315 HU- AQ 2200.1D- 18" AQ HDC3- Box w/ Removable Port (6ft^3 @ 36hz & 6.7ft^3 @ 42hz)- 39' 1/0 & 13' 2/0 Flex-A-Prene

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Cooling spacer on basket:

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Basket attached to the motor:

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Cleaning out the motor gap:

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Dirty motor gap:

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Dropped the cone in for the first time:

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Shimming the coil:

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Glueing the bottom of the spider to the slider landing:

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Laid a bead on top of the spider just to make sure:

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How I had the leads held up so they would t also get glued down:

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Once the glue was tack free I put the leads back down:

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- 1997 Chevy Tahoe- Big 3 (1/0)- Dual Autocraft Batts- JVC KD-A315 HU- AQ 2200.1D- 18" AQ HDC3- Box w/ Removable Port (6ft^3 @ 36hz & 6.7ft^3 @ 42hz)- 39' 1/0 & 13' 2/0 Flex-A-Prene

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Once I got to attaching the surround I wiped the landing off twice. Once with alcohol and then a 2nd time with acetone. Then proceeded on

Laid the glue (E-6000) down:

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I used a half of a paper clip to go along the edge if the surround to make sure it was pressed down in the glue. Just don't press too hard and squeeze all the glue out.

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Forgot to get pics of it paper clipped all the way around but here it is tack free and holding its own:

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- 1997 Chevy Tahoe- Big 3 (1/0)- Dual Autocraft Batts- JVC KD-A315 HU- AQ 2200.1D- 18" AQ HDC3- Box w/ Removable Port (6ft^3 @ 36hz & 6.7ft^3 @ 42hz)- 39' 1/0 & 13' 2/0 Flex-A-Prene

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Now on to attaching the dust cap

I used a piece of masking tape doubled over on itself to hold and help position the dust cap.

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Got some glue (loctite 5min epoxy) on the edge of the cap and i put it along the cone where the cap would touch. I used a round toothpick to place the glue on the cap and cone so I wouldn't make if look sloppy. Also I roughed up the cone where the cap would touch to give the glue a better chance at holding.

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Dust cap on and tape removed

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I put a full can on top to add some weight so it wouldn't move. I let it sit over night like this

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- 1997 Chevy Tahoe- Big 3 (1/0)- Dual Autocraft Batts- JVC KD-A315 HU- AQ 2200.1D- 18" AQ HDC3- Box w/ Removable Port (6ft^3 @ 36hz & 6.7ft^3 @ 42hz)- 39' 1/0 & 13' 2/0 Flex-A-Prene

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I got the original push terminals but wouldn't direct leads be much more rugged and perform better than push terminals? Also given this sub will never see more than 1-1.2k rms

Any tips on soldering direct leads? Like any specific solder or any certain method I should use when attaching/soldering them?

Thanks,

-James

- 1997 Chevy Tahoe- Big 3 (1/0)- Dual Autocraft Batts- JVC KD-A315 HU- AQ 2200.1D- 18" AQ HDC3- Box w/ Removable Port (6ft^3 @ 36hz & 6.7ft^3 @ 42hz)- 39' 1/0 & 13' 2/0 Flex-A-Prene

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Well here is what I did. Got frustrated with the direct leads so went back with the push terminals.

The box I threw together for it has a little port noise in it on low notes so I am going to replace the 1.5" aeros with 2" aeros. Also looking to build a t-line for this sub. I would need a t-line that would allow the sub to take around 1k rms

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- 1997 Chevy Tahoe- Big 3 (1/0)- Dual Autocraft Batts- JVC KD-A315 HU- AQ 2200.1D- 18" AQ HDC3- Box w/ Removable Port (6ft^3 @ 36hz & 6.7ft^3 @ 42hz)- 39' 1/0 & 13' 2/0 Flex-A-Prene

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I sure appreciate it man. Haha If you were local I'd sure help you out. It takes a little time and a lot of patience. What you tryin to recone man?

- 1997 Chevy Tahoe- Big 3 (1/0)- Dual Autocraft Batts- JVC KD-A315 HU- AQ 2200.1D- 18" AQ HDC3- Box w/ Removable Port (6ft^3 @ 36hz & 6.7ft^3 @ 42hz)- 39' 1/0 & 13' 2/0 Flex-A-Prene

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