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Fingers crossed! I go back to the old routine - clean em, polish em, jetSEAL em, water em. Nothing else.

No cars on our driveway - must've been the morning after we were burgled......

Applaud you for saying what you have - I'm sure quite sure that most decent people out there - i.e. the majority, agree with where you are coming from. The trouble is that in is this wonderful democratic society or ours we let minority interests -particularly the PC brigade, have far too much influence rather than letting good-old common sense prevail. That sums up my thoughts on the matter too!

More likely to be at BBB, but might also do Bluewater just for the crack.

I may well come down for a bit mate, I have to vacate the house for the day so weather allowing it should be good

Looking great mate

+1 makes me mad that people think it's ok to do things like this.

Moved Sorry, not sure what the fix might be!

At a show or some other meet you are very welcome to listen to mine and see what you think. In fact, anyone is.

IMO..... I would get another amp to run the sub. The main thing to remember about sub amp power is it is about consistency of delivery of the power and the amount of control it exercises over the speaker it drives. You are right in your assumption in that it is the way an amp delivers its power rather than the claimed power output or peak power output. People love to quote Jap amp peak power output - it is tosh. Quality amps deliver a steady feed and can cope with changes in draw on the system. For subs, I don't think you an go wrong with JL Audio from budget to world beater. Take a look at how many of the pros use JL Audio subs, it is usually 90%+.... As for rear speakers, you do not need them for a well rounded sound. At best, they help with a bit of rear fill but this can be run off the headunit at very low volume. Where do you stand at a concert? What way do you ears work most efficiently? From what angle is music recorded? All are in front of you and if you want to get the imaging and sound stage you get in your home world you need to spend time setting up the sound to feel as though it is coming from the front. Finally, as for the battery, it is an issue in the Zed - you can get good power distribution blocks that you can run your current power cable to and then distribute it to the amps. I have 850w RMS of ooomph and a good few amps of current draw when mine is on full chat. Ideally a split charge and a couple of yellow top batteries is the way to go but that gets pricey and heavy!

For that money you can good good new kit that installed properly will sound great. Just make sure you match the whole system up - buying three amps for components and a sub is overkill and making it more complicated than necessary IMO. A good 4 channel amp and good components with a passive crossover will do the job nicely.

Mine is complete stealth, has won the odd award and did cost a lot of £££ to do. Take a look at my install pics in this section...

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For a range of bass sound, sealed all the way. Ported if you want it to boom. Infinite baffle if you're just desperate to say you have a sub and don't care how it sounds.

Ignore the rear speakers and put all your budget into the fronts and just fade the rears right down if budget is an issue. At 6.5" the door speakers are right between mid bass and mid range really. You can get 3 way components but install will be long and complicated. You seem to have chosen numbers of amps and sizes of box before chosing your equipment and set up. First off, what's your budget mate? Then I would pick up a decent 4 channel amp and go front door speakers and sub. Spend the rest of the money on the headunit, box quality etc. The chain is only as strong as it's weakest link......

Yep, you can layer it up as long as it is clean

Great work

Thanks for the offer Steve - anyone else up for this?

I've thought this, be interested to see if anyone has done it.