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I will be picking up a pair soon to go with my evil mid's! Hehe

Good to be here! I enjoy you's guys intellect.

I would hate to see you trip over a dollar to pick up a dime. Or in this case trip over several thousand dollars (and several days of labor) to get a couple hundred dollars worth of benefit. I have done things at both extremes of spectum, and was happy with the end result both ways. How, you may ask. Because I knew exactly what I was after, and took my time making a game plan. I knew what "satisfied" looked like before I started. I didn't just throw everything including the kitchen sink at it hoping end result would make me happy. My advice would be focus on where the annoying sounds are coming from, and see if you can minimize them. If it is an interior panel, place your finger on it. Does this sound stop or get quieter? If you feel like the noise is coming from the fire wall, place a heavy blanket in the floorboard. Does the sound get quieter? If you feel like the noise is coming through the doors, put some cushions against them. Etc. Wash, rinse, repeat. Start with the most annoying noise and work from there. If you are due for new tires, now would be a great time to check which ones have the lowest noise rating. Short of very cheaply made cars, I have found most only need treatment in a few places. Anymore I just plan on doing a full treatment on the doors as the mid basses are in there, and quite a bit of road noise can seep its way in there also. After that I place pieces of foam behind any plastic panels that are vibrating. (what your finger is mimicking, when you're pressing on them, only from the backside) If the minimum you listen to your stereo at is 75-80 dB, and the road noise is 70dbs....your golden! If it helps you sleep at night to go to the extreme, by all means go that route.

Curious which dsp you are using for that application?

Thankfully I have green houses over my vegetables.

Why in the fuck is it snowing.....

A simple answer for you would be measure/check the gauge/size of the power wire to the factory amp. From this you can denote the largest aftermarket amp you can run without swapping/replacing wires. That would limit you to whatever size power wire is factory. The other direction to go about it would be to pick the aftermarket amp and then match the wire accordingly, which is what most the guys here would do.

I have treated a whole floor with dampener and luxury liner pro. Reinstalling the seats was about the hardest thing, but was not impossible. At worst you will have to shave away the foam right at the seat mounts. Are you attempting to stop road noise, engine noise, or panel vibration? I have a hard time believing that car has much road noise or panel resonation, but would believe the engine noise. I could be wrong, but that is subjective opinion. As there will always be noisier and quieter cars. Please tell me you're not falling for some marketing pitch like "as quiet as a coffin". Because that is not possible, but lowering particular audible sounds is. So if you really want everybody's help I would suggest narrowing in on the what particular noises you are attempting to lower!

Danm bro, your work looks top notch!! Always cool to see pics of the build process. Thanks for posting.

Danm dude, Would think you are in Colorado If I didnt know better. Pine tree covered mountains and rocks everywhere. Thanks for posting the pics!!

Hell YA!! I have been on a eltro kick myself, oh and eltro swing. Mucho good brass.

G-easy is playing also.

Honestly hadn't heard of them until you posted, which I dug also. I laughed when the daughter asked for tickets later that day, bc I could say I had jammed them.

I deal with people all day and the ones that show your level of frustration, generally have a preconceived notion of the way they see things going. In my opinion you are making life hard on yourself by not being flexible and open minded.

Meh we are all here stroking our own egos, you are just amplifying it to a degree that is disrupting the herd. I gave that fly on the wall perspective so you will see why his brash personality is tolerated And advice is respected here. Not to mention the guy is willing to help others, and has continued to help you. The reason I give my opinion because I hate to see someone bullied or struggle. You seem to be struggling here, and I would hope you're not making life this hard on yourself in other realms.

The Chainsmokers are playing at the X-games this year. Should be a worthy show.

The rep system is a great feature, imo. Is nice to to say "hey I had an epiphany from your post" or "thanks for the information", without adding a comment. Don't know that the neg- feature does much good though, as any mis-imformation is going to get called out verbally anyways. The need for people to feel validated and important to the rest of the herd is nothing new. Clearly the real issue here seems to be one gentlemen's need to feel validated. Unfortunately he just keeps alienating the herd, instead of contributing to gain that respect. Beyond that, any regular visitor here knows where M5 and Billy are coming from. M5 does acoustical work for a living and his opinion is usually logic based and very discerning. Billy's opinion is generally to stroke his own ego, gain attention and tell everybody how a hillbilly would do it. I am sure billy is proficient is whatever trade he does, but its clearly not electrical or acoustic work. I personally like both opinions and use them to make my own. Which is usually somewhere in between. As far as the initial disagreement I clearly agree the old thought process of this brand is better than that brand is gone. People know better now and search for dollar to performance ratio, not bragging rights. The 90's are gone, and so is the ignorance. Now to the average person just searching the web for say "what sub fits a nissan car", will most likely go right back to google as soon as he gets in a topic full of people blabbing about everything other that the topic. Unfortunately those topics stay on the internet for years and effect the reputation of this site, that others have spent years to build. Hopefully this helps you, billy, understand why people do not care for your useless posts. I am not saying we don't want you here, but if you want to feel important and get validation on this site you need to adjust your roll bro. If you don't like the effect, dont produce the cause.

Looks like a blast! Cant go wrong with the track being in the middle of town either.

I would be happy with it, if thats what your asking. With the transfer function of the car you should be right on point, and the sub should blend well with the mids. Youre gaining 6db output in the sweet spot, WITHOUT needing any additional power. Whats not to like about that?

You could shift the port tuning a few hz and see what happens to the peak. Maybe give 30hz and 35hz a try. Beyond that, I honestly think your graph looks pretty good. One of the goals with a ported enclosure is to gain output in the intended bandwidth, which your design is clearly doing. If you want a smooth response, perhaps model sealed.

Change the surface area of the port (port size) when modeling and see if it helps the peak.

You're a good man R2.

Don't know If I could do the white seats though. LOL

Score! bonus on the stereo not sucking!!

The Cayenne has always looked like it would be fun. Maybe it's the horsepower rating that gives me hard on.