traksta15

. Post your SSA user name 2. State that you qualify to the terms and agree to follow through with them as they are written above. 3. Post a description of your car and system 4. Post how you plan on helping promote Second Skin including the other web site you will post your build log in. (Rembmer build logs and videos are always better for us) 5. You must tell us something about yourself that nobody on this forum knows about you traksta15 I qualify and i agree Car: 2003 silverado ex cab, sub: Mach 5 ixl 10.2.2, sub amp: hifonics txi-1000d, h/u: Kenwood ddx712, components: boston z6's, comp amp: arcaudio 300.4 (giving each z6 approx 360rms each), 0ga knu power wire. I'll promote secondskin by posting a build log on caraudio.com (6 year member), ssa.com, fullsizechevy.com, stickers on my truck, etc etc, whatever they want me to do pretty much. Something no one know about me: I can lick my elbow........

looks good man, I want some audioque subs!

wow...........great work!!

wow....im building a box and installing an amp for this guy i used to go to school with for materials + $20 bucks......

what about something that makes an optical illuion when it moves in and out?kinda hard to explain.....

what do the rli-8's compare to spl wise??how loud do they get?

my friend just got a 15" memphis power reference sub in a q logic box, and i'm thinkin about tradin him all this for it...... 1. fultron crossover<---freebie 2. RF fused distro block<---freebie 3. Clarion apa4100 (25x4)<---freebie 4. RF 17' power wire w/fuse and all<---freebie 5. 2 or 3 scosche rca cables<---came in a walmart wiring kit ($25.00) 6. I told him i'd throw in some cash, i said just whatever he thinks after all this (shouldn't be more than around $20-$30) http://www.memphiscaraudio.com/products/de...?cat=&id=58&p=2 heres a link to it, in case u were wonderin what it was (doubt u were though) i've never heard them before, but being memphis, and i've heard they are da*n good subs, i'll probably hook it up to a 2-300 watt profile amp......any thoughts or reviews on these subs??TIA

US Acoustic-good budget amps, do rated power (more i think actually) Memphis-good solid amps, little pricey though Hifonics-lil overrated i hear, but i like mine just fine MA Audio-good amps, good prices Infinity-no idea???

he just sold it for $180 w/ the box to some kid. I was like dude u tore him a new a$$hole!!oh well....hey do ya'll know profile has an online factory direct store on their website, where u can buy refurbs or older models for cheap??!!i think im gonna buy one of the blue amps....they just as good as the newer ones??

i wanna get metered....anybody seen any 2000spl's get metered??my goal is 140's.......

they can take 500rms daily?i was just gonna push 2-300 to it....i was thinkin 2.5 tuned to 32hz?ya think that'll be alright?what does the memphis pr compare to????are they an sq or spl sub?LSQ?

wow, thanks for all the info, the old bos was like around 2.6 cubes (prefab from bb). my friend has 2 he 12's in a 89 transam off a 500 watt rf (5002 i think), and u can hardly talk in the car when its hittin...he's killin me right now, i think im gonna build a box that goes down in the dip, not sure if its gonna be ported or sealed though......

ok, i got my box built (5 cubes net @33hz), and now my subs aren't loud at all.it sounds like they're bottoming out on every song i play (i listen to mostly rap) the sq is horrible cause they bottom out non-stop, i think its the settings on my amp here they are: subsonic=20 bass eq= 1/2 up low pass=1/2 (out of 35-250 phase=90 deg. (what is this, and what is it for?) level (gain)= 1/4 way up..... is it my settings or what???i can't think of anything else unless its my box but i rechecked the math on it and it came out right....my port is 10x8, the calculator on carstereo.com i used said 21" long (20.97 btw), so i used end correction and took off 5", is this right?my port is 16" long (with no bend, just straight back, its on the side of the box btw) any help will be greatly appreciated, and im so friggin frustrated at this.... thanks in adavance

i did the math an with the same box volume, it only raised it from 33hz to 36Hz, will this be that audible??and what did it matter that my amp is mono?<---j/w btw, and when i use an online calculator and go to enter my box volume i've always entered my net vol after wood thickness is accounted for,and sub disp too of course....is this right??

i know they're not blown, i had them in a sealed box last week and took them out just to install them in this box...im gonna go with leaks, and the 5" hack.....but don't i need to use end correction though?thanks again for all the help, u guys always know what to do!!!! p.s. i believe it does get better as the frequency goes higher....(don't hold me to it though) what would this mean if this is true???

i tried turning down the bass and the loud, and u hear almost no bass, when u turn it up, u get horrible sq. is the box messed up calculation wise??

no, not popping and not really a scratching noise, just distorting real bad and it has horrible sq, also u can't "feel" the subs like u used to, is it because of the way they're facing the rear glass?the way i had them b4 was facing the taillights sitting on the back seats leaned up diagonal go the glass.....is my box design wrong?

they were 1/2 way up (90deg), they're not out of phase i checked them, i don't know what it is....the box was 6.12 gross, with port disp. (1.12), and sub disp. (.116 total) the length was 21", with end correction it was 16, isn't all this right?it wouldn't be the shape would it???heres a pic of the box... http://img98.echo.cx/img98/7403/seatbox7km.jpg dont look at the specs, they were changed.....the port is on the side, right under where the amp was supposed to go and it 8.5. x 10......when u stick your ear up to the port u can hear the nasty noises from the subs......like a bottoming out, distorting noise.

thanks for the info, i'll go try to tweek it, brb

no, dont have either one of them, i just set it to where it's enough bump, but to where i no its not to high to clip them......what do u mean by phase?<---what is it definition wise???

yeah sorry bout not tellin u which 1 was mine....i ended up winnin both the truck, and the cruiser, but i lost to some white 3rd gen transam that the install was like from 7 years ago (11-6 i think)

http://www.carstereo.com/installs/h2h_profile.cfm?H2HID=2336 my first h2h challenge, he has more pics up than me, but i've been temporarily(sp?) blind today (eye infection) so i couldnt post more pics...thanks for the votes!!

no, they're not out of phase....what kind of tuning does the phase knob do??so is everything fine, except for the bass eq?

1 12" rf xlc (no clue how old) 1 12" rf punch (like 5 years old) ^^both bought for $10 all together, sold for $50 just last month!! 2 2000spl's 2 12" rf punch z's 1 10" bazooka tube (in my dads jeep GC) and some crappy wal-mart 6 1/2 sub bass tube......

^thanks^, i love my car (sure most of us here do our own cars too)my plans after all the audio stuff is new rims (or just repaint my stock ones), then repaint it black......