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<blockquote data-quote="helotaxi" data-source="post: 2914301" data-attributes="member: 550915">18hz, while not exactly a problem in the car is lower than is usually needed.&nbsp; Unlike the home, the car actually boosts the response at the lower freqs and the box interacts a great deal with the airspace in the car with the effect of lowering the box tuning another couple of Hz.&nbsp; Super low tuning in the car is usually not needed.The Memphis Belle amps, both the big one and the &quot;baby Belle,&quot; are really nice amps.&nbsp; JL and Zapco make nice amps, too. There are several people on here that run them, some on the stock alt.&nbsp; The degree of electrical upgrades needed for any system hinge rather largely on the listening habits of the user.&nbsp; If you don&#039;t crank the volume like you&#039;re attempting to race for the deaf, you can have a lot of rated amp power on the stock electrical because you simply aren&#039;t using most of the power available.&nbsp; It really doesn&#039;t take much power to get more than loud enough for personal listening.I&#039;ve used fleece once, and never again.&nbsp; It was a total pain to work with.&nbsp; I prefer t-shirt material.&nbsp; There are others on here who swear by fleece.&nbsp; There are others that use Lycra, some that use grill cloth.&nbsp; All you&#039;re doing with it is making the form to lay the mat on.&nbsp; There is no reason IMO to go with some super thick material that is a pain to wet out and takes a ton of resin to fully saturate.&nbsp; In the end it really adds no strength and the thicker material with the larger amount of resin in it is more likely to warp and sag as it cures.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="helotaxi, post: 2914301, member: 550915"] 18hz, while not exactly a problem in the car is lower than is usually needed. Unlike the home, the car actually boosts the response at the lower freqs and the box interacts a great deal with the airspace in the car with the effect of lowering the box tuning another couple of Hz. Super low tuning in the car is usually not needed. The Memphis Belle amps, both the big one and the "baby Belle," are really nice amps. JL and Zapco make nice amps, too. There are several people on here that run them, some on the stock alt. The degree of electrical upgrades needed for any system hinge rather largely on the listening habits of the user. If you don't crank the volume like you're attempting to race for the deaf, you can have a lot of rated amp power on the stock electrical because you simply aren't using most of the power available. It really doesn't take much power to get more than loud enough for personal listening. I've used fleece once, and never again. It was a total pain to work with. I prefer t-shirt material. There are others on here who swear by fleece. There are others that use Lycra, some that use grill cloth. All you're doing with it is making the form to lay the mat on. There is no reason IMO to go with some super thick material that is a pain to wet out and takes a ton of resin to fully saturate. In the end it really adds no strength and the thicker material with the larger amount of resin in it is more likely to warp and sag as it cures. [/QUOTE]

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