Recent content by Bradford_G

That level of home-grown is slightly outside of my wheelhouse. Kudos to you for the efforts though. My guess based on my own experience with the small capacitors in my amp is that yes, yours is going to want fed asap, and as soon as it pulls a big draw at startup, you're going to get errors. You...

I know the trial and error with some of these more finnicky electronics is frustrating, but I'm really glad that you were able to find something that worked! Congrats on getting the system up and running. Enjoy the thump!

I'm a runner. If I run in a set of zero-drop minimalist shoes that have 5mm of tread and that's it (no midsole, no inserts), that's a COMPLETLEY DIFFERENT run feeling, and much harsher, than if I go pick up some Hokas with a 35 mm midsole. That's a Cadillac ride compared to the minimal shoe. But...

It's the difference between driving/riding a race car, where NVH comes through huge, versus driving an old-school Caddy with plush wafting suspension. Less noise b/c less NVH comes through. Yes, suspension directly relates to road noise.

@MountainManGuy from the replies, you can see there's more than one way to skin a cat. I would recommend *not* hooking up directly to penthouse, but that's anecdotal based on my experience/issues. It sounds like @SiW80 is in a similar line of thinking. However, @TwoK4drSi has had great success...

Sorry to hear about the problems that you all are having. Not knowing your connections points, types of wiring you're using, method of wiring you're doing, etc., I'm at a loss for recommendations. I can say that since my install I have had ZERO problems with it. Listened to an audiobook on the...

Removed what? The plastic valance? The grommet? I have a 22, so I'm confused.

I don't have any great pics of it. Maybe someone else will chime in who has what you're looking for. In the interim, I can only describe it for you. With the plastic valance from under the hood pulled off, on the passenger side behind the wheel well you can reach your hand down (and also...

@amoney805 you probably could swap them. They’re shinier on the “inside” (front side/dirt side). So you either have to weigh wanting shiny side facing out, or logo facing out. If you’re gonna put shiny out with logo facing the tire, I’d recommend getting the gray logo color so it’s less...

15% frontier here. 50% rear and back. And started with 80 on front but windshield was cracked/replaced from a rock at one point and went back with 50% on it. Black interior. You can still see the seats when looking through windshield from outside car. No visibility problems at night seeing out...

The thread reference is mine. I wouldn’t say you “can’t” hook up directly to penthouse. Just that for me and the kicker amp I’m using, it’s too much of a draw when the car first wakes up from sleep and the MOSFETs engage. I don’t know what the threshold or delay required to get the car to wake...

I had spoken with Kicker about if the higher voltage would be alright, since the paperwork is all phrased for “12v” batteries expecting to receive 14.4 v, not the higher 15.5. They said it shouldn’t be an issue. I’m also not trying to push max watts all the time, but the increased voltage hasn’t...

@Redman122905 and @C-Bus Y thanks all! I'm glad yours are still hitting well too! Mine continues to impress me as well. No issues at all, and am really enjoying the flexibility of turning the system on and off at the push of a button. I listen to a lot of audio books on my short commute (where...

The car's battery is at 15.5V. The secondary "14V" battery of the S6 that I installed is really at 16.4V when at 100% charged. See the state of charge chart here https://www.4xspower.com/TITAN8_Instructions.pdf regarding the S6, and notice that at 15.5V (not listed between 15.2 and 15.60V), the...

I’ve read similarly. I think the acetone does a good job removing the logo—it’s basically just a screen print. I haven’t done it myself, but it looks like some light rubbing should do the trick.