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[MikeyB 5,000+ posts]

Looking good Mikey! Way to stay motivated dude...

Thanks man! I cant wait to get this stuff finished up. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[Proximity 10+ year member]

Coming along sweet, looks great

What's the latest on your front stage?

 

[MikeyB 5,000+ posts]

Coming along sweet, looks great
What's the latest on your front stage?

Well the plan is to re-glass the door panels. I am going to glass the mids on the same plane and point them both in flat, will get a lot more leg room too.

After I get to that point Im gonna order a new set of tweets glass the a-pillars.

 

[MikeyB 5,000+ posts]

So this morning while I was leaving for work I ran out and set the gain on the KX2500 with my DMM so I could play around a little during the drive.

Something is weird though. The gain was roughly were I had it with my previous setups, when I wasnt running 3-way active. However, Im not sure if it has to do with the deck being in 3-way mode or not but my pre-out voltage must be much lower.

I have the gain around 1/2 way up now, it was around 1/4 before. Not a big deal, but it has me wondering. I set the gain at 44.2 AC volts this morning with a 60hz tone, which is a little less than 1000wrms.....initially I was reading 10.5 volts....an incredible 55wrms!!! lol

After listening to it during the drive I am shocked.....something must be up with my meter or something. I will have to check it out tomorrow. The sub isnt being clipped or over-worked, but its definitely getting some power....I honestly didnt expect nearly this much output from it.

Actually, now that I type this I remember setting it with a 50hz tone before. In the kicker manual it recommends the use of a 60hz tone though, so I tried that. Ill investigate it more tonight or tomorrow once Im off work. I should be at about 63 AC volts though to get my 2kwrms...

 

[MikeyB 5,000+ posts]

Bah! So I kinda had my low-pass turned the wrong way //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif lol. All better now, set the gain again with my 60hz tone and she pounds.

I love this thing. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[LDW3RD 10+ year member]

Sounds good enjoy it you deserve it.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/cool.gif.3bcaf8f141236c00f8044d07150e34f7.gif

 

[MikeyB 5,000+ posts]

^Thank you sir! Ill post up a vid when I decide to go freeze my *** off lol

 

[MikeyB 5,000+ posts]

Alright well the trunk is pretty much done. Just need to add some glass and wrap everything with vinyl.

Pics are uploading...

 

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[MikeyB 5,000+ posts]

Speaker wire will also be hidden under the false floor once I do the finishing touches.

 

[bhsdriller 10+ year member]

looks good

 

[MikeyB 5,000+ posts]

Thanks man!

 

[bigbangtheory 5,000+ posts]

Looks good bro! I wish I had the motivation to get back in the audio goodness!

Well that and monies, lol!