flowmasterRS

I've seemed to have wasted my time thinking this would help.

IROCZ28KevinZ

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wow...umm...i gotta say it, thooks horrible. it would probably look a billion times better if you hid the wires better, that tubing covering the wires now...

racerquinny

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hahaha for 120 bucks i got my full system kenwood head unit, kenwood350 amp, and 750 audiopipe 12in sub. $120 if your budget is 20 bucks for a system then why not. actualy thinking of selling the sub. cause i wanna upgrade from that. and your in philly. ilive about a littel over an hour away in reading from you. depends on where you live.

just ask me.
im actualy thinking of selling the sub. cause i wanna upgrade from that. and your in philly. ilive about a littel over an hour away in reading from you. depends on where you live.

just ask me.

TheMuskr

sooo no seperate amp ???

flowmasterRS

Yeah no seperate amp, just something small.

Demon_Eater

ummmm...... that's awesome?
I think I would have hid the wires also, but I guess.... not my car.

88TransAmFreak

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Wow......that's all I can say is wow

My mother always told me if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all.......so I'm going to keep my mouth shut on this one

BTW..I hope you have that box secured to the floor with "L" brackets so it doesn't go flying in an accident.

Edit: I just realized that your relying on carpet friction to "hold" your box inplace....not very smart.

And when you get a chance, I would suggest going here and do a little reading http://www.caraudioforum.com/

buttroq

your car your likes. but i would have spent the extra ten minutes and ran the wires with the factory harness or plugged in the factory wires.
just my opinion, im very detail oriented after doing specialty auto wiring and modifacations.

IROCKET4U

L brackets! Carpet friction is not enough if you get into a collission and HIDE THOSE WIRES!! It probably took your more time to buy the tubing than it would have taken to run the wires out the bottom of the plastic (under the 6x9's)....what you have now is pure cheese!

flowmasterRS

Well thanks, I see it was a bad idea to share my setup with you guys.

V6F1R3BRD

don't take the comments wrong. l brackets are safer so thats a good idea. and the wires are easy to run under the plastic. im in the same boat as u lol. i dont have mommy and daddys money to buy some super system like some of these guys and i think u are doing fine dude. your car. your setup.

flowmasterRS

Yeah I know, I'll probably get around to them.

I mean this is my first car and I'm a senior in high school, working when I can, from these responses it really is just a downer to see such negativity. I really like my setup.

88TransAmFreak

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I don't have a problem with low end equipment, what I don't like is people that don't take the time to install it correctly. That's my problem with your install.

Like others said it doesn't take money to tuck wires under the plastic....throwing split loom on them instead of doing it correctly is asking for people to mess with you.

No biggie, take it with a grain of salt and make sure you bolt that box down

V6F1R3BRD

ya dude i just got outta school. and i have some sony subs. walmart special lol. but hey if ur happy with it so be it

krisb410

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Let's use this as an example of what NOT to do! That is the most ghetto setup I've seen in a long time. If you like how you did the install, how it sounds, and looks, so be it. But to post it up encouraging others to do it too. Shame on you. If you can't afford to do it right, can you afford to do it twice?

Ya, and in an accident, do you really want that "box" flying up and hitting you? At least mount/attach it!

flowmasterRS

You, krisb410, are a complete *******.

krisb410

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Sorry, but with all the help available. It's not that hard make an install look good.

But seriously, you REALLY should secure that "box". How would you feel if, god forbid, someone pulls right out in front of you. That box is going to continue it's foward motion, and could really injure you and/or your passengers.

MikeSmith0890

I just graduated from Highschool. There's no problem using low end equipment. When i first bought my Camaro it had two 10" sony xplods with a crappy amp and crappy speakers. I simply took the time and effort to make it look nicer and rocked taht setup for about 2 or 3 months. I saved up a bit of change and bought 2 10" Rockford p2's an alpine amp, an alpine h/u, alpine 6x9s, and rockford 4x6s. And i'm going to be upgrading all of this again.

One of the most important parts is installation. take your time and make a clean installation. A few hours on a saturday or sunday will take of this problem and your setup will look cleaner and you can be even prouder of it.

IROCKET4U

Hey FlowmasterRS--what happened to the thread? Did you delete all of your posts and pictures?
Sorry if we hurt your feelings! I understand you were only trying to share a cheap way to get better sound in your car. The only issue anyone has had is with the installation.
Sorry you felt you needed to delete all of your posts and pictures.

racerquinny

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actualy i am smart enough to use L brackets to hold it down. hahahaha. you know there are people that sell systems for a good price. 20 bucks for speakers that are less then the ones int the rear of camaro. bah.


but what ever, its your money do what ever you want.

racerquinny

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damn i fell bad now....sorry man

buttroq

my ost was never meant to be an insult,just insight. i think this moment in time many of us are on budgets, heck ive worked for the railroad for over three years and worked every 6 1/2 hours up intil last month, use wat equipment is good for you, just take a little extra time wen you do it.
i apoligize if i may have hurt your feelings but some tough love may have been in order.

flowmasterRS

It's fine and I'm all for people giving their opinion, and by no means did I expect everyone's opinion to be positive, but saying things like "shame on you" and "the most ghetto setup I've seen" really crossed the line...you guys have made me embarassed about something I was once a little proud of.

crytical point

When I started doing car stereo when I was 16 I was fortunate to hook up with a group of ricers that liked to go over the top and keep it looking clean. Now almost 10 years later I have done show cars and comp cars and I can say that keeping it clean is what earns respect not really the equipment. Anyone can spend thousands of dollars on a car stereo system (have a friend who has over 14gand into stereo) but the real compliments are on the install and the sound. My system set me back about $700 and I tried my hardest to hide everything and make the wires, and mounting perfect and now I have 12 speakers perfectly hidden in my car and it took me about 4-5 days to get it just right. Take your time and think it out and make a set plan within your means and ability and then execute it and measure twice before cutting or drilling and you will save more money taking your time and doing it right the first time.

I didn't see any of the pics but I can only imagine but I have done a couple systems where I had to cut some corners to fit a budget or time. But you will run into @$$ holes in every car forum because someone out there just wants to have the bigger d*ck and being in highschool you know it all to well so treat it as that and shrug it off. I stopped going to car club meets because of the elitist jerk offs that get together and pick on you and your car because its not cookie cutter. But overall please secure the box down because people have been seriously injured from large things flying around in the cab of the car, when I was getting tips for autoX a guy took out a ruber ball and put it in the cup holder and by the end of the track it was in the hatch area.

krisb410

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I'm sorry that you feel that I "crossed the line". But I just call it as I see it. Kinda like that black camaro on eBay that you negatively commented on. It's my opinion, but I feel that, along with a few others, that it could be a better install. I just don't think when a job is hacked/unsafe, that others should do the same. This forum is a tech forum for improving 3rd gens! 3rd gens already have a certain "stigma" about them. That black car on eBay, and yours, to a certain point, falls right in line with that "stigma". And I'm sorry that I don't like it. But you have to remember, it's just my opinion.

88TransAmFreak

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Here's the pictures

cdoyle

Seeing the pics, it won't take you long to hide those wires. Instead of coming out of 6x9 location, just extend the wire behind the plastic and pop up through the carpet.

then secure your box with some brackets. L brackets cost maybe $5 is all.

Where is your amp located? Just make sure it's ground is short, and you have all your wires fused etc.

Yellow92RS

If you decide to use L brackets to secure that box, be aware that the gas tank is a 1/4 inch beneath that hump. Don't drill screws into the hump, it's just not a good idea.

IROCKET4U

He's not using an amp which is why he spliced wires off the 6 X 9's

cdoyle

OH!
I didn't realize that...

If that's the case, then you're headunit is not seeing the correct load. Not sure how you have that wired, but head units typically can go down to a 4ohm load.

If you have everything running in parallel then you could have a 1 ohm or less load there on each channel. You could fry your headunit outputs.

flowmasterRS

Yeah I think I'm just going to remove the box in general, I can't secure it (as someone said the gas tank is right underneath, I found out yesterday) and I definitely don't want to fry the headunit (stock, for now).

IROCKET4U

Just as an fyi--you dont have to spend an arm and a leg on an amp (especially for the small box you want to run).
Here's an example of a decent amp for under $65 shipped:
http://cgi.ebay.com/POWER-ACOUSTIK-T...QQcmdZViewItem

flowmasterRS

Thanks for the help. I don't know how serious I want to get with the sound system, it's not a big issue with me. I find tuning the engine and other exterior/performance things to be more rewarding. I know of some sweet deals in the area for sound parts too, a few of my friends installed over 1,300$ worth of a system into his Jeep Wrangler. had two 12" subs, 6 speakers of various sizes, two amps, all the works. You could hold a block party with that thing as the music setup. However, scumbags broke into his car and stole all of it a few months ago, another reason I don't want to overdo anything.

Cgroh89

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I had the same little box in the trunk of my first car. its was a police car with no speakers. Bought a 20 dollar cd player and put that little turd in there . Got my through to the first Job and then Well, My head hurts with the systems Ive had since then

buttroq

dont take anything as a putdown but as a suggestion. as i said before tough love. i dont have mommy and daddies money either. but i have learn how to do things in a clean and precise matter. wheen i was turnin wrenches a few years ago we did everything on anything, upward of half million dollar cars. so it became habit of doing clean installs and show worthy projects. several cars we have done are featured in several magazines and seein your work in something like that is worth the extra time.

just take a few minutes and clean it up, the more you can conceal the less people see wat you have and are less likely to do anything..