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Played with it this morning and brought my ssf up a lil and backed off the gain some (think maybe it was loading off the trunk lid and was helping keep it under control when it was flipped the other way) got the sub back under control thermally. After beating on it for a while full tilt it was a lil warm but not nearly like it was last night and no more stinky FTW. This thing is a BEAST driver's door open. Brings the low end back big time! Pretty **** happy right now. I like it, only have to have the 60 side of the seat down, which I keep down most of the time anyways to help keep the Eagle cool.

Decided to flip my box around and ghetto seal it off to see how it sounded. Results are iffy. To my ear sounds like it got louder on higher frequencies but lost some of its low end output, but it sounds clean as hell! Gonna leave it like this for a while and play with it. Before: After:

I understand the flat out blind nuthugging can be annoying, but the ones who tell someone not to get a Skar sub just because of who the owner is when it would clearly fit their budget and application are just as bad. As stated previously in the thread, the question at hand is about the subs, not the owner. You can find pretty much any brand cheaper on fleabay or some hack selling them on craigslist out of his garage, what's so different about Skar? But your always giving up that security you get from purchasing from an authorized dealer. It's up to the buyer to decide which choice is right for him. As far as people saying the Skars don't sound good, that is a flat out lie. I just switched from an SA-12 to a VVX-12 and I can tell you the Skar sounds SOOOO much better. Don't get me wrong the SA is a great sub and excelled where it was designed to excell, got loud, but the VVX is a totally different animal. It is much smoother in response and produces the lower end so much cleaner. I actually dropped my ssf down a lil and bumped the gain up some and that's with going from a D4 with the SA (750 rms) to a D2 with the Skar (1500 rms). The Skar is takin it like a champ and soundin great doin it. Say what you will about the owner, but if you buy from a trusted dealer so you know your ass is covered, I don't see what the fuss is all about. By the way, my personall experience, Kevin has been nothing but up front and honest with me. Great guy so far, even went out of his way to personally drop my sub off at my house and demo his new 6 10" VVX 4th order blow thru in the Ford 500 for me. Thanks Kevin. Look forward to doing business with Skar in the future for sure. Thanks.

Thanks. It's not much, but I like it.

This is my $600 build. Think I did a pretty good job with the gear for the budget I had. What do you think? SA-12D4 on the AB VFL-100.1 @ 2 ohms in a BHE 2.0 @ 30Hz Enclosure Waiting on a few things to be shipped then the install will begin. Thanks for looking.

Absolutely Love It!

I actually had Bassin Buick stop by with his DMM so I could check the coils and make sure I was at 1 ohm cause this 600 rms subwoofer takes the 1500 rms so damn well I thought maybe I had gotten a D4 and was at 2 ohms by mistake. But no, I am sitting at exactly 1 ohm at the amp terminals. I love it!

Can't wait to catch this at a show! Epic build!

Go to bed, lol. I got a VVX-12 and you have some RE comps to install tomorrow. I'll be out at daybreak if you wanna come thru.

WHOOT!

And of course FTMFW!

"Inbetween systems" systems. Box was 2.8^3 @ 36Hz built to get a higher TL score outa the AA Chaos 15/AP15001D setup but sub was sold before box was finished so I had it cut for a 12 and threw in a sub I had laying around. MOFO-12D2 V1 and AP15001D @ 1 ohm. Switched out my AP15001D for the AP18001D you seen above while I had this sub and hit a 138.x sealed up legal on the dash with a 41Hz tone iirc. Same box, AP18001D @ 8 ohms on HFi12D4 ~350 rms, hit a 135.x sealed up legal with this on a burp, same freq iirc. Click pic for vid

Random system pics and vids: RE MT/PSI 12D1.4 and 2.2^3 @ 29Hz custom enclosure (sub and box built by BassHeadsEnt.net) on an AP18001D @ .7 w/ 2 old school 88'/89' Sony XM-5540 4 channels on mids/highs. Loved this setup! AA Chaos 15D2 in a 2.8 @ 32Hz BHE custom enclosure on an AP15001D @ 1 ohm (800 rms sub took 2x power with ease!) was bass racin 39.9 with this setup! 2 Incriminator Audio LI 12D4's in a 3.4^3 @ 31Hz BHE custom enclosure off AP15001D @ 1 ohm.

My only Zed amp, but I love it! Got it bridged at 8 ohms x 2 on my front stage and it does work! Got many compliments on how clean and loud my mids/highs were at a meet Fri night.

If the Alarms Etc. in Lakeland is anything like the one on Nebraska in Tampa, then they are actually one of the better more honest shops arround. Helped a guy pick out a stereo system one time and it was for a newer car so he wanted to have a shop do the install, took him down there and they did a great job at a decent price. He ended up even having them put an alarm system in too. He was very pleased. Hope you get it worked out, glad you caught them before they got anything.

Looks great. My dad had a 79' Stingray. Awesome cars, but definitely not alot of room. I have riden in the t-top storage are before as a child when my sister had the passenger seat, so I can appreciate the limited space you have to work with. Love the amp, really like the ease of a 5 channel on small installs. Interested in how it performs. Great work so far. Tuned in. And can we get some vids of this one please?

They have a couple SAX-1200D's over there right now for under $200.

Check out dB-r Electronics for rebuilt Sundowns at great prices.

There ya go, now your thinkin. Grab both of them and run em strapped to 1 BTL.

Here ya go, $125. http://www.floridaspl.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19141

The AP18001D is a great choice on a budget. Solid amp that does rated and comes with a 1 year factory warranty (when bought from vminnovations.com) all for under $200 shipped and would be a perfect match for 2 D4 SSD's at 1 ohm with 900 rms a piece. I have used the 1500 and 1800 and swear by them. Great budget amps. The only reason I don't have one now is cause I got a my AB 100.1 for cheaper than I woulda paid for either of them. Good luck with whatever you choose, but I can assure you the AP18001D won't dissapoint. By the way, that RE Audio XT is not doin no 1600 rms with only 90 amps of fusing, just sayin.

Great idea. Have it dl'ed and plan on playing around with it in the near future. Look forward to the future functions. Thank you.

Awesome! Congrats.