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anyone think SSA should make a App that lets you view the forum more quicker than the website? it sounds pointless since there is a mobile version of the site, but i think it would be nice, cause you could organize it better. like have the buttons on bottom be the forum thread sections, like mian, manufacture, off topic, IHoP...

I see a lot of people gettin into car audio lately with some pretty decent setups, a lot better than the average joe going to the shop to have their stuff installed. Any of you ever thought about competing? I used to be like a bunch of you... Thinking competition is too professional. Been doin it for years, know way more than what you may know... Well you know what. That's not the case at all! Many people i have met over the past several months are newcomers who have grown a lot since their first competition. You meet many people who have plenty of knowledge to share. You gain knowledge and the respect of the car audio world. I had been in the competition scene for sever…

Anyone in Tucson have a termlab, or know where I could go to get metered?

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Well I need tips for taking good videos of my xcon subwoofer. Is there a way to improve how well the camera picks up the car flexing and shaking? It is a lot more noticeable in person. It is a 720p HD kodak camera. Plus are there any good songs for lots of air movement. So I can show roof flex . The best song i have found so far is the song Tick Tock (club mix) by Banana inc. at 1:11 in the song is where the deep powerful bass starts that makes my doors and roof push out. If you guys know of a song that hits harder and deeper than that part of that song inform me so I can use it when I remake my youtube videos for saturday. Since the videos I made today went corrupt. Plus…

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Anybody know anything 'bout plating? In the future, I want to take the inside (everything but the lip) of my chrome alloy wheels and have it plated in black chrome... or possibly even painted black with a very durable clear? Anybody know if this is possible at all, and how much it might cost? Thanks

Just need to vent. This city has so many damn potholes. And they either neglect to fix them, or do such a half-ass job that they pop up with one day of rainfall. I'm blessed to be on the NE outskirts of town, in another city's jurisdiction, where they actually give a damn about the roads and I don't have to drive looking 3 feet in front of the car the whole time. I was navigating highway 35 (literally, I was doing a pretty good job of avoiding the potholes for a while), I'm cautiously doing about 55-60 when all of a sudden I look forward and see a 4" deep , 2ft x 2ft crater in the ground directly in front of me. *BOOM* me and my passengers all had ghostly white looks on …

Well with out any further ado Team Tex-Flex is getting a team section on SSA and we are looking for new members. We already have a section over on S M D and are looking to expand We are looking for new members. Requirements: -Must be active. Post pics of your ride, talk on the team forum. -Must Be Located In Texas -Must Be Willing To Pay For Team Decals For Your Car And Have Decals On Your Car Within 30 Days Of Joining The Team. Pluses -Compete In USACi or TBP For those who meet those requirements (except for the decal part because you it once you join) fill out this app. I want to see you post your info in this format: Username: Name: Age: Location: Then a pic of your s…

Hey all Reported a few days ago that I was doing contracting work for a remodeling/furniture company, well since I'm kind of a green horn to all this, I found out that even though I'm working for a company, it's considered self-employment. When I got paid yesterday, there were no taxes taken out... so I was a little worried, I asked one of the guys if I would end up having to pay in a massive amount at the end of the year... and he told me to save all of my receipts for food, gas, tools... he says he even counts beer. Apparently he takes everything to a tax lady he knows at the end of the year and pays her about $250 for her services, and comes out scott-free without payi…

So ever since i've been trying to set up my new system (see tag), i've had one set back after another. 1.) My BTL magnets were help up in customs (normal) and it took a little longer to get to me. Not a problem, at all. Didn't get under my skin and i was actually very surprised to receive a phone call from Scott on about the 8th business day explaining the troubles. And he included a free sticker pack and shirt!! Great great great guys over at Fi 2.) The battery i wanted, Kinetik HC2400 was out of stock... EVERYWHERE. there was a thread on SSA about it and i chimed in my findings. i waited for about 2 months until i finally decided to go ahead and get another battery. So…

Yup, got the second one today. Starting to get a little worried they might finally cut me off. I've got cable internet through Charter now, I'm glad that our power company offers fiber optic internet, I'm just not sure if its available here yet. I'm hoping I won't end up getting kicked off. I haven't downloaded anything in awhile. The DMCA notices were for "The Crazies", and "Repo Men". I always run PeerBlock 1.0, and I'm sure it was running when I downloaded those titles, because I've got it set to run at startup. I'm not sure what else I could do, other than find some more lists for PeerBlock. I think on the DMCA notices it lists the IP numbers of who identified me, I'l…

A friend of the family got me started contracting for a construction company, he saw I had some experience in aviation and decided to give me a shot. It's something for now at least until I can go back to school and get my A&P degrees. We worked on the AFB today, completely tearing out a floor of an old office building. Feels really good to be working again... at first the guys I was with gave me shit for being a greenhorn, but I busted ass and surprised them I think lol! Seriously screwed up my thumb today though.... before I started working... I went to get out of the truck too fast, put all my weight on my left hand and heard a *POP* dislocated my once-before-inju…

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I apologize for the possible off-topic. Guys, could you tell me which web hosting company you are using at the moment? I have a problem because my current web hosting company hostrator.com is kicking me off. They say that our website is using too many server resources. But our website only gets 300 visitors per day.. Anyway, what would be your recommendations? Are you happy with your web hosting providers? I am checking Hosting24.com at the moment, but is it real that they can provide unlimited disk space? I have contacted them and they say something like "1000GB disk drive costs only $30 per month, so if some day we will start running out of disk space we will simply add…

Found this on SMD. Enjoy. Free Meguiar's X2020 Supreme Shine Microfiber - Pack of 3 - Grand Prix Carwash & Lube Center

Happy birthday Mark!

Hey guys, We had a little meet-up today in San Marcos... just a few people including myself, Jon, Alex (inkfx) and Hugo (onebadmonte). Did a few TL runs, attracted the attention of a kid who drove by and tried to sell some Kicker subs to Jon (thanks btw I still have a slight headache haha). Scores (Correct me if I'm wrong): Hugo - 135.8 ? Alex - 139.6 Matt - 143.1 Jon - Umm.... technical difficulties?? lol! Loud as hell but the TermLab wasn't registering it for some reason

As most of you may have noticed... YouTube recently switched to a new layout which many people including myself find to be confusing and utterly ridiculous. The description is hidden by default... the rating system has gone from a sensible 5 star system to a simplistic and absurd thumbs up/down system... button layout is asinine... comment section, really, is there anything I can say about that?? Suggested videos on the right now seem to pop up by related keywords rather than related content... which means no more "surfing" YouTube getting a healthy variety of content, what you type is what it suggests... It's more than "getting to know a new layout", it's having to deal …

Hey guys... been milling over ideas for my next project, and decided to do a slowed-and-chopped R&B mixtape... been workin all morning on the cover, what do you guys think? Just trying to get a general opinion if there's anything can improve, as I'm still beginning and always trying to get better. Thanks!

I was just curious, but my 1610d hifonics amp gets warm at idle, its hooked up to a 14 volts 58 amp power supply, and if its not doing anything it gets warm, but if i turn the music up about a 1/3rd the way it stays cool, is it a wasted energy thing or what??

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...

title says it all what do u guys think? im just asking for shits and giggles......the biggest baddest ive seen personally is an atomic apxx 18......i can buy it for 500 maybe cheaper after jewin him down not even broke in yet

MMATS 2075.Absolute beast , old school and rare as hell - eBay (item 330422757207 end time Apr-15-10 18:10:55 PDT) MMATS 2025. Old school and NEW IN BOX !! no manual thou - eBay (item 330422758711 end time Apr-15-10 18:17:31 PDT) If I had the extra cash I'd probably try and get the 2075, but I just blew all my money on a set of RE XXX 6.5s today.

I'm waiting on the UPS man to bring me my Fosgate T-1500. On their site, in the custom shop section, they have this badass paint job on one... As far as I can tell though, they're not even selling them. I emailed one place I found online for a quote, and they told me that they could do something similar for $300-600, depending on how many images and how much detail. I was wondering if anyone on here knows of anybody that does any airbrush work that might be a little cheaper. I'd like to go ahead and get it done while I'm waiting on my BTL 18 to get here.