Power caps?

[Jamesb318is]

As the title says, would i benefit from one? I run two 12" subs bridged off a single 4 channel amp.
Also, who does door builds for the E30, ive seen the audioscape ones and they look very good quality, but i'm not paying Ԛ£180!! I know they cant be that hard to make with a bit of glassfibre etc., but i know mine will turn out shite!

[kam-325i]

It would not hurt it. Best advice ive heard, generally, is if you can notice the headunit facia dim when the infra kicks in, you need a cap

[TOURINGDADDY]

i personaly say that these r a waste of money IMO. id just bite the bullet and buy a gel battery u can find them on ebay for bout 100 notes and they just replace ur original battery. then u can also benefit from runnin ur install all day with out the need to keep startin the car in fear of a flat battery as it wont happen with a gel. will post pic shortly

[TOURINGDADDY]

here we go this is 124 buy it now on e-bay

[Jamesb318is]

Yeah, ive heard very good things about those, prob more important things to spend that sort of money on though atm (like rear tyres!!)

How about door builds anyone?

[BrAdZ]

waste of moneh dude

[chu346]

I got one of those batteries.

If your battery is under the bonnet, put the second one in the boot (where the 325's have it). Then use a split charging system to run them.

Door pods:
http://www.talkaudio.co.uk/vbb/showthread.php?t=73733
http://www.talkaudio.co.uk/vbb/showthread.php?t=123910

[placey]

i have a pair of door builds if you want them. 35 notes. postage is Ԛ£7.20 to mainland uk or you can collect them. they require trimming - budget somewhere between 35 and 50 for dash matching vynal. they take 6 1/2 inch drivers.

here's a picture of a pair trimmed and fitted:
mostly interior - but you can see the build

[Jamesb318is]

These look good mate!, i can trim or get them trimmed myself, silly question though, how are you attatching them to the door cards?
Also, i planned to fit 17cm's but do you reckon they will run ok off my headunit? (4x50w) i dont really want to have to put another amp in.

[placey]

i've used about 6 screws to fit them to the door card and 1 screw to screw them all the way though to the inner door skin. the door cards are replacement items from a scrappy so i can put it all back to standard should i choose. i have ported mine into the doors and dynamatted both inner and outer door skins - this is a lot of work but it makes a difference. a comprimise result is achieved by packing the build with wadding if porting is decided against.

downsides: the glovebox rests on top of the passengers side build so it doesn't open fully by about 1 inch. no worries except don't forget to close the glovebox before closing the passengers side door. the build prevents the sport seats sliding fully forwards - so short people may not be able to reach the pedals. other than that they are soo so good it's unbelievable.

your headunit will run them - but an amp will make a massive difference.

paul

[Jamesb318is]

Ok mate, thanks anyway, but my interiors pretty mint so i dont wanna go cutting it up! (i know i can get new ones but scrappies are suprisingly sparse round here!)
good luck with selling them though, they look like you've done a real good job