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[Ithanul]

Since waiting on adapter for the antenna to show up.

Working on one of my other projects.  Flipping my aftermarket speakers from the old truck to the new truck.

 

Toyota sure put bitty drivers on their speakers.  No wonder the stocks sound weak.

[terrytek]

22 minutes ago, Ithanul said:

Since waiting on adapter for the antenna to show up.

Working on one of my other projects.  Flipping my aftermarket speakers from the old truck to the new truck.

 

Toyota sure put bitty drivers on their speakers.  No wonder the stocks sound weak.

What car is this? I'm surprised they're that small.

[Ithanul]

6 minutes ago, terrytek said:

What car is this? I'm surprised they're that small.

2017 Toyota Tacoma

 

 

[Ithanul]

8 minutes ago, vinyldash303 said:

The magnets on the subs I've got are real lame too. I'm convinced the only reason they hit as hard as they do is because of the box grandad and I built for them with a really long port. 

Yeah, a good box is going to help.

Going to be super tricky when I get around next year to put a sub in the truck.  Not a whole lot of space to work with.  So, have to get a good sub that can still work with limited space.  Still looking at subs and amps to figure out the right setup for the truck.  Don't want to blow myself out of the truck, but want some good bass since I listen to metal, hard rock, and other genres that have deep bass.

 

These DDs already do better bass than the stocks.  Had them in my Nissan Frontier, so I know how well these speakers work.

[techswede]

Driving home in the rain on a sunday morning was pretty great today. There was zero traffic.

Almost felt like i was in some kind of apocalypse movie. 

And every stop light was just "Hello sir! I'll turn green right away sir! Have a good day sir!" 

[Ithanul]

6 minutes ago, vinyldash303 said:

Shallow mount and high wattage?

Yeah, I am looking at shallow mounts.  High wattage is not everything though.  Finding the right specs on the tightness/looseness of movement and surface area of the woofer is what I look at.  All those other specs tell a bit of the subs structure and behavior. 

 

Seriously, I had slow days while deployed, so I watch videos on sub tear downs and box construction.  There some good videos around by fabricators doing custom vehicle work.

[RevoltTrain]

19 minutes ago, techswede said:

Driving home in the rain on a sunday morning was pretty great today. There was zero traffic.

Almost felt like i was in some kind of apocalypse movie. 

And every stop light was just "Hello sir! I'll turn green right away sir! Have a good day sir!" 

When I drove home this morning I had the same vibe. Fog so dense you couldn't see more than 10 feet and absolutely no one else out there 

[terrytek]

43 minutes ago, Ithanul said:

2017 Toyota Tacoma

 

 

WTF. For a truck that new, I would expect better quality. Is this some base trim or something? 

 

And it seems like you know your car audio pretty well. Is it possible to keep my stock head unit but hook up a sub and amp to it? I got a friend selling his 12 inch and amp that still works for 30 bucks because bro discount, and I am pretty broke, so I can't afford a new decent dual din stereo. Is it still possible to get a kick out of the sub with a stock stereo?

[IKnight]

Why does Forza Horizon 3 run like a dog no matter what I do? Optimization/port problems or just my hardware? 

[kelvinhall05]

Just now, IKnight said:

Why does Forza Horizon 3 run like a dog no matter what I do? Optimization/port problems or just my hardware? 

The first one.

[terrytek]

Quite surprised this was the most reputation i've received on a post as of late bc i never post anywhere other than here.

 

[IKnight]

1 minute ago, terrytek said:

Quite surprised this was the most reputation i've received on a post as of late bc i never post anywhere other than here.

 

I saw your actual post, refreshed the page and saw this...  

[IKnight]

9 minutes ago, kelvinhall05 said:

The first one.

That's what I presumed ..... 

[IKnight]

3 minutes ago, vinyldash303 said:

Who makes good subs today? Like /good/ subs?

Your local sandwich artist?

[IKnight]

12 minutes ago, vinyldash303 said:

Hanah baker youself dawg  

thx bb. 

I love how I actually had to google the reference to get it. I refuse to watch that show. 

[Not_Sean]

On 11/4/2017 at 6:24 AM, TVwazhere said:

So I brought the Focus to Ford, and I found out what was giving me the P04DB code....

DRUM ROLE PLEASE

 

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Turns out it was just a dip stick and a sensor not plugged into the intake, musta popped off at some point

DERP

Side note, when they re flashed t stage 0, holy shit the car felt slooowwwwww. @Not_Sean it's gonna be like a whole new car once you're one. I didnt appreciate it until I went from stage 3 to stage 0 after three months

hahah and that my friend is why you need a Code reader  grab one off eBay they all work a treat  

 

Yeah man super excited, going to be gaining around 115 BHP extra. and going straight from stock to the map don't see a point buying a map for each bit in between as I have my end goal set. 

Stripes going on tomorrow so Wednesday I'll post some pics  

[TVwazhere]

15 minutes ago, Not_Sean said:

hahah and that my friend is why you need a Code reader  grab one off eBay they all work a treat  

 

Yeah man super excited, going to be gaining around 115 BHP extra. and going straight from stock to the map don't see a point buying a map for each bit in between as I have my end goal set. 

Stripes going on tomorrow so Wednesday I'll post some pics  

My Cobb Access Port V3 acts as a code reader. Problem was it was (as it turns out) a generic code fro Ford, as my code reader nor the one at AutoZone could make any sense of it. From what I saw on the Ford Tech's computer, theres more digets to that "generic code" than what could be read with the generic ones. 

[bcredeur97]

3 hours ago, chaozbandit said:

Astonishing how quickly this thing accelerates through 6th and 7th gear. 

-snip-

 

amazing how he didn't floor it until 200 mph or so, and at that point it still got from 200-270 faster than my miata gets to 100

 

but geez once he gets above 240 ish you can really tell that thing is covering some ground... It's insane

[bcredeur97]

42 minutes ago, IKnight said:

Your local sandwich artist?

I ate at that sandwich place with the weird name today. Was pretty good, don't go there super often. 

"Schlotzsky's" or however you spell it. 

 

Better than subway IMO, though a bit more expensive too.

[IKnight]

2 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

I ate at that sandwich place with the weird name today. Was pretty good, don't go there super often. 

"Schlotzsky's" or however you spell it. 

 

Better than subway IMO, though a bit more expensive too.

Never heard of it. Must be something US only. What type of sandwich?

[flibberdipper]

Well press F laddies, because all the cars my dad and I were eyeing up at the auction yesterday went for double what they were worth, so we didn't get any.

[chaozbandit]

19 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

amazing how he didn't floor it until 200 mph or so, and at that point it still got from 200-270 faster than my miata gets to 100

 

but geez once he gets above 240 ish you can really tell that thing is covering some ground... It's insane

 

1300hp will do that! A testament to the development Koenigsegg put into the Triplex rear suspension though; for an 11-mile straight stretch of road in the middle of nowhere in Nevada its pretty damn bumpy at 400+ kph.

[Ithanul]

1 hour ago, terrytek said:

WTF. For a truck that new, I would expect better quality. Is this some base trim or something? 

 

And it seems like you know your car audio pretty well. Is it possible to keep my stock head unit but hook up a sub and amp to it? I got a friend selling his 12 inch and amp that still works for 30 bucks because bro discount, and I am pretty broke, so I can't afford a new decent dual din stereo. Is it still possible to get a kick out of the sub with a stock stereo?

It is a SR5 trim package with tow package.  Yeah, the stocks are highly disappointing, considering the price tag on this truck.  Then again, I was planning to switch out speakers.

 

Yes, you can hook a sub and amp off stock head units.  You will need line out convertor to correct the speaker level signal to the signal the amp can use to send to the sub woofer.  There some good digital processors now that can correct the stock head units' signal to be used with aftermarket amps.  Even ones with GUIs that can be accessed by a computer to do tuning.

1 hour ago, vinyldash303 said:

Who makes good subs today? Like /good/ subs?

Still doing research on sub woofers.  The deal with sub woofers is some are good for seal box or port box or both, and will sound different depending on layout and available space of the box.  Also, depends on the sound signature you are looking for out of the sub woofer.  Myself, I prefer tight, clean bass.  While others like loud, loose bass.  Each woofer will vary because of materials and build style.  Best thing to do, go listen to some subs, but be aware of the box style too as that affects the sound.

[Not_Sean]

28 minutes ago, TVwazhere said:

My Cobb Access Port V3 acts as a code reader. Problem was it was (as it turns out) a generic code fro Ford, as my code reader nor the one at AutoZone could make any sense of it. From what I saw on the Ford Tech's computer, theres more digets to that "generic code" than what could be read with the generic ones. 

those sneaky son O bitches.I wish I got COBB for my ST, but since It never came to the states guess they didn't bother. 

 

Mate of mine just got his Fiesta ST up to stage two, did the Hybrid turbo and quick spool manifold (LOOKS EPIC) and it would tear my ST to shreds, only thing that makes me sad about my ST is its age gets left behind a bit by the new guys 

[PandaCopyRight]

37 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

amazing how he didn't floor it until 200 mph or so, and at that point it still got from 200-270 faster than my miata gets to 100

 

but geez once he gets above 240 ish you can really tell that thing is covering some ground... It's insane

yeah, the line looks like its solid by the 450kmh mark