Since when did how much your ****** car flops around determine if you were loud?

[RAM_Designs 5,000+ posts]

Whats with this whole "flex" deal? None of my cars flex the windshield and im running over 6kw in a wall in one of my rides, does that mean im not loud? But yet your ****** honda or toyota flexes the roof 2 inches on 500w so thats cool?

I hate flex vids...I want to see the woofer in action.

 

[VWBobby 10+ year member]

Buck makes a very good point. When the panel is flexin and floppin around, its not holding the sound energy in the cabin. The energy is wasted in making the panel flex and not pressurizing the inside of the cabin (as much).

There is a reason that competition vehicles in the 160+ range have very little flex even when 20KW+ are being thrown at them. Some are even concrete lined to help prevent flex and add mass to the panel/vehicle.

 

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I hate flex vids...I want to see the woofer in action.

None of that foreplay, going for that straight up money shot!

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

In non-acoustic suspension or IB environments, how much the speaker is moving means very little.

 

[dumple 5,000+ posts]

flex is dumb, to me it looks like a flaw and possible pressure loss in a vehicle thus resulting in lower scores.... its much more impressive to have a vehicle that doesnt flex an inch put down high numbers.

 

[Buck 5,000+ posts]

Well hell, look at Alan Dante's Volvo. It's a rolling bunker

 

[TaylorFade 10+ year member]

You can stand right next to Dante's or Butler's vehhicles when they are doing 180+ and not even hear them bishes. A vid of thier ***** would be boring as hell until you turn the camera to the TL screen.

Flex means doo doo to me, but the chil'ren likey the videos and flex is just about the only entertaining thing about a stoop CA vid. Why do you think so many ***** start "how can I does teh hairtricks?" threads.

About the only thing that flexes in my vehicles is the windshield and the steering wheel.

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

Well hell, look at Alan Dante's Volvo. It's a rolling bunker

Its rigs like that which turn me off to the SPL competition scene. I would be hard pressed to consider that thing a real world vehicle anymore. Why dont we just get it over with, attach 4 wheels to the bottom of a giant bank vault, call it a car, and compete.

 

[KTMrida4life 10+ year member]

I dont get any flex other than my trunk lid and rear deck with 3 SA 8s on 1700W.

Like others said, you already know its impossible to tell how loud a system is on youtube because you can't actually be there in the car and hear it. But you see some serious flex..and first thing you think is dayiuuummmm that must be loud.

 

[VWBobby 10+ year member]

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[matt_bennett05 10+ year member]

Dammm. My front wipers bouncing doesn't count now... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

But yeah, I need more sound proofing...

 

[brodeisel 10+ year member]

Why cant we like flex. Were allowed to like what we want you can have flex and sound awesome still.

 

[brodeisel 10+ year member]

In non-acoustic suspension or IB environments, how much the speaker is moving means very little.

Your avatar and talking resembles a certain d-bag on this forum. Could it be wdw ae/

 

[murph 10+ year member]

how the **** do you stop seats from flexing... I like watching videos of it but also most cars that have it bad are pos.

 

[i2ain2thunder 10+ year member]

Flexing is all fun and games, till someone tears their sheet metal auto body.

 

[brodeisel 10+ year member]

Also ask buck how flexing ruins sun roofs and how to fix that issue.