(4) Custom Fi 18's (4) AP30001Ds 45 cubic feet 20" port @ 24Hz

[kryptonitewhite 1]

I don't understand why anybody would get so worked up over another man spending his money building what he wants for himself. I could understand if we were talking about a shop taking customers money but thats far from whats going on here. I just like the fact that some people are still willing to build something without having to get everybodys opinion of how to do it.

Car audio in general is mostly a matter of personal preferance and opinion anyways. What sounds "good" to one will not sound "good" to all.

Keep doing your thing Krypt if you enjoy doing the builds and it keeps you content. Theres enough sheep in this world anyways. If nothing else you keep everybody wondering what crazy shit you'll do next.

yes'sir, I think thats most of the fun.. keep them guessing, even if "it" is stupid

[kryptonitewhite 1]

cuz it's always one thing after another, cuz when I first got the van and had to replace the window motor right away and I thought to myself "now watch, the other motor will go out".. close enough the new motor went bad and I had to cut the false door apart to warranty it. Then I think, just wait...

Well the window must have separate from the track, Brandy was at work,text me, said she was putting the window up and there was a loud noise and it wont go up.

So I am doing like before and looking up old door pics to see where I need to cut in and hope to god I can fix this ****.

Keep in mind with those window flex videos, I was 1 amp down therefor running with 1 sub acting like a PR, and this wood rail now lined with auto carpet to make it even tighter supports the window...prolly why the thing broke off the rail...too much pressure up and down.

cop picture happens to be in the mix, the day I was working on the doors (before I even had the subs in or wall built) they came over cuz apparently my front stage was even too loud, this was even before I had the crossover working so i couldnt have it all that loud

I'm gonna have toi cut 2 squares where they are in the bottom to get to the screws hopefully

[kryptonitewhite 1]

any ideas on the best way to calculate the red distances?

bottom of door to bottom of rectangle cut out

bottom of black door arm rest to top of rectangle cut out

right side of door to left side of rectangle cut out

bottom of rectangle cut out to top of rectangle cut out

left of rectangle cut out to right of rectangle cut out

all ideas greatly appreciated!

[kryptonitewhite 1]

I still have the factory panels if I can use landmarks on them to trace onto the wooden panels to know where to cut. The closer I get, rather thn simply cutting an inch or two too small to be safe, the better chances I have of not having to cut more out. I plan on making a 2nd layer to glue the piece back in to repair it. So I will make my cut out drawing, make a larger board to cover it, drop some screws to set some holes, take it back off and cut out. When I am done I will glue/screw the cutout to the 2nd layer, then glue and screw them to the door. Ill router the edge to make it not as ugly, but it will still be KW style

[kryptonitewhite 1]

doesnt sound like the track is going up and down, but I hear the motor spin. I dunno if the gear isnt making contact, if the motor assembly came loose, or what. Prolly have to cut the plastic moulding off again that I had to to replace the motor instead.

All this was pre-anticipated and expected before i built false doors, I just couldn't think of any precautions ahead of time.

[kryptonitewhite 1]

This is not directed at any one person. This is 6 years in the making.

apparently since I started a new thread for the build, as it went in a completely different direction than originally planned, i need to reitterate some things for the new people and the people that only see what they want to see.

This is NOT a competition vehicle.

This is NOT an SPL vehicle. Yes I have 4 18's. Yes I have a wall. Yes I have 12000 watts for the subs, 1700 watts for the 7", 650 watts for the 4.5s, and 500 watts for the tweets. BUT I am tuned to 23Hz. I have 45 cubic feet. I am using Blue Print Audio 1803s designed for home theater/home music... 8-15 cubic feet per sub, 15Hz-25Hz tunings for these in home. I started off with IB3s with 110 cubic feet and a 15Hz tune. More than halving airspace and almost doubling the octave of tuning changed everything.

This is NOT a SQ vehicle. My speakers are in my ROOF! "Attention employyes, can we get a clean up in isle 5 please?" grocerie store PA system! I don't know what staging is. I don't know what imaging means. I just now started to use EQ and that was just for the subs because something was not right. A channel on one subwoofer amp blew so one sub was acting sort of like a passive radiator but not completely as it still saw some power.

I made this system for ME. Not to show noobies incorrectly how to do things. So for those of you that think you need to save the noobies from making mistakes, please do so with a little respect for me. I prefer different things than everyone else. I do not like the sound of SQ systems. I like 3kHz to 14kHz attenuated, and 14kHz on up to be extra bright. as of now, I wish i could afford to quadrouple my tweeters and tweeter amp... 16 tweeters and 4 500.2s. I cant afford to.

I like my 20Hz-35Hz that most people say does not exhist in music to be extremely exaggerated. If i could afford 16 RE Audio XXX 18's, new version, and 32 SAZ4500Ds, 80 batteries, and 10 alternators...I would. I can't. I used what I could afford for more displacement ( 4 18s with 3.5" excursion) and built a wall and made it a sridgid as my LIMITED talent permited to get as much gain as I could.

I like 35Hz-55Hz attenuated. Most of you people, this is YOUR favorite range. bass boost is sold on 90% of amps and preset to 45Hz on 90% of those for a reason. You guys usually tune around 30Hz-45Hz for a reason. YOU like it. I DONT!

I like 55Hz-200Hz LOUD. I like hard hitting snap and punch...kick. Mot 45Hz punch kick and slam. I dont care what YOU like. Build your own!

I suck at cosmetics. i am a goof ball, I am a dork, I suck at most everything I do. But I have ambition, I suck it up, and I deal with it. If I won the lottery dont think i wouldnt p[ay someone that knows what they are doing... my buddy jeff... to make it pretty. Rhapsody Purple paint job so dark it looks black unless its in bright sunlight. 22" rimz with air bags. Sheep skin lining the entire inside so all you see is glass windows, black speakers, and bright white wool. I cant afford to, i dont have the patience or talent, so I go out of my way to make it look worse cuz I am fed up with everyones comments on cosmetics. Build your own. Be glad you dont have to compete with my cosmetics, my SPL, or my SQ... cuz OBVIOUSELY you ALL would win in all three.

I want it loud and to sound clear when it is loud. Dont tell me it isnt loud and dont tell me it doesnt sound good. keep it to yourself. You havent sat in it.

KW: the lauging stock of audio, that doesnt give a shit and only tried harder to keep pissing you off when you keep hating.

This is not directed at any one person. This is 6 years in the making.

[TechSys 3]

Oh hell yea. Finally, and spoken like a true man.

You've admitted quite a bit. You've put people that disagreed in their proper places. You've told everybody how you feel and how you like YOUR system. That is top notch in my book. You have pulled the plug from the matrix and became your own free thinker. If anybody doesn't like that and decide to treat you like your opinion doesn't count, well, to hell with them.

Stand up and take a bow. You deserve it. When you get done with that, get out there and try to make that van louder, using your unconventional methods (I had to rotflmmfao on that one). Keep doing what you're doing and don't worry about what others say. It's YOUR system and YOU can do with it what YOU want to as long as YOU are happy with it.

[kryptonitewhite 1]

Oh hell yea. Finally, and spoken like a true man.

You've admitted quite a bit. You've put people that disagreed in their proper places. You've told everybody how you feel and how you like YOUR system. That is top notch in my book. You have pulled the plug from the matrix and became your own free thinker. If anybody doesn't like that and decide to treat you like your opinion doesn't count, well, to hell with them.

Stand up and take a bow. You deserve it. When you get done with that, get out there and try to make that van louder, using your unconventional methods (I had to rotflmmfao on that one). Keep doing what you're doing and don't worry about what others say. It's YOUR system and YOU can do with it what YOU want to as long as YOU are happy with it.

Thats just awesome TechSys. Yesterday after I typed up that rant I had my GF come read it, she was in stitches. I can't wait to show her your reply. Haven't smiled much in the last few days, but I am right now!

[Infinite913 381]

That was very Awesome of you to put all the BS to the side bro! but you made a deal that if I beat your score I get your ALT! I can PM my address lol!

[Sir-Lancelot 216]

That was very Awesome of you to put all the BS to the side bro! but you made a deal that if I beat your score I get your ALT! I can PM my address lol!

[kryptonitewhite 1]

That was very Awesome of you to put all the BS to the side bro! but you made a deal that if I beat your score I get your ALT! I can PM my address lol!

if you get a 148 or better at 25Hz or lower, with 2 18's tuned to 30Hz or higher, you can have my alt and Im sellin the rest of what ive got so I can stop getting made fun of on here :-P

will you post a link to your build log here? I would check it every time I check my thread here...easy to get to!

[kryptonitewhite 1]

cut my finger and hand, bled all over the door panel, 13 stitches, 12 year old givin the bird, me swearing on easter sunday, caught a baby bunny wabbit on easter,

e-thuggin, e-ass kickin, cuttn the door panel off with a utility knife, repainted part of it yellow so it looks like ketchup and mustard

[ssh 924]

I like the pictures of the cats and rabbits

[kryptonitewhite 1]

I like the pictures of the cats and rabbits

that rabbit was alive and kickin last nite, went to feed it today and it was dead RIP rabbit!

[TechSys 3]

Poor rabbit. At least it got some relief before it passed.

And you said ketchup and mustard, not blood and mustard

[kryptonitewhite 1]

its all red, just the same

[kryptonitewhite 1]

Went out to work on the van this AM, when I was backing up my garbage can jumped out at me and I busted the tail light. Took some pics of all the interior parts I have and sent some emails to a few junk yards then brough some parts to a local shop...didnt get the light yet. Brought my GF to work, 3 cops pulled in to get lunch...didnt say anything. Heading home to check emails, get pulled over. Cop starts trippin on stereo. Then asks how much it all cost. I knew I was gonna get pulled over, I saw him heading strait then all a sudden jump behind me, so i pulled into a lot before he hit his lights. He said it all added up to suspision so back up came and they searched. I thought for sure K-9s were gonna jump in and scratch up my subs ( and everything else but we all know it all looks like shit anyway) then i thought they were gonna start tearing it all apart. Didn't even get a warning ticket.

http://www.audiopipe.com/

I popped an amp quite a while back and have been running with one sub partially acting as a PR, making my port non functional as well. When I finally realized what the issue was... I spent lots of time, made numerous threads, vids, and posts, even sold my old subs and got different ones....I called AP. Jackie told me to look for my receipt. Sure as ****, it was one year to the day...so she said send it in.

Talked to Jackie on the phone again today, she's shipping the amp out. When i called the first time, I mis-spoke as I often do. She said I blew a channel, I said no..it's a monoblock. I think it was hott as hell when the gal put me in my place and reminded me it is 2 1500's strapped internally, aka 2 channels

Thank you AP!

KW

[kryptonitewhite 1]

YUP. Since the begining of this build one of my amps was bad when I got it. With the new amp in I am several times louder down low and the sound is completely different. The alternator isn't a huge issue like it was before, because before I was making the other 3 amps and other 3 subs work much much harder because the sub off the bad amp was acting like a PR and the port was I giant leak. Now its loud as all hell down deep, I am so very happy now. I'll run REW in there again as soon as I can to see what it looks like. I need to tear the other tower down yet and get building the manifold in th house yet too.

[kryptonitewhite 1]

lets start it off right, yup, back to more caulk on MY car and I like it. The door jam mod hastened a known issue for the door handles busting, had to go heavy duty, had to do a mod for the pull down rod, when it's painted (unfortunately not 99c Walmart spray paint anymore, my buddy Jeff is all about asthetics and WON'T LET ME do it anymore, he mixed up some paint match at his job using my VIN# and he painted over the spray painted rust spots too) but anyway...the point...

Last year I did a big write up on PL400 vs PL375 vs PL PRO...spend the $$! I used PL400 for 10+ years and loved it, couldnt find it locally anymore, got 375 (not made for subfloor or heavy duty anyway?) And it SUCKED. It took 2 weeks to 1/2 way cure, then it failed anyway. Today I used PRO outside on the car, sudden thunderstorm flash...had errands to run, in the rain, all day..even 80 on the interstate...can't even tell!

Then there's the alt situation: emails and threads had a lot of "only supposed to charge at 13V anyway" today she was bouncing from 14.2-14.5V yeah! Lucky me. AND LOOK! 3/4 TANK!

Shut her off, still solid.

[kryptonitewhite 1]

[kryptonitewhite 1]

[burko 6]

That port is hucking fuge!!!!!!

[kryptonitewhite 1]

$95 plus tax for a 12' long piece of cardboard 20" in diameter... they wouldn't sell a 4' chunk...bastards! You should have seen me driving home with this cannon sticking out the rear hatch :-P I considered mounting an 18" at the end of it and calling it a day.