My new F150 system is awesome...thanks to this forum

[Jlitt 10+ year member]

Just wanted to send out a general "thank you" to all of the posters on here who take the time to help out the newbies and amateurs trying to do things on their own.

Before this, all I had ever done relating to car audio was help a buddy install a head unit...and when I say "help", I mean drink beer while he installed it.

Here is what I put in:

Eclipse 5510 (with Ipod adapter, sirius and bluetooth) ($1,399 - crutchfield)

Single Stereo Integrity BM10 ($180 - car audio classieds)

QLogic box for f150 ($179 - cardomain.com)

Sundown SAE 1000d ($285 - low-hz.com)

Rainbow SLC 265 components ($230 - 6spdcoupe)

Sundown SAX 100.2 ($250 - low-hz.com)

4 gauge amp install kit ($49.88 - knukonceptz.com)

Raamaat sound deadener (being shipped no...to be installed soon)

Anyway, the install took me a while. I mounted both amps to some 3/4" MDF (I had never even used a jigsaw) which I mounted to the back wall of the truck (options are limited for lack of space). The sub sits under the back seat on the passenger side. I used 1/2" MDF for the component baffles.

I took my time with everything, and ran into a few speedbumps along the way, but everything is in and tuned.

The system sounds unbelievably good. I know that I didn't go high end on anything, but I did a lot of research and tried to choose high quality brands. Also, I wasn't brave enough to try to build my own box, but the Q-logic box is sufficient for my needs. The rainbows get so loud that I can't even really handle high volumes for more than a few minutes. The HD10 is putting out really clean, tight bass. One 10" sub obviously isn't knocking down any walls, but the sound quality is outstanding, and in the small cab, it works really well. The Sundown amps are great! The tuning was easy (after investing countless hours reading on this forum), and I was able to ask questions directly to Jacob at Sundown and Ben at Low-hz.com (and this was during his problems on this site).

I used this forum as a reference for every step of the intallation process, and there wasn't one question that I was not able to find the answer for. I would strongly recommend each of the companies that I bought from, both for quality and service.

Basically, I just wanted to let everyone know what a great service you are providing. I had a lot of fun installing everything, and now I have a great sounding system in my truck.

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[phyphoestilic 5,000+ posts]

great, all this talk and no pictures? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[tapout 5,000+ posts]

great, all this talk and no pictures? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

fo realz

 

[tru_44 10+ year member]

I wanna see pics!

 

[Max_Power 10+ year member]

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Ill join the bandwagon. good job! Glad you're happy with your sound system.

 

[Jlitt 10+ year member]

Uploading them now. Nothing like going down to my truck and snapping off a bunch of pictures at midnight.

 

[DejaWiz 5,000+ posts]

Glad your system turned out the way you hoped.

 

[Jlitt 10+ year member]

Here we go:

First, the Sundown SAE 100d. I had to move the factor security box up on the wall to make room for the amp.

The SAX 100.2 is on the passenger side rear wall.

Both amps

The box...didn't feal like pulling it out to get a picture of the BM10

The Rainbow. Again, I didn't feel like pulling the door panel for the pictures. When I install the Raammat, I will shoot some more pics of the speakers.

More of the Rainbows.

The Power wire

The Eclipse

I will post some more photos once the deadener is in. Thanks again for everyone's help.

 

[Jlitt 10+ year member]

hmmm...don't know why only one of the photos showed up full sized. Hope you can see the smaller one's ok.

 

[tapout 5,000+ posts]

I'd be down with the pictures if I could see them. My old eyes arent what they use to be.

 

[Jlitt 10+ year member]

 

[tru_44 10+ year member]

setup looks neat, but your pics are like thumbnails

 

[Jlitt 10+ year member]

Here is a link to my gallery...you can see the photos full size there

http://www.caraudio.com/gallery/browseimages.php?do=member&imageuser=32520

 

[mlstrass 5,000+ posts]

Congrats on doing the install yourself and picking out nice equipment. May not be considered "high end", but it's better than 99% of the crap they sell at BB & CC.

Now lets see how long you enjoy it before the upgrade bug bites LOL

 

[Jlitt 10+ year member]

And one of the truck