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Also the pics from the BL 12's I used for about 2 weeks. I missed my BTL too much!

Installed kick panel enclosures, and WOW it makes a HUGE difference. Still running off the head unit right now, should be getting boxes from knukonceptz, db-r, and parts express in a few days to change all that.

Did this for a friend of mine a couple of weeks ago. He is using some old JL audio 10's, I'm working on him to get some q's. I don't remember what amp he was using, some ~600 watt amp. I don't have a final pick of it in the truck but it fit like a GLOVE. BTL 18 vs. one of his subs Box was ~ 3 ft^3 tuned ~35. I threw in the 4" aero for free

Alright I'll revise the question. What's the formula to tune with flared ports?

I was wondering if the calculator here ; http://www.psp-inc.com/tools.html calculated it's tuning including displacement of the tube or without displacement. Thanks.

I have 2 local shops. One is completely mainstream and I hate even driving past it. The second is moving in the right direction.... with some RE audio and other non mainstream brands. He said he would like to sell sundown but that there wasn't any demand for it. I think if he'd pay me 5 bucks a demo I could give demos all day and increase the demand

Running my BTL off of a sundown audio 3000D daily giving it all it's got. No problems Be smart with it and the BTL loves it.

I purchased a 8,000k HID kit for my truck off of this site this past saturday. I was emailed a tracking number, but it still just says billing information received. I have sent countless emails without reply, and was also a little worried when my invoice number was ~48 or so. Has anyone had any experience or feedback on this site? I am considering filing a complaint if they don't answer the phone this afternoon. Thanks

Now that you have the actual domain listed it helps. Sorry for lack of communication.

Was referring to auto ext when I said "this site". www.autoext.com

I did not order yet, and im glad you told me that. and to the other poster, Im sure i will be getting the other sub. Just another question, when i have both subs set up and everything, am i going to need to do any upgrades to the car, i know the big 3 is a "must" but what about the alternator? or the battery? I want to be able to push them to their max potential. If i need to upgrade the alternator, do i need to upgrade the battery? or can i just get a yello top optima battery just for the amp/subs? thanks a bunch I added 2 optima yellow tops to feed my SA3000D. I still have not completed big 3 as I will do this when I get my HO alt. To answer your question, without the batteries voltage drops were dangerously low. After adding them I get fluctuations of .5 volts at full tilt. I would at least add 1 battery with at least 50 AH. But I would add as many as I could as long as I had the space and funds to do so. I don't know what kind of vehicle you have, but as long as you give the alt time to catch back up you should be fine until you do upgrade to a HO alt.

Sure you can, but you missed the main piece of information we need. What voice coil configurations did you order? D1/D2? The result that would best fit you is to have 2 subs with 1 ohm coils. When wired correctly you will end up with a 1 ohm load. But you would have to run at 2 ohms or at .5 ohms if you only had one hooked up.

BTL is built for brutality I had ~3000 watts going to a pair and they handled it fine, ran fine for a few months until I sold them. This has been the case with 12 and 18 inch sets.

I'd like to update this and say that the kit did arrive and was in fair condition. After opening the brown box I noticed that the seals on the hid kit were broken. Not a huge deal, I opened it up to verify everything I purchased was included. So before even touching the lights or wiring harness I read the instruction manual. The english was HORRIBLE to say the least. Many words didn't have spaces between them, and some sentences didn't even make sense. The wiring harness was very strange looking so I rearranged it and tested the lights. Despite the high pitched tone that was made from the ballasts while the HID's were warming up everything worked flawlessly. It was almost impossible to get the things into my headlight housing, there was just no easy way to get the headlight out very far. After wiring everything up and installing the lights they worked and it looks very good in my opinion. I should have sent the package back, but didn't feel like going through all that over ~100 bucks. Everything is working so far and hopefully it will continue to do so. The purpose of buying a "more expensive" kit was to steer clear of cheap "ebay" kits. But after seeing this I might as well have bought one for ~$30.00 off of ebay. Driving with them is interesting, not much of a viewing change. But it accomplished what I wanted, which was to add a custom look. I am a fan of the HID look. I understand that this kit is illegal as it was not equipped with projector lenses. I did get a friend to drive by me going down the road just to see his reaction about the brightness and was told it wasn't much different than halogens. I also have not been flashed 1 time. Just wanted to give a little review of Auto Ext and my 8000K headlights. Thanks.

I've tried to send a couple of emails in regards to a level 5 18, but gmail is giving me failed delivery reports.

I am going to redo everything in my "christmas" build, therefore I would be building a box to meet the needs of whatever sub I got. I love my BTL, I just would like to try something else. But I hate to spend ~500-600 bucks just to "try" something. Thanks for your input. I have failed for 2 weeks in trying to get ahold of Rusty @ DC electronically. Guess I'll try and call sometime this afternoon.

Has anyone heard both the xcon 18 as well as the fi btl 18? I am really wanting to try out another sub besides the BTL. I am considering ssa and dc at the moment. Any input would be appreciated.

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It always seems to me that my btl 18 does the same thing. But then I get into it the next day and the process starts all over again. In my case, I guess I just get used to it.... or deaf to it.

I don't know much about this battery, but was wondering how it worked. http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_13167_Kinetik+HC16V+-KHC-16-.html Would it be possible to connect the 12v post to my normal system (12 volt alt), and connect the 16v post to the amp and have 16 volts on that side? From the description that's what it seems like, I was just wanting some clarification. Thanks

Mechman has refused to answer my emails as well.

http://www.the12volt.com/caraudio/boxcalcs.asp#rec

I would underpower a BTL any day before I'd give a BL 1500 watts. In my application, SUV, BTL has a great audible advantage over the BL.

Thanks, I always wanted a pair of e8's. Now I get something better

If I do order from the pre order is there an eta on the arrival of these?