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<blockquote data-quote="Z3n" data-source="post: 7470790" data-attributes="member: 635455">Hey guys I&#039;m pretty new here so if I&#039;m in the wrong section, my apologies.I&#039;m also new to car audio. I&#039;ve just recently turned 16 and am in the process of putting together my first system that will be going into my car -- a 2000 Toyota Celica GTS. We&#039;ll be picking the car up in a little less than a week (Sept. 24 hopefully). That&#039;s pretty much irrelevant though, as the only thing I need to do when I get the car is confirm the dimensions I&#039;ll have available for my sub enclosure.So this is the setup I&#039;m currently looking at (Everything will be ordered from Crutchfield).HU: <a href="http://www.crutchfield.com/s_113KDCX395/Kenwood-Excelon-KDC-X395.html" target="_blank">Kenwood Excelon KDC-X395</a>Monoblock Amp -- <a href="http://www.crutchfield.com/Bazooka-MGA11000H.html" target="_blank">Bazooka MGA11000H</a>2-Channel Amp -- <a href="http://www.crutchfield.com/p_065GTA802/Boston-Acoustics-GTA-802.html" target="_blank">Boston Acoustics GTA-802</a>Subs -- (2) <a href="http://www.crutchfield.com/p_236JH55124/MTX-JackHammer-JH5512-04.html" target="_blank">12&quot; MTX JackHammer JH55</a>Component Speakers -- <a href="http://www.crutchfield.com/p_500SPS600C/Alpine-SPS-600C.html" target="_blank">Alpine SPS-600C</a>That&#039;s what I&#039;ve got for my components so far. What I wanted to go with was a Kicker 10DX1000.1 Amp with two Kicker CVR&#039;s, but I can&#039;t afford that right now. Crutchfield had a sale going where you got those to subs with the amp for free, the amp was $50 off, and you got 50% off a wiring kit. Sadly, that sale is no more. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gifI&#039;ve got a wiring kit in there too, but I&#039;m gonna get 1/0 gauge wire for the Big 3 Upgrade and run 2 gauge wire back to a fused distribution block. Most of that I think I have figured out for myself though. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" />I&#039;m going to be building my own box for the subs with 3/4&quot; MDF, with 2.0 cubic feet tuned to 35 Hz. If anybody has suggestions or comments I&#039;d greatly appreciate it. I&#039;m trying to stay under $900.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Z3n, post: 7470790, member: 635455"] Hey guys I'm pretty new here so if I'm in the wrong section, my apologies. I'm also new to car audio. I've just recently turned 16 and am in the process of putting together my first system that will be going into my car -- a 2000 Toyota Celica GTS. We'll be picking the car up in a little less than a week (Sept. 24 hopefully). That's pretty much irrelevant though, as the only thing I need to do when I get the car is confirm the dimensions I'll have available for my sub enclosure. So this is the setup I'm currently looking at (Everything will be ordered from Crutchfield). HU: [URL="http://www.crutchfield.com/s_113KDCX395/Kenwood-Excelon-KDC-X395.html"]Kenwood Excelon KDC-X395[/URL] Monoblock Amp -- [URL="http://www.crutchfield.com/Bazooka-MGA11000H.html"]Bazooka MGA11000H[/URL] 2-Channel Amp -- [URL="http://www.crutchfield.com/p_065GTA802/Boston-Acoustics-GTA-802.html"]Boston Acoustics GTA-802[/URL] Subs -- (2) [URL="http://www.crutchfield.com/p_236JH55124/MTX-JackHammer-JH5512-04.html"]12" MTX JackHammer JH55[/URL] Component Speakers -- [URL="http://www.crutchfield.com/p_500SPS600C/Alpine-SPS-600C.html"]Alpine SPS-600C[/URL] That's what I've got for my components so far. What I wanted to go with was a Kicker 10DX1000.1 Amp with two Kicker CVR's, but I can't afford that right now. Crutchfield had a sale going where you got those to subs with the amp for free, the amp was $50 off, and you got 50% off a wiring kit. Sadly, that sale is no more. [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif[/IMG] I've got a wiring kit in there too, but I'm gonna get 1/0 gauge wire for the Big 3 Upgrade and run 2 gauge wire back to a fused distribution block. Most of that I think I have figured out for myself though. :P I'm going to be building my own box for the subs with 3/4" MDF, with 2.0 cubic feet tuned to 35 Hz. If anybody has suggestions or comments I'd greatly appreciate it. I'm trying to stay under $900. [/QUOTE]

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