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Posted

Bought my truck for 12k sticker and about 22k after financing - yeah that sux

Maintenance over 12 year includes crank kit, 3-4 clutches, tranny, drive shaft, AC, radiator, starter 2wice, waterpump, eFan conversion, standard wear and tear - brakes, tires, fluids etc. I'll leave that at some unknown yet required $$$ figure

Audio high level underestimate is around 7k considering all the stuff i purchased but not including my time of course.

CURRENT SYSTEM:

  • Alternator:
    1. Stock alt on mids/highs
    2. Isolated DC Power 270 SP - Charging @ 16.8v
  • Batteries: (2) XS D1400s
  • Power Cable: Double Runs of 1/0 KNU Kolossus Fleks
  • Headunit: 80-PRS
  • Sub Amp: DC 5.0k
  • Subwoofers: 2 RE MT 15s /PSI dual .7ohm recones
  • Subwoofer Enclosure: 9.1cubes @ 32hz - brutal.
  • Mids & Highs Amp: CT125.4
  • Active Components:
    • Mids RE XXX 6.5c
    • Highs - 3 RE XXX tweeters per side(A pillar)
  • Noise Control: Damplifier Pro all over the cab.

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Posted

Will not do it. Will not do it. I know it's far more than its worth

THERE IS NO BUILD LOG!

1998 Chevy Silverado ext cab

Alpine CDA-9887

4 Team Fi 15s

2 Ampere Audio TFE 8.0

2 Ampere Audio 150.4

3 Digital Designs CS6.5 component sets

Dual Mechman 370XP Elite alternators inbound!

8 XS Power d3400

6 XS power d680

Second Skin

Stinger

Tsunami Wiring

Sky High

A Real Voltmeter not a piece of shit stinger.

Posted

Im with N8 on this one.

12- DC Audio m2Lvl3 12's1- Hertz HSK3 way2- DC5K's2- ZX350.42- Stinger SP1500D batteries in rear3- runs of 1/0ga. to the rearTeam DC Audiodc-banner.jpgdcsoundlab.com

Quality is all in how you take pictures ;) I have plenty of projects that look WAY better on camera then in person :D

crazy to fit so many in so little. Reminds me of some of the porns I've seen?

Posted

paid 1200 for my car. have about 1500 in equipment, wire, ect.

once you get a speaker moving so hard that its possible to make tinsels slap, you are already kissing "SQ" goodbye. :D

Don't get me wrong, as I smoke Marlboro Reds, but if I saw one more kid with that smug-ass look (Look at me I'm smoking indoors) on their face, I was going to shove that thing so far up someone's ass that they'd look like a hillbilly trying to understand quantitative prediction theorem.

You know why people are ass holes online but not in person? Because getting punched in the mouth hurts.

Posted

Think about total investment. Like from day one how much youve got into the build.

For example I bought an alt for 325 ish car went boom. Sold alt for idk half. used that $$$ to get my current "200a" alt. So i paid like 150 for my current alt.. but really im still 325 into it. I basically traded my original alt for this one. That kinda thinking... Ive been through many amps subs etc..its not funny. not nearly as many as others sure, but still to even think how much money went into sooooo many boxes built... pffffft.

500 in batts

600 in amps

325 in an alt

300 in wiring n fuses etc

200 in source unit etc

140 in speakers

600 in subs

600 in termlab

thats about it atm

Total : $~3265

Ive got likely 12k left on my car.

Setup:


2010 Hyundai Elantra


Factory Unit via 4 chan NVX LOC


Excessive Amperage "H/O" Alt


Xs D3400/ Xs XP3000


Big 3. 2 Runs of +, 2 Runs of -


DD M3b and 2 12" AQ HDC4s

Posted

Think about total investment. Like from day one how much youve got into the build.

For example I bought an alt for 325 ish car went boom. Sold alt for idk half. used that $$$ to get my current "200a" alt. So i paid like 150 for my current alt.. but really im still 325 into it. I basically traded my original alt for this one. That kinda thinking... Ive been through many amps subs etc..its not funny. not nearly as many as others sure, but still to even think how much money went into sooooo many boxes built... pffffft.

500 in batts

600 in amps

325 in an alt

300 in wiring n fuses etc

200 in source unit etc

140 in speakers

600 in subs

600 in termlab

thats about it atm

Total : $~3265

Ive got likely 12k left on my car.

Not to mention all of the supplies needed to build it. wood, glues, hardware, foam, paint, fiberglass... just to list a few. That shit ain't cheap.

Posted

its in my sig.

but 1k for 95 subaru ( which was an incredible deal 4 years ago)

and this car has had wayyyy to many different setups in it to calculate it all....... but just this setup= about $500......spent (estimation) total worth probably more because i had a LOT of free stuff. the cost is about to go up as fiberglassing my doors ensues.....along with more door speakers :D

OH and i just bought a dd1, the ipod kit for the headunit(used with no power cord), another 35 for power cord,fiberglass, misc connectors, sooooo add a lil more on to that.

bout to buy $60 worth of buyout woofer etc speakers, some sunflash, mdf rings (cuz im lazy)

lets not begin to include the money i spent on the car to 5 speed swap it or for random mods to it..... easily over a grand

lol

i think there real i was looking through that guys stuff he sells and it looks like he finds stuff at auctions and just sells it

Yea, it looks like someone got the mids about a month ago....shit. If I had a whole Hertz front stage my ears would jizz all over my cheeks.

/ LOL

My Low Budget Build:

Green 1995 Subaru Legacy wagon 147k- $1K

headunit- pioneer premier deh-p650-$25

4 Lead acid batts. 1 up front and 3 in back- vented outside.- $50

4 vvme L11 10"s <- $30 shipped a piece

6 cu. ft box (after displacment) tuned to 32ish hz with 10 inch sonotube. -about $50 all together maybe a lil more

2 aspm 1300 strapped

Selenium 6"s in the front doors on headunit power- for now -$20

quantum tweets in door-for now -$10

boston acoustic 5 1/4 in rear doors- for now-Free

big 3

1/0 and 4awg throughout.

roof sound deadened (not peel n seal ftw)-free

on 80 amp alt (bench tested to put out 100 amps faithfully) <--?-$10 for test

about $430 for everything<----Not bad at all

still gotta add 3 way crossover, amp for front and rear door speakers and maybe eq

Posted

Cars worth around $4300, and I have about $4k worth of audio in it atm.

On 5/8/2011 at 7:38 PM, Kranny said:
On 5/8/2011 at 7:35 PM, 'Maxim' said:

It hurts me inside when I read stuff like this and remember you're 15

LMFAO so true

:blush:

Mitsubishi 3000GT (Old Build)

Headunit: Pioneer 80PRS

Frontstage: (2) McLaren Audio MLT-2 Tweeters & (4) PRV Audio MR Series Neo 6.5" Mids

Substage: 4 15" Hybrid Subs - Tantric Motors & Sundown Softies

Amps: Banda 2.4D Amp (Tweets), American Bass VFL 350.4 (Mids), and (2) Ampere 3800s

Electrical :Singer 260A Alt & JY Power Lithium

 

2005 Chevy Colorado Ext Cab

Headunit: Pioneer 80PRS

Frontstage: 4 PRV 700Ti Tweets & 6 10" Delta Mids on 3000wrms

Substage: 6 Fi BTL 18s in a 4th Order Walkthrough on 3 Wolfram 4500s

Electrical: Singer "390" and JY Power

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