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[mlstrass 5,000+ posts]

This is a tribute to an old friend from high school I used to skip class with. The old timers will be able to relate.

He was "crazy" into car stereo and had an old beater Catalina. Well he got a job at Kmart and started buying Kraco speakers every week when he got paid. After a few months he literally had 10 pair of those wonders. 4 6x9's laying across the rear shelf, 2 in the rear doors, 2 in the fronts, and 2 in the dash. Had a bunch of Kraco or Spark-o-matic amps powering it all. He'd play it at full blast, or should I stay full distortion whenever we ditched in his car. And he'd be like, "man my car is like crank city!!!!"

 

[Jacobman 10+ year member]

lol at crank city, good job! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[mlstrass 5,000+ posts]

Got the amps wired up last night, and subs installed today. Only got about a 2 minute demo, but I can say that they definitely move some air and have impact. Just what I was looking for.

Probably won't have it finished until Sunday. Picked up some gray vinyl and will make a big trim ring to cover it all. They'll be sealed tight and will fire through black speaker cloth.

Back seats will still be functional and it'll be stealth. Will take some serious fabricating, welding, etc.... but that's what makes it fun to me.

Of course AQ is coming out with 18's soon and I really don't need a roof on my car //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

 

[whizdumb 10+ year member]

you sir, are crazy....i like!!! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/peace.gif.2db28b618ed8d1964ebbe2f5021d2c39.gif//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/waycrazy.gif.f4a380c3f94043939fd369defd9e6be2.gif

props for having the balls to cut out that metal. can't wait to see it all finished.

how does it sound?? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/2thumbs.gif.fdc3ba010dbb42b61704534b46d02fe4.gif

 

[CaliforniabOY5 10+ year member]

GOOD JOB. remember to enjoy yourself. Makes everything that make more enjoyable.

 

[mlstrass 5,000+ posts]

you sir, are crazy....i like!!! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/peace.gif.2db28b618ed8d1964ebbe2f5021d2c39.gif//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/waycrazy.gif.f4a380c3f94043939fd369defd9e6be2.gif
props for having the balls to cut out that metal. can't wait to see it all finished.

how does it sound?? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/2thumbs.gif.fdc3ba010dbb42b61704534b46d02fe4.gif

None of that metal provides any structural support, so it's all good.

Literally only heard it for about 2 minutes so far. VERY loud, LOTS of air moving, rearview mirror wants to quit life......

Oh yeah....kick drums have kick....actually a shit load of kick. Life is good //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/yumyum.gif.0556df42231b304b9c995aefd13928a8.gif

 

[iagrdshaka 5,000+ posts]

so....are you still going to have a back seat?

 

[mazdakid 5,000+ posts]

dam n i want a loud trunk car again. you have like 2 times the space as me

 

[mlstrass 5,000+ posts]

so....are you still going to have a back seat?

Yep, just gotta do a little fabricating this weekend. Seats will be back in and subs won't show...

 

[casual 10+ year member]

Nice build. I pretty much have the same vehicle, and I was wondering how does you active front sound? Is it more SQ or SPL?

 

[mlstrass 5,000+ posts]

Nice build. I pretty much have the same vehicle, and I was wondering how does you active front sound? Is it more SQ or SPL?

I would say SQL. I really like that combo of mids/tweets. Lots of midbass, very articulate tweets, not bright, but not too laid back. I do listen to some "unplugged" stuff at times, female vocalists, jazz, etc... and I think the SQ is excellent and they get pretty loud.

Of course I have rear fill for those times I want it very loud and lean more towards the SQL side of things.

I'm still considering glassing some new lower panels for the doors to make it look better and aim the tweets a little more on axis.

 

[whizdumb 10+ year member]

btw, how do you like your deka battery? i'm thinking of getting one, seems to be getting some good reviews. can you compare it to a yellow top or kinetik??

 

[mlstrass 5,000+ posts]

btw, how do you like your deka battery? i'm thinking of getting one, seems to be getting some good reviews. can you compare it to a yellow top or kinetik??

I've never run an Optima or Kinetik, so can't really compare. The Deka had solid specs, price was right, and it was a local pick up. I think you pay a lot of $$$ just for the O or K name. I prefer to spend my $$$ other places "if" a similar product will give me the same performance. The Deka seems to do that, so I'm happy with it.

Running a single 1500D @ .75ohms with stock alt I had ZERO dimming. Haven't had a chance to lean on the new set up at night, so not sure how it'll hold up now, but I have room for one more in the trunk.

REMY on ebay is where I got it. I took the drive up there just to check the place out, but I think shipping is only around $15.

 

[Mitch86 5,000+ posts]

Very nice work. I think you just inspired me to cut up my camry...lol

 

[mlstrass 5,000+ posts]

All right, got to listen for about 20 minutes at lunch time today. Burned a new demo CD, but pretty much the standard stuff I use since I know it very well.

Kiss - Detroit Rock City - pound you in the chest kick drums.

Sevenmarythree - cumbersome - just all around stupid loud. I love to crank this song.

Styx - Come Sail Away - starts out slow/mellow until about 2 minutes in. Lots of snares & kicks. Mids/subs seem to blend together very well, no obvious differences in volume from one to another.

Information Society - Pure Energy - 80's Techno I guess you'd call it. Just a loud *** crazy club mix that beat the shit out of my car.

OK time to get serious and see what these HD's will do.

Dem boyz - boyz in da hood - OMFG is it stupid loud and low. My ears gave up after about 1 minute of abuse. I'm old what can I say LOL

Mike Jones - Bad (I need a dime) After about 1 minute of this I "officially" declared my car as being loud enough to make me turn it down. Had a pounding F'ing headache by now. And that was only about 5 mintues total playing time.

One thing I noticed is that I can actually turn the gain down lower than normal and still have plenty of bass, but it seems more accurate/detailed as the subs aren't being pushed very hard or moving much.

So far the only new rattle is the rearview mirror. Going to have to get that figured out soon as it buzzes like a prop plane.