bought my system today!!!

finally decided on what i wanted and got it all!!!
-2 JL audio w3 8"
-2 digital power teknique amps (one mono for subs one 4 channel for speakers)
-kenwood excelon 396 head unit
-all the wiring and an extra capacitor for added power back up

should be installed in the next few weeks, let me know what ya'll think!

 

Sounds good except the capacitor... Should of got a flux core capacitor

 

i would just run the ground back to the battery. that always works the best.

 

ya i hear ya guys on that, i kinda bought this mostly as an extra safety precaution tho, so when the bass kicks in xtra hard this will take the hit as apposed to the amp... the guy who has done my previous cars said this works just fine, as he has done systems with way more power and it held up perfect... as you can tell i didnt go for brand names with my set up... the most important part of my system is the wiring and the way im gonna match it all up, thats all that really matters when ur talking about overall performance

 

lol true if i spend money on that stuff i go big or dont do it at all. thats why i usually run the amp back to the battery plus i had a 2500.1 grounding that beast was a bit of a problem

 

haha yea that just may! im not sure how exactly louie(installer) is gonna do it, the best part of all this is that im still gonna run my stock speakers and it will sound like a 2000$ system

 

so ur running your stock door speakers still?? i tried that and all i heard was base and that was when i only had one of the 15's in my truck. didn't really care for it but if your subs are not to loud should be fine. but i personally like the sound of highs with little bass. but yea i defiantly know what you mean with the prices they charge for subs and amps these days.

 

yea im gonna run these into the ground! the most important thing for these 8"s is the box that i put them in, im goin to make sure that its perfect to hit the lows and pound hard also... then the 4 channel amp is going to go to the speakers strictly for mids and highs thus making a more full sound and balanced... and in these trucks, it will definitely be loud enough... i listen to A LOT of dubstep and bassy music, so im gonna tailor it to such settings

 

yea defiantly the way to go sounds like you have done a good a mount of systems to lol. but i put 3 l5 15's in my truck for a while and it was crazy, but every time i turned it up i thought my windshield was gonna fly off

 

LOL I'm suprised it didn't! One good 15 is crazy, 2 15's is ridiculous, but 3?! Holy hell lol.. What are u gonna do for your truck?

 

i think the size of the box is what matters the most. a box makes a system.

With that being said I had one rockford fosgate p3 12 that hit way harder then my exs 2 12s. and we both had lxs so the car was not the determining factor.

 

couldnt agree with you more! i actually need some help with finding the best box, have any suggestions?

 

Rockford fosgate makes some great products. I have just one p3 8" shallow mount and it sounds like i have two tens. Probably helps that my box is exactly the ideal volume for the sub, which is very low and is another plus about rockford fosgate shallow mount subs.

 

Double cab, access can, regular cab? This will help if you want recommendations for a sub box.

 

double cab... i found one for 120$ but somethin tells me i can find cheaper

 

Im access cab so I've got nothing for ya. Every once is awhile i see a sub box for the storage compartments in a double cab in the buy/sell/trade section, if you browse through that you might be able to find one or at least get some ideas, good luck!

Or just build your own, just need some basic carpentry tools.

 

ive been thinking about building my own, but i wonder if buying the supplies, taking time to make it, is worth doing, or is it better just to drop 100$ on one?

 

nothing really just highs subs take way to much time to mess with.

well are you building a wood box or a fiberglass. because with fiberglass the sky is the limit you can make a spot to flush mount your amp with a tube to run them behind the box. but that takes a lot of time and money. and with wood i know in the double cab behind the seats is a pain to make a wood box fit right.

 

I'm laying a seat down in my dc and putting a super bass box

 

Fiberglass boxes are the shit, idk how to work with that tho! U kno how?