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Old Mar 13, 2013 | 01:24 AM
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Mello's Start Up & Progress Thread

how do i start
okay soo ill start from the bottom
my 1st car
Nissan Altima 3.5 special edition

owned this baby for a good moment of my life
but i still wanted something better SOLD HER

needed something to move around hate walking or taking new york city transportation, 4 days go by and got my self my second car

All Motor





AFTER EVERYTHING STARTED TO FEEL SOOO PERFECT....



Lesson learned NEVER Drive on snow with racing tires, this was the snow storm right after hurricane Sandy....



My Whole DC5 chassi was slammed to the right



Didn't have any other choice but to get rid of her, with all the money i needed to invest in her to get her back up and running was about a good 5Ks... airbags, frontbumper, enginemounts, radiator ext... sold the engine and moved on...

A week later im in the dealer sining papers exchanging car insurance ext..



Acura Tsx 09 Fully Loaded;



Started From The Bottom Now We Here

love at first sight lol




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Old Mar 13, 2013 | 02:16 AM
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hahah this guy and drake. great find and great choice.
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Old Mar 13, 2013 | 02:47 AM
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always glad to see more progress threads
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Old Mar 13, 2013 | 02:37 PM
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hahah this guy and drake. great find and great choice.
lol, something, something bro lol
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Old Mar 13, 2013 | 02:50 PM
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Originally Posted by SlickxAc
always glad to see more progress threads
just a start up
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Old Mar 13, 2013 | 03:47 PM
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My Driver door panel


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Old Mar 13, 2013 | 03:57 PM
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my back passengers door are holding 1 6'5in


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Old Mar 13, 2013 | 04:09 PM
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wait... you have 3 large speakers on each front door?

any progress pics of how you did that?
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Old Mar 13, 2013 | 04:41 PM
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wait... you have 3 large speakers on each front door?

any progress pics of how you did that?
its a custom door panel. Sadly i didn't take any pictures, i basically went on youtube and started to see videos of peoples project how they did their door panels and stuff... and from there i got to where i am right now.. just a quick tip, make sure you buy a set of extra door panels if u ever decide to do it on your own... when i get a better camera ill take a picture of the panel with out the cover.
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Old Mar 13, 2013 | 05:47 PM
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when it was on process


my buddy holding the door panels
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Old Mar 13, 2013 | 06:05 PM
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Any videos showing how loud they are? What amp are you using to power them?

I just put in two 6" Audiopipes in my rear deck and going to be replacing the stock 8" sub with an 8" Audiopipe. The 6"s are loud as f*ck already, but you can never be loud enough.

I can only imagine how loud yours must be.
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Old Mar 13, 2013 | 06:15 PM
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Originally Posted by iSeeYouTwo
Any videos showing how loud they are? What amp are you using to power them?

I just put in two 6" Audiopipes in my rear deck and going to be replacing the stock 8" sub with an 8" Audiopipe. The 6"s are loud as f*ck already, but you can never be loud enough.

I can only imagine how loud yours must be.
i would do it but it would sound distorted give me a name of a song and ill try to make a video a bit far from the car... i have a logic 1800wat amp pushing the 6 speakers in the front doors only... im waiting on my delivery, i just order an audiopipe 3500wat that will push all of my voice speakers... i have an audiopipe 1500wat pushing my subwoffer...
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Old Mar 13, 2013 | 08:42 PM
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I think I know exactly which video you are talking about too lol
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Old Mar 14, 2013 | 02:21 AM
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I think I know exactly which video you are talking about too lol
lol huh?
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Old Mar 16, 2013 | 08:06 PM
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took these pictures earlier today



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Old Mar 18, 2013 | 12:39 AM
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appointment with my bodyshop tomorrow gotta get these babys painted

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i hate you! i want that bumper but im broke.
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Old Mar 18, 2013 | 01:29 AM
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i hate you! i want that bumper but im broke.
lol save up broskie i know u can save up and install it your self
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Old Mar 18, 2013 | 07:19 AM
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Whered you get the bumper & skirts from? I found the rear for $250 it's at my shop getting painted now.
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Old Mar 18, 2013 | 09:37 PM
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Whered you get the bumper & skirts from? I found the rear for $250 it's at my shop getting painted now.
you lucky son of a gun!!!!!!

if u find another one let me know asap i got the money and everything i just took mines today and guy told me bring me the car tomorrow and ill install it "thats when u know your a loyal customer"
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Old Mar 18, 2013 | 09:46 PM
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i dont know why its coming out as a link but this a preview of the sound of my speaker of my car... 1 8inch speaker in each of my front doors and 1 6inch in each of my back door... nooo speaker sound on my back deck
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damn this is some pimp my ride shit going on.. never seen such a large speaker in the front doors before let alone trying to put 3 of them.

you should really upgrade your subs to higher quality ones like some jl's
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Old Mar 19, 2013 | 12:55 AM
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That is insane!! cool stuff man, iunno if there are a lot of us TSX guys who do heavy audio modifications
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Old Mar 19, 2013 | 03:05 AM
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Wow great sounding highs, I want to replace my speakers so bad but the student life gets in the way too much =(
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Old Mar 19, 2013 | 06:55 PM
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Originally Posted by potmilkz
damn this is some pimp my ride shit going on.. never seen such a large speaker in the front doors before let alone trying to put 3 of them.

you should really upgrade your subs to higher quality ones like some jl's
yeah bro im trying to do that... im using those mean while ill do a preview later on of next sub
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Old Mar 19, 2013 | 06:56 PM
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Originally Posted by ttk5
That is insane!! cool stuff man, iunno if there are a lot of us TSX guys who do heavy audio modifications
thanks i think the sound was clear enough for a iphone 5 video lol
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Old Mar 19, 2013 | 06:57 PM
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Originally Posted by araaadi
Wow great sounding highs, I want to replace my speakers so bad but the student life gets in the way too much =(
trust me if i can do it u can do it... Im as well go to school, and work full time... i just save every penny i can... just remember if u don't do it for your car no one else will
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Old Mar 19, 2013 | 07:06 PM
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quick update sent my front bumper and side skirt to my paint shop yesterday and got it today+installed these are the results






All of these were Iphone5 pictures Sorry For the quality + the car has been really dirty
Shitty Ass New York been raining and Snowing like crazzy
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Old Mar 19, 2013 | 07:50 PM
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Looking good bro! How much did paint run you? And where did you get the bumper+skirts?

I gotta watch those videos when I get home! Can't watch them at work.

I bought the rear bumper off of my boy who totaled his TSX, that's why it was so cheap. Drove it into a ditch. No damage to the rear bumper though.
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Old Mar 19, 2013 | 08:21 PM
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Originally Posted by iSeeYouTwo
Looking good bro! How much did paint run you? And where did you get the bumper+skirts?

I gotta watch those videos when I get home! Can't watch them at work.

I bought the rear bumper off of my boy who totaled his TSX, that's why it was so cheap. Drove it into a ditch. No damage to the rear bumper though.

i got the bumper and skirt from a friend that knew someone from europe... i payed about 1,000 for both skirt and bumper... paint + installation was 400$ 24hr process done, Not bad at all... Wow thats crazy i wish one of my buddys had a rear bumper laying around but dont include the accident, would be terrible
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Old Mar 19, 2013 | 08:25 PM
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late delivery, hey still good tomorrow working on speakers


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The videos of your system sounded pretty terrible. I bet they sound pretty good in real life though. Not too many of us on here have experimented very much with our speakers. Cool stuff though, your car is coming along nicely.
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Old Mar 19, 2013 | 10:53 PM
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The videos of your system sounded pretty terrible. I bet they sound pretty good in real life though. Not too many of us on here have experimented very much with our speakers. Cool stuff though, your car is coming along nicely.
well i think for an iPhone 5 video that was pretty damn good, go on youtube and search for a car with music that can sound clear... you should come to new york bro the car sounds really good, hopefully i get these other speakers in the doors by the end of the week
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gah damn.
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whoa, you're hardcore. nice. hahaha
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thanks guys
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Old Mar 20, 2013 | 02:37 PM
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early pick up needed a few things


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$1,000 for bumper + skirts and they weren't even paint matched?!

You could've got them at your local dealership for less than that, already painted CBP. Lol

Guess it's too late now though, right? Looks good either way.
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Hey mello, how are your subs wired to your stock deck? I've been looking into lc2i, I was told it would make a world of difference from just the line out converter ive been using
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Old Mar 20, 2013 | 02:58 PM
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Originally Posted by iSeeYouTwo
$1,000 for bumper + skirts and they weren't even paint matched?!

You could've got them at your local dealership for less than that, already painted CBP. Lol

Guess it's too late now though, right? Looks good either way.
to tell you the true i didn't even know that they was sport bumpers, i used to called them euro bumpers until apinwp told me about it... it was too late tho i already had payed for them item and for me to get a refund was gonna even cost me more... although i didn't really care i just wanted the bumper + side asap. I had the money to blow Fu*k It lol
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