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Dont worry about anything else said here. Your question is do you have a blown coil. Take your dmm and set to ohms. Check each coil separately. If they dont match, and 1 is jumping all over the place, then you have a blown coil and need a recone.

Thanks again. I did that and when wiggled the tinsel lead on the one that was bouncing it actually held a steady number. That's what was weird

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Heating up whats there should do it but adding more solder is never a bad idea lol

noticed you have the same car as me ( at least body style ) Where is a good spot to ground the amp?? I actually sanded down a little bit of the black bar underneath the rear seat, its what the seat belt is attached to

Also is there a good position for the subs, without sealing them off from the trunk?

Im going to throw together a single sub 1.75 cf enclosure tuned to 34 hz to test out my subs individually.. I have a AQ 1200D amp so @ 2 ohms it should see 700ish.. and what is the peak/cabin frequency of this car? When they were in my 96 grand am GT 2 door they were insane ( 147db 44hz on the tl off 2k rms ) But in this one they sound very "hollow" ?? I realize I may have a sub issue but just didnt know if the size of the car would make that much difference

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if your not gonna seal them forward which is definately the loudest postition for that body style gp then rear firing port on driver side about 6 inches from trunk lid. I use the rear struts to ground to and have never had issues with bad grounds or ground loops.

I've only worked on 5 of these style gp's. The resonant freq is right at 47hz. Deadening doors is a gain. Deadening roof is a loss(but sounds good).

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if your not gonna seal them forward which is definately the loudest postition for that body style gp then rear firing port on driver side about 6 inches from trunk lid. I use the rear struts to ground to and have never had issues with bad grounds or ground loops.

I've only worked on 5 of these style gp's. The resonant freq is right at 47hz. Deadening doors is a gain. Deadening roof is a loss(but sounds good).

Great man , thanks for the info. I think for now I might just pull the bad sub and build a nice sized single enclosure. Lots of good info in here for me to build off of now.

Thinking about 2 cubes net 16-18 in port/foot. Tuned to 32-34?

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