DarkTinman

For heat dissipation and cooling = What you could do, but which would take a bit of work. Put in the false floor and amp rack. Carpet over all of it make it look "pretty." Then get small squares of 2x4's and screw them in to where your amp would normally screw in to the amp rack. So this way, you are actually raising up the amp and putting more space between the amp rack and the amp itself. I hope that's not too confusing...

Well for sure I am going, i am doing park and pound and normal SPL event. So is a fellow SSA member Cory. I think you should come lol

X2. That's how almost everyone does it

All good man! I ended up just working on my box all day. Noon to eleven at night haha... Hey TRP, are you going to the MECA event?

Would anyone be interested on going over tonight? Maybe like 6-8?

Oh, i was thinking other then the MECA day. Because i'm sure that will be a super busy day for everyone. Unless people want to, i have no problem with that either

Hey also, to deviate a little bit from the current subject. I was wondering if any one else in the Arizona (or anywhere i guess lol) SSA team would like to go to the Scottsdale pavilions with me this Saturday? That's where i met clay and there is always at least some other people with systems there. Plus this would be a good way to get our name out, meet each other, EAT!, and just be chill. Let me know if your in! This calls for a convoy into it, or at least someone to save everyone else spots lol! Also an FYI, for those of you who don't know about it, this happens every Saturday. I will post up a link, again this would be really good exposure! http://www.scottsdalepavilions.com/Events/mcdonalds-rock-n-roll-classic-car-show-every-saturday-from-4-8pm.html No, this is not just for "Rock n' roll classic cars." There are HUGE trucks, corvettes, jeeps, ricers, imports, motorcycles, custom cars, etc. etc. So don't think this isn't for us!

Keep us posted man!

Great job man! Glad to hear you are liking the sub!

Why don't you just meet there, seems easier? It would be easier. Just would be hella legit if our whole team rolled in together, IMO I used to go to the pavilions quite often and do demo's after hours. was a good time. Hey man, let me know when you go down there! I work on the weekends but every now and again i get it off! Yeah i knew exactly what you meant. I know that not everyone will enjoy each other but i would be cool if i could finally meet another SSA team member other then Clay. Not that i don't like him, i just don't know who else we have and i haven't heard your guys bangin systems yet!

Haha good points! But i was just thinking even like meeting every saturday night and hang out with each other. Also, sometime soon, we should ride out to the scottsdale pavillions and rep SSA there! Also, so we all want to drive to the MECA thing together?

Bump bump for some locations we could meet!

Dude, i saw this topic and just saying. Hell yeah. SSA IS the shit for sure! Oh and congrats to the OP lol

Just took the whole time to look through your build... Wow, some really good information here! I really like what you did with your Honda! I can't wait till you put some more power into those bad boys! Great work and you got me hooked!

Just again goes to show that they are about customer service and that they are there to help. Taking time to make sure questions are answered. My 250xp recently broke also, i called it in and they told me that they are getting new casing and that they would also upgrade me back to a 270xp for free. I am very pleased with the customer service they put in and how dedicated they are to fixing problems. 5 stars in my book DC power!

Hey another question for you. I talked to Kyle and he is gonna hook me up with the new improvements once they come in. But, if i am hearing belt squealing, i tighten the belt, correct?? I know it sounds REALLY stupid but i was talking to other people and they said to loosen it. So today, when putting my stock alternator i tested it. Loosing obviously made the belt squeal due to the lack of tension and grip. So i am wondering, is it different with the DC alt? I wouldn't THINK so but i don't know why people are telling me to loosen it. To late now obviously lol

Alright. I do have to admit, i am REALLY surprised so many people are down for this. I was thinking we should do a small get together during the week and then sometime for before the meet to make sure we know each other and just hang out, not to blast woofers but to chill and be comfortable at the meet with each other. As weird as that sounds... Anyone have suggestions for a meet spot?

Hey guys, i was wondering if anyone would be interested in having a meet. Yes this would be for people in Arizona because I'm sure you don't want to drive all the way down from california or where ever. Anyways, I wanted to get a grasp on what attention and interest people would have in doing this. If enough people want to, we could totally organize something and get together. Let me know what you guys think!

Well yes, one for saftey reasons. Another is so that the box is shaking with the car. Instead of the box shaking in the car. If that kinda makes sense? And i don't know if i should share because some of these tips might put me on top haha! That's pretty cool dude! Yeah i know what you mean! He has so much information! Thanks! For safety reasons and extra support, I would hate to have a wall flying at me during an accident. just my .02 Yeah i just requoted him but yeah. Thanks man. Haha yeah it does right? Thanks for being honest. I plan on putting a amp to power the front stage. Also i will be making custom doors to hold the speakers and i will be adding tweeters. It's a step by step process so i hope you don't think that i am done

And for my second suprise

And my mess in the of cords, plus a 8 inch MTX. Can you spot it? lol.

Cool that's exactly what happened to mine...

Haha it's the obsession that drove me to it. I don't really think about how much my car is getting torn up. I think of it as a upgrade haha. Yeah for sure man! Glad i could help! Haha, no problem! Haha funny guy! Yeah just blue dawn man, and a vacuum really. Plus water... haha 3 things then.

And thanks for the compliments! Sorry i thought i added that in the last post, but I'm pretty sure it would be overkill if i quoted everyone who said good job and said thanks. I will if you want though lol. But if you guys see anything that you think needs to be done or have anything that i might be doing, say something! This is my first build and I don't know everything. Even if you have ideas about something I'm doing. I honestly appreciate constructive criticism!

Thanks man! We were really struggling coming up with an idea of how we can get this box to be "a part of the car." The idea behind this is that the box will shake with the car instead of just rattling/shaking in the car. This will help reduce a lot of rattles and help generate the feel that it's loud haha. Originally we were gonna come from the bottom of the car and go through but lots of trouble there. But these are super secure and they look super nice! Haha well actually it's my girl friends dad. My dad doesn't really like car audio (even though he was super into it as a kid) he focused more on SQ instead of SPL. Then my girlfriends dad loves car audio and big bass. He is also an aerospace engineer which amazingly helps a lot with car audio and how things are built. His work deals with airplanes obviously but also making sure that nothing vibrates in airplanes. He also it's really in the know with electrical stuff and how it works. It's just cool because he brings a lot of fresh new ideas that most people haven't really thought of before. I got some REALLY cool surprises coming out, i almost don't want to show them lol. It's a 1997 Honda Accord Special Edition (ohh lol, not really) Yeah, the cool thing is that my friend saw a posting on SMD selling this alt. The guy who had it before me had the EXACT same car as me (besides the color) and sent it in because he originally had a 270xp but it was running so hard it had to get tuned down. So i got the 250xp with a custom build bracket for about 350. Super deal! Haha not even my garage! I wish it was! Ask my girlfriend, i asked her if she would clean it and she did. I'm pretty sure she used blue dawn (yes the color DOES matter and is used in lots of cleaning stuff) then used a combination of vacuum and water along with that. I didn't see her do it but I'm pretty sure that's how she did it because that's what we did when we cleaned her jeep