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    Stiff torsion bolts

    My bolts are stiff and won't move with normal force, even when lub'd with WD-40. Just how strong are these bolts? I can get a really big breaker bar or possibly an impact wrench, but I don't want to snap the bolt. If there's a high chance of that I'll just take it to a stealership and have them...
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    Stupid blown fuses. Need help

    Amp won't turn on. Need help. I finished my box and reinstalled it complete with cap, full 2 subs and everything today. Was working fine, but now for some reason, a blown fuse I'm guessing, the amp won't power on. Before you jump to conclusions, I don't have a fuse on the power wire, that's...
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    Mazda3?

    What are y'alls opinions on them? Anyone have one? I have an annual review coming up very soon at work and should be expecting a very very large increase in pay. So I was thinking about getting myself a new car so I wouldn't have to worry about most things. My sup has the 3 hatchback, and I...
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    Sub box time... questions as well

    It's that time again... Now that I have my amp I need to get my new box built and be ready for the second sub. I'm using rocket's basic design found here as a base, but need to do some alterations to it due to my needs. Firstly, it's for 2 12s, not a 15. His is a somewhat more complicated...
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    Muddy Audio in the Rear seats

    So I've found out that I have muddy bass in the backseat of my truck. Who knew, I sure as hell didn't. I have attributed this to the fact that since my sub is sitting right behind the passenger rear seat, the bass waves don't have time to fully extend. When I get a second Type-R sub, this is...
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    Kenwood 25th Anniversary stuff?

    Anyone used any of it? I think I'm gonna get one of http://www.crutchfield.com/S-DTkf5k8uZFg/cgi-bin/ProdView.asp?g=120&id=essential_info&i=113XXV03A&cc=02#Tab seeing as how I know have $150 credit to Crutchfield. Apparently they couldn't replace my old Infinity Kappa 10.1d, fine by me, it got...
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    Wheels and tires and such

    So it's almost the wet season down here in (soon not to be so) sunny South Florida, and my recent ventures with light rain have reminded me that having tread on your tires helps with traction in the rain. And while it may look really cool to spin your tires wildly on any wet road, it is highly...
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    Grand Prix GTPs?

    What'cha think about the previous generation GTPs? Been looking at a '97 with around 130k, but the guy wants like 1800 over KBB value :rolleyes: He wasn't able to sell it on eBay so I'm thinking I'll just let the car sit on him until he's ready to take my offer around its KBB value. It's got a...
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    Bulb question

    I'm changing the bulbs over in my truck from the stock yellowy stuff to super-white. Only prblem is There's a lot of conflicting information about the bulb sizes. I've figured most of it out, I need 2 31mm Festoon bulbs for the front map light thingys. 2 194s for the lights in the front...
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    3rd Gen Conversion

    How hard is it to swap in the 3rd gen front and rear to a 2nd gen? I imagine that the back is impossible without body work due to the taillights, but what about the front? Has anyone done it before?
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    Loss of RPMs

    I'm thinking that its not the transmission that's causing my problem talked about here: http://explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=149597 I noticed that right before it does this, the revs will drop a lot, like 1k-2k, more than it does when it shifts. The thing is, it's not shifting...
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    Transmission Shudder Question

    I've been getting a shuddering(like a bunch of small shifting motions) in my transmission lately, but only when I try to accelerate a little in 4th gear. If I'm on the highway cruising in 4th with O/D on it's fine, but when i try to sp[eed up at all without making the tranny drop gears it...
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    From Hard to Impossible

    So I decided that if I'm gonna go fast, I should get a little car that was designed for that sort of thing. So I'm going to be getting one, probably that new 06 Civic Si(200ish HP and choked wherever possible... with a few little toys in it it should be hanging with SRT-4s). In any case...
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    Now for an idea stole from Ford themselves...

    "The 32-valve supercharged engine uses patented ‘SuperCooler’ technology. Perhaps it should be called ‘SuperCooletti’ after SVT chief engineer John Coletti who both heads Ford SVT and patented the SuperCooler design himself. Coletti came up with a very practical way to provide a burst of power...
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    U bolt size

    This may be a dumb question, but I'll ask anyways. I plan on dropping my truck around 2" since that seems to be the best mix of easy and effect. I know that I need 2" lowering blocks for the back to do this and will have to replace the U bolts. But what size U bolt do I need? Also, the...
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    Sport Trac Gripes

    While shopping around for a new truck, I realized some things that piss me off about Sport Tracs the most. Firstly, you can't get a V8 in them. You can get a V8 in the 4 door X though. Sport Tracs are just as big as them. THey should get a V8(Yes I know about the Adrenalin). Secondly...
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    Mounting Walmart Fogs

    Went out and got some of them Blazer Foglights, for 15 bucks you can't go wrong with it. Was wondering how the hell y'all mounted them in the stock fog spots. Best thing I've gotten so far was a metal bar across the top of the cage thing that I mounted between the plastic piece and the bolt...
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    Big Tire New Guy Questions

    Well, I decided that i'm really more of a big tires kinda guy than a big rims kinda guy. So I'm kinda looking at some big tires, but I don't want to lift my truck(its tipsy enough as it is). I checked the Chart and it says that 31x10.50x15 are the biggest that will fit my truck without a lift...
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    Sub Firing Directions

    Does the firing direction of a subwoofer make any difference? I had been thinking about having my subwoofer downward firing in its box, since in home audio downward firing subs are usually better. Or have it fire towards the front of the truck, as opposed tot he back like most subs are oriented...
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    Batteries and Tops and Whatnot

    So I've noticed that even without the subwoofer and amp hooked up, when bass hits in my truck the head unit's LCD flickers. I'd imagine my lights will as well, and with the subwoofer and amp hooked up it'll be even worse. Would getting a new battery help? More than likely its the original...
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    Fog Bulb Wattages and Wires and Other Nonsense

    My fogs are hopelessly broken. I was looking at getting some Hella Optilux 1200s, as they fit the little square pretty well. Theyre also dirt cheap, which is also cool. They use H3 bulbs apparently, which has a higher wattage than the 899s that exploded in my last fog lights. I read a thing in...
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    Diary of a stealth mounted subwoofer

    Day 0.5: Everything came in today. After I got out of work I had a little sunlight left so I went out and installed the head unit adaptor from Crutchfield. Everything went simple and I woulda done more, but that damn sun went down. Day 1: Woke up early and got started with everything. First...
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    Junkyard Xs?

    Just wondering how common Xs in junkyards around y'all are. Here in South Florida they're pretty much non-existant. People fix them, even if they're totaled and just send em over to the islands. Was wondering if it was this way all throughout the country.
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    Rear Panel Size

    Just how deep is that panel? Trying to figure out how deep of a sub I can stuff in there before having to just put the box in the back, which I really don't want to have to do. Still gotta find a place for the amp too... I had though about stuffing a Kicker L5 10" in there, as pretty much...
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    Custom Stealth Box

    Well, as I'm getting closer and closer to having the funds for my system, I'm looking more into the construction of said stealth box. As such I've got some questions. 1) Is it as easy to put a 12 inch sub in there as a 10 inch one? The BA G2 series comes in both versions, and for another 20...
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