Just arrived VIA UPS.... 18" FI Q w/ BP

[snb778 5,000+ posts]

Been 3 weeks tomorrow i've patiently waited.... delayed a week due to weather...

I must say... I was VERY worried when I felt the magnet against the bottom of the box... Packaging isn't to great, but I guess it works...

Kinda disappointed there is no cutout with it...Now I have to figure out the cutout dims, and figure out how the hell to draw them, for nobody makes a compass of any kind that goes to 18" (9IN. radius).... so wtf do I do from here??..... I dunno if I trust the nail and the pencil.....thing

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[dman4486 5,000+ posts]

pencil and nail will work fine....what amp are you going to put this on?

edit: don't forget the string between the pencil and nail

 

[hrtbrk1 5,000+ posts]

nice sub man...vid it after u get it installed

 

[rloring 10+ year member]

make one, get a screw and screw it in the center just enough to stay in firm, then take a 9" string or whatever length u need loop around the screw then hold a pencil at end of string and wallah --- draw a perfect circle just a idea I have done that many times for other various reasons p

 

[DB_DRAG_SPL 10+ year member]

always measure conservatively with the cutout, you can always sand it down.

 

[denim 5,000+ posts]

Nice sub.

 

[hrtbrk1 5,000+ posts]

make one, get a screw and screw it in the center just enough to stay in firm, then take a 9" string or whatever length u need loop around the screw then hold a pencil at end of string and wallah --- draw a perfect circle just a idea I have done that many times for other various reasons p

someone already recommended this //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[WALKS UP]

congrats nice sub man

 

[snb778 5,000+ posts]

see i tried the pencil and nail once...and unless you hold the pencil Perfectly still....the vertical angle has to be the same the entire way around, or else its a wabbly circle.....im trying the same method right now with electrical wire (so its stiff)... I just dunno what 8.375" is on a ruler.... how do you measure 8.3"?? full cutout is 16.75"

 

[snoopdan 5,000+ posts]

find someone with 18" rims, dismount them then borrow and trace. real simple to me //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif

 

[dman4486 5,000+ posts]

find someone with 18" rims, dismount them then borrow and trace. real simple to me //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif

16.75" rims:fyi:

 

[skadude016 5,000+ posts]

lol ruler and pencil

dont gotta make it so hard man

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

A ruler or tape measure and a pencil, or even a nail and string, its pita imo. Just poke two holes in a piece of cardboard the proper distance apart (radius of cutout). Viola, poor man's one-time use compass.

 

[bass-aholic 10+ year member]

A ruler or tape measure and a pencil, or even a nail and string, its pita imo. Just poke two holes in a piece of cardboard the proper distance apart (radius of cutout). Viola, poor man's one-time use compass.

Thats what i did but i used a piece of scrap metal. Works like a charm! P.S awesome sub, your gonna love it man, specs on enclosure and amp?

 

[Bigpimpin91 10+ year member]

make one, get a screw and screw it in the center just enough to stay in firm, then take a 9" string or whatever length u need loop around the screw then hold a pencil at end of string and wallah --- draw a perfect circle just a idea I have done that many times for other various reasons p

Yeah,

Don't try to make a 18" Hole for your 18" Sub.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif