So, my Model X is shaping up in to the beautifully customized beast I've envisioned; the next step is audio.
I drove an old antique Mercedes drop-top for many years; and I had her fitted with a … frankly unnecessary quantity of bass-in-the-trunk: a pair of JL's 13.5" W7AEs (theoretically maxing out around 3,000 W) for sub-bass, and two more JL 8"ers (W3v3s, I believe?) for mid-bass. Unfortunately, I got T-boned by a semi¹ about a week after the whole installation project had completed; and since then, I've been driving a Prius that it didn't even seem worth it to re-install my old system in.
Unfortunately, amps that can power these will easily draw hundreds and hundreds of amps. I'm no electrician, but the scuttlebutt seems to be that Tesla's standard 12v system is weirdly weedy for a car that they've engineered to suck down 400A at 300V at a Supercharger? The only Tesla installations I've seen are off-the-shelf kits with a single 10" woofer.
Have any of you had more … interesting … aftermarket audio work to your Teslas; and if so, care to share what you learned from the experience? (Of key interest is which amps you chose, and how much you found yourself able to draw from her.)
(fn1. Also, can we take out a moment of silence for old-school Mercedes engineering? That old girl took a semi-tractor that'd jumped a median to the nose, driver's-side, at highway speeds, and I walked away with nary a scratch. Holy *sugar*, though.)
Edit 1: Did this forum seriously just auto-complete “shit” to “sugar,” though? Please point out to me the seven-year-old who's driving a Tesla, frequenting this forum, and who needs to be protected from ‘harsh language?’ -_-
I drove an old antique Mercedes drop-top for many years; and I had her fitted with a … frankly unnecessary quantity of bass-in-the-trunk: a pair of JL's 13.5" W7AEs (theoretically maxing out around 3,000 W) for sub-bass, and two more JL 8"ers (W3v3s, I believe?) for mid-bass. Unfortunately, I got T-boned by a semi¹ about a week after the whole installation project had completed; and since then, I've been driving a Prius that it didn't even seem worth it to re-install my old system in.
Unfortunately, amps that can power these will easily draw hundreds and hundreds of amps. I'm no electrician, but the scuttlebutt seems to be that Tesla's standard 12v system is weirdly weedy for a car that they've engineered to suck down 400A at 300V at a Supercharger? The only Tesla installations I've seen are off-the-shelf kits with a single 10" woofer.
Have any of you had more … interesting … aftermarket audio work to your Teslas; and if so, care to share what you learned from the experience? (Of key interest is which amps you chose, and how much you found yourself able to draw from her.)
(fn1. Also, can we take out a moment of silence for old-school Mercedes engineering? That old girl took a semi-tractor that'd jumped a median to the nose, driver's-side, at highway speeds, and I walked away with nary a scratch. Holy *sugar*, though.)
Edit 1: Did this forum seriously just auto-complete “shit” to “sugar,” though? Please point out to me the seven-year-old who's driving a Tesla, frequenting this forum, and who needs to be protected from ‘harsh language?’ -_-
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