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lol I ordered mine the day they started the back order =[ str8 up what did you order? i had talked to nick and he said the earliest would be up to a few weeks after the 20th! I ordered a 18 fully loaded lol and i was so excited to start my first big build but i guess it gives me time to buy some other stuff ? But whats the earliest you think i will be getting it ? Nobody knows for sure man. It will get there when it gets there.

Allright, thats cool. I knew it wasn't a big deal, as I was going to have to drill out the holes anyways. Just wondering if it was like that on all the BTLs or what.

Well, I got a little bit more done on it today. I didn't get started until late, and it was hot as hell outside, so I didn't work on it for too long. I'm hoping to get finished putting it together tomorrow. Maybe get it painted on sunday. I had to drill out the holes in my BTL to accommodate 1/4" bolts, also because the holes didn't go through the foam on the top. I posted a thread in the FI forum asking if this was normal. I remember seeing a thread before about the holes not being big enough for 1/4" bolts, but I've never heard anything about the holes not going through the foam. I got the brace mounted on the back of the port today. I'm glad that JBLCAMRY reminded me about that. I also did some sanding trying to round out the edges. Here is a picture of the edges of the port after sanding.

As already stated, its not the subs fault, its the box tuning.What did you expect by tuning so low?

No as in you have no experience, or no as in I should just work on the front stage?

Not trying to be a dick, but why though? You can do anything with ABS plastic that you can do with fiberglass.

I definitely won't be competing. I'll be lucky to have my system fully completed by then. I just want to go check everything out. I've never been to a audio competition. I never even thought they had them around here, haha.

Hell yeah, do you have a link, or info on where its at and everything? I'd like to go. If anyone else on the board lives anywhere close we should meet up. Edit: Also, I've probably made Knoxville to Nashville in 2.5 hours when I was living there and driving back and forth, but I don't think you could do it driving the speed limit. Maybe from west Knoxville to east Nashville or something. Where I'm at is about an hour from Knoxville as it is.

Thats not much of a review. Pics would also be great. Edit: Why would you want fiberglass speaker terminals?

Nothing funny about someone getting robbed to me. Will be be so funny when it is you? It's funny because she deserved it for being a complete bitch. Playing that damn system at all hours of the day. I kind of agree that playing a loud system in your driveway for days and days, hours and hours, your asking to get it stolen. I've played my shit in my driveway right after install, just trying to get it sounding right, never for more than a half hour though. I think its going a little far to say she deserved it though. Thats almost like saying that since you played your system in someones neighborhood at night, and they got pissed and followed you home and stole it that you deserved it... You'd be surprised what people would do to the bassheads haha. I have rules when it comes to bass, all keep my equipment from getting stolen and from people from getting mad at me. Simply put if you keep to yourself, don't be ignorant, and aren't a complete douche, no one will try to steal your equipment for revenge. I'm sure I wouldn't be surprised. Desperate stupid people do desperate stupid things. When I lived with my parents someone robbed their cars and a bunch of other ones in the neighborhood, and there wasn't even anything valuable in them. A few months later they caught the people that did it, but not many people if any got their stuff back. I try not to be stupid with my stuff, but I'm not going to limit my bumping to highway/freeway only. I bump in town, and I'm not too worried about my stuff getting stolen. I usually take a few measures to try to prevent it, like parking so that my hatch can't be opened. I doubt that a lot of people are targeted just because they have a loud system, unless they live in a bad neighborhood/big city. I know stuff like that happens there. When me and some buddies had an apartment in Nashville, one of my roomates had his Civic broken into and his subs stolen, and it wasn't even that late at night when it happened. He would bump it when he was coming into the parking lot though. Being very close to metro Nashville didn't help any either I'm sure. I think its a lot less risky having a system in a smaller town like I'm in now.

I kind of asked about this in my thread about my box, but didn't get any replies, so I figured I'd start a new thread. I know that using bus bars works. I'm mainly planning on doing it since I'm running 1/0 and I need something smaller for my amps, and there aren't a ton of distribution blocks that will work for that, and the bars will be cheaper, free really... I've got an old 300 amp panel in my barn that I got off a job a couple years ago. I'm planning to hack out the bus bars from it, run my 1/0 from batteries to it, and tie my amps into it also. I might plasti-dip the positive to prevent arcing. I'm also thinking about mounting them to my box. Opinions or recommendations?

Nothing funny about someone getting robbed to me. Will be be so funny when it is you? It's funny because she deserved it for being a complete bitch. Playing that damn system at all hours of the day. I kind of agree that playing a loud system in your driveway for days and days, hours and hours, your asking to get it stolen. I've played my shit in my driveway right after install, just trying to get it sounding right, never for more than a half hour though. I think its going a little far to say she deserved it though. Thats almost like saying that since you played your system in someones neighborhood at night, and they got pissed and followed you home and stole it that you deserved it...

I'm a fan of RF, if money isn't a problem, as you say, then I would go with the T2500, two of them BDsynced. Get another BTL while your at it.

Anyone have experience with the coaxials? I may get the 5x7s for some rear fill. Would save having to fiberglass or make an adapter in the back, and be a lot easier, since in my Explorer Sport, the plastic around the rear speakers is one huge ass piece.

And why did your user name change three times since you've posted?

yea i know its alot of money but its going to be a project so it doesn't matter ill save up till i have the money. Oh yea and in my nabor hood u steal something your going to get shot lol Usually its those kinds of neighborhoods where stuff is getting stolen... I think I'd just leave the bass for the highway or when your away from home...

I definitely don't mind an hour or so, I just don't want to have to go to Nashville or Memphis, which would turn into an eight or ten hour round trip. Tennessee is a long ass state, haha. If I could find something in Knoxville, Johnson City, Bristol, Chattanooga, or somewhere reasonably close I'd go.

Anyone know if there are any comps around the Knoxville/ East Tennessee area? I've never heard of any, but would love to attend one.

There is another piece of 3/4 going over it so the plexi will sit flush.

Man, I'm so glad you pointed that out. I've looked at that drawing a hundred times, and thought the measurements behind the port were just for alignment. Obviously I'm a dumbass. Thanks for the help man.

Thats what I'm using for my BTL 18. I would loooove to have a T2500, but I don't have the cash right now. In the future I'd like to have two T2500s in BD sync hooked to a couple of AA SMDs with a T1000-4 on mids. Hey, I can dream, right? Edit: WTF is this doing in the Sundown forum?

As I said before, I'm using the XXX 6.5 components. I'm thinking about getting some Selenium ST-350 tweeters, anyone have any experience with them? I'd like to have some loud highs cause I know the bass from the BTL will probably overpower my components.

Something else, I can't find any distribution blocks I like for a reasonable price. I think I'm going to go with short pieces of bus bar. Maybe dip the positive side with plasti-dip. I'll also eventually be glassing my RE XXX 6.5s into my door panels. I think I'll make some temporary boxes out of the scrap MDF I've got and put them in the back seat area until I get time to do the door panels. Opinions and suggestions are valued. Edit: One set of the terminals is for some LEDs. I got some super bright 3 watt LEDs, the ones used in the T15K Escalade build, so it should be pretty bright. I got banna plugs for the sub so you couldn't get them mixed up and fry the lights.

Hell yeah man, thats great. If your friend does get it, just tell him you lost the cover, haha.

got any for 2/0? lol 124108-001 - 124108-001 Which is exactly what these are for. Should have looked at the link first, haha.