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Damn! It was a good show. It was awesome chatting it up with all you guys. No trophies for me. :/ I was bestowed the honorary "Rocked the fhawk out" by the Oklahoma crew. They don't call them guys OK for nothing. Thanks fellas. I did get some great tuning tips from one of the Houston Boys, Chad. Awesome dude, thanks for the tips. Well I'm gonna try to keep this thread alive by posting some pics. So here goes. Chad's (southside) Acura out to dominate the world of SQ Nice and clean trunk install. I didn't get a chance to listen this time around, but there is no doubt this is one nice sounding car. I came across this sinister Tundra done up by the crew at Mobile Toys. A modest stock appearing interior, see if you can spot all the tricks. Great use of space. No demo of this one though. I should've asked for one, prolly would of gotten it too. Up next was a very modest commuter car. Owner, unknown. :| Some serious gear in the trunk. Another subtle interior install. Must make for a fun drive to work or the gym. I saw this at the show. Nice sombrerro muchacho. A combination of Definitive Audio Designs (DAD) subs and Mosconi Amps. Noice! To be continued....

Opps, I knew I forgot something. It was in College Station, Texas.

The steering wheel was the main one. There is also and up-firing center channel speaker in the dash above the sat/nav unit and some flush mounted tweeters in the a-pillars.

I agree, you've seen one, you've seen them all, but how well do they sound? That's what separates the wieners from the rest of us.

No problem bro. It was a great show, 41 cars competed. It was an SQ only show.

All the way from Phoenix Arizona, Don's (Buzzman) big bodied Benz. His co-pilot for the trip, Jose from L.A. 8" mid-basses in the doors with 5-1/4" full range drivers in the kicks handling mid-range duties. A dreamy interior. The perfect interior to tear up the west Texas I-10 desert at 95mph. Custom a-pillar wave guides for ultra trick ceramic dome tweeters. Sub duties performed by this custom Danish woofer. O_o Reminds me of that a/d/s 10 from a few years back. Amplification by Phass and Tru. The Merc, is an awesome sounding car, a real treat to listen to. Thanks for the listening session Don. Also from California, this effing cool Charger. A closer look reveals these awesome looking subs. Everything in the Charger is powered by these beautifully installed Zapco amps. This fun looking Mitsubishi made and appearance. Nice and tight a-pillars in this one. O_o The truck install was equally as tight. Are those AE subs I'm looking at? Wrapping up my show coverage is this inconspicuous little Civic. Got to love the trunk space these IB installs leave. I know for sure these are AE subs. In addition to the subs, each door houses a Faital Pro 10. The demo was intense, almost p'ed a little. Thanks. See you all at the next show.

Making the rounds at the show I came across James's beautiful blue GTO A little American muscle for all the enthusiast. Simple pods in the pillars for this Goat. On a side note how's everyone enjoying my JJ Abrams visual light effects. They were ultra annoying in TV show Fringe.JJ, if you're reading, cut it out. Back to the GTO Handling the bottom octaves, a pair of AQ SD2.5s in a very clean DIY install. Next to the Goat I found papaqueball's red Charger. A 15" Alpine in an IB alignment works it's magic in the Charger. Lookie, who came out to play. Wicked sounding engine. It's even got on board entertainment for the little ones. Not sure how well it works when it's tearing up the track at 160mph. Kids must be holding on to those controller for dear life, is my guess. A very off road capable Jeep belonging to one of the installers at Mobile Toys was also on display. Cool little tweeter dash pods with mids in the stock location for this Jeep. Killer box with some Mosconi amps.

Then there was this: I got a chance to chat with the owner, Larry. Great guy, came all the way from Cali. O_o Solid install. Great looking kick panels My favorite part, these classic looking subs. Pro-audio style ribbed cones and accordion surrounds, just gorgeous. Along side the Merc, also from Cali, was this cute little Cruze packing quite an SQ wallop. Clean interior, executed razor sharp. I've got a long ways to go before I'm at this level. Trunk install as good. Lighting controlled via iPhone, effing cool! Arc Audio PS-8 installed under the rear deck on a motorized panel that folds down. Brilliant! Rare sighting of a unicorn at the show in the form of an unmolested Toyota Supra. I got to chat cars with the owner Brian, one of many Brians' at the show. I asked it how he's been able to resist the urge of modifying his Supra. His answer, "Ebay, looking at what stock Supras go for versus modded Supras. Its a no brainer." I guess this one wont go for cheap. Nice chatting. Stock, nuff said. More on the way.

No wonder my subs suffer from a little voice coil rub. POAST!

:/ Dang, I thought that show was on the 8th so I really didn't pay attention to it since I'm going to the IASCA show in college station on the 8th. If I would have know it was on the 1st I would have at least shown up in the creampuff. Sorry man Lately my focus hasn't been on car audio, I've been having some other things going on that I'm hoping on working through for the best. Keep me posted on anything coming up. I will be at heat wave in austin fo sho. Off the bat they weren't as bright as the drivers that came with the horns. They EQed easier, not requiring as much EQ I mean. I've still have lots to learn though. I'm still at grasshopper level. Thanks. I like them. For now it's just a high pass at 900Hz with a 24dB/oct slope. Thanks. No problem ask away.

Sorry for you loss. Our thoughts and prayers go out to you and you family during this difficult moment.

Wow, time flies when you're not in jail. I don't know how some of you guys do it, posting day in and day out with build updates and advice. Well I'm back with a little update of my own. I opted to replace the compression drivers with something a little more robust. Here is what I got. Here is a little side by side of the original driver next to it's replacement. The Dayton driver is a little more substantial but nothing like what I use in my home stereo rig. One more shot, now of the business end. Here is a shot of all three. With a larger compression driver, I had to update the rear mounting bracket. Here is the horn assembly with the new rear bracket. Before I get into the re-installation of the horn assemblies, I opted, after hearing many suggestions, to update the mounting hardware. This is what I started off with. Here is my painting rig with homedepot's finest 97cent rattle can paint. After a couple of layers and a once over with a heat gun this is what I ended up with. Here is the final product. Lastly, a shot of the underside. Fingers crossed, hope it sounds good. LOL!

It looks as if we have reached the end of an era. The BTL is no longer on the Fi website. Yes, Fi has a website. Lets take a moment and share our favorite BTL experience. My first BTLs were/are the N2 version. I've still yet to try them out in a car, but I have re-coned one of them. It was my first re-cone. Unlike other Fi re-cone stories. My re-cone showed up unexpectedly a week after the order was placed. The glue, which I order after the re-cone, took 2 months to arrive. I did run them in my home theater for a while. The got the job done, no problem. I cant wait to see what they do in my car. Farewell BTL, you will be missed.

Offical IASCA info: http://iasca.com/event/aggieland-iasca-double-point-soundoff/

Mobile Toys Inc Presents Aggieland IASCA Double Point Soundoff This is a double point IASCA sanctioned soundoff. All SQ install and sound classes will be offered. No Spl classes will be offered at this event. *We will also be offering a Sunday Round of 20, with cash prizes. *You have to enter the event on Saturday as a prerequisite to enter the Sunday money round. *This is a great way to get your points and invitation for the first true unified finals later this year. *If you want your points to count, you will have to register as an iasca member through their website or office. Judges: Nick Wingate Doug Winker John Sketoe Mike Dailey Wilson Adcock Scott Schroeder* To register for the event please call 979-268-6066 Entry fee for Saturday event is $40 per class. Entry fee for money round is $50. * Hotel accommodations: Travelodge Bryan College Station 2300 S Texas Ave, Bryan (979) 703-7989 Show location: 909 University dr e * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *College Station Tx, 77840 More info here: http://www.diymobileaudio.com/forum/12-volt-events-team-diyma/145771-texas-summer-g2g-iasca-2x-event-back-oldschool-%40-mobile-toys-june-8th-9th.html I'm going. Any one else in?

Damn. I just seen about the senior community center van wreck on the news last week. Nuts man. The video of the van they show was when it was being up righted, just as it tipped back on all fours. Was that you manning the wrecker that up righted it? Bummer bout the douche PMing you, what an idiot. Stay safe.

No, I'm not that loud. :/ It actually happened driving to El Paso two Thanksgivings ago. There was a hard freeze in between Ft Stockton and Van Horn. The windshield started icing over, so I turned on the defrost full tilt. All of a sudden I saw this crack creeping along the windshield. It was nerve racking.

Thanks. That'll work. We'll stay in contact. As for the second half of your comment, it's a condition I'm working on. I think they even have a pill for it. I've done that before... Well, the first step is admitting the problem.

Thanks Jon. Let's see when we can meet up and play. I'm sure we can work something out. Thanks Rick. If you knew how long I had these horns and how long it really took me to get them installed, I'd probably be getting a slap upside the head and a " 'bout damn time" comment.

Thanks! My car audio sq tuning skillz leave a lot to be desired. :/ I'll keep you posted on whether I can make these sound as good as they look installed.

The driver's side install included the removal of the parking brake assembly. Here is the bracket in place. Here is a close up of the transition from the horn mouth to the underside of the dash. With the mounting of the horn bodies situated, I look into hot rodding the horn bodies themselves for added performance. How about a little port and polish job? Here I round over the short side for smoother transition. On the long side I knocked down some of the flashing and high spots. Here is a look in from the horn mouth. :/ In addition to my port and polish job I added a little sound deadener to the outside of the horn bodied just to make sure they're dead. Muahahaha! Here is the start of the process. I opted to do a one piece wrap for the top and a one piece wrap for the bottom half, with a seam on the side walls. To keep the seams together and from rolling up I used some HVAC tape along the seams. Here is looking at the top side of the horn. Here is a look at the bottom side of the horn. Lastly here is a pic of the horns read for their final install. Here is a shot of the horns in place, brackets painted. Disregard the tweeters in the a-pillars, they are going away as soon as I buy some replacement a-pillar panels. While you are at it, disregard that MS8 display panel as it is being replaced by this.

Ever since I got into car audio, I had it in my head, that the pinnacle of SQ was running underdash horns. I was young and naive. Regardless, over the years I would tell myself that one day I would run some underdash horns. Well, that day has come, and here is the proof. I stuck with an original: 20install/01_zpsa4e2d833.jpg.html'> Showing off like a proud papa. A pic of the ride they will be calling home. I started off by mocking up the passenger side horn. To get the horn tucked up nice and high, I cut off these bosses on the HVAC blower housing. From there I was able to whip up a bracket in CAD and have it cut out. With the horn bracket in place I transferred the mounting hole locations onto the horn body and get it in place. With the front side good to go, I look towards the compression driver end of the horn to add some support. I opted to make an "L" bracket out of the supplied straps. Here I use a square scrap of mdf as a gage to figure the short leg length of the bracket. To ensure that the bracket is properly oriented, I scribed the outline of it in it's installed position. On the kick panel I attached a riv-nut, simplifying removal and re-installation of the horn body. Here is the passenger side horn in it's new home. More on the way.

I was able to score a couple of Sundown Audio SD-2 8s for a little review. Here are some fun pics I thought I'd share. Boxes! The models doing their thing. The creator. ???><+_)(*&^%$#@! Stay tuned for some words on how they perform.

Yes. My apologies on that last graph, the ohm scale did not match the previously posted graph.

How to start this off????? Well, I got this way cool Fi Car Audio 10" Q. Here are some pics of how it arrived to me. Waiting at the doorstep. Opening up the box. Out of the box and on to the driveway for some pics. Side profile shot. Get a load of that motor. O_o A word from the people who made this possible. The plan will be for a simple ported box with an aero-port. I'll input all the manufacturers parameters and box specs into Hornresp and see what it chugs out. To follow up, I'll use a Dayton Audio Test System (D.A.T.S.) formerly know as the Woofer Tester, to verify the impedance curve and box tuning. If all goes well, I'll have a nice bumping system. Worst case, I get flamed to death on the interwebs. Stay tuned.