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I was thinking I should get one since my sub is just sitting there in the trunk. I wouldn't want groceries or something to puncture a hole in it. They sell a simple black grille in a two pack at Circuit City for like $12 or something. I guess it just bolts on. They also sell a stupid looking chrome flame one that doesn't look like it would protect that well for $24 or something.

So is it a good idea? It won't mess up the sound or anything, will it? Do they just screw one?

 
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it shouldbn't distort sounds and yea i believe it's screwed in or clipped on.....but i mean if your worried about puncturing the SUBS then it's a pretty good investment IMO.


The chrome flame one is prolly made by AUdiobahn lol....just for looks really haha.

 
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If it involves chrome and flames yes it is definitely made by Audiobahn... flashiness takes away from lack of quality apparently

 
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I'd never have a sub w/o a grill. Too paranoid I guess. My grill is from Kicker.

 
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no grill, i don't like the look of them

 
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No grill either. BTW, love the look hondasales. I'd love to do something similar with my idmaxes. I take it you got rid of the spare tire?

 
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thank you. yeah, the spare is in my basement. i bring it with me if i travel in my car. other than that, i am never more than an hour from home so its no big deal if i get a flat.

 
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I have a grill... I have a 12w3 in a JL ported box so I have the JL grill over it... Looks good and is a REALLY strong grille so i dont have to worry about my sub at all.

 
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If you don't use your trunk, then no need for a grille. There's plenty of room in the back seat area for us sedan owners

 
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Well I decided to take mine off so it looks nicer, but stupid circuit city used 1 inch long screws So I had to find some bigger ones and screw them in so it wouldn't be loose. I think air was leaking through the holes before. Grrr.

 
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hahaha now it's ported

 
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My Shiva does not have a grille on it at the moment. I'm unsure if I'll add one. It looks pretty plain without a grille since the Shiva is very plain jane looking. I might add one since I get kinda paranoid at times.

 
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My Shiva is unprotected at the moment too. I don't think I use the trunk enough, like gearbox said, us Sedans have the entire back seat for stuff

 
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ya..they have grills cause the box came with grills....usually grills dont fit in to the look of a custom install, but my current system is crap so who cares.

 
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I also worry about something puncturing the sub, so I always use them.

Currently, I have just some grill and mounting clamps from Parts Express. Sub plus the grill thickness made the grill clamps at a severe angle, which looked like garbage, so I made a trip to the hardware store and bought some plastic spacers available in the nut and bolt section. Painted them black, and with them, the clamps are more level with the grill.



The cleanest looking grill I had was one from Radio Shack. A metal ring mounted under the sub, then you screwed the sub down, and the grill simply snapped onto the ring. No visible screws, nice clean look. The welding kept failing in the grill, so it would rattle. Repair it, and it would fail elsewhere.

 
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that first pic like my gril; but i take off no big deall. leave off if no use trunk

 
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I had that Radio Shack grill once, I didn't like it too much, it seemed to whistle when the sub was playing. The grill seemed to dense, I wasnt a big fan.

 
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That looks like the one I saw at Circuit City. I was thinking about getting it. You like?

 
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Whoa dude, did English suddenly become your second language?

 
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ahahah I talk poor tonight . But leave grilll off and I can take pic for U. looks nice.

 
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Finaly got my tunk setup flat by using K&N filter box under it. nice and even

 
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How do you adjust stuff on your amp?

 
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I have both set to optimal setting (from the factory). I tried to adjust them once, but it sounded better in the middle. Oh those are just cardboard pieces wrapped in carpet. It's just a top and front, while the other sides are open for circulation. Takes 1 second to pull em off. Right now my amps are kinda floating on some foam stuff. I need to secure them better sometime.

 
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gearbox, you have absolutely no clue on what the function of the gain **** is, do you

 
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From the factory mine sounded like ****. I had to change the settings myself to get it to sound good.

 
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Ludlam if you're ever in Illinois, maybe you can tune my system. I know gain increases amplifier output, basically making the speakers louder at lower volume. When I turned it up a bit, it just didn't sound as good. But then again, I rarely have my music louder than 1/3 of max on the deck.

 
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Thats not what gain is for Gearbox. Gain is to adjust for the input level put out by your head unit. You are supposed to match it. While your speakers will get louder if you increase it past that point you are adding distortion into your system.

The gain control wasn't ment to be a volume control on an amplifier. Usualy gain **** have markings to show you various voltages. This allows you to get a rough estimate where you should set it for your particular inputs.

Setting a gain too high could lead to speakers blowing from too much distortion at hight volumes.

 
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I figured I was wrong. But yeah searched and found that out anyway. Basically it's to match HU output to amp input to take advantage of the higher volt preouts.

So what's a good way to make sure the gain is set right? Nobody seems to give an answer to this short of using an rta.

 
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Set it so it sounds good to your ears.