distortion in my mids

[ChedNompton 10+ year member]

swapped over to the hpf and set it at around 80hz and they still sound like shit. theres no way that my amp could be clipping bc its 50x4 and its wired with a 4ga. stinger kit. it has to be the install. there is a lot of rattle and extra noise that shouldnt be there so im going to take it back and get those guys to fix it. not really confident in their work since it sounds this bad right now. is there anything else i might have overlooked?

This doesn't mean your amp isn't clipping. Recheck your gains, sounds like thats your problem. You might also be clipping your head unit. I myself would check gains, high pass filters, and connections before going into deadening, clay around the speaker, and MDF rings. Here is the gain setting tutorial, I highly suggest reading it: http://www.caraudio.com/forum/showthread.php?t=63933 Good luck.