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<blockquote data-quote="Beerdrnkr" data-source="post: 7831718" data-attributes="member: 568055"><p>Ok the install is done for now. However, we're going to be building another amp rack with a complete false floor, fans, and more circulation. We didn't have enough room for fans and no location for them to push the hot air out. I was really pushing the system yesterday and didn't have any issues with the JL amps or MS-8 although they do get very hot. The Boston sub amp heats up pretty bad too since it's right against the seats behind the sub box, it also can be that it's wired down to 1.5ohms and it's a 2ohm stable amp. Plays fine for a good while but it does eventually shut off for a couple minutes if I'm really cranking on it (about 2 hours worth of playing it full tilt).</p><p></p><p>The subs sound AWESOME! Plenty of output and sound very clean doing it. The surprising part is that it looks like they can take more power before they reach peak excursion.</p><p></p><p>The tweeters were giving me the most trouble on this build because they were just too big. The stock locations on the doors were too small and they were to close in and didn't allow for good stage depth. The sail panels would've been nice but there was no room and fiberglassing them would've made them stick out too far. We decided to go with the a-pillar which I was pretty worried about because somehow the car doesn't allow you to take them completely off and I knew they'd be a pain to replace. Screw it, we did it anyway and they actually came out pretty decent. They don't sit as flush as I would've like but I'll be wrapping them soon which will definitely help with that. Really happy with the way the tweeters sound in that location.</p><p></p><p>The frontstage sounds excellent, if not for a slight ring that I have to eq out from the stock rear speakers, I'd say it's just about SQ competition ready and that was with only about an hours worth of tuning last night. Along with the new amp rack in the future I'll be replacing the rears with some better mids and sound deadening those locations as well. Overall, I'm very impressed with the system and at full tilt it doesn't drop below 12v.</p><p></p><p>Ryan has more pics of the actual build that he'll be posting up but here's the final layout of the system:</p><p></p><p><img src="http://img.tapatalk.com/aefe2b9e-c54e-1a78.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://img.tapatalk.com/aefe2b9e-c571-e312.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://img.tapatalk.com/aefe2b9e-c594-9bb2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://img.tapatalk.com/aefe2b9e-c5b6-ea15.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://img.tapatalk.com/aefe2b9e-c5d3-3162.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://img.tapatalk.com/aefe2b9e-c5f3-78db.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://img.tapatalk.com/aefe2b9e-c60d-6406.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://img.tapatalk.com/aefe2b9e-c62c-ce0c.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://img.tapatalk.com/aefe2b9e-c645-41d6.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://img.tapatalk.com/aefe2b9e-c65d-b01f.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Beerdrnkr, post: 7831718, member: 568055"] Ok the install is done for now. However, we're going to be building another amp rack with a complete false floor, fans, and more circulation. We didn't have enough room for fans and no location for them to push the hot air out. I was really pushing the system yesterday and didn't have any issues with the JL amps or MS-8 although they do get very hot. The Boston sub amp heats up pretty bad too since it's right against the seats behind the sub box, it also can be that it's wired down to 1.5ohms and it's a 2ohm stable amp. Plays fine for a good while but it does eventually shut off for a couple minutes if I'm really cranking on it (about 2 hours worth of playing it full tilt). The subs sound AWESOME! Plenty of output and sound very clean doing it. The surprising part is that it looks like they can take more power before they reach peak excursion. The tweeters were giving me the most trouble on this build because they were just too big. The stock locations on the doors were too small and they were to close in and didn't allow for good stage depth. The sail panels would've been nice but there was no room and fiberglassing them would've made them stick out too far. We decided to go with the a-pillar which I was pretty worried about because somehow the car doesn't allow you to take them completely off and I knew they'd be a pain to replace. Screw it, we did it anyway and they actually came out pretty decent. They don't sit as flush as I would've like but I'll be wrapping them soon which will definitely help with that. Really happy with the way the tweeters sound in that location. The frontstage sounds excellent, if not for a slight ring that I have to eq out from the stock rear speakers, I'd say it's just about SQ competition ready and that was with only about an hours worth of tuning last night. Along with the new amp rack in the future I'll be replacing the rears with some better mids and sound deadening those locations as well. Overall, I'm very impressed with the system and at full tilt it doesn't drop below 12v. Ryan has more pics of the actual build that he'll be posting up but here's the final layout of the system: [IMG]http://img.tapatalk.com/aefe2b9e-c54e-1a78.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://img.tapatalk.com/aefe2b9e-c571-e312.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://img.tapatalk.com/aefe2b9e-c594-9bb2.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://img.tapatalk.com/aefe2b9e-c5b6-ea15.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://img.tapatalk.com/aefe2b9e-c5d3-3162.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://img.tapatalk.com/aefe2b9e-c5f3-78db.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://img.tapatalk.com/aefe2b9e-c60d-6406.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://img.tapatalk.com/aefe2b9e-c62c-ce0c.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://img.tapatalk.com/aefe2b9e-c645-41d6.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://img.tapatalk.com/aefe2b9e-c65d-b01f.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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