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Another mistake I made actually recently was I forgot about the trunk arms(right word?) Since I've been used to driving trucks and SUVs and I built a box for my wife,went to shut the trunk and found out the box was too wide. It was a birch to get in there too lol.

2010 Kia Forte Koup (Slow Build)
2 Sundown SCV-3000D

2 DC XL M1 with PSI recones
Focal R-165s2 on Orion 4800-HP
Kenwood KDC-X798
Knukonceptz OFC 1/0
Audiotechnix,Fatmat and Q-mat Deadener

XS power D3400 up front 3 D3100s power in trunk
Stock 110 amp alt

2013 Scion TC

2 Dc lvl 3s with xl coils on Soundqubed 2200

Sundown components

AA 50.2 for components

Pioneer FH-X700BT

Knukonceptz OFC 1/0

Fatmat and Q-mat Deadener

XS Power D3100 up front D925 in back

Mechman 240 alt

http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/189911-2013-scion-tc-build/ <Scion TC Build
http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/174094-jskiles-forte-koup/ <Slow Kia Forte Build
http://www.stevemead...ockUserAgent__1 < Old build 2005 Equinox

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used 10ga wire form home deopt with shitty radio shack fuses and home RCA's, also bought the quipment overpriced form a soundshop with a shitty amp that I have seen Ghostrider use on here lol, some american shit 600w crap lol...and nitro sub. it was horrible. I go ton here for a few months and moved to a brz1200 with SA12, then vvx10 in a Tline, then 4 12's on 1300w that I ahve now running active frontstage. Im finally satisfied.

MY BUILD *****http://tinyurl.com/gmcbuild*****

Vehicles

2005 GMC Canyon

CB1000r - Currently where any future funds are going. (exhasut,bazzaz, ohlins shock, screen, etc.)

crf250r - Used to be race bike..now I just trail ride..practice at the track on it.

CH80 - Daily beater (when nice weather)best 150$ ever spent. 100+mpg

Sold to:

Skullz - pstone11 - Leo1103 - Volvo 63' - pavelpardo - imnew59585

Shower farts still piss me off.

I think theyre pretty neat. When the water runs down your crack as you let one out... its like shitting in a crockpot.
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Not using ring terminals, terrible grounds, using the Wal-Mart wire/capacitor kit. lol

TEAM SOUTH Bassahaulic Productions

The ONLY Bright Atlantic Blue DiamondBoxx L

Drew Jones
Bassahaulic Productions

4 SSA ZCON 15"s
2 Sundown SCV-6000's
6 AGM G31's

161.6 @ 40Hz Outlaw
159.8 @ 36Hz Legal
 

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Maxed gain thinking it was a volume. Had one 8ohm sub out of my 2 have the soround fail so I unhooked it and just ran 1 8 ohm sub. O also was running a 2 channel and did not have it bridged.

2012 Chevy sonic1xSQ HDC3 12 D2RF R1200d

140 square foot of Q-Mat(soon to be installed)

140.2Db sealed on the dash with TL

142 DB sealed on the dash with another meter (was dead on with the TL at a show i was at)

141 on music.

strangeduck,on 02 Jan 2014 - 01:39 AM, said:

when my car spins out i just put the car in neutral, turn in the direction i want to go and pucker my asshole

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Not covering the wires, at all just twisted them. Wiring amps with extension cord ( pos & neg) all in one.

Yo dog i heard you like boxes. so i put a box inside a box so you can bass while you FAIL

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Ill be here all night listing everything I've done wrong...... probably still am doing things wrong lol

2006 Ford Explorer

2 Team AA/Sundown 15s

6th order

Ct Sounds 7k

4 PRV Mr500 8s

Rockford p1000-2

Team Subsonic Lows

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Ill be here all night listing everything I've done wrong...... probably still am doing things wrong lol

you did this wrong

http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/170328-need-help-again-yes-i-read-the-manuals/#entry2497140

t1500bdcp

2 t2d4 15"

1 t600.4

1 t400.2

1 set p1 tweets

singer alt, tons of wiring, smd vm-1, 80prs, back seat delete, still in the works, aiming for a 145-147 with the ability to play 25hz up to 50hz.

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