Plans for Spring/Summer Project

[pman44 10+ year member]

The past couple months I've been putting together different options for my new budget setup I plan on starting this spring/early summer. The vehicle is going to be an '03 Grand Cherokee.

I am open to suggestions on a set of components. With whatever set I purchase I'll most likely turn to Cadence to power them //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif. My budget here is between $100-150. I am not too familiar with component sets so any help is appreciated. I will also do research on this to get the latest update on what's up. But for now suggestions are welcome!

For the headunit I'm looking at: Pioneer DEH-P410UB.

My choice changes everyday, but I'm leaning towards Pioneer Headunits since I've had one before and it worked like a charm.

Now for the low end. I'm almost dead set on a pair of AQ SDC2.5 15"s powered by the AQ 1200. I'm shooting for something around 7-7.5^2 after disp. for both and tuned around 38Hz. I saw a thread by mlstrass where he did a setup for a friend just like this, but the box was 8.5^2. The job he did was fantastic, and I'm hoping I can get box plans from him or DJ.

Wiring is going to be from knu. 4awg for the AQ amp and 1/0 for the Big 3.

If I can stretch my budget a little I'm thinking about grabbing a Kinetik for the back or to replace my batt up front. Think it will be necessary? Grand Cherokee stock alt's I assume are within the 110-130amp ballpark depending on the edition. I will most likely install everything first and then see if I get voltage problems, and if I do incur problems I'll take it from there. But for now I'm just pre-planning.

If anyone has anything to chime in on about these plans feel free! I am open to ideas, but I'm almost certain I'm sticking with AQ.

Cheers.

-- Peter

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[TurdFergueson2 5,000+ posts]

Mlstrass did my box for an HDC315. 4.25@ 38hz. Couldn't be happier. He's ok with a piece of wood and some glue. I just don't like him because he has overweight cats and he's louder than me.

As far as your equipment, I could offer some better suggestions with a flexible budget. If the SDC 2.5s are anything like the HDC3s, they'll laugh at 1200 watts. I have an AQ 2200D on mine and Mlstrass has 3000 on each of his. But those are HDC3s, I never used or saw the SDCs in action or know what anyone is putting on them.