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Void Warranty but yes it can handle it.

W4's were great subs...

If it was an italian office, they were definately not honest. Any plans to change the head unit on the car ? Maybe an active front stage ? I hate D3's but the dash is built specifically for it. I am sure we will be replacing it some time. The Front Stage was active and he was running 3 amps. CDT's EX-560i crossovers are tough to beat though. They can handle a lot of power without cutting frequencies so I don't see us going back to active. We are pretty much tapped for space as far as amps go and you need to be careful with how much current you draw in these cars so you don't trip the convenience feature warning.

LBI Fiberglass is another good one and great to deal with.

First off the VRx amps are great and the multichannel extensions give you plenty of options and control. What happened is the VRx 1.500 started having problems shortly after the original install. It would go in and out of protect and then eventually stayed there. We sent the amp back to Italy for repair and waited two months to get the amp back when I first redid this install. They made some repairs to the pc board but never said what exactly went wrong. When I got the amp back I noticed only one input was working on the amp so I contacted Audison and did not hear back from them. I went ahead and installed the amp, let the customer pick up the car and the amp started going back into protect within a couple days. A couple weeks later we sent the amp into Elettromedia. The amp sat there for at least a month and they claimed nothing was wrong with it. I spoke with the tech on the phone and through email and got nowhere. They told me that they have never had a VRx come back for repair. This was the second time this amp was sent in for repair so they blamed it on the car and wiring. Nothing ever went wrong with the two other VRx amps in the vehicle but they still blamed it on the car. Since the amp first took a crap the install was completely redone. All new wires, 3 new batteries, custom built Alternator, new voltage regulator, new BCM, new subs and everything else. The only component that remained the same was the head unit so I was fairly confident it was not the car or the wiring. After I received the amp back from Elettromedia I through it back in the car. It went into protect within 30 minutes and of course only one input was working. I pulled the amp out, threw it on my test bench and had the same problems. I put an old ZED Audio Opti in the car and didn't have any issues. Since this time I have contacted both Audison and Elettromedia a half dozen times and never heard back from anyone. This was about 3 months ago and they still have not taken care of anything. This is why I pulled the Audisons and installed the Sundowns. I will NEVER use or promote another Audison product again.

And you should be. The only wires going to the factory head unit is a pair of fiber optic cables that run to an amp in the rear fender. The rest of the factory wiring in the car is low voltage so stay clear of fiber optics and low voltage and you should be good. Removing the interior is three times the work of an average car so you must be patient.

Knu makes pretty good products. The Kolossus is nice and beefy and dwarfs most wire out there. The KLMX isn't that great to work with but it is a good price. The Kolossus Fleks is the same as Rockford and Kickers Hyperflex which is the best wire made IMO. There compression products are pretty nice but the threads could be a little stronger. Knu's RCA's are fairly good across the board. The Krystal wires are girthy and the solder points are strong.

That is 1/0 wire in the picture and yes it will crimp it with ease. This crimpers measures just under 2 feet in length and can crimp all size power wire. Large crimpers typically run 100-$150. Kustomized Boom use to carry them but I don't know if they still do. 866-532-7767 [email protected]

Thanks. My client wanted a usable trunk as this is a daily driver. A 700 horse daily driver.

The original install (not shown) was one of the worst, if not the worst sounding system I have ever heard due to the poor install. You changed all the components of the system because the install was bad ? What ever happened to the VRx's ? I'm curous what kind of problems you had with them... I changed the components after performing a head to head test. I keep a lot of equipment on tap just for this reason. Even after fixing with wiring errors and tuning the system properly the Focals did not match up. My client told me it was the biggest difference he had ever heard in speakers going from the Focals to CDT's.

Thanks. Patience to do the work is easy. Actually taking the photos is the hard part... =)

The system turned out pretty good. We retained the factory speaker locations for a stealth look so the main tweet is slightly off axis. The image tweets were mounted in the factory locations on the back side of the side view mirrors because the A-pillars have side curtain airbags and we did not want to modify them. It worked out for the customer since he likes things bright and the L-Pad gives him nice control. We ran comps front and rear as this is how the customer prefers his music. Left and Right, Front and Rear....

The original install (not shown) was one of the worst, if not the worst sounding system I have ever heard due to the poor install. The car had Focal K2 Power components front and rear, three 13" Focal subs and three Audison VRX amplfiers. The subs were fast and tight but weak on the bottom end. (Damn Europeans) The Focal tweets were fairly smooth but I was very disappointing with the mids. The VRX line of amps from Audison are great but we had problem after problem and Audison failed to step up the plate. Like Sundown CDT is tough to beat. After the owner heard the CDT's he had me pull five sets of his Focal comps along with 6 Focal subs from his vehices. He is now running Sundown amps and CDT comps in a few of his vehicles but isn't sure if Sundown can top his Steg amps yet...

The car belongs to a client of mine... I converted him from Focal and Audison to Sundown and CDT.

Yes. Germans sure love to make things easy... There isn't a single flat surface in this beast. Deadening is double the work of an average car.

Thanks gentlemen. Note: These two Sundown amps replaced $6,000 worth of Audison amps in this car.

Both myself and tech12volts are CDT dealers.

Amps are most efficient within a certain temperature range. Subs tend to be stiff in cold weather as well.

Huh? Thats a joke. Probox has a grill they say will increase SPL by 3 dB.

You must have used a Probox grill.

The 1500D is the best of all worlds. It can push just about anything and doesn't require you to overhaul your charging system. It produces clean power, has good control, is conveniently sized and is priced just right.

I adjust all my settings the old school way completely by ear. Even though I'm a total basshead I really do have a pretty good ear for tuning. By ear is the best way in my book. Even when I tune with a scope or a DMM I still usually make the final adjustments by ear.

That is fudging awesome... I wish I had time to still do ish like this like back in the ol' days.