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wow really? You welcome a person from 6 years ago?

The Minnesota camping trip was pretty fun. It was so busy we didn't even really have time to sit around the campfire. Doesn't make sense, does it? The first night we couldn't get the fire to go. We did everything short of pour gasoline on the wood, but I'm not even sure that would have worked. The firewood they gave us just wouldn't catch. We didn't get there until about 8pm (after our nearly 12 hour drive), so after setting up the tents we didn't have much time to fool with the fire before just being so tired and wanting to go to sleep. The next day we went canoeing for about 5.5 hours. My gf and I's canoe flipped over when a gatorade thrown to another boat fell short and we both tried to reach it as we floated by. Luckily the water was only about a foot deep. But it took help from a passing kayaker to get the boat empty of water because it was about 3/4 full and probably weighed 500 pounds. But my camera fell into the water and got soaked . It wouldn't turn on after that. Luckily that was the only electronic thing in the boat, and even more lucky was that the only problem was that the batteries shorted out, so after drying and bringing it home to put in some new batteries, it turned on again. But then that night (friday) it rained on and off from about 5 until 9pm, and that's when we found out our tent leaked. Puddles of water abounded. I found the leaks and patched them up with what we had, but by that time the rain had stopped for good, so all we had to do was dry the floor out by sopping it up with towels and then holding the towels over the fire, then repeat and repeat. Then we got to hold the pillowcases, pillows, and parts of the sleeping bags that got wet over the fire. Everybody else had gone to bed, but my gf and I were still there drying things out. That sucked. On the 4th we went fishing in the river. I caught an almost 2 pound smallmouth bass almost immediately with a topwater lure. We kept him and ate him the next morning. Very good. Then I switched to some crank and spinnerbaits and caught two northern pike, although I'm fairly certain it was the same one both times. Those lures weren't attracting the bass, so I switched back to the topwater that was working earlier. But on the 4th or 5th cast the lure just broke off and flew to the opposite bank. I figure the Pike must have bit through a bit of my line and weakened it, and I never thought to cut off the last foot or two and retie. I was a bit upset. During those first casts I had gotten some hits, too. Then that night we went to watch fireworks in a nearby town. There was an ice cream store that we ate at and sat in the parking lot to watch the fireworks. The gf and I split a few scoops of blueberry waffle cone flavored ice cream, and it was amazing. I need to try and find out where I can get some. I don't care if they have to ship it to me packed in 100 lbs of dry ice, that stuff is worth it. Then we drove the 10-11 hours home the next day. That's a long ass drive.

Nothing wrong with repeating a good point. Well another problem is just that people get even stupider when drunk. You guys can disagree if you want, but 90% of the fights I've seen involve a drunk person. But I also realize that the people who actually have concealed carry permits are not likely the problem, it's the ones who conceal carry without a permit. In which case they'd do it whether it was legal or not. So moot points all around.

watch your ass at Arizona watering holes... Yeah I read that too. That sounds brilliant. I don't see a problem with this. Its still illegal to be intoxicated and carry, it doesn't mean someone is going to strap up and then go try to pick a fight in a bar. But now someone who carries can do so going to lunch in a place that serves alcohol and not have to leave the gun in the car/whatever or carry anyway. Is it still illegal to carry in places where liquor sales make up more than 50? percent profit though? Some states it is flat out illegal to carry anywhere that has a license to sell alcohol, doesn't matter the time of day. I didn't know about it being illegal to be intoxicated and carry. makes sense, I've just not been exposed to it. And you have to realize that not everybody is as good and disciplined with their concealed carry as you. Definitely not all gun owners are, but the good majority, if not almost all of people who legally carry are. I don't know the numbers off the top of my head but the number of people who have their permit pulled for abusing it is in the fractions of a percent. There is also zero credible research linking law abiding citizens carrying and more crime. Well maybe my problem is that all of the violent crimes I've been exposed to or hear about happen at bars. The only two shootings and two stabbings that I've ever heard about in Lawrence happened outside of clubs. I realize that those weapons could have very well been inside cars and pulled out, not conceal carry (In fact I know one was because it was a drive-by shooting in front of a club). But that's just the only information I've been exposed to, so to me violence and bars go hand-in-hand.

watch your ass at Arizona watering holes... Yeah I read that too. That sounds brilliant. I don't see a problem with this. Its still illegal to be intoxicated and carry, it doesn't mean someone is going to strap up and then go try to pick a fight in a bar. But now someone who carries can do so going to lunch in a place that serves alcohol and not have to leave the gun in the car/whatever or carry anyway. Is it still illegal to carry in places where liquor sales make up more than 50? percent profit though? Some states it is flat out illegal to carry anywhere that has a license to sell alcohol, doesn't matter the time of day. I didn't know about it being illegal to be intoxicated and carry. makes sense, I've just not been exposed to it. And you have to realize that not everybody is as good and disciplined with their concealed carry as you. Actually the problem is that most people are fucking idiots. I am not arguing against the carry though as it is a right you should have; however, I think we should also make any pre-meditated crime committed with a gun much harsher penalty wise than it is today. Way harsher. In my opinion you lose your right to be considered a person at that point. Agreed.

What is your budget?

Well if you increase the port area to the correct size, the port will also need to be longer. Those two things make the port eat up more volume inside the box, which lowers the space that the subs use. After you subtract the new port displacement, the internal volume may be correct for the subs. You'll just have to figure out the port and go from there.

correct me if im wrong but it doesnt matter does it?? No, it doesn't. But it just seemed like in BigC's post he just said that the width of the port mattered, not the height. Unless I misread. But the port area is what matters, because how do you know which dimension is the width? What happens if you turn the box on its side? Does the other dimension become the width? Unless he's talking about round ports, in which case yes the width of the round port is what matters, but that's because the width is directly correlated with the area of the port opening since it's a circle.

Actually, it's the area of the port. If you have a slot port that's 10" x 5", how would the calculator know if the 10" or 5" is the width?

I bought an amp from them, no problems.

If you want to run all 3000 to the sub, it will blow. You can power the sub with that amp and never have any problems, but that's contingent on you being smart with the volume knob. Something gives me the feeling you'll want to push it hard, so I'd suggest buying something else.

Start with the recommended volume that the manufacturer suggests. Then I'd suggest giving each sub about 30 sq. inches of port, or 60 sq. inches total. You can make it two ports or one, doesn't really matter. From there the tuning depends entirely on the length of the port. I think around 32 hz should do fine. You can put them in a box program to get port dimensions. Just don't believe the SPL graphs.

I really like the 7" Vifa MG mids (yellow cone) and Peerless 1" silk tweeters in my HT. But I don't know how you would listen to them before buying. But you may want to check their graphs on partsexpress (not sure if they still sell the vifa though) to see their off-axis response.

If you have the larger alternator option, which I'm pretty sure you have, you'll be fine. I have a '98 Explorer with probably a similar or the same alternator and I've had a 1000 watt sub amp and two smaller amps for interior speakers and I never really saw the voltage drop. If you don't blast it at stoplights, which you shouldn't do, you should have no problems. As for suggestions on components, what is your budget? You can fit 6.5" components in the doors pretty easily if you make a mounting plate to convert the 6x8 to 6.5. What type of tweeter do you like?

Just trim to fit. I understand that getting reducers looks better, but if your sub is mounted with the motor inside the box nobody will see it. And you'll get the same amount of contact between the wires and terminals either way.

Sounds like you should just stick to 10s behind the seat. If you tell us what subs you have now and how much room and mounting depth you have, we may be able to come up with some alternatives that will yield better results than that frankenstein idea.

It is cool on here. It's just not cool to be a social menace.

Ah you posted what I was going to say. That'll give you less airspace to pressurize as well, so it may make it louder. Otherwise you probably just need to mass load the trunk lid. Maybe glue some bricks to it, haha.

Maybe if he wasn't cheating on his wife three times a week it wouldn't have happened. But he was a good, hard-nosed, respectable football player. I thought he was good.

I think a couple of my amps have failed due to that style of mounting. I don't do it anymore.

I'm still partial to google.

That is pretty silly and ghetto. I wouldn't want to ride with a sub box in the passenger seat.

You don't choose your class if you already have your equipment. You are put into a class depending on your equipment and setup in the vehicle. If you go to the comp they'll put you in a class.

I would suggest not using "2" in your job request or application.

Are you sure the box has no leaks? Take the sub out and inspect it also.