cockerchrisjoe 10+ year member
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hello all,
so finally got all the things i needed to get this done .
so if you followed my other post i was looking for an efficient amplifier to use as i just picked up a 2014 smart electric drive car ( fully electric no gas ) for a daily commuter. being a bass head the stock system had to go. now as you know because this does not have a gas motor it also does not have an alternator . how it works is vehicle has a DC to DC converter that takes the high voltage from your battery converts to 12 volt and powers the batters/ Acc . Range is a big thing when it comes to electric vehicles so needed something that did not affect range of vehicle.
so ill start with the subwoofer i use to have a 15" subwoofer in my reg cab sierra i had an really missed that super low bass and such you get with a 15" . i had found on local classifieds kiiji a RE audio SE15 for 100 bucks so got it while i could
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next i had to find an amplifier which was effiecent enough,powerful, and in my budget . this turned out to be harder then i had thought alot of time went into it and figuring just how many amps i could use i figured realistically 50 amps was tops i could ever draw the lower the better. the Taramps HD800 was ideal choice but alittle above price range for now. so i finally picked something small effiecent and well cheaper, alot of people are probably going to talk **** about amp but i ended up getting a power acoustik Razer RZ-2300 now obviously i know this amp would never do anywhere close to 2300 watts or even 1000 . i am figuring honest numbers probably around 6-700 rms. i have owned these amps and despite it now being big brand new you can beat the **** out of it and it will keep going and still sound decent .
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next was time to make the subwoofer box , my buddy derrick helped me make it and really pulled through. we ended up building a custom subwoofer box 3.3cu ft at around 32 hz.
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just quick paint looks not so great going to custom vinly wrap it though
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and inside the car with subwoofer in box
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the Dvd deck well i went through two first one was a pioneer APPradio which turned out to be a pain in the *** to do anything with as i still use my old classic ipod and such so i wired in a pioneer AVH-2400BT DVD deck all i really need.
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picture is blurry will get a good video up later on the flex as it sounds unreal loud in that car . and my range was not affected by even 2 km's
any questions let me know
Video:
so finally got all the things i needed to get this done .
so if you followed my other post i was looking for an efficient amplifier to use as i just picked up a 2014 smart electric drive car ( fully electric no gas ) for a daily commuter. being a bass head the stock system had to go. now as you know because this does not have a gas motor it also does not have an alternator . how it works is vehicle has a DC to DC converter that takes the high voltage from your battery converts to 12 volt and powers the batters/ Acc . Range is a big thing when it comes to electric vehicles so needed something that did not affect range of vehicle.
so ill start with the subwoofer i use to have a 15" subwoofer in my reg cab sierra i had an really missed that super low bass and such you get with a 15" . i had found on local classifieds kiiji a RE audio SE15 for 100 bucks so got it while i could
![](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi130.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fp257%2Fcockerchrisjoe%2F_201_zps1aab9b13.jpg&hash=89349de8595a1bec2402bea34450a341)
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next i had to find an amplifier which was effiecent enough,powerful, and in my budget . this turned out to be harder then i had thought alot of time went into it and figuring just how many amps i could use i figured realistically 50 amps was tops i could ever draw the lower the better. the Taramps HD800 was ideal choice but alittle above price range for now. so i finally picked something small effiecent and well cheaper, alot of people are probably going to talk **** about amp but i ended up getting a power acoustik Razer RZ-2300 now obviously i know this amp would never do anywhere close to 2300 watts or even 1000 . i am figuring honest numbers probably around 6-700 rms. i have owned these amps and despite it now being big brand new you can beat the **** out of it and it will keep going and still sound decent .
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next was time to make the subwoofer box , my buddy derrick helped me make it and really pulled through. we ended up building a custom subwoofer box 3.3cu ft at around 32 hz.
![](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi130.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fp257%2Fcockerchrisjoe%2FIMG_20140801_103613_zps568dab1e.jpg&hash=339138510f5155088b8a4094c60681ef)
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just quick paint looks not so great going to custom vinly wrap it though
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and inside the car with subwoofer in box
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the Dvd deck well i went through two first one was a pioneer APPradio which turned out to be a pain in the *** to do anything with as i still use my old classic ipod and such so i wired in a pioneer AVH-2400BT DVD deck all i really need.
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picture is blurry will get a good video up later on the flex as it sounds unreal loud in that car . and my range was not affected by even 2 km's
any questions let me know
Video:
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