Holy crap what a difference. I have zero static and my minimal ground noise has vanished completely. I'm having a friend fabricate a trim panel since that's what he does all day and I don't have the tools anymore, will post pics once I get that done along with sound deadening my doors. I can't believe how much cleaner it sounds with only an 8 band eclipse eq. Should sound even better with the doors deadened and the dual batteries wired up, swear I have different speakers in the truck now I've never heard this kind of dynamic range from them before