Northstar 31s are sold out earlier so I just got the equivalence at the same cost, so win win. Even though I have OCD it wont bother me that bad. 

 

On 10/29/2020 at 5:37 PM, jcarter1885 said:

Thanks guys, I love your product. I left a review but for some reason couldn't upload pictures at the time.

If you send us the pictures we can give them to TrustSpot and they can add them in. Sometimes the follow-up page doesn't pop up after the review is submitted to add pictures, it is a 2 step process. You can also submit them through the Trust Spot link on the site under Customer Projects. 

Finally ran the right size power wire for the starting battery to fuse distribution block. Cut some plastic off the factory power block terminal and got the 2/o welding cable terminal installed. Upgraded the fuse from an 80a ANL to a 350a ANL fuse. Trunk will be rewired for subwoofer install tomorrow morning. Its been too long without bass. I wont hammer on it for awhile since my car has a smart charging feature that doesnt allow it to see full voltage at all times. H/O Alt is being looked into at the moment.

After almost 3 years she is playing finally. Don't enjoy the sub amplifier on the dsp so far. Every forum says to leave the crossovers wide open on the Amere 3800 amp since there is no full pass or way to turn of the lpf on the amplifier. While leaving the crossovers wide open and tuning with the dsp its not allowing the sub to get moving. Turned crossovers down to halfway point on the amp definitely woke up the subwoofer a lot though. 

 

I have the sub set at lpf 65hz at 24db and ssf 28hz @ 24db on the dsp for now. Subwoofer is a Fi Sp4 dual 2 wired to 1 ohm on a Ampere Audio AA3800.1. 

After years and years and years of salivating over these things, I finally have my HLCDs. Im so excited, dont know when Ill try to mount these things. I honestly didn't think the horn body was this massive.

Time to get my car detailed on the inside since these new mats will be going in. 

Good luck with the horns Justin! 

On 12/19/2020 at 8:30 AM, Tirefryr said:

Good luck with the horns Justin! 

I definitely appreciate ya man, Im anxious to get started. 

Slowly getting these Weather Tech mats installed, backseats done so far.

I had some down time and 60 degree weather to get some stuff done to the ride. I replaced a panel that I broke out of frustration while looking for a screw when installing my radio last year. Dont mind the floor mats didnt clean them out before pictures were taken. 

My factory USB outlet was always an issue when I first received the car and looking into Hyundai Forums, I wasnt the only one with this issue so I had to fix it. When I first installed my radio I did temp install with usb extension cord that came with my Pioneer radio. In the first picture in between my leg and gear shifter, there is the USB cord just laying there loosely. This time I did a permanent install, removed the factory connection and ran a 3.0 USB cable through the factory opening. 

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Jims Machine Worx does some bad ass machine work, this 4 Input and Output 1/0 Fuse Distribution Block is dope. I will attach this to my battery box in my trunk for a cleaner wiring job. 

Edited January 19, 20214 yr by jcarter1885

Decided to clean my trunk and wiring up some, bought a new amp board since ill be removing my amp from being mounted to the enclosure.  I like the shorter board, makes it almost look like its floating. 

New DSP alert, Dayton will be gone once I receive two pairs of RCAs from NVX. The Dayton was nice and I learned a lot just couldn't get rid of the white noise no matter what. I have changed all my grounds, reran RCAs etc. Spent days of wiring and unwiring with no end it sight, after my third one from Dayton. First one had other issues besides the white noise as well. 

 

 

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Man this AudioControl unit is dope. Easy to use and lots of features over my Dayton. All the white noise I had with the Dayton is gone, system sounds so much cleaner. I think with the Daytons low input voltage I was also clipping my equipment at certain volumes. The AC DSP has clip lights for every output while hooking it up using the software. I havent had time to clean up the install, but I will soon and Ill take pictures as well.

Lots of changes coming over the next week or so. Just upgrades, nothing major at the moment. Trying to tidy things up and tie loose ends before I make some bigger moves later this year.

That AC piece is $$$$.  At least it works though!

Im nowhere near done with the wiring, all equipment positioning is permanent but wiring will be tidied up more later in. 

On 1/27/2021 at 10:56 PM, Tirefryr said:

That AC piece is $$$$.  At least it works though!

Yes it was some money but getting rid of the noise was a huge plus. I haven't been able to enjoy my SSA amp in 9 months since I installed it because of the noise the Dayton DSP408 put out, my gains have been all the way down since day one. Yesterday was the first time I got to enjoy my front stage in its full glory. Too finally have some piece of mind was worth all the money. I literally bought 5 different rcas, rewired my head unit and amps, pulled out my sub  and redid all ground wires. Took my dash apart countless times and center console where my rca's are ran etc. All that just to chase a noise that was consistent with 3 different units from Dayton in my car. Im not bashing them as I loved the Dayton and the learning experience of going full active. There are people who run the unit flawlessly and some who had the same problems as me. The wierd thing is there are people who have the same issues with the AC unit, the Helix unit and etc. So im guessing they are install dependent or vehicle dependent or all the above. I thought about the JL TWK88 but seen this unit was more factory integration friendly for future cars where radio's arent removable and I plan to upgrade my front stage amp to the 6 channel AC amplifier in the future.

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Glad you were able to figure out what was wrong.  Too bad you spent so much time trying to find the issue somewhere it wasn't, but I get trying to look at everything first before dropping more money. 

6 hours ago, nigel said:

Glad you were able to figure out what was wrong.  Too bad you spent so much time trying to find the issue somewhere it wasn't, but I get trying to look at everything first before dropping more money. 

Thanks man and even though time was lost, I would have hated to spend more money if I didnt need to. But in the long run this unit will pay itself off considering my next car I wont be able to swap out decks, all the factory deck features and summing this unit has is a win win. 

Next few steps not in order are alarm, h/o alternator, new enclosure (sub up and port back), another 2/0 welding cable ground for rear battery, rims and paint will be last (just the same color but a fresh new coat). Ive already been replacing panels and worn weather stripping from the previous owner.

Amp porn Thursday since I have been having problems with my SSA amp and havent heard from SSA in over a week, no bueno. 

 

What we been dealing with this past week.

Since all that is gone and we have 60s today I upgraded my trunk battery ground from one 2/0 welding cable to two cables.

Wiring is still temporary. I finally decided to keep this subwoofer and just upgrade to a new box. Even with a smaller custom battery box my port is too close without the proper breathing room. The new enclosure will be sub up but port to the back. Once that is built and installed I will focus on better wire management.

I had to cut the horn bodies down to make them fit under the dash and since I had one in there to measure; I gave them a listen. Wow just wow just wow; can't believe I talked myself out these for years but I did learn a lot by auditioning different tweeters to see what I liked. These HLCDs are a completely different animal. With just one speaker playing and not mounted corectly it overpowered my whole front stage. It's giving me a reason to upgrade my mids