First Build - Need Opinions!

[bradch]

Ya you can definitely have a decent system with a $500 budget

Any suggestions?

 

[bgowdy 5,000+ posts]

Thanks for your understanding. Any advice? 

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Are you saying this is bad equipment?

give me min and ill see what i can come up with. idk about a pair of 12s tho. 1 12" if you can fit a ported box can be just as or louder then 2 12s in a sealed box.

 

[bgowdy 5,000+ posts]

Any suggestions?

Sub:

Soundqubed HDS3-12 from amazon at $139 or you can get one directly from Soundqubed's website. its a 1200rms sub ***GET A DUAL 2 COIL IF YOU GET THIS SUB***

Amazon.com: SoundQubed HDS312-D2 1200W RMS: Car Electronics

Amp:

Audiopipe Apsm-1500 for $114.95 shipped new with warranty (wire it at 1ohm with the dual 2ohm sub)

This amp will be enough for this sub.....

Box Wise:

You would have a estimated $246 left over. Measure under you seat and get dimension that are available. Take some(it wont take all the money to do it) money and get a custom box built to fit under there and get a 4" aeroport for it to save on space instead of a slot port. Slots take up more space.

In the end im betting that you will/should have ATLEAST $125 over from this

Hope this helps lol

 

[bgowdy 5,000+ posts]

Any suggestions?

Also if you take my box suggestion, have the box tuned around 32-35hz or so, this will allow to play pretty low and sound good at higher freqs

 

[bradch]

Sub:Soundqubed HDS3-12 from amazon at $139 or you can get one directly from Soundqubed's website. its a 1200rms sub ***GET A DUAL 2 COIL IF YOU GET THIS SUB***

Amazon.com: SoundQubed HDS312-D2 1200W RMS: Car Electronics

Amp:

Audiopipe Apsm-1500 for $114.95 shipped new with warranty (wire it at 1ohm with the dual 2ohm sub)

This amp will be enough for this sub.....

Box Wise:

You would have a estimated $246 left over. Measure under you seat and get dimension that are available. Take some(it wont take all the money to do it) money and get a custom box built to fit under there and get a 4" aeroport for it to save on space instead of a slot port. Slots take up more space.

In the end im betting that you will/should have ATLEAST $125 over from this

Hope this helps lol

Thanks a lot! I appreciate it. You've been a lot of help.

 

[winkychevelle 10+ year member]

Thanks a lot! I appreciate it. You've been a lot of help.

Except you have to either build the box yourself or have it built both of which can be troublesome with a truck boxes shape.

Honestly a subthump maxx box for under the seat and a pair of decent 10s would sound great.

a pair of ia i series would work good in a sealed box. And you could throw a decent amp like a rockford 500w which are usually easy to find on craigslist.

buy some good wire do the big three and there you go a system for atound 500. Maybe more I really didnt look up are the values but if memory serves correct couldnt be more than 600

 

[bgowdy 5,000+ posts]

Except you have to either build the box yourself or have it built both of which can be troublesome with a truck boxes shape.
Honestly a subthump maxx box for under the seat and a pair of decent 10s would sound great.

a pair of ia i series would work good in a sealed box. And you could throw a decent amp like a rockford 500w which are usually easy to find on craigslist.

buy some good wire do the big three and there you go a system for atound 500. Maybe more I really didnt look up are the values but if memory serves correct couldnt be more than 600

yea i guess i should have told to do a bunch of extensive measuring to be more accurate

 

[mclerico83 5,000+ posts]

Steel stamped basket. 2" coils. Just a cheap knockoff of the dd 1500 series but not built as good or with the better dd parts

2.5 inch coils and for 80 bucks hard to beat for a 500 dollar system. id rather put the money into a quality box from fox acoustics

175

2 10's 160

Precision Power PPI P1000.1 (p10001) Monoblock Phantom Car Amplifier

and ppi phantom

or

Audio Technix 800 1 Amp Amplifier 1 Ohm Stable Class D Free 4 Gauge Wiring Kit | eBay

plus a nice 4awg kit if you get the ppi

Execution Audio 1 0 AWG 0 GA Gauge Big 3 Complete Fused Blue Wire Wiring Kit | eBay

Execution Audio Blue 1 0 AWG 0 GA Gauge Complete Amp Amplifier Wire Wiring Kit | eBay

for future upgrades or a second highs amp in the future

 

[mclerico83 5,000+ posts]

99-06 GM Extended Cab Ultra Deep Dual 10/12 Downfire Box

sub thunmp is a little cheaper but i prefer ported way over sealed and

 

[mt3130]

For $600, I was able to get a Sundown SA-10, CT Sounds 750.1, a Sky High 4 gauge amp kit (put together by bbeljefe) and get a custom box built out of birch. It will end up running about $750 installed, but I want to upgrade my interior speakers as well, so I'm waiting to have everything installed at once.

 

[FUKAZ28]

Very good info here. I never thought you could get this much equipment for $500

 

[bgowdy 5,000+ posts]

Very good info here. I never thought you could get this much equipment for $500

lol i always build cheap.....

 

[bgowdy 5,000+ posts]

Very good info here. I never thought you could get this much equipment for $500

hell the loudest ive been was on like $650 as it states below my name on here lmao..

 

[bradch]

Thank you very much to everyone who's been replying. So far, all of the information given has been very useful. As I make decisions with help of everyone on this forum, I will post everything up to date. I have no doubt that I will be able to put together an excellent system for a great price.

 

[bradch]

I have been looking at a few different Silverado builds. To give an idea, this is almost exactly like something I am willing to do.

http://www.caraudio.com/forums/car-audio-build-logs-cars-trucks-suvs/515849-1999-silverado-alpine-build.html

Please let me know what you guys think. I would like as much help as possible to guide me in the right direction to accomplish a build like this.

Thanks!

Brad