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Old 06-01-2002, 01:40 PM
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I went to the local cartunes by my house to see about a custom box in the spare tire&jack space and he quoted me 350 for the box and then he recommended a 12" JL audio W30, with a 300.2 amp pushing it and with wiring and complete install it came to $1000$ <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="gr_eek2.gif" /> I think that is a bit much and he said he could bring it down to $950. The other thing is that the sub and amp are on sale now.
SO what do you all think? to much?
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Old 06-01-2002, 02:03 PM
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That is a lot of money. The amp is about 330 and the sub is 120, thats 450. And the box was 350?? ouch. I bet you could find one cheaper than that. Go do it your self with some buddies that know what there doing. Trust me once you get done you will be proud of your work.

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Old 06-01-2002, 02:26 PM
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thanks drew,
at this place I was getting charged 177 for the sub and 289 for the amp so that wasn't to bad I think I am going to look in to building it myself,
another question do you think that the sub and amp are good qaulity?
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Here's a link to the box your looking for
www.subthump.com
I've bought from here before and very high quality work.
As for the equipment I found the best price here
www.cbrstereo.com
I ordered my JL sub and RF 500bd from here and received it 3 days later.
Old 06-02-2002, 09:58 AM
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Yeah i think that the amp is a good quality one. I am not sure about the W0, what about a W3? my friend had one in his truck, i liked it a lot. It just depends on how much u want to spend.

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I have the 12w3 dual 4 ohm running on a RF500bd pushing 600w rms into 2 ohm and it sounds incredable.
The w3 I got for $140 from the site mentioned before.
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Hey Slowhawk, how r u likin the milhouse box? Ive been lookin for a box to put some duals or something bigger than a single 10", while still bein able to store my T's. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" /> Im thinking about gettin the box, and just wanted your opinion, and where did u mount the amp???
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The box has worked out great so far.I have a JL12w3 in it now and sound is unbelievable compared to the single 10" in the rear driver side before.Also optioned the box with a FireHawk logo.I did a quik install of a Rockford Fosgate 500bd in the driver side cubby hole(were the optional CD changers go)and a 1 farad Cap mounted under the rear hatch reliese.This winter I'll make an Amp rack in the back when I have more time.
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Thants nice, u gonna post some pics if u get em??? <img border="0" title="" alt="[Cool]" src="gr_images/icons/cool.gif" />
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thanks for all the help guys I ordered the box from subthump so that on the way I am going to order the sub and amp from cbrstereo, I getting the RF G360.2 and the JL 12"W3. A question I have is what kind of VC should I get the 2ohm dual or 4ohm dual
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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Rok:
<strong>thanks for all the help guys I ordered the box from subthump so that on the way I am going to order the sub and amp from cbrstereo, I getting the RF G360.2 and the JL 12"W3. A question I have is what kind of VC should I get the 2ohm dual or 4ohm dual
thanks</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I went 4 ohm dual so I could bridge it to 2 ohms.
You'll have a choice of dual 2ohm series to 4ohm or dual 4 ohm paralel to 2 ohm.If your amp is just going to feed the sub,I would recommend a mono Amp.




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