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I was just wondering if the spare tire well cover has to be in place in my CRX? If so can I modify it so that it shows the amps that are underneath it? Reason I ask is because my amps are pretty beautiful and I would like to have them remain visible like they would in a more custom install
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in my CRX I had removed the tire well cover. Once I did, I was told by a judge there had to be carpet on the floor if I did that. So I carpeted the floor, displayed my 40.1's and never had an issue after that.
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carpet eh...wonder if I can do vinyl instead? that would be nice since then I don't need the cover at all
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no reason you shouldn't be able too. It's obvious you're doing something for looks, so just make it look good. If it's appealing to the eye you'll get a lot less push back from judges as opposed to those who just cram it all in a spot.
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at finals i just put my amps on top of the carpet, with no wheel well cover, some competitors had to cut holes in their carpet to show the amps so it would be legal
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From what I saw at finals, if there was an actual amp rack that took more that two minutes to build and looked like you were displaying your equipment and workmanship, and some of it stuck out of the wheel well then you didn't need the cover. But if it looked like you just jammed everything in there and took the cover out to get a gain then you needed it. And this is coming from the guy that let all the other CRX's in his class use his factory cover as a template to make coversfor theirs to stay legal.
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At finals it didn't matter how nice it looked. They made everyone put the tire well cover back in, or an equivalent. We were told that everyone had to do it. This happened at the finals in Indy, but I heard that it was not enforced at other finals locations.
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lets be serious how custom can you go by stacking a pair of amps on top of eachother in a wheel well..come on now...lol
it's pretty obvious that this is about trying to gain as much as possible for all CRX owners.. and if anyones uses the excuse of a making it look good then then it's bogus..just my opinion..
let the flaming begin
P.S I believe that many will agree as well.
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the only problem is that there is already so much stuff allowed in a crx that isnt allowed in other vehicles, so we need to know if what would be legal for most other vehicles is legal for a crx seeing as how they pretty much have their own rules for them
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yeah hopefully some day a judge can check the rules questions forum and chime in lol
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all finals we have been at in our crx in yrs past,all you had to have was the carpet laying in the spare tire well,some had carpet glued down some just layed it there,we have been to 2002 2003 2005 2006 finals with same setup,plus all certifieds were same way,
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quote:Originally posted by TRELO LUDE: lets be serious how custom can you go by stacking a pair of amps on top of eachother in a wheel well..come on now...lol
With someone with any amount of creativity, the possibilities are endless.
For someone with no creativity, its just a stacked pair of amps.
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i always left mine in and the amps were on top of the cover.
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quote:Originally posted by TRELO LUDE: lets be serious how custom can you go by stacking a pair of amps on top of eachother in a wheel well..come on now...lol
With someone with any amount of creativity, the possibilities are endless.
For someone with no creativity, its just a stacked pair of amps.
I understand what you're saying..but in all seriousness I dont agree with that.. lets be serious here..
as I said I believe it's an excuse and I'd bet 99% of the street competitors would agree..in all honesty here..
lets not try and beat around the bush..when was the last time you saw a Street competitor build a custom amp rack in the wheel well.. and I'm not talking about stacking an amp on top of the other, or a simple floor cut out and flushing the amps..
I'd like to see the day an Elite Level Street competitor does that..the day they do that I will put them in a magazine...
many people know me on here and about my relationship in publishing..so the day someone can show me this I will gladly have it in print
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In years past, we were told that all you needed to do was cover the spare tire well with carpet.
At 2007 Indy World Finals, we were told that the spare tire well cover needed to be in place, or something equivalent, but just carpeting the tire well was not allowed.
This only happened in Indy. Why? I don't know.
People argued it at first, but the judges decision was final and everyone complied. No big deal, everyone at Indy did it. On a national level, it was not done.
Luckily the only class that it could have been an issue was Street A, from a national stand point, because the top two Street B and Street C in the US were all in Indy.
However that wasn't the case in Street A.
Not to say that the outcome would have been any different, but the rules should have been enforced the same around the world.
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quote:Originally posted by TRELO LUDE: lets not try and beat around the bush..when was the last time you saw a Street competitor build a custom amp rack in the wheel well.. and I'm not talking about stacking an amp on top of the other, or a simple floor cut out and flushing the amps..
Ummm, about a thousand times. How about you get out from under that keyboard and go to a show? Then, you will see firsthand what I seen have numerous times.
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Originally posted by TRELO LUDE: the day they do that I will put them in a magazine...
many people know me on here and about my relationship in publishing..so the day someone can show me this I will gladly have it in print
I also don't know ANY high level (read: top 5) Street competitor that would allow thier installs to be printed in a magazine.
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quote:I also don't know ANY high level (read: top 5) Street competitor that would allow thier installs to be printed in a magazine.
lol this is also very true.
but in all reality and seriousness the reason why no street competitor on the international level does anything super custom and super nice looking is because chances are it would be deemed not legal for street category. i sure would love to make all of my rear panels in the crx out of fiberglass, make them nice, smooth and shiny. but chances are people/judges will see it as me bending the rules or flat out violating some rule (some made up rule usually) and I'd get DQ'd. See there would be no point in making anything REALLY custom. You saw my post about the 2x4 taped to the side of the trunk - everyone and their mom cries that it would not be legal. How legal do you think a real custom amp rack/install would be in the back of a crx? I'd really hate to come to finals and be told that my install is deemed advantageouse over others and is not legal as per (insert almost any street class rule here) thus I can not compete.
if a 2x4 with duct tape is viewed as reinforcing the car then im sure some fiberglass moldings and constructions would be viewed as much worse.
see, you asumed that removing the cover makes a crx louder and that people just want to stretch the rules for the sake of db's. the fact is that the lack of cover doesnt really make any diff, it is simply in the way of mounting amps in the spare tire well due to amplifiers now days being large in size.
next time u come by the shop i will show you that my crx does exactly the same number - cover or no cover. and like i said, i would LOVE to be able to have a REAL custom amp install with REAL custom panels. At the same time this would be viewed as something MUCH worse than the lack of cover by about 99% of the judges and 99.5% of street class competitors.
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quote:Originally posted by TRELO LUDE: lets not try and beat around the bush..when was the last time you saw a Street competitor build a custom amp rack in the wheel well.. and I'm not talking about stacking an amp on top of the other, or a simple floor cut out and flushing the amps..
Ummm, about a thousand times. How about you get out from under that keyboard and go to a show? Then, you will see firsthand what I seen have numerous times.
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Originally posted by TRELO LUDE: the day they do that I will put them in a magazine...
many people know me on here and about my relationship in publishing..so the day someone can show me this I will gladly have it in print
I also don't know ANY high level (read: top 5) Street competitor that would allow thier installs to be printed in a magazine.
and why dont you tell me what you've seen? you dont know me..who I am or what I've seen.. you'd be suprised what I've seen.
so dont worry about me buddy.. and you'd be suprised about all those high level competitors and how many of them would love to get in a magazine.. I know this first hand.. so go feed your **** to someone else..
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