Blazer, Explorer, or Grand Cherokee?

[T.I.K. 10+ year member]

This is why you need an explorer, you could easily fit 10ish cubes in the cargo area without going over the back seats.

 

[gckless 5,000+ posts]

Well, bought this sexy bitch today:

 

[Dtrom 10+ year member]

Nice. Maybe I missed it but what are the plans for the blazer?

 

[neo_styles 10+ year member]

Well, bought this sexy bitch today:

Congrats, man. Great foundation and looks pretty much like the Tahoes I'm keeping my eyes on (want cargo space for days lol). Did you make sure to walk around the whole car checking for rust? And how much did you get it for if you don't mind me asking?

 

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Btw, glad someone wasn't looking for it to be on dubs and lifted like there's no tomorrow. You sir have class.

 

[tdford5 10+ year member]

04 explorer here 120k miles been nothing but headaches sitting in garage with a messed up ****** //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/pissed.gif.9f665f96bc89e98e708dabd4580bb591.gif had a 02 trailblazer and loved it and no problems ,my choice for u would be a blazer 4.3 motor just my 2 cents

 

[gckless 5,000+ posts]

Nice. Maybe I missed it but what are the plans for the blazer?

Louder, SQ-oriented build. Trying to define SQL. People say there's no such thing, but I think different.

Congrats, man. Great foundation and looks pretty much like the Tahoes I'm keeping my eyes on (want cargo space for days lol). Did you make sure to walk around the whole car checking for rust? And how much did you get it for if you don't mind me asking? 

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Btw, glad someone wasn't looking for it to be on dubs and lifted like there's no tomorrow. You sir have class.

Thanks, got it for $3500 with 127k. It's super clean, just a couple things I need to fix, like brakes, and there's a shake after 60mph. Nothin too bad though, it's in pretty good shape. And I'm looking to lower it, not lift it //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

04 explorer here 120k miles been nothing but headaches sitting in garage with a messed up ****** //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/pissed.gif.9f665f96bc89e98e708dabd4580bb591.gif had a 02 trailblazer and loved it and no problems ,my choice for u would be a blazer 4.3 motor just my 2 cents

Maybe you missed my post above where I gave a picture of the blazer I just bought. Lol.

 

[neo_styles 10+ year member]

Thanks, got it for $3500 with 127k. It's super clean, just a couple things I need to fix, like brakes, and there's a shake after 60mph. Nothin too bad though, it's in pretty good shape. And I'm looking to lower it, not lift it //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

Lol thank God. The wife and I were looking through AutoTrader listings for the Tahoes and found most around that price range when looking at the 97-00 Tahoes and some of them made me wonder what the owners were thinking. Only one out of probably about 15 modded trucks looked like it could survive off-road in its state. Make sure you look into that shake soon, since it could be transmission-related or it could be something as simple as needing a new alignment.

Good score either way. And now it's time to order those Anarchy mids, son!

 

[BlurredVision 10+ year member]

I'd go explorer. I have a 98. An 03 would be nice. Future proofing. Plenty of space for what u wanna do and later you could do a wall and airbags or something later and fit it in the back.

 

[gckless 5,000+ posts]

Lol thank God. The wife and I were looking through AutoTrader listings for the Tahoes and found most around that price range when looking at the 97-00 Tahoes and some of them made me wonder what the owners were thinking. Only one out of probably about 15 modded trucks looked like it could survive off-road in its state. Make sure you look into that shake soon, since it could be transmission-related or it could be something as simple as needing a new alignment.
Good score either way. And now it's time to order those Anarchy mids, son!

It's not the ******, it's either alignment or balancing, not too bad either way. And I'm rethinking the Anarchy's //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif Sat down and actually came up with a figure for the new build, and that Zed, which is what I need to power those mids, is out of the budget. Need to look for some new ones :/

 

[neo_styles 10+ year member]

[quote name='gckless']It's not the ******, it's either alignment or balancing, not too bad either way. And I'm rethinking the Anarchy's Sat down and actually came up with a figure for the new build, and that Zed, which is what I need to power those mids, is out of the budget. Need to look for some new ones :/[/QUOTE]

Save the dough and just use the Dayton 8" mids. Learned those Anarchys needed an enclosure to really perform, anyway. Should have more than enough clearance in that blazer for the Daytons and they're less than 60 each. Talk to @VertexAudio ; on that Levi, too. He might be able to do better than most

 

[gckless 5,000+ posts]

[quote name='neo_styles']Save the dough and just use the Dayton 8" mids. Learned those Anarchys needed an enclosure to really perform, anyway. Should have more than enough clearance in that blazer for the Daytons and they're less than 60 each. Talk to @VertexAudio ; on that Levi, too. He might be able to do better than most[/QUOTE]

Shit man, which model Daytons? And they'll play ~63-2.5k? I'm not worried about clearance, I'll fab up anything I need to in order to make what equipment I want in there work. I've already talked to Vertex, and it would be about $400 with trade-in of what I have now. Good deal for sure, but I also have a completely capable amp right now, so it's only an upgrade.

I'm so indecisive. I might be able to make it all work, Zed and Anarchy's. I need to get a place to live first and things to put in it though lol. I'll figure it out for sure then.

 

[neo_styles 10+ year member]

Dayton Audio RS225-8 8" Reference Woofer 295-356

Here's what I'm talking about. Falls just short at 2.2k, though.

 

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Dayton Audio PS220-8 8" Point Source Full-Range Neo Driver 295-346

This one's on the steeper in cost end but reached much higher at the sacrifice of not digging as low.

 

[gckless 5,000+ posts]

Dayton Audio RS225-8 8" Reference Woofer 295-356
Here's what I'm talking about. Falls just short at 2.2k, though.

 

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Dayton Audio PS220-8 8" Point Source Full-Range Neo Driver 295-346

This one's on the steeper in cost end but reached much higher at the sacrifice of not digging as low.

Yeah that's the problem, I need the ~50Hz-2.5k range. Need to cross that low, and those Neo3's need to be crossed that high. Dude on DIYMA is doing testing now though, might be able to get away with Neo8's as a tweeter. If I went with the Dayton RS mid, I'd have to use the Dayton dome tweeter, which would sound great, I just want to use a planar if I can. Now if he says the Neo8 sounds good in a 2-way, then I can use the Dayton RS mid, problem solved. But right now I have to bank on using the Neo3 as a tweet.

 

[neo_styles 10+ year member]

Here's a couple other contenders:

The Madisound Speaker Store

The Madisound Speaker Store

The Madisound Speaker Store

The Madisound Speaker Store

The last one just comes up to 2.5k, so might not be as strong an option.

 

[neo_styles 10+ year member]

Yeah that's the problem, I need the ~50Hz-2.5k range. Need to cross that low, and those Neo3's need to be crossed that high. Dude on DIYMA is doing testing now though, might be able to get away with Neo8's as a tweeter. If I went with the Dayton RS mid, I'd have to use the Dayton dome tweeter, which would sound great, I just want to use a planar if I can. Now if he says the Neo8 sounds good in a 2-way, then I can use the Dayton RS mid, problem solved. But right now I have to bank on using the Neo3 as a tweet.

Yeah, without an FR curve on the Neo10 i'd be concerned as well with that dropoff at 6k if you're using it in place of a tweet