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customsuburb

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Posted: March 20, 2005 at 9:42 PM / IP Logged

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vwgolf1128

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Posted: March 21, 2005 at 7:06 PM / IP Logged

Hey, got some pics of the installation. Noticed that the back license plate was rattling so i cut a piece of rubber the same size of the plate, and just put it inbetween the plate and the car. The hatch still does rattle though when i turn it up.

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This is the 1999.5 Golf. Not the best pic since its in the garage.

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Front view of the sub

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Side view of the box.

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This in the Alpine mrd-m501 amp on the back of the seat. Wish he put it a bit higher but w/e. Im puttting the sub about an inch in front of the amp. Is that too close or is it fine?

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Wiring on the box.

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I like the cover becuase it keeps all my stuff hidden. But i noticed the rattle real strong from that level of the cover to the bottom of the hatch.Do you think if i took it off, the rattle would be a bit less since im not forcing so much of the air on the bottom part of the hatch?

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This shows the dash with the new headunit. Matches pretty well. The tilt function really comes in handy since the HU is a bit low.

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Close up of the Alpine cda-9851. Really love all the features.

PS: When i first listened to my system after the install, I thought it was too loud and really muted out the music. But i know why now. The installer i guess was fooling around and left the sub bass on +15! Sounds soooo much better now that i have it on normal, which is 0. What are your guys opinions? Anything I should change? Thanks Getting my System installed today. - Page 2 -- posted image.

vwgolf1128

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Posted: March 21, 2005 at 9:42 PM / IP Logged

Customsuburb or alpine guy, what do you think?

Anyone?

customsuburb

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Posted: March 21, 2005 at 9:51 PM / IP Logged

Are yuo talking about the subwoofer control on the alpine deck? If it's set at 0 is their even any bass coming from the sub? I left mine on 15 and set the gain with it there. Also, dosn't your amp come with a cover to hid those wires at the bottom? It would really finish off the install if you could hide those wires coming through the floor to the amp. It

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Posted: March 21, 2005 at 9:56 PM / IP Logged

Just that you will need to continue working on damping and rattle-fixing. There's no substitute for tried-and-true damping material such as B-Quiet, Raamat or Dyanamat. And sometimes you need to MacGuyver ways to fix rattles such as that in the hatch lid.

vwgolf1128

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Posted: March 22, 2005 at 10:19 AM / IP Logged

customsuburb wrote:

At 0, the bass is fine. It actually goes down to -7. Yeh ill put that cover on to hide the wires.

vwgolf1128

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Posted: March 22, 2005 at 10:22 AM / IP Logged

stevdart wrote:

Your saying I can not get under the hatch to dampin it?

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Posted: March 22, 2005 at 10:40 AM / IP Logged

I thought you were talking about that little flip-down cover. I called it a hatch lid. Yeah, you will definitely need to damp the trunk lid, or hatch lid, or whatever it's called...

vwgolf1128

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Posted: March 22, 2005 at 11:09 AM / IP Logged

Yeh definately need to. Thats really the only thing that is rattling. Whats the cheapest/best damping to get?

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