MBarber25's Build Log

[mbarber25 29]

ya good point where your rear seats fold down there isn't much room for anything lol.

but ya the way i look at it is when you have your setup firing towards the trunk there is a little loading area and the sound has to travel from ALL the way from the back to the front and with in that traveling distance you will loose some db, but firing it forward you have less to travel plus if you SEAL it off you will get no bass cancellation (due to it being deal) as for a quick way to seal it without having to make a angled box jsut simple use that foam stuff in the holes then toss some carpet on it to hide it all!

check out what my buddy did!

http://www.caraudio.com/forum/showthread.php?t=421848

notice the last pic on the first page you can see the foam a bit!

and with his single 15(mag v3 last setup on the first page) sealed and firing forward that was his loudest setup todate and that was only getting 1200rms! and i swear he does 146DB like comon 1200rms lool!!

yea i might try spiining it around this weekend to see how it sounds.

but like i said.. i am trying to get a suv sooo here i come 18s

but i saw what you were talking about in the last pic.

[CrazyKenKid 64]

lol ya man an SUV with a bunch of batteries and amps and a pair if not more 18's will be stupid loud lol!!

[mbarber25 29]

lol ya man an SUV with a bunch of batteries and amps and a pair if not more 18's will be stupid loud lol!!

yea it'll just take a while to get the money for all of the equipment i want

so i'll just keep my 15 BTL and then sell it all and get all the new stuff

im thinking on two 18 BTL's and either two 3500D's or two 2000D's since i already have one 2000D... but i want more power!! lol

maybe if Fi comes out with a new more powerful sub i'd go with that and two 4500D's.. i'd be a little on edge with a 4500 on a BTL. it wouldn't work out for my daily driving i think lol.

[mbarber25 29]

wow it's been a while

well i won a door pack from Second Skin not too long ago from Ant... thanks Ant!

but uh still haven't posted up any pics of it. so i'm going to now!

[mbarber25 29]

laid out

size comparison

13 sq. ft.

[mbarber25 29]

well now here's the scenario. i know i had to apply some of the second skin in my car. so i decided to do a little patch on the driver and passenger door. just around the speaker hole.

i know it's not enough but it stopped the rattling i could hear sometimes and IMO i think they sound a little better.

i still have about 12 sq. ft. of deadener left. which i am saving for my next vehicle. which i should have soon. i hope. so there was no point of wasting deadener on my maxima which will be gone soon enough.

[mbarber25 29]

[mbarber25 29]

wash, rinse, repeat

i also made the other door like this since the deadener was covering where the gasket would be

[Kanaworm$ 292]

Nice progress! Keep the pics coming!

[Mac N Cheese 90]

[mbarber25 29]

haha so all done deadening until a yukon is sitting in my drive way

but i give major props to the boys at second skin. your products are awesome. IMO you guys are putting dynamat and all them to shame. you guys are on the rise to the top keep it up! (if you're not already there now lol)

i have exerience with dynamat. and damplifier pro and your product is far better. using second skin i found no need for a heat gun... or blow dryer in my case haha. and i applied it when the weathe was in the high 30 degree range. which is still cold as f***.

i plan on purchasing much more second skin products in the future. i also want to try some spectrum for the doors and all of those hard to reach places. it looks pretty promising

thanks again for choosing me in the competition. i really appreciate my free door pack! do you see dynamat and those other companies out there on forums giving away free products? no. i didn't think so.

[mbarber25 29]

oh and i won this back in september

lost to mister SPLscion with his scion tc with two 15 soundstream something or others he hit a 144.something.

i hit a 142.6

i'm eager to have my car metered again. it has definately improved since back in september

Edited December 31, 2009 by mbarber25

[mbarber25 29]

i have to venutre out into the snow in a little while so..

i'm going to make a video on my new iphone to test how it reacts to bass

[mbarber25 29]

so i learned two things earlier

-iphone camera sucks in dark

-iphone mic does 'ok' with bass but distorts to the point that the highs can't really be heard... well with my setup atleast

[jcarter1885 995]

It sounds good to be on a phone, that BTL is slamming.

[mbarber25 29]

in the process of publishing 4 videos to youtube from my phone..

i think they came out pretty good considering

[bigrank916 72]

Nice trophy you got there. The system is lookin and soundin good. I dont know how you make videos while you are driving though. I'll stick to my parking lot!

Sounds like a good idea to keep the deadening for your next vehicle. Doesnt make sense for the next person to enjoy it when you just got it.

Keep it up. Looks great.

[mbarber25 29]

another vid while driving hehe

quality sucks as of now but maybe it'll get better when it's done processing.

as of now my lttle sisters cheap kodak pink camera picks up more flex than this iphone camera

Edited January 1, 2010 by mbarber25

[mbarber25 29]

can see some decent flex inside.. but only like 50% of it :/

Edited January 1, 2010 by mbarber25

[Kanaworm$ 292]

Looks and sounds loud! Good job!

[mbarber25 29]

camera makes the rattling sound 10x's worse i swear lol

[mbarber25 29]

again... this song makes the rattling sound 20x's worse lmao

voltage=bad

but no point in a HO alternator now.

Edited January 1, 2010 by mbarber25

[Aaron Clinton 2,372]

Good to see more deadening.

[jcarter1885 995]

How do you like your Alpine headunit, Im thinking about upgrading to that real soon?

[mbarber25 29]

How do you like your Alpine headunit, Im thinking about upgrading to that real soon?

absolutely love it

i definately recommend it

do you use an ipod in the car or?