Fresh install (pics)

[Fiercetimbo17 10+ year member]

Could be wrong but that doesnt appear to be a electrolytic cap, if its a carbon filter which it appears to be then it is absolutely useless and i would suggest taking it out and making it a sweet paper weight

 

[audiobahnuser18 5,000+ posts]

Flush mount the hu

clean up the wiring

GET RID OF THAT CAP.

other then that man looks good.

 

[93EXT 10+ year member]

im thinking he should buy my battery....right?? ha.

I'd buy a batt before I ever bought another cap. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[thur5d4yf4n 10+ year member]

53 ftl. yuck

 

[SuperchargedRS 10+ year member]

uhh, not the best install...one thing though

SECURE THAT BATTERY!!!

 

[SRim23 5,000+ posts]

i post this in just about every cap bashing thread so ill post it in here.....

i have an 05 civic running about 1400 rms.....stinger batt, stinger 3 farad cap, stock alt.....my voltage never drops below 12 volts....if driving itll stay between 13.8 and 14.2....

my 01 civic was running about 500 rms, stock batt....unless on the highway the lights dimmed insanely and on long bass lines youd only get about half the line and the rest would come in as mush.....

point being my cap in the 05 must be doing some good.......

 

[Fiercetimbo17 10+ year member]

i post this in just about every cap bashing thread so ill post it in here.....
i have an 05 civic running about 1400 rms.....stinger batt, stinger 3 farad cap, stock alt.....my voltage never drops below 12 volts....if driving itll stay between 13.8 and 14.2....

my 01 civic was running about 500 rms, stock batt....unless on the highway the lights dimmed insanely and on long bass lines youd only get about half the line and the rest would come in as mush.....

point being my cap in the 05 must be doing some good.......

No your car does not defy physics, i have what is listed in my sig with only 1/0 for the big 3 and a regualr shittackular battey and i dont go below 12 volts.

And if your going off the voltage display on your cap those are most of the time off. Also having a voltage display on a cap raises the resistance on the cap and on the circuit there making it even worse

Im not trying to hate just saying

 

[SRim23 5,000+ posts]

No your car does not defy physics, i have what is listed in my sig with only 1/0 for the big 3 and a regualr shittackular battey and i dont go below 12 volts.
And if your going off the voltage display on your cap those are most of the time off. Also having a voltage display on a cap raises the resistance on the cap and on the circuit there making it even worse

Im not trying to hate just saying

what about the voltage display right on top of my battery...is that off too? what car do you have? IF what you are saying is true i bet ur alternator is a heck of alot larger than mine.....my civic has a 60 amp alternator......

my girlfriend has the same car as i do, about 750 rms, stock batt and her voltage drops all the time....sometimes so low her radar detector says low batt on it.......again my stinger batt and cap must be doing something...

 

[Foote 10+ year member]

Wha? From now on I will just ignore any "caps are useless" posts because they are really annoying. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wow.gif.23d729408e9177caa2a0ed6a2ba6588e.gif

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

i post this in just about every cap bashing thread so ill post it in here.....
i have an 05 civic running about 1400 rms.....stinger batt, stinger 3 farad cap, stock alt.....my voltage never drops below 12 volts....if driving itll stay between 13.8 and 14.2....

my 01 civic was running about 500 rms, stock batt....unless on the highway the lights dimmed insanely and on long bass lines youd only get about half the line and the rest would come in as mush.....

point being my cap in the 05 must be doing some good.......

That is, without a doubt, definitive proof that caps are useful. Thankyou so much for that irrefutable proof.
I mean, diff car, diff charging system, diff batt, diff stereo... but otherwise that's a very scientific proof. No way any of those other pesky little variables could have affected what you describe, right?

I guess all the posts where people describe, mathematically, how the vast majoirty of caps CANNOT help your system, unless they break the laws of physics, are just too complicated for you guys to get. Math means nothing next to all you back-yard scientists, theorists and electrical engineers, right?

 

[t-money 10+ year member]

i've had good luck with caps in the past but now prefer to just run a second battery, same price but more effective. Leave it as it is now since you have no problems.My only problem is the tuning, 53hz is crazy, not even kicker recommends a tuning so high. i would ask for my money back if you paid for the box and have someone build you a box around 9cf or close to it tuned to between 33-38hz. Wow, i can't beleive your box is tuned to 53hz. When i had L7's i was tuned to 38 hz and it didn't play that low. Trust me, play some little jon or 36 mafia and you'll see it may not hit the lows with much authority

 

[Foote 10+ year member]

i've had good luck with caps in the past but now prefer to just run a second battery, same price but more effective. Leave it as it is now since you have no problems.My only problem is the tuning, 53hz is crazy, not even kicker recommends a tuning so high. i would ask for my money back if you paid for the box and have someone build you a box around 9cf or close to it tuned to between 33-38hz. Wow, i can't beleive your box is tuned to 53hz. When i had L7's i was tuned to 38 hz and it didn't play that low. Trust me, play some little jon or 36 mafia and you'll see it may not hit the lows with much authority

the box is 35 hz. i never said it was 53.

 

[t-money 10+ year member]

the box is 35 hz. i never said it was 53.

QUOTE=kylewangintts;3646757]another amp?? are you f***** serious?!

and the port is fine....

the box is set at about 53 hz i think.

is he not talking about your box?

 

[kylewangintts 10+ year member]

thats just what the term lab said....53..

it seems much lower to me...

the lows make my 3rd door move around..

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

The TL will tell you your peak output frequency, which is NOT the tuning point of your box.