wifes car

Thunderdome · Post by **Thunderdome** » Tue Nov 02, 2010 6:01 am

I actually started this install a few weeks back, nothing to crazy but the wife likes it simple, the sub will be switched out this is just a temp tll I decide what to use in here and the trunk is still un-trimmed but its a start for now and she has music so shes happy which in turn makes me happy

Post by **ttocs** » Tue Nov 02, 2010 6:21 am

are you going to paint those pieces?

Post by **kg1961** » Tue Nov 02, 2010 7:07 am

dam your wife have some nice car audio
if you ever want to get rid of the mb's let me know

Thunderdome · Post by **Thunderdome** » Tue Nov 02, 2010 7:59 am

ttocs wrote:are you going to paint those pieces?

there actually specklestone blue to try to match the doors but the color didn,t come out n the pics

tried again but still not the best, its sunny today so cameras acting up a bit I,ll have to try again when its not so bright out might work better...... stay tuned

Post by **stipud** » Tue Nov 02, 2010 8:36 am

Haha I like how your "wife install" is better than most people's installs here

ShockTherapy · Post by **ShockTherapy** » Tue Nov 02, 2010 1:20 pm

stipud wrote:Haha I like how your "wife install" is better than most people's installs here

I agree... the kicks and doors are better than mine! grrr. I need to take more time

on my chit.

gridracer · Post by **gridracer** » Tue Nov 02, 2010 2:15 pm

If you ever want to sell that PAII let me know I'll buy it.

shawn k · Post by **shawn k** » Tue Nov 02, 2010 4:18 pm

NICE! C910 ftw!!!

Oh and if you ever decide to sell the 860MX.. I'ld be all over it. Would make a nice twin to mine

JayGold · Post by **JayGold** » Tue Nov 02, 2010 11:58 pm

Can't tell from the pics, but does the A/D/S amp have fans to cool it under the plexi?

Plus, how did you secure it to the spare tire well?

Thunderdome · Post by **Thunderdome** » Wed Nov 03, 2010 7:39 am

ShockTherapy wrote:
stipud wrote:Haha I like how your "wife install" is better than most people's installs here
I agree... the kicks and doors are better than mine! grrr. I need to take more time on my chit.

really it only took a few hours and like 20 bucks in material to finish, she reallys love them quarts though but I think ones almost blown starting to hear some noise out of it once in a while

keep you in mind Grid but these are some of my favourite pieces so it probrably wont be any time soon

Thunderdome · Post by **Thunderdome** » Wed Nov 03, 2010 7:43 am

JayGold wrote:Can't tell from the pics, but does the A/D/S amp have fans to cool it under the plexi?

Plus, how did you secure it to the spare tire well?

no no fans and its screwd to a board that is bolted down tried for the floating amp idea

12voltjunky · Post by **12voltjunky** » Thu Nov 04, 2010 2:31 pm

nice setup, man!
I imagine it sounds very good and rocks very well!
thanks for sharing.

Post by **smgreen20** » Thu Nov 04, 2010 3:25 pm

Damn, an install page turned auction. Everyone looking to by something.

I've always loved the a/d/s amps, esp the 6 and 8 ch amp.

Thunderdome · Post by **Thunderdome** » Fri Nov 05, 2010 7:15 am

12voltjunky wrote: nice setup, man!
I imagine it sounds very good and rocks very well!
thanks for sharing.

Hey thanks

should sound a whole lot better shortly I just decided on a sub for it and thought I,d go with some old school A/D/S subs have a couple of the dvc 10,s from way back, huge efficient subs and there bnib to boot

Thunderdome · Post by **Thunderdome** » Fri Jun 17, 2011 6:35 am

well never could get these quarts to sound good in the front @#$% cars to damn small ( oh and she took a channel out of her amp as well) so had to rebuild system ended up with some Kaption audio mpt 6.5 up front and changed out the amp to a US Amps ax tu300c on the front end and a Soundstream Rubicon 502 on sub duty and this thing F^%#@$G pounds seriously hard and sounds amazing

No pics yet just roughed in for now till I make sure she's happy seeing as its allready been rebuilt twice due to her trying to tell me what gear to use as she knows so much more about this then I do. She just took it to work for the first time since the new gear went in so I,m kinda anxious to hear her reaction when she gets back, anyhow sorry to babble pics soon

Post by **ttocs** » Fri Jun 17, 2011 8:08 am

had a couple of installs with quarts and had the same complaints.

davewaibel · Post by **davewaibel** » Fri Jun 17, 2011 8:27 am

yeah, thats why they ruled iasca for 10 yrs, because there were so many problems, installing quarts-and getting them to sound good- are we expecting to get 100hz info out of a 5 1/4, or what is the real problem? too bright, it definitely isnt the staging- thats one thing that quarts have typically done real well- I am being a little cynical, but am curious what you think is missing?

Post by **ttocs** » Fri Jun 17, 2011 8:55 am

they ruled for so long because they do sound good at low listening levels, were iasca listens to their system but when you turn them up, they are lacking. It was almost like you needed two eq's, one for when it was turned down and one when it was turned up. They do stage well but again when you turn them up, you will want more at least every custome I ever had said that. I never worked at a shop that sold them so it was only when the customer brought them in we used them but it was always with the same results. Didn't matter if you put alot of power to them or if they ran off the deck either...

Thunderdome · Post by **Thunderdome** » Fri Jun 17, 2011 7:02 pm

davewaibel wrote:yeah, thats why they ruled iasca for 10 yrs, because there were so many problems, installing quarts-and getting them to sound good- are we expecting to get 100hz info out of a 5 1/4, or what is the real problem? too bright, it definitely isnt the staging- thats one thing that quarts have typically done real well- I am being a little cynical, but am curious what you think is missing?

the main problem was to bright.....if the car was a little bigger I could of made it work but couldn't have afforded the room needed to get the kick panel on a 90 deg angle from the listener so I tried angling slightly and then a little less but being so close and having them angled just sounded great imaging was dead in front of your face on both sides? untill a certain volume then just BRIGHT and it hurt, Iv'e run quarts in a few of my cars for several years includeing these ones in my wifes last corolla for 12 years with no problems but this car is just to small so a 2 way is more suited for the room I have to work with, that and the fact that the Quart 5 1/4 and tweet will make its way to my rx-7 with 2 5 1/4 s and 1 tweet allready there so its win win, and her car I believe sounds better then it ever has but she has new amps and deck so not a fair judgement on the speakers cause it is a joint effort with all the new gear

Post by **kg1961** » Sat Jun 18, 2011 9:53 am

try gill cloth over the speaker it might lessen how bright they are. had to do it in a mk3 jetta back in the day sounded great after

Thunderdome · Post by **Thunderdome** » Mon Jun 20, 2011 8:29 am

kg1961 wrote:try gill cloth overr the speaker cover it might lessen how bright they are. had to do it in a mk3 jetta back in the day sounded great after

good idea

I'll keep it in mind next time

still tinkering with it just put in a lp 2202iq on the front end and its pretty good so far but I had to throw a pld1 on the sub amp as it was maxed out on the gains but not much output not sure if this is normal with SS amps or not but seems to need more voltage to get the subs going, gonna drive it to work tonight and check it out...

Thunderdome · Post by **Thunderdome** » Fri Aug 26, 2011 6:44 am

well I finally got some time to play with this again... I built a new sub box new door pods and some kaption mpt 650's,,,this thing rocks now

it's not all trimmed yet but heres a few pre lim shots to catch you's up

gonna put a lexan wall in front of the amps so she can still load groceries LOL once I get it done I'l post a few pic's

Post by **ttocs** » Tue Apr 15, 2014 7:42 am

talk about irritation...

oilworker · Post by **oilworker** » Tue Apr 15, 2014 8:08 am

How is that profile not deleted yet????

NOT 2 OLD YET · Post by **NOT 2 OLD YET** » Tue Apr 15, 2014 10:00 am

@ ttocs LOL Yeah! No shit! If I knew half of what she knows I would own PG!

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