Vid of my Kicker Comp CVR12 12"s w/ Alpine MRDM1005 video comments welcome
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04-18-2008 | 07:01 PM
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Nice vid. I was surprised to hear the bass notes on my computer speakers when you were walking towards your car. Do you get rattling from your trunk lid? If so I'll give you a minor tip that will make a huge difference. I have an 18" sub in my '01 sedan so it pushes quite a bit of air and the rattling annoyed me. A friend of mine recommended taking out this little piece that is in the trunk lid. It's on the bottom covered by a platic piece and bolted to it. All it is, is a weight for the trunk lid and it rattles the **** out of the lid. I took mine out, filled it with expanding foam, and covered the lid with sound deadener. You don't need to go through all that, just removing the peice will help alot. Here is a picture of where it's located.
here's what my trunk looks like:
Nice vid. I was surprised to hear the bass notes on my computer speakers when you were walking towards your car. Do you get rattling from your trunk lid? If so I'll give you a minor tip that will make a huge difference. I have an 18" sub in my '01 sedan so it pushes quite a bit of air and the rattling annoyed me. A friend of mine recommended taking out this little piece that is in the trunk lid. It's on the bottom covered by a platic piece and bolted to it. All it is, is a weight for the trunk lid and it rattles the **** out of the lid. I took mine out, filled it with expanding foam, and covered the lid with sound deadener. You don't need to go through all that, just removing the peice will help alot. Here is a picture of where it's located.
here's what my trunk looks like:
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04-18-2008 | 07:30 PM
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and here's a pretty pic of my amp with the cover back on, and the fan off...the only reason the fan was ever on there is because when i first got the subs i had them wired parallel showing the amp a 1ohm load, and it would go into protection...the fan would actually keep it from doing it..but i've since wired them right. the subs are dual voice coil so i wired the coils in series giving each sub 4 ohms, and then wired the subs to the amp in parallel, showing the amp 2 ohms, for the full 1000wrms, its actually louder as it wasnt meant to be ran at 1ohm...
it does 1000wrms @ 2ohm, 750wrms @ 4ohm
it does 1000wrms @ 2ohm, 750wrms @ 4ohm
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04-18-2008 | 08:28 PM
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RE: Vid of my Kicker Comp CVR12 12"s w/ Alpine MRDM1005 video comments welcome
Lucky you that you don't have that piece. It's a big headache. If the fan wasn't a problem, I would have kept it in/on the amp, wherever it was. It will help keep the amp cool and run more efficient, which is why it would not go into protect mode before when wired at 1 ohm.
As for the license plate rattling put one layer of sound deadener on the back. You can use Dynamat, but I prefer Second Skin Damplifier (Second Skin being the company). It's thicker than Dynamat Xtreme and cheaper, and IMO better. I've used both and the adhesion on the Second Skin is way better. You will also want to put an open cell foam behind the license plate as well. I'll take pictures tomorrow and show you how I did mine. Rattles will go away. The stuff I use is also by Second Skin and it is called Rattle Pad.
As for the license plate rattling put one layer of sound deadener on the back. You can use Dynamat, but I prefer Second Skin Damplifier (Second Skin being the company). It's thicker than Dynamat Xtreme and cheaper, and IMO better. I've used both and the adhesion on the Second Skin is way better. You will also want to put an open cell foam behind the license plate as well. I'll take pictures tomorrow and show you how I did mine. Rattles will go away. The stuff I use is also by Second Skin and it is called Rattle Pad.
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04-19-2008 | 12:11 AM
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Dang man, clean your trunk... Its dirty as hezel
Dang man, clean your trunk... Its dirty as hezel
would it be to ricey to get some blue neon tubes back there to illuminate when the trunk is open like one above the subs, so they look blue mettallic?
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04-19-2008 | 12:16 AM
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If the fan wasn't a problem, I would have kept it in/on the amp, wherever it was. It will help keep the amp cool and run more efficient, which is why it would not go into protect mode before when wired at 1 ohm.
If the fan wasn't a problem, I would have kept it in/on the amp, wherever it was. It will help keep the amp cool and run more efficient, which is why it would not go into protect mode before when wired at 1 ohm.
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04-19-2008 | 02:14 AM
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RE: Vid of my Kicker Comp CVR12 12"s w/ Alpine MRDM1005 video comments welcome
ORIGINAL: ziggy!talon
would it be to ricey to get some blue neon tubes back there to illuminate when the trunk is open like one above the subs, so they look blue mettallic?
would it be to ricey to get some blue neon tubes back there to illuminate when the trunk is open like one above the subs, so they look blue mettallic?
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05-15-2008 | 01:53 PM
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Not if you do it right. Discrete wiring and mounting would be awesome.
ORIGINAL: ziggy!talon
would it be to ricey to get some blue neon tubes back there to illuminate when the trunk is open like one above the subs, so they look blue mettallic?
would it be to ricey to get some blue neon tubes back there to illuminate when the trunk is open like one above the subs, so they look blue mettallic?
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