1978 MALIBU "PROJECT TUMMY TUCK"

[80ELCAMINOFLAKE]

It all depends on your amp to push the subs. I have two 1500w Q-Power 15's and a P1000 RF amp
And that thing hits with the volume on 3. But nice build and nice setup for your first attempt. Of course I'm sure you'll
Clean it up and tuck te wires away

Thanks fo ckin in brah :wink:
Well im gettting a bigger amp tomorow or saturday, just need to pay the difference like 50-60 bucks no biggie...
after i tighten up all the wires and position them were i want them i will lay the rugs and should be done, but yea there should be no wires coming ut of no where...

Stay tuned

 

[richp85elco]

Before you get another amp, I don't know what model those subs are so can you pull one out and see if they are single voice coil or dual voice coil or find the model number..if they are dual, depending on how they were wired before, someone might have wired each one in series (8ohm) so they could wire both subs in parallel to get to 4ohm...So the way you have that one wired you might be running it at 8ohm which might be why your not making any power... If you find the model number of the subs and amp Im sure one of us here can tell you how to wire it to get the most power it...

But if you still really do want to get a bigger amp still find us the model number of the subs first so we can help you choose a new amp, the stores will try and sell you anything...

You need to know what kind of subs you have so you can pick the right amp to get the most power.. And don't go off the max watts they tell you the amp is, you need to be looking at the RMS wattage

Also check to see if your headunit has a volume control setting for the sub and make sure it is not turned all the way down or turned off

 

[84clonewars]

that sony amp is only tickling your subs, figure out the CVR specs and choose an amp accordingly. That amp probably has only 350 Watts rms at 4ohms (great on a Nice component set)(small single sub setup in a smaller car) IMO. I have a single 12" dvc premier wired @ 1ohm with a hifonics mono amp with 1000 Watts @ 1 ohm and it sounds pretty good to me.

 

[80ELCAMINOFLAKE]

Before you get another amp, I don't know what model those subs are so can you pull one out and see if they are single voice coil or dual voice coil or find the model number..if they are dual, depending on how they were wired before, someone might have wired each one in series (8ohm) so they could wire both subs in parallel to get to 4ohm...So the way you have that one wired you might be running it at 8ohm which might be why your not making any power... If you find the model number of the subs and amp Im sure one of us here can tell you how to wire it to get the most power it...

But if you still really do want to get a bigger amp still find us the model number of the subs first so we can help you choose a new amp, the stores will try and sell you anything...

You need to know what kind of subs you have so you can pick the right amp to get the most power.. And don't go off the max watts they tell you the amp is, you need to be looking at the RMS wattage

Also check to see if your headunit has a volume control setting for the sub and make sure it is not turned all the way down or turned off

HAHAHAHAHA reading what you wrote while were texting....hahahhaha get info...i will get back at you on the specs.

 

[80ELCAMINOFLAKE]

that sony amp is only tickling your subs, figure out the CVR specs and choose an amp accordingly. That amp probably has only 350 Watts rms at 4ohms (great on a Nice component set)(small single sub setup in a smaller car) IMO. I have a single 12" dvc premier wired @ 1ohm with a hifonics mono amp with 1000 Watts @ 1 ohm and it sounds pretty good to me.

Thanks fo the info, dude all this ohm and watts and mono etc... gives me a headache!!! lmao
idk how u guys have patients with all this electrical work.....but im sure i will figure it out on my day off.thanks for cking in :wink:

 

[84clonewars]

Thanks fo the info, dude all this ohm and watts and mono etc... gives me a headache!!! lmao
idk how u guys have patients with all this electrical work.....but im sure i will figure it out on my day off.thanks for cking in :wink:[/quote]

Its all the same man I'm feeding off your build just glad to contribute in any way lol, it helps me because I'm an electrician. I couldn't do body work if my life depended on it so we all suck at something lol.

 

[80ELCAMINOFLAKE]

Just a quick pic, got home from work and found this, man i need to lay this rug to drop this bench seat in already, this is going to be a busy weekend for me...need to detail before i do, (milk stains, sticky hands stains, cat hair, etc etc......hahhaha stay tuned..

 

[80ELCAMINOFLAKE]

This morning i figured out my 1000watts Sony Amp, messing around with the wires and i got it! all i did was keep the right sub connected pos to pos and neg to neg, but the left side went pos to neg and neg to pos, AND WOW , really picked up the subs MAD STYLE ; the hole dayum trunk rattled like crazy and my volume was only at 10...krazy how that wire ish works, but dont need to get another amp, its picking up the subs just fine and im happy with it..thank god! 😀

But what im not so happy about is the side kicker panels, i cut the holes to put speakers and the magnet keeps sticking to the metal frame of the car,i aslo put that floor mat back that comes on the side and it still feels like it want to stick to the metal, bent the e-brake and just wasent feeling it... i was trying to remember how i did the elko, but it was the same process "hummm" so im not happy with them, i need to figure something out...im style laying the rug and running the wires there so when i do figure it out i can just connect and go..just my little morning up date..

 

[84clonewars]

that's great news, seats are nice too cute kid man. I can't believe you're going from buckets to bench though lol.

 

[80ELCAMINOFLAKE]

that's great news, seats are nice too cute kid man. I can't believe you're going from buckets to bench though lol.

thanks, I had buckets all hooked up in my elko, this malibu is my family ride, i want to be able to put as many people in there as i can and just Roll, fell me...in the elko with the bucket i couldnt.... :wink: