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<blockquote data-quote="LoudSound" data-source="post: 8549305" data-attributes="member: 671797"><p>UPDATE TIME!! Winter's been killing me, no garage *****. But spring is coming, the beiches are gonna be horny so I don't have time to waste, my system gotta be on point ASAP. I made and installed the big 3 today.. Made my own cable lugs from a copper tube. Just as good as the store bought ones. Crimped using a $30 hydraulic crimper from ebay. The 1/2" copper tube BARELY fit the 70mm2 die in the crimper.</p><p></p><p>Voltage now sitting at 14.3-14.2 with the car running and lights on. I think adding another wire from the - to the engine itself will give me 14.4. not that it really matters because I need an AGM battery anyway and if I want good bass I Need 2 as well as an alternator most likely. Will upgrade EVERYTHING as time goes on.</p><p></p><p>So far I'm about 2k into the build. I'm thinking it's gonna be around 2k more for proper bass.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&amp;ik=abcca79eb6&amp;view=fimg&amp;th=15a630ed3aca5970&amp;attid=0.5&amp;disp=emb&amp;realattid=15a630b778ae24e72261&amp;attbid=ANGjdJ_j-noPEARH6cs2XYUimdqKDnPG3SU2fwIPsZB3D9QAx61CE0AWW4FsFNvAsetbo_3M_m2EuUI2FWCRiYmymmcHXopLHymPfs7dyNOO1oXaDFtbL2oAf9jXWo0&amp;sz=s0-l75-ft&amp;ats=1487723790528&amp;rm=15a630ed3aca5970&amp;zw&amp;atsh=1" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&amp;ik=abcca79eb6&amp;view=fimg&amp;th=15a630ed3aca5970&amp;attid=0.4&amp;disp=emb&amp;realattid=15a630bbee564c699285&amp;attbid=ANGjdJ-490TAqIGfe6zSyKaXhXxhN_iP-Y-zQrMb7BVbgWFremWbi4gLGYap_XjYKAontMH8dL3iQQXcPsHplekHhPTUfeIRgYZkVB1ZuElF4YGRj1tWarA5lUc_YRI&amp;sz=s0-l75-ft&amp;ats=1487723790528&amp;rm=15a630ed3aca5970&amp;zw&amp;atsh=1" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&amp;ik=abcca79eb6&amp;view=fimg&amp;th=15a630ed3aca5970&amp;attid=0.2&amp;disp=emb&amp;realattid=15a630b9f7788a9fa204&amp;attbid=ANGjdJ9cGuQWV_OMQdIw7XJfVkIRRrG-gd2C17rTam9SdHrdGYDujb202er4KERRJQn026sbjXYi5YZCSdasvubz85J9J4_7CR834qT7HFfBBvO6hP0WRt2rUy6dNjU&amp;sz=s0-l75-ft&amp;ats=1487723790528&amp;rm=15a630ed3aca5970&amp;zw&amp;atsh=1" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&amp;ik=abcca79eb6&amp;view=fimg&amp;th=15a630ed3aca5970&amp;attid=0.3&amp;disp=emb&amp;realattid=15a630b94fcb57c36233&amp;attbid=ANGjdJ96SxtYbro7DNhZUOGhuuLGW_bX_cuw7JLxlo9jB5u7_bN73oBmOsfH6q1NeWvsoSMM6KHyOxHDjTBrPv09Ut-yhXtjxor-eQrraKyzAhtOLQ1d_H9gAwk18K0&amp;sz=s0-l75-ft&amp;ats=1487723790528&amp;rm=15a630ed3aca5970&amp;zw&amp;atsh=1" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&amp;ik=abcca79eb6&amp;view=fimg&amp;th=15a630ed3aca5970&amp;attid=0.1&amp;disp=emb&amp;realattid=15a630b89f919c24a242&amp;attbid=ANGjdJ_oif22ugLBKpvLiFN_nZg3rKb9-gEgJKkwPL23hgIH_1FArNrLr2hfIEpNpqbApSAHocRLStaLpKFTErBsqZOL-z5NTMkY-Io-UGf_MJWIn6jtOs3jLBOjabk&amp;sz=s0-l75-ft&amp;ats=1487723790528&amp;rm=15a630ed3aca5970&amp;zw&amp;atsh=1" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>yeah I just used blue electric tape because heatshrink is ovverated, it's technically the same thing. The best thing to use would be cloth electrical tape but whatever.</p><p></p><p>Next I gotta lay out the speaker cables and the signal cables.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LoudSound, post: 8549305, member: 671797"] UPDATE TIME!! Winter's been killing me, no garage *****. But spring is coming, the beiches are gonna be horny so I don't have time to waste, my system gotta be on point ASAP. I made and installed the big 3 today.. Made my own cable lugs from a copper tube. Just as good as the store bought ones. Crimped using a $30 hydraulic crimper from ebay. The 1/2" copper tube BARELY fit the 70mm2 die in the crimper. Voltage now sitting at 14.3-14.2 with the car running and lights on. I think adding another wire from the - to the engine itself will give me 14.4. not that it really matters because I need an AGM battery anyway and if I want good bass I Need 2 as well as an alternator most likely. Will upgrade EVERYTHING as time goes on. So far I'm about 2k into the build. I'm thinking it's gonna be around 2k more for proper bass. [IMG]https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=abcca79eb6&view=fimg&th=15a630ed3aca5970&attid=0.5&disp=emb&realattid=15a630b778ae24e72261&attbid=ANGjdJ_j-noPEARH6cs2XYUimdqKDnPG3SU2fwIPsZB3D9QAx61CE0AWW4FsFNvAsetbo_3M_m2EuUI2FWCRiYmymmcHXopLHymPfs7dyNOO1oXaDFtbL2oAf9jXWo0&sz=s0-l75-ft&ats=1487723790528&rm=15a630ed3aca5970&zw&atsh=1[/IMG] [IMG]https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=abcca79eb6&view=fimg&th=15a630ed3aca5970&attid=0.4&disp=emb&realattid=15a630bbee564c699285&attbid=ANGjdJ-490TAqIGfe6zSyKaXhXxhN_iP-Y-zQrMb7BVbgWFremWbi4gLGYap_XjYKAontMH8dL3iQQXcPsHplekHhPTUfeIRgYZkVB1ZuElF4YGRj1tWarA5lUc_YRI&sz=s0-l75-ft&ats=1487723790528&rm=15a630ed3aca5970&zw&atsh=1[/IMG] [IMG]https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=abcca79eb6&view=fimg&th=15a630ed3aca5970&attid=0.2&disp=emb&realattid=15a630b9f7788a9fa204&attbid=ANGjdJ9cGuQWV_OMQdIw7XJfVkIRRrG-gd2C17rTam9SdHrdGYDujb202er4KERRJQn026sbjXYi5YZCSdasvubz85J9J4_7CR834qT7HFfBBvO6hP0WRt2rUy6dNjU&sz=s0-l75-ft&ats=1487723790528&rm=15a630ed3aca5970&zw&atsh=1[/IMG] [IMG]https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=abcca79eb6&view=fimg&th=15a630ed3aca5970&attid=0.3&disp=emb&realattid=15a630b94fcb57c36233&attbid=ANGjdJ96SxtYbro7DNhZUOGhuuLGW_bX_cuw7JLxlo9jB5u7_bN73oBmOsfH6q1NeWvsoSMM6KHyOxHDjTBrPv09Ut-yhXtjxor-eQrraKyzAhtOLQ1d_H9gAwk18K0&sz=s0-l75-ft&ats=1487723790528&rm=15a630ed3aca5970&zw&atsh=1[/IMG] [IMG]https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=abcca79eb6&view=fimg&th=15a630ed3aca5970&attid=0.1&disp=emb&realattid=15a630b89f919c24a242&attbid=ANGjdJ_oif22ugLBKpvLiFN_nZg3rKb9-gEgJKkwPL23hgIH_1FArNrLr2hfIEpNpqbApSAHocRLStaLpKFTErBsqZOL-z5NTMkY-Io-UGf_MJWIn6jtOs3jLBOjabk&sz=s0-l75-ft&ats=1487723790528&rm=15a630ed3aca5970&zw&atsh=1[/IMG] yeah I just used blue electric tape because heatshrink is ovverated, it's technically the same thing. The best thing to use would be cloth electrical tape but whatever. Next I gotta lay out the speaker cables and the signal cables. [/QUOTE]
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