Civic install day 1

[Megalomaniac]

is it just me or is that speaker wire tiny?

[sundownz]

It's really not all that small - it's not 12 awg or anything, but it's not tiny

Besides, Nick's car is about 4 feet long *laughs* Short runs!

[Electrodynamic]

Originally Posted by sundownz

It's really not all that small - it's not 12 awg or anything, but it's not tiny

Besides, Nick's car is about 4 feet long *laughs* Short runs!

Haha, I do have a short car!

The speaker wire is 16 awg, which is more than enough. 16 awg can carry a lot of power a LONG way...but it's another mis-conception that you need BIG wire even for 200 watts.

[Megalomaniac]

Originally Posted by Electrodynamic

Haha, I do have a short car!

The speaker wire is 16 awg, which is more than enough. 16 awg can carry a lot of power a LONG way...but it's another mis-conception that you need BIG wire even for 200 watts.

it doesnt look like 16awg looked like 22awg lol in pic. I am using 16awg too

[sundownz]

Originally Posted by Megalomaniac

it doesnt look like 16awg looked like 22awg lol in pic. I am using 16awg too

It is definitely 16 awg, I was there Looks smaller in the pics.

[Electrodynamic]

Originally Posted by sundownz

It is definitely 16 awg, I was there Looks smaller in the pics.

Yeah, Jake was there doing his OCD thing on my RCA's because they were too stiff.

[Megalomaniac]

This thread is missing something...









Oh Yeah it needs Frequent Updates!



btw when the final mag come, how bout you go IB with a pair of mags and a sae1000

[Electrodynamic]

Originally Posted by Megalomaniac

This thread is missing something...









Oh Yeah it needs Frequent Updates!



btw when the final mag come, how bout you go IB with a pair of mags and a sae1000

IB in what? It's a hatchback!

That, and we're talking a whopping 150 watts power handling IB. They're designed for sealed, so they don't do well with high power without a firm air spring behind them. I'm still doing 4 Mag's sealed when they come in. Oh, expect some TL numbers with 1 Mag in about 0.8 cubes with a 1000D this weekend. We're going to mess around with the TL and my Civic over at Sundown's shop this weekend.

I've been thinking about tearing the dash out and putting the tweets in the very front where the VIN plate is (it's actually the very front part of the dash, but it's not the dash - it's the part that is left behind after you pull the dash out). The a-pillars look too shallow to put the tweets in without fiberglass work.

I was going to put wave guides on the grilles in the door locations but I don't think that's going to raise the imaging as high as I would like. The tweets are just too far off axis down in the doors.

The more I thought about it, the more I realized that wave guides were only going to be a bandaid to the larger problem of raising the image.

[roadwhore]

Horns! i know a couple different people selling right now....one local Would mate well with the Koda's may even give you a reason to buy my 8's 0

[Megalomaniac]

i didnt realize the mag was THAT sensitive to loading. I have never seen a driver with a 1k rating go down to a 1/8 rating just by going IB. the most I have seen was a little less than half rating.


are you a glass n00b nick? you scared :P