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No pics with that black cover piece off tho? I know the general area where its gunna go but I cant see the exact spot. If not its cool, Ill figure it out when I get under the car n peep out the other side

naw, i didnt because it was sunset then so not light and my cameras flash sucks balllllz

maybe tomorrow i can take a pic, its obvious tho when u get a light in the engine bay shinning down and u crawl under the dash

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naw, i didnt because it was sunset then so not light and my cameras flash sucks balllllz

maybe tomorrow i can take a pic, its obvious tho when u get a light in the engine bay shinning down and u crawl under the dash

Cool, Sorry for all the questions n shit. Jus wanna make sure I do shit right the 1st time

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Cool, Sorry for all the questions n shit. Jus wanna make sure I do shit right the 1st time

dont be sorry, i searched all throughout cadillac forums to find all the answers to my questions

including removing the dash, rear deck, location for ground, location for firewall hole.. and for wiring schematics

check it out sometime, its pretty sweet that so many people have our old azz caddys

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dont be sorry, i searched all throughout cadillac forums to find all the answers to my questions

including removing the dash, rear deck, location for ground, location for firewall hole.. and for wiring schematics

check it out sometime, its pretty sweet that so many people have our old azz caddys

Hey man dont worry about them pics. The ones you gave me helpd me out enough to figure out a spot. Pretty sure its different than yours but it'll do. Again thanks for all ur help. Jus got my amp today... FI tracking # said the sub was supposed to be here today to but it aint? I'll start my own topic n quit whoren it up on urs!!!

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Ok another question. I seen in another post that you said it wasnt good to mount an amp upside down. Well I was reading the AQ manual and it said somethin about it working well vertically. What do you think about mounting the amp to the metal behind the backseats? Id give it room to breath with nuts and bolts. Pry some rubber bushings to???

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Ok another question. I seen in another post that you said it wasnt good to mount an amp upside down. Well I was reading the AQ manual and it said somethin about it working well vertically. What do you think about mounting the amp to the metal behind the backseats? Id give it room to breath with nuts and bolts. Pry some rubber bushings to???

upside down and vertical are different

mounting the amp on the backseat will be just fine if u secure it well

some seats just have cheap plastic, some metal so depends on ur seat

i like mounting flat because then both sides of mosfets can disipate heat straight up... if u mount it on a back seat 1/2 the mosfets disipate some heat thru the entire amp and out the top heatsink.... which in my mind heats up the upper mosfets more than the lower... maybe im thinking to much about it tho... but i keep mine flat as much as possible to reduce heat

its easier to travel thru 2" of metal than 9"

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small update... tryin to keep the trunk from falling apart so i spent $20 on peel&seal and great stuff

rear deck moves waay too much, this kinda helpes... need another layer

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2 layers thick

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perfect amount of great stuff, just barely oozin out

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used the rest of the roll here, not easy when ur box is in the way, its too heavy for me to move by myself

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try to take a vid while it was drying and i had the trunk open but the car next to me had a sensitive alarm on i guess

song is "Eldorado Redd - Flexed Up (30hz)"

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might buy another can and roll, but thats about it

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Nice! Did that deadner help at all? My second skin workd to damn well. Might switch it up to 2 SA12's in the near future! That rear deck doesnt look to bad with the light off of it tho. I might have to take mine off and get rid of that storage compartment back there to. But I dont wanna leave it bare metal. And Im not skilld enough to make a decent looking beauty panel so idk, But I do need more air in my cabin somehow!

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Nice! Did that deadner help at all? My second skin workd to damn well. Might switch it up to 2 SA12's in the near future! That rear deck doesnt look to bad with the light off of it tho. I might have to take mine off and get rid of that storage compartment back there to. But I dont wanna leave it bare metal. And Im not skilld enough to make a decent looking beauty panel so idk, But I do need more air in my cabin somehow!

yeah the $14 worked great, as usual

second skin is way better but i just needed something to help that was cheap

the great stuff helpd alot too

it looks nice without the rear light personally... i did it moreso because it was bouncin

my major problem is gonna be the trunk latch, its mounted to a bracket thats mounted to sheet metal, no bracing... so needless to say i need to do some reinforcing otherwise the trunk latch is gonna break, this car was not meant for bass at all!!!

so i took my amp and sub out... im building an amp rack thats connected to a big board that the box will sit on so it doesnt move around in my trunk, ill get pics on a few... i can also easily add a battery now too and just add a little piece of wood next to the amp

hopefully switching things up will get me to buying a new/another batt, i need one really bad

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new amp board and sub floor (1/3 of it at least)

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lots of left extra wire for the next install whenever that is

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straight down thru the hole in rear deck

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looking to left down thru the hole i made in the rear deck

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to the right thru the hole

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gain setting u can see is at ~1/4 and it slams, ssf @20, lfp all the way up (i used -18@100 on headunit), no boost

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super chitty trunk lid pull down motor thats duct taped and foamed and welded because it kept breakin... thats mostly why i added deadner and great stuff instead of turning it down

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once the box is back in ill really load that motor up with duct tape since the power has been disconnected i just need it to be more stable w/o welding something new

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