Team IAK IronMan Explorer

[Sencheezy 689]

Awwwwwwwwww shit!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thoughts!!??

[Sencheezy 689]

[Sencheezy 689]

now, just got to make it pretty and installation is complete!

[S.DeYoung 967]

Looking good.

[edouble101 314]

Nice! Staging will be better with the driver's side horn mounted closer to the kick panel (more towards the outside of the car). Although I dont think you are concerned with the sound stage lol. No get some 10" midbass in there!

[Sencheezy 689]

Nice! Staging will be better with the driver's side horn mounted closer to the kick panel (more towards the outside of the car). Although I dont think you are concerned with the sound stage lol. No get some 10" midbass in there!

 

Thanks Edouble!! I got them as far back as I could, physically. I actually caught a break on the driver side. What a pickle that was lol. When I press the brake pedal, the rod that the adjustable pedal is on, would push down of the top side of the horn, but the way I have it now, when I push it down, the pressure will move the horn down, but once break is released, the horn will be supported again. On the passenger side, there is some kind of black container in the way from preventing me to go back any further. But I do have each motor towards the wall side. The sound stage, at least to me, sounds phucking unbelievable. These are a bit bright around the 3k range. Try to adjust those may be difficult due to my limitation of sq controls via my pioneer.

[porkchop 304]

Nice!

[edouble101 314]

Nice! Staging will be better with the driver's side horn mounted closer to the kick panel (more towards the outside of the car). Although I dont think you are concerned with the sound stage lol. No get some 10" midbass in there!

 

Thanks Edouble!! I got them as far back as I could, physically. I actually caught a break on the driver side. What a pickle that was lol. When I press the brake pedal, the rod that the adjustable pedal is on, would push down of the top side of the horn, but the way I have it now, when I push it down, the pressure will move the horn down, but once break is released, the horn will be supported again. On the passenger side, there is some kind of black container in the way from preventing me to go back any further. But I do have each motor towards the wall side. The sound stage, at least to me, sounds phucking unbelievable. These are a bit bright around the 3k range. Try to adjust those may be difficult due to my limitation of sq controls via my pioneer.

 

An easy way to tame those minis is to set your high pass filter at 7000hz with a shallow 6db slope. This will almost eliminate the need for eq. Can you do that with the equipment you have? 

[edouble101 314]

....a 7khz slope might sound high put remember these are hlcd's and once mounted in a car they peak high around 2-5khz. A 7khz slope at 6db will protect the driver under 1.5khz and tame those peaks.

[mccleery3 166]

Hell yeah! You get those from Lee? I am jealous

[jcarter1885 995]

Edouble101 is right, I have a word document of info I been collecting over the years from the old ID forum and the HLCD subsection on Diyma forum. Or you could visit the Diyma forum and read a few threads where Eric Stevens himself gives tuning tips if you don't have good processing at the moment. Also check out Scottish Bear on youtube, he has videos with great info in horns as well.

On the other hand man they look great, I bet they are impressive.

[swift 501]

Yeah I will miss them. Gonna tame the truck down a lot so they were no longer needed.

Those horns sound amazing once mounted right and EQ'd correctly. I had them crossed at 1.25k with a 18db slope, really EQ'd down between 2-4k then ramped back up quickly. tamed down that peakiness and I loved them. ow why the FK did I sell these again? Lol

Enjoy them bro!

[Sencheezy 689]

 

Nice! Staging will be better with the driver's side horn mounted closer to the kick panel (more towards the outside of the car). Although I dont think you are concerned with the sound stage lol. No get some 10" midbass in there!

 

Thanks Edouble!! I got them as far back as I could, physically. I actually caught a break on the driver side. What a pickle that was lol. When I press the brake pedal, the rod that the adjustable pedal is on, would push down of the top side of the horn, but the way I have it now, when I push it down, the pressure will move the horn down, but once break is released, the horn will be supported again. On the passenger side, there is some kind of black container in the way from preventing me to go back any further. But I do have each motor towards the wall side. The sound stage, at least to me, sounds phucking unbelievable. These are a bit bright around the 3k range. Try to adjust those may be difficult due to my limitation of sq controls via my pioneer.

 

An easy way to tame those minis is to set your high pass filter at 7000hz with a shallow 6db slope. This will almost eliminate the need for eq. Can you do that with the equipment you have? 

 

Thanks for the tips Eric! I really appreciate it man.

 

....a 7khz slope might sound high put remember these are hlcd's and once mounted in a car they peak high around 2-5khz. A 7khz slope at 6db will protect the driver under 1.5khz and tame those peaks.

 

I cannot currently. I have the stock 8 band eq out of the headunit, thats pretty much it. I may be forced to install the Arc Audio 7 or 8 band eq that I have. But that would be the extense of what I have currently available.

 

Hell yeah! You get those from Lee? I am jealous

 

haha yup

 

Edouble101 is right, I have a word document of info I been collecting over the years from the old ID forum and the HLCD subsection on Diyma forum. Or you could visit the Diyma forum and read a few threads where Eric Stevens himself gives tuning tips if you don't have good processing at the moment. Also check out Scottish Bear on youtube, he has videos with great info in horns as well.

On the other hand man they look great, I bet they are impressive.

 

wow, thanks for the resources Jay, I will for sure check these out! Thanks again bud

 

Yeah I will miss them. Gonna tame the truck down a lot so they were no longer needed.

Those horns sound amazing once mounted right and EQ'd correctly. I had them crossed at 1.25k with a 18db slope, really EQ'd down between 2-4k then ramped back up quickly. tamed down that peakiness and I loved them. ow why the FK did I sell these again? Lol

Enjoy them bro!

 

haha thanks Lee, these DO sound amazing. They don't sound at the floor at all in my installation, crazy. He doesn't sound at head level height either though. Its kind of just, in front of you, but not in one location. Like, you can't try and listen to where the sound is coming from, its really imerssive.

[swift 501]

Sweet remember about reversing the phase on the mids to raise stage height if needed. Helped mine magically

[KyleBrown 121]

I'm really wanting to try these out now lol.

 

Looks good cheezy 

[jcarter1885 995]

Sweet remember about reversing the phase on the mids to raise stage height if needed. Helped mine magically

My bad Swift, meant to bump this up (small ass phone screen FTL). Yeah reversing mids helps out a lot and when I get to a computer I'll list some EQ points for ya.

[Aaron Clinton 2,372]

Nice work.

[Shogen 325]

I've been looking for them for a while now.... I might try a different route... but looks sweet Sen!! Fix the fcking LED strip though, don't be lazy!!!! 

[Sencheezy 689]

Sweet remember about reversing the phase on the mids to raise stage height if needed. Helped mine magically

 

Oh I know! That was crazy lol. But sadly, my pioneer does not allow that control I really need to hurry and grab a better equiped EQ. This one is great for all the fancy dancy stuff, but now that I've "matured" in this hobby, I now need better control and functionality vs wow factor. Ughhh I'm getting old.

 

I'm really wanting to try these out now lol.

 

Looks good cheezy 

 

haha You should Kyle! I would HIGHLY recommend these to anybody, seriously. Sound sooo much better vs 4 super tweets and gets louder, sounds cleaner, crisp, and sharp! And, you only need to be 2 songs in before your ears start ringing lol. The best part.

 

Sweet remember about reversing the phase on the mids to raise stage height if needed. Helped mine magically

My bad Swift, meant to bump this up (small ass phone screen FTL). Yeah reversing mids helps out a lot and when I get to a computer I'll list some EQ points for ya.

 

Thanks a lot for the EQ tips Jay, I really appreciate it man and it helped out a lot.

 

Nice work.

 

Thanks you sir

 

I've been looking for them for a while now.... I might try a different route... but looks sweet Sen!! Fix the fcking LED strip though, don't be lazy!!!! 

 

Thanks shogen!

Oh and I know man.. I want to clean up the wiring before I move on any further with the whole lighting situation lol.

[Sencheezy 689]

So, I'm pretty sure my d3100 finally took a shit on me. Last year in Indy, my alt died, and I ended up driving on that ONE d3100 for 60 miles while running around troubleshooting my electrical problems during that time. I've notice a big difference in voltage for about a week now. I haven't checked the voltage of it independetly yet, but I've come to this conclusion because while troubshooting my current electrical problems, I noticed that when I seperated my 2nd battery, the deca in the rear cargo area, that my interior lights would dim immediately and noticably, and my stinger volt meter flashed like, 9.4 volts or something like that and wouldn't even power on, just showed "LoV" or something like that. So anyway, lol, I grabed some Platinum batteries from Swift's build, one for under the hood, and one for the rear, see pics below. I think I may have room to slide one more under there. I hate adding more batteries, when I already have 6, but I just don't have the money for the alt bracket right now.

 

 

[Dangrebel 89]

Damn I knew this explorer looked familiar. I am the truck that was parked next to you on the left at sbn this year. The maroon hyper led gmc Sierra with the 4 psi 18's walled. Wish I could have heard it!!

[mccleery3 166]

The deka died?

Lee's Diehard Platinum's FTW!

[Sencheezy 689]

Damn I knew this explorer looked familiar. I am the truck that was parked next to you on the left at sbn this year. The maroon hyper led gmc Sierra with the 4 psi 18's walled. Wish I could have heard it!!

 

haha small world!! Yeah man, I never got to hear yours either

 

The deka died?

Lee's Diehard Platinum's FTW!

 

No, the d3100 under the hood did though.

[KyleBrown 121]

That sucks man. 

 

Those diehard plats are probably the next best thing. 

[Sencheezy 689]

That sucks man. 

 

Those diehard plats are probably the next best thing. 

 

I took it to autozone, its resting at 13.1 after four hours on a 6amp charger, but I'm thinking its not gonna hold. If it does, I will put it in the back.

 

Besides that man, my voltage is SO much better haha. Big difference in Voltage.