Recent content by john.mulvehill

Hello, I own a 2008 Pontiac G8 GT. I had a new alternator installed that puts out 290 Amps. It came with a pulley that is smaller than the pulley that was on the stock alternator. However, the alternator place said that this shouldn't be any problem at all. After the audio shop put in the...

Hello, I had a car audio shop hook the orange audio wire into the green body control module data bus line wire. I have a 2008 Pontiac G8 GT. My car was fine for 2 years while running a 550 watt RMS amplifier. I recently upgraded to a JL 1000/1 1,000 watt amp and I had an issue where all the...

Thanks for the advice. I didn't think price was going to be an issue since I didn't realize 2 speakers could get that expensive...but it looks like the Boston's you recommended cost over $1,000 for a pair. That's a little pricey given that I just sunk so much money into everything else. The...

I am still not too clear on some of the technical details of car audio. So you're saying to just use my amp for 2 of the speakers? Is it better to just bridge it for the 2 front speakers versus not bridging it and running it to the 2 front door speakers and 2 rear door speakers? Or were you...

Sorry for not mentioning that. The doors have 6.5" speakers. I don't care how much I spend...I just want them to sound really good and balance with the rest of the system. Also, if the rear door speakers are crackling, could I swap the front door speakers to the back and just get new speakers...

Hello, I own a 2008 Pontiac G8 GT. Here is my setup so far: JL 1000/1v2 slash amp - Details JL 300/4v2 slash amp - Details JL 12w7 sub in a high output ported box - Details JL Cleansweep CL441dsp - Details 1,000 watt VMAX deep cycle battery CT 1000 - Details PAC-200 Battery Isolator 200...

so i just got a call from the dealership. they said that they disconnected the sound equipment from my factory head unit and all the lights went away and the car behaves fine now. what does this mean? i am really hoping there isn't an issue with the amp or sub now... Also, I had that wiring...

I don't mind doing the Big 3 and adding a second battery. However, i am wondering if a 2nd battery is unnecessary. I called JL Audio and spoke to a technical rep for mobile audio. They said that for the 1000/1 amp, they always recommend a high output upgraded alternator. They said that the...

The car is a 2008 Pontiac G8 GT with a 6 liter V8 engine. I did more research and found out that my stock alternator is rated at 108 Amps under load and that the JL 1000/1 pulls 100 Amps at high volumes. 108 and 100 seems awfully close. And since I didn't do the big 3 upgrade, 108 might be an...

The setup in my car is a JL 12w7 in a high output box powered by a JL 1000/1v2 slash amp. I am using my stock car battery and I did NOT do a big 3 upgrade. This setup worked without any problems for a couple weeks. However, yesterday I was driving and I turned the head unit from volume 0 to 47...

The setup in my car is a JL 12w7 in a high output box powered by a JL 1000/1v2 slash amp. I am using my stock car battery and I did NOT do a big 3 upgrade. This setup worked without any problems for a couple weeks. However, yesterday I was driving and I turned the head unit from volume 0 to...

I had the Bass EQ switch turned off which should disable the remote bass control. I also had the bass knob turned all the way down. Yet I was still getting a reading of 92 when head unit was at 3/4 volume. I will try actually unplugging the remote bass control from the amp tonight and see if...

Like I said before, with the gain on minimum and the head unit set to 1/3 head unit max (20 out of 60), the volts being put out are still 70 volts which is still too high. And at 20 volume, both the factory speakers and the sub would be way too quiet. However, we were having issues with the...

They actually did set the gains again after removing the LOC. But, you're right...they didn't do it correctly or precisely. I actually just verified that using a DMM that I borrowed from a friend. I looked up the instructions for setting the gain on the 1000/1 on page 14 of this pdf I...

My subwoofer level on the factory head unit is set to standard (not - or + anything...it's at neutral).