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Welp I ordered one today... We'll see how it goes... Thanks.

I'm really thinking about ordering one this weekend.. It'd be nice to see some pics and hear some opinions on yours so far... I think I'm going to get the 250 amp G Series... This is for a Daily driver, not competitions...

So, been out of Car Audio for a bit, been wanting to put another small system in, every time something seems to come up.. So I'm trying again... Vehicle: 2005 Chevy Trail Blazer So far I have the following... Pioneer Head unit, Polk Separates in all 4 doors. Parts I have acquired: Sundown 2000D (these Sundowns are are few years old But BNIB) (Needs 200 Amp Ext Fuse) Sundown 125.4 (fuse 30x2) 15" FI BTL (Same with the FI Sub, BNIB) I would like to figure out what all exactly I need to do get and do so the two Amps have plenty of power. No Blinking lights, or any power problems... I was thinking, Update front Batt (not sure what) Mechman Alt (not sure which one) Big 3 Two Fused Runs of 0/1 to rear 1 or More Batts (the less room the better) (Was thinking an XS d6500) Some kinda Distro/Buss Bar setup to connect the two amps... I don't really see adding more amps or devices to this system for the foreseeable future I can wire stuff up, but I have Zero box building skills, so unless someone has other recommendations, I'm thinking about a Pre-made Fatboxusa Box... http://www.fatboxusa...losure-box.html I know most folks here frown on pre-made Enclosures, but I'm not looking at doing car shows, comps or to show off, I just want a fairly banging system, without going in 20K.... In a year or so, when I get a lot more credit cards paid off, I'd like to re-do a much bigger system in a secondary vehicle...

March 2011 issue, P54,55 There is a 2nd Gen S10, that has a 15" FI BL powered by a Sundown SAZ-1200 and a 125.2 for the mid/tweets.... Might be a repost, but I think its great to to see some of the cooler brands like this finally getting some play in the Magazines, not just companies that buy full page adds in every magazine they see on the stands.....

Volume 25, Issue No.03 March 2011 - got it right here in hand.... Eh, its a show truck, not a daily beater... Gotta do something to make it stand out from the other eleventy billion rides... Something that gets and keeps the judges attention... Especially in the Mini-truck brackets as there are so many to compete against... Same here... I've got a 2000 S-10 Blazer thats been sitting in my Garage for a few years now... I started off going pretty strong, paint job, some custom bodywork/things shaved, ghost flames, some interior work, minor system, droped, 20"s....Won the crap outta shows for about 3 years straight, but never got around to bagging it... I still have most of the bag parts in Boxes, either in my basement or my parents garage... Didn't loose interest as much as it became a lessor of a priority with work, getting married and taking my daughter everywhere... I don't really have the time or money to dump into it... I thought about selling it, but I just can't bring myself to do it....

Sounds like someone needs to do a build that REALLY gets peoples attention and shows what Sundown can do... Coupe of nice displays in the shop will help too... Props on owning a shop, big or small... I've awlays wanted to own one, but I'll freely admidt, I don't have the install skillz...

To the OP, this is the main reason that 98% of what I buy comes from someplace online... Be it direct from the manufacture or whatever.... I've been into Car Audio longer than some of you have been driving and I've bought stuff from the local joints 6-7 times vs the hundreds I've bought online... Same goes for my Firearms, the gunshops only sell items they make the highest margin on.... But, to be Devils advocate, What is any business in business for??? To make profit, pay the shops rent, bills, their/their employees salary, etc... They gotta do what they think they gotta do to Survive... Sucks as I'd rather buy everything local...

So how do I change my forum password??? I know how to reset it, where I click on and it gives me a new random one, but I'd like to set it myself to something I can remember... I can not find where to do that...

I myself would use 1/0 Here is a link you may find useful... American wire gauge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Also, when it come to this and most projects I'd rather have a bit of overkill than to be lacking...

100% Agree!!!! Also agree with the Amp Sexiness Inside and Out!!!

I've always been interested in how one (such as Sundown, IA, etc) gets ahold of a build house and gets amps built... Not like I'm gonna try it, but the whole subject is pretty interesting to me... Subs too...

What the hell does this thing weight??? If I had to guess I guess from between 70-80 LBS.... Mine came today and I had it shipped to my Mom and Dad's house as I knew someone would be home to sign for it and take it in vs @ my house the UPS guy would leave it on the front porch for the neighbors to carry off.... Or tow away, with the weight of this thing... LOL... I must say, very nice on the packing job... If one of these comes damaged it was from the shippers neglect, not FIs.... Just a few more things (head unit, rest of the wire and some sound deadener) and I'll have everything... Still hoping for March or early April to have everything...

Why ? Still a good amp and still under warranty. I don't see any issue. NO issues with Sunbdown per say, its with us broke f0ckers buying them and who plan on having say 4-6 SAZ-2000Ds, bought say 2 and were saving too buy 4+ more.... They now have three choices, buy some used/refurbed ones, buy mis matched ones (say 2 2000Ds 2-4 2500Ds) or start all over with same of new model.... Again not Sundowns fault... You have to do what right for Sundown, keep up with the customer demands and stay competitive (with offerings and price points)... We shoulda got on the stick and bought them sooner... Every manufacture changes lines now and then... It would have been nice to have more of a heads up that the 2000D was going E.O.S. and a potential date, so people would know to get'em while the gettings good... I probably would not have been able to buy the rest anyway and it may have been posted and I just did not see it... Thats the way it goes... I will continue to look to Sundown as a prefered vendor of Amps and maybe subs...

Below, I only listed brands that I have owned, installed or helped a friend install and been around quite a bit.. Also the Brands are listed in no order and are Brands I would buy again myself or recomend to a friend... Headuints Kenwood, Clarion, Pioneer, Sony, Sound Processors Audio control Amps Hifonics Sundown RF MMats RE Old School Phoenix Gold Planet Audio Components Polk Audio RE Alpine JL Audio Subs FI RE JL Audio Treo Alpine (type Rs) Wiring, Fuses, PDBs, RCAs, accessories Stinger Phoexnix Gold Knuconcepts Deadeners Dynamat (all I've bought in the past, this next system will try some of the other know brands) Sprayfoam from Home Depot or lowes I each catagory there are a few brands I'd love to try sometime, but thats what I have atleast some exp with and would use again...

Holy crap... So where do you find the 14.5mm rounds for that thing??? What are they about 4.50 - 6.00 a round??? I thought i had ammo worries.... Not many ranges around here would let you shoot that as it would eat up the target backings and berm behind them... I'm thinking Knob Creek... With a box Mag, not belt fed I'm guessing it was really designed for Sniping Tanks and other hardend targets? vs spraying cover and suppressive fire...

x2 thanks for the pics, but did you really have to tease me with those guns i mean cumonn, i cud never in a million years get an m16 here in australia,,, Thats my other expensive Hobby.... I spend way more on it than Car Audio.... I belong to a Gun Club soon to be two and I try to shoot atleast twice a month... I'd love to go 2-3 times a week... This summer I want to start shooting in comps like IDPA, IPSC, Steel Plates or maybe Three Gun Comp.... If anyone else has/collects guns, Start a Thread and post'em if ya gottem... I know what Pic Whores, we are around here..... Including myself..

OK, Unpacked it for a sec so it could Breath... (or so I could drool on it a bit) and snapped a few pics.... Here is some of whats normally in the Cargo area now... Posted next, is what I hope to have in there soon... A few of these, Plus one of these and maybe just a few more goodies.... These will have to make do as I Shot them with my 12 year old Digital Cam and I know I'm not a Photographer by any means...

Pics of it in the Shipping box??? Its not installed by any means yet.... BTW, the basket on this thing is bigger than I expected... I'd hate to see the 18" bigger brother... My mom said the UPS guy was none to happy haulin it up their Driveway today... Its like 300+ feet, slight incline...

I just ordered a sub and was going to order a Shirt, Hat and Maybe a hoodie, but the shirts/hoodies only go up to 3x I need a 4X or I was it once and its to short and too tight...

Also on a Mono amps, like the SAZs, the dual ouputs are the same channel... Its for convienience and good connection as a lot of people want to use really heavy wire... Think of it as a Power Dstribution Block for your speakers..

What about Sub Up, Slot Port up, Port all the way at the rear towards the back of the hatch area/cargo door? The box will need to go from the seat back all the way back to the the back wall as I don't want to go wider and takeup the whole hatch...

Not to be a douchebag, but do you really need one??? I set it and forget it... In all the amps I've had I only installed it, with the 1st one that had it, then found I never used it... So I stopped wasting the time and effort to run and place it... (not that its that hard)

As long as we are talking about Sundown and its products in general and not any one things... I have a question or curousity... Jacob, If you don't mind me asking, How does one such as yourself get into making amps, or having them produced and starting a Company like Sundown??? There are several smaller companies that I've been currious about as to how they come about... I think what your doing is really interesting!!! I'm sure all the fans will jump in and tell their version and thats cool, but I'd really like to hear yours...

I just like the Box mine came in....

1. I think that is to illustrate, which amps need external fuses and which don't... Has Noting to do with the main wire.... You should always fuse the main wire from front to back at each end no matter what Amp your running... That will protect the wire and the car, then if the amp does not have its own fuses, like the 2000Ds for example, you add them there too, that protects the amp... 2. Not a dumb question... But one I do not have the answer for, I'd like to hear Jake or someone from Sundowns view on it...