heres my system. go to my homepage for more pics

amps - RF 1000a2(bridged) 250a2 100a2
subs - 12" Eclipse Aluminum DVC
component plates - 4x6 cerwin vega
rear deck speakers - 6x9 pioneer
headunit - Kenwood KDC - X817



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let me know what you guys think of it

 

Very nice!! A lot of hard effort that looks to be paying off with an awesome tailgating sound system. Congrats!

Hey--spotted your "BMW headlight conversion". Looks sharp! How did you do this? Was it simply a matter of luck, finding that the BMW headlight unit fits right in your 3rd gen, or did you have to do some mods to get it in? Would love to do this on my 4th gen, but there's definitely no way given the headlight design...

 

ACTUALLY.... on the contrary, i have seen a 4th Gen with BMW headlights... i have a picture printed out of it but i dont have it scanned... i have no idea how they did it, but from what i can see it looks pretty clean sitting in there

 

looks awesome

 

did you replace any electrical (alternator, battery, ect) components to help run all that juice? Have you been DB tested (just curious)?

Setup looks phat,
PJ

 

thanks... yea it does draw a lot of juice.. soon im gonna get a 2-3 farad strike cap for it (if anyone knows any good brands i'd appreciate their input). my friend has a 90' eclipse (has a smaller alternator) and is running just about the same wattage as i am, and his alternator just died so i wanna get that in ASAP.. as for alternator, i hope i dont have to get it rewrapped, but will if i have to. And as for DB test i hope to get it done tomorrow when i bring it to the shop. i will post it when i find out. Im thinkin if i port my rear deck i will gain 5-10 more Db so we'll see what happens

 

DAMN thats hot...how much did all that cost??

 

altogether a little over $3000

 

i got the phoenix gold powercore.. it's nice.. dont' need to load it up, just plug and play, it also automatically drains things. it goes real well with my zx600ti.

 

That's a sweet system you got there. The BMW headlights are pretty cool too

 

hey do you think the bass wouldve sounded better if the woofers were pointing toward the trunk instead of the rear deck?

 

Looks great...who did the install for you? They did a great job on the details.

Maximadave

 

umm, i told them that i wanted the subs facing up and the amps facing out toward, because rockford amps cool themselves the best when they are positioned like so... believe it or not, this was probably the most compact/best looking box i could have gotten. as for sound, they sound awesome... my friend has 3 Diamond M3 12" dvcs inverted powered by a 1300 watt eclipse amp and mine sound better (that they should since eclipse subs are better, in my opinion). Im doubt the subs would have sounded any different if they faced the rear of the car, but im not a sound expert. Soon im gonna port the rear deck to maybe increase the SPL for a little competition.

MaximaDave - a place in Upstate New York did the install for me, they're called "StreetSounds" they do great install work, they did a nice job on my friends system so i talked to them about an install for mine. The installer is very meticulous and does great work

 

Very good shop to deal with...I've heard of them before through the grapevine...

Maximadave