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Nice dude! It's lookin' sweet I must say, big improvements since I saw it last Those tires look awesome. I love lifted legacys Keep up the good work!

Don't you just love it things start to look all purdy I took the time to paint it today, and what a difference it made!! I looks way better It took almost 2 cans of spray paint, but luckily Lowes had it on sale for $0.99, so for 2 bucks, you can't beat that! Here's shot of my painting progress and what it looked like before I painted it. This was after wiping it down with rubbing alcohol, and then taping it off. I hit the bottom of the compartment just for good measure. Since the paint was only a buck, oh really cares! It was all worth it to see this I think it was a good transformation It's been a good day, and my install is starting to look alot better. I also just found out that I will be able to get all my wood cut for my box tomorrow using my buddies table saw, so that will help out bunches. So this weekend the new sub box is being built!

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So I made some progress today. I installed some more of my "pretty" stuff, and finally gounded my cap! YAY! So ya... PICS! I replaced my battery terminals with something that I think is quality stuff Here's my cap finally grounded and working! I was able to make a plastic cover to cover up the exposed top of my cap, so now I don't have to worry about something falling on it in the back and bad things happening. So that's good. I also used a PG ground block for the cap as well, but I didn't take pictures of it Here's a pic of all my install stuff I picked up in my travels The ground block is in this pick: This weekends project is to build the box for my new 12. My speaker terminal should be here by Tuesday, and same with the sub, so I will be able to hopefully get the new 12 in my car by early next week!

Got the ti400.2 installed, and wow, what a difference in sound quality! That and it's a powerful amp, especially at 2ohms. No problems pushing my s8l7 It's rated at 400x1 @4ohms, but is 2ohm stable, and is pushing 500x1 @2ohm no problem at all! In fact I had it up to about 600watts RMS without distortion!! Too much for my sub, but it was good to hear it could do it So far this amp has brought out notes that I did not hear before, even with my other amp. I am super impressed with the SQ out of this amp. I love it! This was to see if what it sounded like and before I cleaned it up I had to rewire and switch the amps yet again because my stupid RCA's didn't reach. PITA. So I now have some new RCA's that I am going to run, but that is not going to happen for a while, so this will work fine. It actually worked out ok since it allowed me to actually secure by distro/fuse block. I also removed the metal lid to allow for better air flow. I cut a piece of my 1/4 mdf to put over my tantrum so I can put things on it for now. This also helps direct the air flow of the fan, so that was a good bonus. Luckily I have a cargo pull cover that I use at all times along with dark tinted windows, so no one can see my nice amp setting there. That was about the only benefit of the metal cover was that everything was completely hidden. Oh well, no loss to me really. I cleaned up the wires a bit as well. So far I likey alot I get paid today, so I am going to go buy the supplies to build my new sub box to have them around so I can start building it and have it ready for when the sub actually shows up. I think I might pick up some flat black spray paint too. That will really make it look a lot nicer. This should be good times

Have you installed a trailer hookup recently? When I did mine I got one connection wrong and it did the same thing. I just had to rewire one of the lights… Just a thought. There should be two seperate wires, one for the brake and one for the turn signal, but I am sure you knew that, so I would check one side, and then compare it to another and see what's different. That's where I would start. Again, I am sure you have thought of this, I am just thinking out loud...

To answer your question, yes it needs to connect to the nipple under the intake. This one is a PITA. You needed to replace that one when the intake was off. What I ended up doing is connecting it and using zip ties to keep it on there, but if you grab a spring clamp and throw it on you will be ok. If you use a spring clamp you will be able to replace it down the road if need be I will take some pics of my ea82t this weekend if I have time... Here's some I have already online that might help you... The fatty gray tube with the white v connector is not suppose to be there. I removed it from when the previous owner installed it wrong Keep that in mind, other than that this photo's should help you some... That's all I got right now. Hopefully that will help you some!

That's good info man, and the type of info I was looking for. Like I said, I have never owned anything fosgate before, so this will be my first. So having some idea on what to expect out of these subs is good I am not going to be pushing it very hard, so hopefully it will last :-\ But for the price I paid, whateva, I can't complaing too much

How you been man? I still owe you some moneys, mmm. I should take of that Monday… These aren't my first choice, and I am getting it for a trade (SUPER cheap for me, less than 1/2 of what they are charging in that link ) and if I really don't like it, I will just give it to the wife She won't notice or care about the sub, just that there is bass I am only going to be running 400watts RMS to it @4ohms, so it should be ok for at least a few years, I would hope anyways. Either way it will be better than my 8" for sure. My 8 is a good sub, but it's an 8 It belongs in the MR2 anyways… Thanks for the info, I will keep that in mind when I go to get another sub

Ok, so it looks like my deal is going through and I will be getting a punch P3d212 sub! Seen here: Linky I have never had anything fosgate, so this will be my first fosgate product. From the reviews I have read, this is a pretty decent sub. Anyone used/have/heard any of the Punch P3 subs? It's a shot in the dark, but just thought I would ask... Here's the box that I came up with to fit in the back of my car, but still have enough room for everything I have back there: I will probably start buying stuff for the box next week once I get paid. So I won't be able to throw this bad boy in for a couple weeks. That and it's going to take a few days for the sub to get shipped to me, so ya. I think I will like the combo of a ti400.2 and a Punch 12" P3. Should be a decent upgrade in SQ (Sound Quality vs SPL aka Sound Pressure Level or loudness) anyways, and that's what I am really looking for This should be good!

Ya tell me about it! I have spent lots of time looking at where to get stuff, and what to buy to get the best bang for your buck. When I first went to get an estimate on how much my install stuff to finish it off to look nice was going to cost me, it was like $130 and there was no way that was happening any time soon. But after spending about 3 hours searching the internet and ebay I got it down to less than $50 with shipping Big savings. And my timing has been impeccable when it comes to trades. I picked up my sub amp because it was cheap and good, and then someone posted on my car audio forums that they wanted the same type of old skool amp to redo an old demo vehicle and was willing to pay good money/trade for my cheap amp! So I got a $250 sub out of the deal Just perfect timing. And then literally hours before that went down, I sealed a deal for a better sub amp buy trading off some dynamat stuff that I had kicking around for years in my garage and wasn't going to be using for several more years to come. So I am getting almost $450 worth of gear for old amps and things I had kicking around. Just freakin' sweet deals Here's a pic of the amp I am picking up. I am super stoked about it. It's super nice and will look really good in the back, especially after I paint the compartment black I can't wait to get it!

You should also upgrade your grounds as well, just to be on the safe side. If you add wire to your charging system, then you need to add the same gauge wire to your grounds as well, so you don't add any more resistance to your charging system. Granted you could probably get away with not upgrading your grounds, but you might as well. Doesn't cost that much, and makes your car safer. Look into car stereo stuff. The wire is great, they have easy to work with connectors, and have inline circuit breakers. I get all my stuff off ebay for cheap!

So I made some more progress! After a shipping mix up I got all my install pretty stuff in, and I got around to installing some of it Pics! Here's my new 300amp circuit breaker. I used heat shrink along with some dielectric grease to help prevent moisture from getting into any of my connections: Here's my new ring terminal. Much better to work with Here's my new ground cable that I will run from the battery to the trans(engine). I was going to use some of this ground for my cap, but I didn't read the auction and thought I was getting silver, not smoke. But it worked out because this amout of ground wire was the exact amount I needed, so it's ok. I just have to go get a foot of 0awg silver and that stuff ain't cheap :-\ I think there is only one ground going from the battery to the chasis/engine in the car. Can someone confirm this? I looked around and didn't see anything else... Here's my battery terminal with my new 0awg ground wire. It looks good, but it's cheap The screw to tighten it to the battery post is now stripped, so I will have to remove the allen screw that's in there and replace it with something better. Annoying as hell. At least I don't plan on removing the battery anytime soon :-\ Here's it all done... I also decided to swap the locations of my amps. I am getting a PG ti400.2 in a trade for some other stuff to replace my xs2500, so the 400.2 needs more space on the top of it because it has a fan, so I just swapped the amps location. Here's what it looked like before: And now: The manual says the the 400.2 needs about an 1" clearance for proper ventilation, so it now should have it That does it for now. This weekend I am picking up my 400.2 and I will be installing that in place of the xs. I am in the process of a trade for my xs, so I might be getting a new sub/box here alot sooner than I thought I would, but I still have to wait to see if that deal is going to go through or not. We shall see, hopefully I will get lucky! I have seriously gotten lucky and been able to trade stuff to make most of this install happen, or else it probably wouldn't have happened at all right now. Man I love forums! Hopefully my luck doesn't run out!

Olypmia WA. Well the border of Olympia and Lacey...

That's what I would do! Never know when you will need that stuff

There is a micro switch down by the gas pedal that controls when the A/C kicks on and off. It's about a foot from the firewall on the righthand side, down by the gas pedal. You can clearly see it, it's not hidden. It's control by the physical levers moving the vents, so if you just unbolt the switch, you will effectively disable the AC. If you want to re-enable it, just put the switch back. It's a super simple system. I removed the switch, and added in a relay control by another switch on my dash so I can turn the AC on or off on any setting. Much better this way, and I really don't know why Subaru didn't it this way to begin with

I believe they "fit" but they are not the same. Something about the EJ stuff being a little bigger, but not really enough to make THAT much of a difference. But they should swap none-the-less. When I did my paddle shifters and researching for them, one of the things that I read was that presslab had to adjust his shims because the TCU was expecting something different when it came to the AWD, something like that. I haven't had to do anything to mine though, so it can't be too much of a difference between the EA and the EJ stuff. But my TCU is custom, so take that for what it's worth I believe Gloyale has taken both apart, I know he swapped an EA 4EAT for an EJ 4EAT and didn't have any problems, but that was the whole trans...

The XS works!! I haven't really had a change to play with adjusting it too much, so I will tonight in my works parking garage I should be able to make it as loud as I want and not disturb anyone, I will fiddle around with it then. I will say this, wow. I really like this XS. Once I figured out that I was adjusting the bass boost instead of the gains, it sounds much better. Man, it gets LOUD with 75 watts RMS going to the inside speakers and 500 wats RMS going to the sub! It's been so long since I sold by Saturn that had basically this same setup in it. Man, it's good to have good tunes again! Pics (Cell Phone)!!! It needs to be cleaned up, but it all works. I will tidy it up here in the next little bit, but for now, I will enjoy my new amps!

+1 Just saw it 3 days ago in my wagon when I took back the carpet to run some wires. It's right by the pillar. I had my seats out and it was super easy to get to...

Thanks man! If you are really considering getting one of those bad boys, you should look into batcaps. http://www.batcap.net/Products/BatCapProductLine/tabid/58/Default.aspx They are what made me go out and look at SLA batteries. They are smaller and pack quite a punch, so it might work out better. You can find them on the Bay for about $175. For the price though, I am still going to go with a small SLA battery. Should work almost the same and cost only $40, much cheaper. One thing is for sure though, if you get one of those, that should really help your problem out! What do you have planned for you install? I have run the wires for my 6x9's to my amp, so now I need to wire in another small fan that I picked up, and then wire up my new amp! With this setup I will be running 75x4 RMS to each corner of my car, and then 500x1 RMS to my sub I think that should be plenty loud for me! That and I still haven't lost any room in my car!!

So I got the rest of the amp rack made and fitted in, and I mounted the XS2500, but I didn't wire it in, I am too tired right now for that. That will come tonight/tomorrow Pics!! I didn't think I would see this pretty sight for a few months! Thanks craigslist!! I am by no means done with this, this is just the rough test fit before I button it all down, so keep that in mind. But it is starting to come together like I imagined it would, and I like it alot So ya. It's coming together for sure! I got some more silver 4awg, and I still have some blue, so it will match. I also picked up 140 feet of 16awg speaker wire brand new for CHEAP as well!! I am just coming across deals left and right yo! It's friggin' christmas in May for me!! Now it's bedtime...

You do bring up a very good point that wasn't addressed that should prevent fires, FUSES!! I have been up for over 24hrs, the mind isn't quite as sharp as it should be… If you fuse everything correctly, then there should be very minimal risk of fire!! Good call GD

I should add that you should consider the little battery I mentioned earlier. Here is a thread I started at a car audio forum asking about it, and answers some questions about the usage. That little battery and your yellow top might be all you really need for listening to music while camping and stuff. Here's the link, but for $40, it might be a worthy thing to buy to help you out. That and you don't have to buy anything else to wire it in. SLA batteries just need a steady voltage of about 13.8 to stay charged, so you should be good on that front as well... http://phoenixphorum.com/differences-between-batcap-and-a-sealed-lead-acid-battery-vt14145.html Let me know what you thing dude. I think I am going to get one to help my system out...

I just want to state, I am just being the devil advocate. I am also trying to save you from buying things you don't need since money is tight I have asked myself these same questions recently and did lots of research. I am not trying to accuse you of anything, just giving you the other side of the picture. I used the camping example more to point out that you even said you weren't going to be bumping, so why get another battery?, that's all man. I have been up to your place, your a good guy and I know you wouldn't be bumping and all that Not trying to rehash old things, and that wasn't my intention. Sorry. Back to the topic... That would be exactly what I would do. That will give you plenty of juice, and not kill your charging system, but still leave you plenty of power for other things. I know that I found a place that will rewire a maxima alt to 160amp for $245 I believe, so that might be a cheaper route to go...