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I hate threads like this that make me double think...

Ordered those Dayton 6" and 3" along with the Vifa tweeter. They arrive on monday.

I will admit I was one of those fools that put vibration mat on the back of my license plate all those years ago... what a waste. I've since moved onto using CCF too. What about putting some of your EBR around the perimeter of the license plate? In order.... so classic

Hey Don im looking to sound deaden my front doors of my 2010 Audi A4. Ive never ordered your stuff so I'm not sure all I'll need. I have an fi Q 12 with 1200w. My front stage is going to be upgrade while still using my factory amplifier to power them. What do you recommend for deadening both front doors properly? Thanks for the help, Trevor

Very nice bro. What song is that btw? Bet it would make a great dubstep mix

Last pic of the girl before she gets rapped up and sent back...

Ended up going with the 150a fuse I had lying around. Put it in late last night and got everything tight and snug. Last step is just plug the amp and fine tune the gains

I love your build! So clean and huge. Too huge for me but for most that's a complement. Im excited for vids

Yup yup. By the way I got that fuse nice and tight after messing with it for a while. Even though when I get the 100a fuse im going to have to do it again ha... Also bought that small wrench so I can get the bolts on the amp frame nice and tight. It takes a little patience and pain

UPS happened.

Nice! The factory grounds look like they are on top of plastic but when you unscrew them and take out the ring terminals there is bare metal on the bottom center that is connected to the frame. It gave me a little criss-cross action with the power wire but it should work great and allowed me to use the smaller strand of 1/0ga I had to keep the same brand.

That's it for now

Thanks guys So yesterday I got my reducers in from project db and they worked absolutely perfect. Not only that but they look nice too . Electrical tape had the exact same width so I just cut two pieces and slapped them on the insides just in case it ever loosens up and I don't notice. Since I had the amp rack out at the time I also decided to black out the floor. I had a layer of duct tape over the yellow foam and then put electrical tape on top of that. Came out pretty nice and now your not staring at an ugly floor when showing off the amp. The 1/0ga fit nice and snug with the reducers and amp rack in place. Going to the hardware store soon to get a small wrench to fit the bolts that go on to hold the amp rack in place since it is in an awkward place and I cant use my socket wrench. RCA, Speaker wire, and Remote wire are also plugged in so all that's left is connecting the sub. Unfortunately if you don't know already UPS totally F'ed up my package from Fi. When I saw the box at my door it was cracked and a corner was concaved in. I was told by someone who used to work for Fi that it must have dropped off the belt from at least 20ft. The basket is completely bent pulling and ruining the surround as well. There is also a gash in the magnet. Even handicapped and all the sub still looks beastly and weights at 47lbs. Talked with Scott of Fi and he said they are already building my replacement. Will be sending back the sub as soon as we get things worked out with UPS. Although that was a bummer I still got my amp completely set up and love how it turned out. Funny story, I couldn't figure out why my amps blue power light wasn't turning on for about 45 minutes then finally realized I never put the fuse in on the in-line holder for safety precautions. I used a 250a fuse but will be using a 100a fuse so that it will pop before the 40ax3 would give on the amp. Should have them in a week or so. Anyways got the blue power light on after I added the fuse and everything seemed to work properly.

I used the factory ground to the right of the terminal. Made a little criss-cross action with the power wire but I think it turned out pretty good. Ill update tomorrow with everything I did, tired now so going to bed.

Quick question guys no one was in the chat room . Im running the negative 1/0ga from amp to ground and was curious if this would be a good spot to ground. There is a slight elevations so I dont know if the entire bottom side of the ring terminal will be on the ground but this would be the best spot closest to the amp. Do you think I should use this spot after sanding down or should I use one of the factory grounding spots?

Just checked UPS and Fi shipped the sub out today. It'll be at my door tomorrow afternoon so ill make sure to take pictures. I'm guessing the custom reducers will get in on Wed. or Fri. Very excited!

young jeezy - white girl Sick build so far man.

Thanks joker. Don't forget to send me a link when you get that log up

Im stoked for them as well Put the last 2 spacers in and tightened things up as much as I could. Its very hard to get to the top two screws to fasten the rack in place. Takes quite a bit of patience with a wrench and awkward angles. Hooking everything up once the project db adapters get here. Happy Easter everyone!

Here is a few more pictures. I added the spacers to the sundown amp but still need 2 more spacers for the rack to sit perfect on the chassis. **** hardware stores closing early on Saturdays... Really liking how the amp rack has turned out so far. Love how it sits slanted for a professional look and I should have just a perfect amount of room to plug everything in at the bottom. Here you can notice plenty of room for the trunk arm and spring to slide freely

Talked to project db and hes going to get working on the vertical reducers tomorrow . Here is a sketchup of what its going to look like.

I've searched around for the gain information for sundown but I haven't been able to find it. I just received a SAX-1200D and I'm unsure about some of the gains. Is there a thread that goes in depth about Sundowns gains? I'm unsure how I should set them I wont get my sub for another week though so I cant trial and error. Can someone lead me in the right direction? Pictures help out a lot! Thanks, Trevor

So while I wait to hear from project db and toolmaker here is what I got so far. I had to get some larger screws for the factory amp to be more secure. I also drilled a hole in the amp bracing to get more strength on the left side. I also got some spacers I can use that are about 1/4in tall. I can put these under the sundown amp to get a tiny bit more room but not sure if I should yet. Only got an inch of room without them. Think im going to go with 90 degree reducers if they will fit the amp and are small enough.

damn now imagine running a 0 gauge wire from the ALT in the front and do you have easy access to the ALT cause in some cars they hidden in hard to get places Yeah it would be a huge job. The stock wire is 2ga so its not worth it to me. I don't think I would even be able to get to the alt the positive input is in the back and like inside the engine. There is a picture of it somewhere I think.

Not until way later when I upgrade the speakers and get an ms-8 or something. I'm sure it would be fine I don't crank it up to often and usually when I do its for like one song. Obviously if I run into problems though I would have to upgrade it.