New system in Car! (PICS)

[spyderkiller]

Hey everyone. I've been missing from the forums for a while and it's almost been worth it with all the new toys I've been playing with. Here they are:




My dad and I built the box ourselves: 3/4" fiberboard construction with 3 acrylic windows(100x stronger than glass and 10x stronger than plexiglass). I painted the interior myself also, man was that a pain. The car will soon be painted that same blue.

[GreasyPigeon]

what size??

what size are those??? look like 2 10's and one 12 what amp are you using.. nice car.

[spyderkiller]

The 2 10"s are sony xplodes and the 12" is an Audiobahn AW1206Q. The sonys are being run on an 800 watt legacy and the Audiobahn on a 2000 watt legacy.(Sonys are 400 watts max input each and the Audiobahn is 2200 watts max input.) I also have the infinity sound system. 2 infinity 6x9s, 2 6" door speakers, tweeters, and infinity amp running the 6x9s. Sounds very nice if I do say so myself.

[SpongeBobSquarePants]

How do you like the xplodes I'm thinking or picking up 2 6's for the sides of the rear on my jeep but i have heard some mixed reviews got any advice?

[AutoMaggot]

Get that sucker on the SPL meter!

That's a really nice looking box

[spyderkiller]

Are you talking about the 6" xplode 3 ways? I have no personal experience with the xplode 2 or 3 way 6" speakers. On of my friends says they are pretty good because he has a cousin who has them. The xplode subs are decent. I have them running the lows and the Audiobahn is running the mids because 12s are better for the rock. If I run the sonys at too close to max there is a little distortion in the bass but you can adjust the input on the amp so you can set it so there is minimal distortion. All together it sounds very nice. In the pic of the subs in the box in the trunk you can see my infinity 6x9s and inifinity amp mounted in the top of the trunk. The amp has a little glare on it.

[spyderkiller]

You can also check out the site dedicated to my car at cardomain. Give me some good ratings eh?

http://www.cardomain.com/id/spydercalo

[SpongeBobSquarePants]

thanks for the info bro what 6x9s would you suggest?

[spyderkiller]

If you want some good 6x9s that don't cost you too much I would probably go with either Pioneer or Infinity. I have the infinitys like I said and they sound very nice. You could also go with the Pioneer or Sony 3 way 6x9s. It has a mini woofer cone for the lows, speaker cone for the mids, and a tweeter for the highs so it's an all in one deal. They sound pretty nice from what I've heard. It all depends on how much you wanna spend though because there is better stuff but it's going to cost you a lot more...stuff like JL Audio, Eclipse, and Kenwood.

[cheetah256]

nice...you're going to paint your entire car that baby blue color? ricer wannabe i personally run rockford fosgate in my firebird...2 6x9 and 2 4x6. looking at getting dual 8" subs...just enough to be worth it, i like having eardrums : D

[GreasyPigeon]

Originally posted by cheetah256
, i like having eardrums : D

yeah me too.... my friends have 5 12 in his truck , and is running i think 3 1000 watts amps. your ears hurt for like an hour and i aways have a ringing in my ears.

[zads27]

[Trying not to be Mr. negativity here]

The car isn't really my favorite one.

Interior paint is too bright for my tastes. (as would a matching exterior of the same color)

6x9's suck acoustically.
make your own flush mounting plate, and then just put some 6's in there.

I can't make any real conclusions on that subwoofer box until I know the details, but is the box partitioned and partially ported? (pictures aren't all that definitive)

[warpfeedmod]

doesn't look like theres much room left for paintballgear in that trunk

[spyderkiller]

Hey sorry about the pic quality. The blue is actually bright blue, not baby blue. The 6x9s are part of the infinity component system that I have in my car so it is great accoustically with the whole system.

The box is ported and partitioned with the correct internal volume. The sonys are supposed to be .7 cu. ft. and I have them at about .8. The Audiobahn is supposed to be between .77 and I believe 1.24 and I it at about 1.1 so it is all pretty exact.

Oh, and who said anything about keeping paintball gear in the trunk? The gear goes in the passenger seat. It gets dibs on shotgun...my friends sit in the back

[einhander619]

That audiobahn sub is a destroyer! I have a 10 with 600w RMS going to it, put that baby in a nice big bandpass and blows me away! I bet you can't even hear those wimpy sony subs! Rounding out my system are infinity 6.5i's in the back, with an MB Quart component system up front, everything is amp driven, and a JVC head unit rounds it out. How much did you spend, if you don't mind my asking? I got everything for about $1100, that includes the board rack I had to buy so I could get up to the mountain!