2021 Volkswagen Passat Rline

[jcarter1885 995]

Picking up the rest of my pieces to complete this build today.

Edited December 31, 2023 by jcarter1885

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Finally got the battery/distribution block board, the amp board and a board to keep the box from sliding around.

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Vibration pads added to bottom of amp board and on to of the board where the sub amp mounts. Amp is mounted and ready for installation.

Edited December 31, 2023 by jcarter1885

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Battery box/distribution block board was mounted to vehicle and the distribution block was installed. I need to find a way to bend some 2/0 terminals so I can finish up wiring the other side of this block.

Edited December 31, 2023 by jcarter1885

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Mock up of batteries in their new home

Edited December 31, 2023 by jcarter1885

[Tirefryr 1,742]

SWEET!

 

[jcarter1885 995]

Everything is installed and playing, I have some work to do on the wires in the back and I also need to change the crossovers on the new DC Audio mids. I ran out of time since it dropped from 61 degrees to 20 degrees in 2 hours yesterday. See how the 90 degree 2/0 terminals came in handy due to my space constraints. 

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Rear batteries are fully wired up, 6 total ground wires and 5 total positive wires.

 

 

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Some daytime photos

[jcarter1885 995]

I received my new RCA's for my amplifiers, they are 2 channel and 3 ft each. I have 3, one leaving each output of my DSP and going to their respective amplifiers. I don't know why it uploads the picture upside like that, I tried to fix it.

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Still breaking in but not bad for a single 15" out of the trunk.

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Something is missing from this picture, no more Audio Control DM608 DSP.

[bigrank916 72]

Man I've been looking for a DSP but both versions are sold out everywhere. What happened to yours? This infotainment stuff is pretty new to me.

[jcarter1885 995]

12 hours ago, bigrank916 said:

Man I've been looking for a DSP but both versions are sold out everywhere. What happened to yours? This infotainment stuff is pretty new to me.

I personally would stay away from Audio Control, hence why I got rid of mine even though I did love the DSP. Audio Control sold it's company and the units are out of stock as of now. They have been having hella issues with software especially when you download there latest software update, which I didnt do since the 3 years I owned it. People have units with bugs and glitches, which I never experienced with mine. Audio Control was one of my all time favorite companies since back in the day when I had my Epic-160.

I had more issues with my Dayton DSP when I first got into the processing game which is what made me go to Audio Control DM608. I also talked to a reputable shop down here and they say Audio Control does something with the low end that they didn't like and even tried to sell me a Jl twk88 when I was calling about a Helix DSP, which the JL is cheaper than both so he wasn't just trying to sell me a product and actually saved me money by not going the Helix route since I'll never own a center channel speaker setup.

 

Sorry for the long post, just my experience with their DSPs.

[jcarter1885 995]

Look what came in today, I'll take more pictures later on and hopefully get the install started. 

 

Edited March 9 by jcarter1885

[bigrank916 72]

10 hours ago, jcarter1885 said:

I personally would stay away from Audio Control, hence why I got rid of mine even though I did love the DSP. Audio Control sold it's company and the units are out of stock as of now. They have been having hella issues with software especially when you download there latest software update, which I didnt do since the 3 years I owned it. People have units with bugs and glitches, which I never experienced with mine. Audio Control was one of my all time favorite companies since back in the day when I had my Epic-160.

I had more issues with my Dayton DSP when I first got into the processing game which is what made me go to Audio Control DM608. I also talked to a reputable shop down here and they say Audio Control does something with the low end that they didn't like and even tried to sell me a Jl twk88 when I was calling about a Helix DSP, which the JL is cheaper than both so he wasn't just trying to sell me a product and actually saved me money by not going the Helix route since I'll never own a center channel speaker setup.

 

Sorry for the long post, just my experience with their DSPs.

Well shit that makes sense why I can't find them anywhere lol. Thank you for that large piece of helpful info! I definitely don't wanna deal with any bs on the tech side. I'll just stick to the LOCs, Epicenter, and EQs then. Makes the potential game plan a bit different too.

I'm interested to see how the JL works out for you. It looks like quite the unit and JL been around for a while too. No worries about the long post. I appreciate the detail!

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I got the TWK88 installed and I will remove the RCA labels later aswell as clean up the wiring some more. I just wanted to get the DSP in and turning on for now, I'll tune tonight or tomorrow. 

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I removed the Stinger X RCAs and replaced them with Rhyno RCAs. Sorry I haven't cleaned up the wiring some but I haven't messed with this system since I installed the JL DSP.

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Daylight view of enclosure with lights on.

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Nighttime view of enclosure with lights on.

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I finally got my trunk light back working, had to do anjothenight video of the enclosure.

[Aaron Clinton 2,372]

On 2/5/2024 at 9:27 PM, jcarter1885 said:

Still breaking in but not bad for a single 15" out of the trunk.

Good to see SSA in the build.

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Finally got a lithium battery for under the hood so all my batteries in the car are lithium now, this is my first XS Powe Battery and im excited. 

Edited June 4 by jcarter1885

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XS Power PWR-S5-4800 and some heat wrap since it gets hot in Texas, this will help the battery last for a while under the hood.

 

Edited June 4 by jcarter1885