Everything posted by Fi Car Audio
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Just ordered my BL
Did you get the email from Nicole? Not a problem, we have you covered.
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08 BL Model
No more 08 BL motors. While we still have some top plates and back plates, the magnets we used on the BLs were unique to them (25mm). We use the 20mm version on a dozen other motors we produces, and have fazed out the 25s. We can make either a few triple stacks or double stacks with the 20s. New BL is a solid step up from the old ones... so not a lateral move or waste of $$$ if you have to go to the new ones (and most know Im far from someone to push a sale if its not really worth it for a customer) Thanks, Scott
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2 BL 18s Or 1 BTL 18
As mentioned above, if you are only going with those specific choices, the pair of BL18s will be louder. Not much of a difference with those amps and BTLs either... until you really feed the BTL more power. Thanks, Scott
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CES Fi Style
Still working through the machine and tooling for cone bodies (as we are doing it all in house). And I hate to say that the 22 is not at the top of the list right now, but we have several other big projects for OEM going that are taking front stage right now. 22 and other variants will come when some of these other projects are squared away. It wont disappoint... Thanks, Scott
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Why do all the Q magnets crack!?!?
fifufme... OK, now I know which sub it is. Motor is back together and Im sure itll be out to you tomorrow or Thursday. Ill forward a tracker via UPS when it goes. Im not sure what the deal is with cracked magnets. We have been using the same supplier for MANY years. Nothing seems to have any sort of correlation outside of fiq15pwnsnoobs, which does interest me... where do you live? Im wondering if it is weather related. We have a current total (since we have been in business) of (4)Q, (3) BL, (2) Old BTL (3) New BTL. Which while I hate to see any failure of a part that we cant control, there has been no correlation between batches of magnets, sizes, or anything else. So 2 in one location is definitely of interest. If this doesnt work out for you, send it on back and we will take care of it. Thanks, Scott
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How can I get in touch with Fi
Whats the name? Ill check on it ASAP. Thanks, Scott
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help with my hummer
You could still fit the system behind the back seats if you wanted. Sounds like our AA Hummer with 13 2400s and (6)15s. You can do 2 18s per side and port in the middle for a daily driver. We have the H2 tuned to 28 Hz... Chris wanted it to play ultra deep and wasnt as concerned with an SPL score. With the amount of power he has on them now... its brutal. Id also run the A6000s in high voltage mode. Everything is happier with that. We have a little under 30 cuft if I remember correct... shouldnt be an issue to run 7 cuft per BTL18 after port and driver and still have plenty of back wall to mount the amps on. Thanks, Scott
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WHY WAS MY SUB POORLY MADE?
Definitely sorry to see that happen. Seems like from your comments that the magnet was cracked when you took it out of the box... directly lends itself to a problem with UPS in shipping. I wish that we would have know about this as we could have made a claim with UPS to get the damages covered. They must have been rather brutal with shipping as they are crated and have plenty of foam... damages are exceedingly minimal with this method. Please get the sub back to us at: Fi Car Audio 5480 Cameron St #108 Las Vegas NV 89118 Please be sure to include your name, address, phone and email so that we can get you squared away ASAP. As for the other sounds and issues... seems to be directly related to the damages that occured via UPS. Thanks, Scott
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New lines?
IB3s were new when that was put up there. I have so many other little things on the back burner... who knows. We have had an IB2 and an SQ2 for a while collecting dust. Just doesnt seem like either would be monster sellers. Dont want to get back into the X series. Just didnt fit with Fi, although the reworked version sells like crazy for AA. Thanks, Scott
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I have to ask...
Subs are 10lbs heavier than the last version. Most likely the labels were done before we had them entered into UPS for the new weights. More trouble than its worth to void a label, email the customer to tell him that the new labels and weight are for the "new" version and the emails that will go back and forth from there. UPS will charge us the correct weight and its a non-issue... You will be getting the new ones Coding is done, but so is my time here today. Ive forwarded things home and will get it finished when things wind down at home. Mondays always leave little time for anything that isnt related to kicking products out the door. thanks, Scott
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When is the BL coming :/?
Working on the 15s and 18s now... hopefully in an hour or two itll be up. The carbon fiber looked bad Working on another version of things. Hopefully soon for that one too. Thanks, Scott
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HiXmCoil
Info for all the options is in the tech section too. Thanks, Scott
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Bl recone option
Not an issue any longer as we switched to the integrated lead pack a few months back. It simply adds another set of leads to each side. Thanks, Scott
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FI Audio Desktop Wallpaper
Our designer over in the UK is working on a couple of things for us. He will get our shirt logos for the "city" and "vegas" shirts in sized formats to me soon as well as a couple of other new ones. Working on an uploadable database for customer vehicles as well.
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Fi shirts and hoodies
Shipping guys were in a good mood when they packed your order. Normally they only give out a couple of stickers Stickers will be up on the site in a day or two as well. 4", 12", and 23" width Fi logos, "www.ficaraudio.com" in 32", and a couple of other smaller variations. Got the grey shirts with black logos on the site on Friday and they are selling well... as are the girls black tank tops, which I was surprised to see how many sold over the weekend. Didnt think those would move until summer time. Thanks, Scott
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When is the BL coming :/?
Actually... they are ready to go and have been since I pulled things off the site... just havent had enough hours in the day to get things edited pic wise. We are running final day of TS params for long term test too. With family out of town as of tonight for vacation, Ill have a few more hours to get things done. Coding/logic for new options is done as well. New BL comes with the Pole Chamfer as standard and uses a copper coil as standard now to. Options of cooling, hyper-pole chamfer (extended pole chamfer for increased compression ratio for cooling and comes standard in the cooling package), flatwind coils, ELW is now standard too with 4 sets of leads like the BTL, and we are adding more logo color choices for the dustcaps as well (chrome, candy blue, candy red, engine turned aluminum, brushed aluminum, and fire). Sub price goes up a little, but considering the motor is larger by a good amount, and the PC and ELW are included... its actually about the same with those options added in. Since we do more of them we can offer a better price. Shipping does go up a little too as the sub is almost 10 lbs heavier. Thanks, Scott
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Bad weekend for the Fi Q
Some of the parts simply wont fit... nor would they beneficial. We can beef things up on the sub more if you need us to. BTL and BL suspension is far too stiff for a Q motor to support it with useful specs. Thanks, Scott
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once again 2 12" Havocs on saz-1500d
While it wont push a pair to their limits, it will have more output than just the single 12 does... and be effortless in doing it. Thanks, Scott
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Question about Mayhem 18".
We can recone the older Havocs. It has a decent motor on it and we can upgrade things thermally a little bit. When I get into the office this morning Ill check to see the dimensions on the older version... I should have those somewhere. Chad hasnt been with the company in about a year and a half. He is doing some amazing HT subs with his new company at Epik Subwoofers. You can ask Nick about what he thinks Mayhems will do in HT. He listens to a variant of one daily. Thanks, Scott
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getting a recone
Recones are up on the site to order now as well. Be sure to know what you are ordering when you do... as some things will not fit with others. Thanks, Scott
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The New BL's
Ill get them up ASAP. One thing after another this week... didnt have time to finish all the specs and images last night as I had to get a proposal for OEM work finished for this morning. Thanks, Scott
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help buying my btl!!!
Send me your phone number in a PM and Ill get in touch with you. It can not be ordered this way on line but we can manually process it that way. Thanks, Scott
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FI Shipping?
Sorry guys... as mentioned above we changed from the "free" (which was included averaged shipping cost over the lower 48 states) to a reduced sub price and having to actually pay for shipping charges to your zip code 9-10 months ago. Reason being that we were getting killed in shipping costs as we never raised pricing and UPS did on a daily basis. So those closer to us got subs for less than before and those in the East had a price increase. Not too mention that the new BTL weighs more than the old subs and all drivers get hit for a over weight residential charge. Kryptonite... not sure how to control the weather yet. But we are working on it... Looks like to finally got to you though. It seems from many peoples posts that we need to do a little more to let people know the whole process. We get plenty of mad emails the day after they place an order not knowing why it hasnt shipped. Or that if they leave an email for their paypal account and not their normal account, all correspondence (including the UPS tracking number) automatically gets sent there. Any thoughts on this one? No one seems to read the TandC and just clicks to get it out of the way... flashing banner maybe? Thanks, Scott
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How backed up are you?
Bobaflob... what BL and what warranty work? Is it already in to us?
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How backed up are you?
Ill have to check with Nick on that one. Will do tomorrow morning. I think we can stick a pair of X12s in with those too. Ill have one of the shipping workers check tomorrow as well. Thanks, Scott