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I am strapping two sundown SAZ 3500s. I have two D2 woofers. here is where I am getting confused. I wired the woofers up to 4 ohm each. both positives go to the master and the negative to the positive inlets on the slave. with the sundown amp internally combining the two speaker inlets on their...

"Full on ignorant" can get very expensive. I agree with the wall idea. There are some "ignorant" woofers and amps that would almost eat your entire budget by themselves.biggest hurdle is electrical. What do you mean by a tightly wound alternator? Is it an aftermarket high output alt or a rewound...

So I have suffered a critical engine issue that has to be worked out. that is the bad news. Good news is that the box is getting closer to being finished. I also managed to run the two grounds and single power for the buss bars going in the bed for the battery bank. the two outer wires...

Amp rack is halfway done. Just have to build the feet to mount it to the center console. More than likely gonna start building the box this week. It is going to be a simple ported box. I still have to run the power wire and grounds for the battery bank in the bed. Gonna be drilling lots...

Alternator and Regulator both in and functional. I mounted the potentiometer for the regulator on the dash. More specifically, in the hole the cigarette lighter was in Also the woofers have arrived!!!! this is a picture of the monster that is the Nightshade. To the left you can see a SA 8...

Still waiting for the nightshades. Probably just gonna focus on building the amp rack for now. Gonna stand the two saz3500s up on the center console. I'll get pics of the alt and regulator up soon. I was actually hoping on being able to bring the truck to heatwave in Austin at the end of July...

Hey everyone. had a photobucket fail this week and had to re enter all my pics. Any previous pictures I took will unfortunately not be on be here. If anyone wnats to see all of the pics again just shoot me a PM and I will link you to the gallery on photobucket. Sorry about that. Now that the...

Two main grounds from battery. One to the frame and one to the chassis. Before everyone kills me, I know the power wire is tiny compared to the grounds. i have not put the alternator in yet. Still running stock for power (for now at least). Also grounded the block to the frame on either side...

Volt meter pod with LC-1 in the middle Got the radio in and the four channel wired up. Component sets work. Next I plan on recovering the headliner with the same carpet used for door pods. Also gotta make the amp rack fast. Driving this thing with an amp that is not mounted really *****...

Mounting depth in the doors and rears is four inches. Not sure about the dash. I dont have any experience with polk speakers, except for the MoMos (their top of the line). Ultimately if you are getting this stuff installed by someone else, I would ask that shop if they carry any product that...

I would wire them to what you want to see. If you want the battery's voltage then go to the battery. I dont think the alt will tell you anything. Personally I go to the amps. It is the last thing in the electrical chain before the subs. Gives me an a voltage reading that is equal to the voltage...

More progress! Got the speakers and crossovers wired and mounted onto the door. Got the radio in as well. I made the tweeter housings to fit in the stock dash speaker locations Im currently working on my idea to build the two volt meters and lc-1 mount on the underside of the stock...

Three sets would definitely be optimal. In regards to the five channel, it all depends on amp. Look to see what the sub channel is capable of as far as watts compared to the ohm load. As long as the amp says it can take four ohms in each speaker channel and two ohms on the sub channel, you...

I agree with Boom Taco. Sounds good. I would also run the dash speakers off of the radio rather than running the rears off of the radio. Won't hurt the dash speakers and gives the rears more power. If you do choose to go with a monoblock for the subs, then i would try to get them wired to 1 or 2...

If the speakers are 4 ohms then look at the amps info and see what the output is at 4 ohms per channel. That way you don't give the speakers too little or too much power. Ever thought of just getting a four channel and a mono for the sub? The Kenwood head unit you posted has three rca preouts...