Tcguy85's simple SQ install log:

[tcguy85 10+ year member]

hessdawg.

you gots it! he is the man for hooking everybody up with such good inexpensive mids.

 

[gordos420 10+ year member]

yeah 90 bucks is super cheap for those mids

 

[tcguy85 10+ year member]

yeah 90 bucks is super cheap for those mids

hells yea son! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[MikeyB 5,000+ posts]

I just got mine today! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif ^

 

[tcguy85 10+ year member]

I just got mine today! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif ^

X2 on the hells yea son!//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

put em in?

 

[MikeyB 5,000+ posts]

X2 on the hells yea son!//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif
put em in?

Naa not yeah, I gotta fully glass my door panels first cuz they're too beefy to fit in my pods //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

Hooked one up and listened to it though and they sound teh ***! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/boink.gif.91933e72f927f2cefc79aff02573090c.gif

 

[Weeznur32 10+ year member]

i was reading the first very first post and you said you were giving each mid 200 watts and each tweeter 100watts.

**** haha how did the RSDs like that?

 

[tcguy85 10+ year member]

i was reading the first very first post and you said you were giving each mid 200 watts and each tweeter 100watts.
**** haha how did the RSDs like that?

they didn't mind it at all actually. as long as you know what you're doing you'd be ok.

the mids and tweets i'm using now like it better though. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[tcguy85 10+ year member]

also installed the pack of Damplifier Pro that i won on here as well. installed it all except for one sheet which i plan to put on my hatch lid.

awesome stuff, here are some pics...

the car seems a bit quiter and the panels i placed it on are definitely deader. the tap test porves that. the real test will be on my way to work tomorrow.

 

[tcguy85 10+ year member]

 

[tcguy85 10+ year member]

my latest progress. just wanted to sum everything up in one post as to where i'm at with my install.

the equipment being used: 880PRS, ID OEM 6.5" mids, Seas neo aluminum tweeters, DD S4 and DD C2a amps, Dayton Ref H.O. 10(.7net, tuned to 30hz)

actual pics

tweeter pillar pods:

the mids:

Head Unit:

inside the hatch:

 

[tcguy85 10+ year member]

moved my tweeters again. lol

i had the spare set of already cut up kick panels so i have decided to make a set of pods for them for the kicks. i have been not so happy with my tweeters in my pillars. thats one of reasons why i never really finished them. i liked the extra stage height but i could never tame them. they always seemed to overpower the mids even though the level on them was pretty low and they were crossed pretty high.

i'm not going to jump to any conclusions quite yet, but so far just after a couple hours, the seas tweeters seem to sound much much better down in the kicks. i moved the crossover point down to 2.5k/24db as well (instead of 4k/12db), a spot i tried when in the pillars and only made things worse, now sounds great with them mounted down in the kicks.

i have them aimed somewhat (kinda roughly so far) on-axis. i slightly enlarged the holes that i already had in my kicks, stuck the pvc couplers in and quickly hot glued them at what i had guessed would be close to on-axis. the left side needs to point a bit more to the left, the right side needs to point a tiny bit more to the right and also up a bit as well. but it was pretty close for a quick guess.

i used the Auto EQ & T/A to get my T/A numbers again, and since it ran the EQ part as well i figured i'd give it yet another shot. this time i was actually pretty happy with how it set it up. i listened for a little bit, then whipped out the RTA to get a quick flat baseline tune. the upper mid-range that showed a huge dip before isn't such a big dip anymore. it leveled it off somehow.

the teal line is the last scan i did with them in the pillars, the yellow line is the scan i just did with them in the kicks after very minimal tuning. i'm sure that from 8k on up will level out a bit once they are put perfectly on-axis.

tomorrow and over the weekend i will have them finished up. i need to aim them better first. i will make up a little MDF piece with a hole drilled in the middle to aim them with a laser pointer.

this job will be a lot easier of a job than trying to do the pillars. a little bit of body filler and some paint and she'll be all set and looking good.

 

[miker 5,000+ posts]

I like your HU. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif It's so symmetrical

 

[mlstrass 5,000+ posts]

tweeters that low drop the stage? Nice install and should sound good.

 

[stuckinok 5,000+ posts]

looking good