Mug

Don't forget to take that plastic part around the ski pass out, you'll get a bigger pass through so you can see more of your sub . It's looking good!

dwb993

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Beauty panel looks great. Can't wait to see it in person.
Boner! (Just had to add that)

BigPZ

Aaron, have fun saving for the wedding....

SharksBreath

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thanks ravi. i actually had the panel cut larger (for a more direct fit) but i couldn't get it into the trunk and had to shave off some areas. i think i will wrap some excess MDF in that carpet fabric, and plug up those areas on the bottom.

the reason why it's raised is because the floor of the trunk has that large piece of MDF laying there to support everything...thus, a slight raise.

you should have seen it before...spaghetti warfare and everything thrown in without reason. now it's all hidden and secured in place with wood screws. i'll show you whenever we get together for the MDX project.

thanks, anil. i'm happy with the outcome.

thanks, J!

thanks!

someone else metioned that to me as well. which part are you guys talking about?

thanks dave! i'll give you the template if you want!

HEY! it was only $22 for all the supplies!

here are a few short vids from cars n coffee this past weekend. my battery died on the gopro so yeah...this is all i have.

the drive in...


quick walk through...

RaviNJCLs

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I did an install in my old Maxima and what I did was the center was 1/2 inch plywood and I used thin panel board for the "flaps" on the side. I covered it all with one piece of carpet but the thin panel board side flaps were not attached to the ply so it could be easily folded to get into the trunk.

TLtrigirl

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cool vids. it looks like you were trying to be inconspicuous with the go pro while walking around.

nice mix of cars. where is this cars and coffee?? i still want to go to the one in great falls just to gawk a little at all the exotics.

ebelp

Nice vids, Aaron. I assume you knew the guy at the end of the first vid who walked up and started fingering your wheels?

My GoPro battery is pretty mediocre. I put it in my camera bag with a full charge last week and got it out yesterday and it was at about 50%. Not good. They're doing this on purpose so I spend more money on batteries and accessories. Bastards.

swoosh

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^^^

i was that and cracked up.....dude was like " very very snug"

rockstar143

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..creepy guy with camera NOT talking to anyone...
LOVE it.

CLtotheTL32

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Whoa, trunk looks great man! I love it!

We need proper pictures of your car. The GoPro pictures and such don't do it justice.

That tC at C&C made me cringe.

ebelp

Jeremy...LMAO.

Aaron, what video settings do you use? I'm usually in the default 960 mode, but it apparently isn't 1080p...I like how your youtube clips give you the option of 1080p HD viewing mode. Mine are only uploading at 720p HD.

SharksBreath

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good idea. that sounds like a quick fix.

cars and coffee is in hunt valley, MD. near the hunt valley avenue section.

yeah i know him...unfortunately.

i feel the same way about the camera life on the gopro...just like my damn iphone.



i was extremely hung over that morning...didn't feel like talking to a bunch of randoms.

i ran into a few people after the battery died that i hadn't seen in years...people from high school and whatnot.

rockstar143

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Was just kidding around, man...great vids!

SharksBreath

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haha tC...

that was their 2nd annual one...so i hope they'll have nicer cars next week. they had that s2k tho! it was pretty nice.

and yeah i need a REAL photoshoot...i'm trying to get ahold of twistid soon.

hey i shoot with default 960, and upload it using windows live movie maker which has a youtube attachment and will upload it to whatever res. you want. i always choose 1080.

ebelp

CLtotheTL32

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Yes, get John to take pictures for you.

The Raleigh C&C used to be lame but this past month there was a McLaren MP4-12C and a whole slew of supercars there. I'm going next month

Gizmo 04

Car looks real nice dude, I'm from Baltimore too, I'm new to the Acura TL , maybe you can answer some questions for me on pm , thanks in advance

ebelp

^Welcome to AZ. Be sure not to get wet or eat anything after midnight.

TLtrigirl

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Gizmo 04

Lol

SharksBreath

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john! take pictures for me! come down for the last meet of the month 4/29...

mcLaren... that's awesome. couple of ferrari's n gtr's at this past one. i'll get better video next time.

welcome, gizmo. yeah send me a PM whenever you want...happy to help.

good luck with your TL.

ebelp

Leaving for China on the 28th, otherwise I would. When I get back we'll have to plan something. I'd still like an extra pair of hands/eyes to do my pressure switches and 3x3. If the Cars for a Cause meet was just a liiiiittle closer I'd drive down there this weekend. Only reason I don't want to is because the wifey is doing a girl's weekend in Panama City, so I'm Mr. Mom for the weekend. Three kids in the back of the TL for 6 hours would be tricky.

sourial84

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haha ya you could tell your hung over 1st) you missed and open parking spot by the 3 nsx and 2nd) you didnt even park in reverse but nice vid man when you said coffee and car I was not thinking of seeing a ford gt40 or those sting rays or shit even one nsx in fact I'll be in b-more this weekend maybe I might go to one of those

SharksBreath

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fully understand. 3 kids + 6 hours = not a good time.

yeah hit me up when you get back in town man.

busted!

hey man, if you'll be in bmore this weekend let me know! we could just meet up and i could give you the speakers/tweeters instead of mailing them out. let me know soon tho...bc i was planning on going to the post office on my lunch break. send me a PM or something.

ebelp

Neat stuff:

http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/18/g...-24fps-higher/

rockstar143

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Seems like Gopro is taking the lead on these types of cameras...I do love the contour though...I think I'll stick with it...

swoosh

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veddy nice....

i was thinking of getting the Blackvue GPS DVR system but thought if i go sky diving will that be able to record videos ? and then i thought let me just get the gopro....

CubanLynx84

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I could give you a hand with it if you want. Maybe when you get back we can set something up.

Trunk Monkey

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This is for getting the pre-amp signal. When you do this, you'll have complete control of your crossovers and slopes, but we'll get to that after. Since your using the Passive Crossover box then you'll be fine and won't really "hurt" your speakers, but you need to set them correctly or you could be missing a lot of information if say..you set the High Pass Filter at 200hz then you'd be missing roughly 200hz and down. Anyways....


This is for the JL 300/2

Right now you should be using this correct? (this is post-amp below)

Left Front ---------- Lt. Green (+) / Purple (-)
Right Front ---------Blue (+) / red (-)


In the above diagram, you're taking the signal after the "factory amp" so you'll need get in the kick panel and unhook your connections that go to the JL 300/2 so you can take it before the factory amp (like its shown above). Take the speaker wire or RCA's (not sure what you're using) and splice into the color codes given in the diagram above:

Left Front: Green (+) / Blue (-)
Right Front: Black (+) / Grey (-)

Don't worry about reconnecting the wires that you unhooked (lt. Green/Purple & Blue/Red) as they're post-amp and the signal won't get to them anyways since you're cutting it off before it even reaches the factory amp and re-routing it to the 300/2.


For the Sub Amp

Right now you should be spliced into these color wires correct?

Yellow-Black (+) / Lt.Green-Red (-)

I'm not sure if you spliced into them in the trunk or near the factory amp (hopefully the factory amp), but you'll need to take the pre-amp signal for the subwoofer wires to your sub amp.....just like you did above. Unhook the wires you have that go to your sub and splice and connect them into these wire colors:

Red-Blue (+) / White-Green (-)



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Setting Crossovers On Your Amp

got to check what sub amp you're using again..then i'll post this

Trunk Monkey

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Setting Crossovers On Your Amp


JL 300/2

1. Unplug your subs
2. Filter Mode = HP
3. Freq. Range = x1
4. Filter Slope = This is dependent on you and what you like...but I'd use a 24db slope personally
5. Turn the Input Sensitivity all the way down for right now!
6. Turn crossover on the amp (in the "amp filter controls" section) to about 75-80hz
7. Play some music that you like (use multiple songs here) on volume of about 28-30
8. Slowly turn up the gain (input sensitivity) until you hear the speakers starting to sound distorted, not clear, bottoming out, etc. Shouldn't be too hard to hear this as they'll sound like they are straining and just don't sound natural. Once you find a point you think has some slight distortion or just doesn't sound good, then turn the gain back down a tad so you never reach that point of distortion


You can play around with the High Pass Filter, and try about 65hz or 70hz on a 24db slope, but 75-80hz should be fine for now.



JL 500/1

Setting the sub up is all dependent on what kind of sound you want. Do you want the sub to blend into the music or do you want it to stand out a bit more??

1. Infrasonic Filter = On and at 20hz
2. Bass EQ off for now
3. Turn Gain all the way down
4. Amp LP Filter: 24db Slope and set the x-over freq about 80hz
5. Play some music again (on volume of about 28-30) that you like and has good, solid bass that varies from very low stuff to the higher bass lines
6. Slowly turn up the gain until they start to sound strained, overworked, etc. Distortion is harder to hear in these lower frequencies where the sub covers so you'll just have to listen hard and make sure that the sub isn't bottoming out. The w6v2 has a lot of excursion so it'll take quite a bit to make it bottom out. It also has a very quiet motor and doesn't make much noise at all while playing at high volumes...which is nice! When you're turning up the gain and listening and find that point that it sounds a little different than before then slightly lower the gains a tad like you did before...so you never reach that point of distortion.

You're Done!

SharksBreath

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dwb993

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^Aw shit. I smell another weekend of crawling around Aaron's car.

SharksBreath

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yeah but it won't be so bad...all we need to do is switch around some wires.

alright over the weekend i reluctantly went to the "cars for a cause" meet in fairfax, va. it was a cancer donation drive and a lot of people and vendors showed up to show their support.

it was raining, cold, windy, and miserable. but despite all of that, they still had about 500 cars show up and we all made the best of it.

i didn't take many pics, it just wasn't worth getting my camera or phone wet. plus my shitty umbrella ended up breaking in half about an hour into the show.

however, i did win 2nd place trophy in the tuner class. that was pretty shweet.











representing acurazine at the show...CF decals





got my innovative LC1 AFR gauge/control.





and lastly, my fiance painted me a picture for the holiday this past friday.

rockstar143

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^^^wow, she's a great artist!
Nice update man...awesome winning 2nd place! Amazing job!
Your car is so gorgeous...and your selection of beer is too!

CLtotheTL32

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I thought that was the smallest penis trophy?

dwb993

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Congrats, Aaron! Its good to see you get the recognition you deserve!

swoosh

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WELL DONE AAron....

Car is looking great !!! and winning a price is always an added benefit....glad you did it for a cause even thow the weather was shitty

finally, were the judges blind ?

rockstar143

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Tyler, did you get 1st on that one?!?

ebelp

Congrats to Aaron. What won first place?

justnspace

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Nancy Botwin for the mother win!