Lee Carter

Welcome!

thanks Phatboi... I finished wiring up the IA's Tuesday after work- before driving home. Had to borrow an allen wrench from eric(kj4jaq).lol But I ran them active using all 4 channel of the 85.4. Made some preliminary adjustments on the amps with the gains set straight up, xover at ~ 4k. Gave it a test listen, turned the gain up just a bit more...and there they were ... sonic heaven.LOL I have to say- for a 120 dollar set of components they sound really good. I worked the 5 band eq in the HU some to dial in the sound I like. Before I had the 2 higher freqs raised a bit...now it is set a lot flatter. Dialed the fader to the front about 4 clicks- and the rear speakers disappeared(though they are definitely playing). The sound 'stage' is definitely higher than before. all in all it is much improved. Played ALOT of different music on the drive home, the system plays it all pretty well. I have to say though, Playing stuff like tracey chapman(Fast Car), dave Matthews(Gravedigger), chris Isaac(wicked game) Sound wayyyy better, I hear details I didn't before. I also just bought an Incriminator Death Row 18 D2. Should be hear ~Tuesday. Should be interesting to compare to the xcon. One the lookout for another xcon 18 d1 to run in my burb. Will post pics as soon as I get my hands on it.

Yay- the trimming worked! IA's are permanently(unless I go be and sound deaden, highly likely), and the door panels are installed without further issue. Now just to find a 2.5mm allen wrench to wire the amp. left mine in the amp box at home. Looking forward to the drive home tomorrow(5hrs) and tuning in the new mids and tweets. The finished product. Before installing the door panel. If I pull it apart to do the sound deadening- I'll use wood rings to mount them....didn't have the ability to do this at work.

howdy!

I like the Hippo's...a friend has 1 in his typhoon, on a N2 at 2 ohms...it is suprisingly clean and had good output.

I guess I like ground pounding- though there is a time and place for it. I drive 5 hrs one way or work....and I might hit the system hard for a few minutes if the right song comes on...., but normally, I ride at a moderate listening level. Big sound is like high horsepower...you may rarely have to have it...but when you want it, it is there.

LOL- I need a x or z con 18 d2...and a Xcon d1. incase someone has one of those lying around.

Good plan!

Thanks you sir. For a 16 yr old kid to be getting it in about a year- he ought to be happy. LOL Wish My dad woulda hooked me up like this. BTW- Gave a demo to a guy yesterday before I pulled it apart. I am flipping thru a few songs and heard this aweful banging sound. Thought the worst- and realized I had the baby seat and some tools on the roof.LOL Took them off. So I throw in Jeezy's white girl, and he was liking it, then the bottom came in...shaking the wipers... He just looked at me like WTF?!?! I had to laugh. So we get out and he is showing me his truck. He has a Chevy ex cab with a custom console with 2 15's AND 2 10's. Why mixed sizes I don't know...But I digress. The subs and amp are hidden, so I don't know what kind. He claimed to have a 1400 watt amp, and it sounded ok...hit about half as hard as mine. He asked alot of questions about SSA. Think he was impressed.

LOL Neal- Raise 'em right I say!!

did you get the notch done? And now that it looks like you're going to air- are you going to do a high rise notch?

I may have to work over- but if I don't, I plan to bring my boys to the Huntsville Finals. Just to spectate. Haven't been to a Car Audio event in 20 yrs....wow.

Personally I would think it is good, but I am just learning too.

Thanks for the replies! Made that decision easy. Love this board.

Oh yeah- almost forgot- I ordered a 175 amp alternator from Singer last Thursday. About 2-3 week lead time, so I won't get it this hitch home- but hopefully by the next.

Been a minute since I updated this. My IA 6.5 components arrived 2 weeks ago. So, Last weekend at home my son and I ran the wires into the front doors. This was a huge PITA. The factory wiring enters the cab real high- so without pulling the dash- it can’t be accessed. So we just ran it thru the opening to the kick panel cover. Once we got that done we went to install the mids, and realized the IA's are much bigger than the undersized 6.5's in the Zuks doors.ugh. Just stuck the factory speak back in for the drive to work. Forward to today, It is a slow day here at work. So I decided to try to finish running the wires to the amp, and see what I can do with the 6.5's. Got the wires finished (except for connected them to the amp- but they are there). So I pulled the door panels, pulled the factory mids and the mounting parts. Got to looking and figure that if I flipped the factory mount and done some trimming, I might could make it work...these pics are what ensued. Redneck wiring- but it doesn't show any sign of being pinched. Factory front speaker, you can see the tweeter mounted too. Factory speaker bucket modified for the IA Mid Before and after without the speaker before/after A little blurry- phone wouldn't focus for some reason. Once I got to this point the door panels wouldn't fit, of course.LOL Had to trim the excess from around the mid, and I trimmed some from the back of the door panel, but didn't get to retry due to I stripped the screws I was using to mount the bucket to the door. Will try to work on it some more tomorrow.

SOLD!! Dang I knew it.LOL Someone got a hellava deal! Looking forward to future offerings. specially the IA stuff.

Considering running some 6.5 or 8" woofers for mid bass under the mid seats and the center console in my Burb. Was wondering if it was omni directional...

are those 6.5's discontinued? tried to search them and found nothing for where you could purchase. They look like little beasts...

pfft...made me LOL....

From what I read on here- the best place to hook the voltmeter to is at the amp.

I feel your pain man- on my Vitara the factory grommet for the doors runs vertical about 4" then enters the vehicls cab. which wouldn't be that big a deal, except the kick panel only has 1 little hole. ugh. I'd have to pull the dash to get to it. If I wasn't running an active setup and need to run a wire for the mid and the tweet.., I would run the wires from the amp to the deck and tie into the factory speaker wires there.

Agreed Yep-Praying the sundown is still there monday morning.LOL

great info.

a picture is worth 1000 words...