I know we've seen threads where people are looking for a budget system and some that have spent quite a bit of $$ on their stereo. I thought it would be fun to see what people are spending on the systems for their f-body's and why (if you dumped tons into it). I'll start: Kenwood CD player w/usb support (refurbished), $107 shipped two kicker amps (one new, one refurbished) KX 400.2 and ZX200.4 $260 shipped two Kicker Comp 10" subwoofers (new) $129 shipped Pair of kicker 6.5" midbasses, 4" midranges, and tweeters (all new NOS) $100 shipped Misc stuff for wire, installation and materials to build box $300 Labor - Free Grand total of roughly $896 spent give or take $100

PheonixGold 1000 watt mono amp - $300
PheonixGold 500 watt 2 channel amp - $150
PheonixGold 200 watt 2-way 6x9's - $30 per speaker (4 of them)
PheonixGold 600 watt 12" Subwoofers - $70 each (2 of them)
Monster audio wires - $50
Head unit - my Zune80 (new it was $220)
Labor - Done myself so $0
Custom Subwoofer box - $20 in 3/4 MDF

Total: $780 w/o Zune

My system is twice too powerful for my tastes, but too much is better than not enough right? The only thing I would change about it is to get some tweeters for better imaging.

While I haven't done any work on the TA yet, here's whats in the GTP

$350 - Pioneer Premier 880 deck
$100 - usb add on for deck
$10 - 2nd aux add-on for deck
$75 - HUmount custom head unit mount. well, well worth the money
$200 - ample audio ax1100 sub amp (used on ebay)
$35 - ample audio a210x mid amp (same)
free - ample audio a210x tweeter amp (same, but long story)
$40 - audax coax speakers (front)
$150 - ascendent audio 12" sub (new, discontinued)
$100 - prefab box (I was lazy)
$100 - misc wiring, harnesses, fuses, etc

Total - $1160. This took a LONG time to get together (3-4 years and 2 cars later) and a lot of bargain hunting.

7" Jensen flip out DVD player 265 (best Buy)
0 Gage wire kit 75 (shipped)
Orion HCCA 10" woofer 224 (shipped)
Power Acoustik 5500D amp 269 (shipped)
2.5 Fared Cap 55 (shipped)
Misc Wire ends 4(Walmart)
Box (fiberglass fits in rear left
hand side stockish) 60
3 Roles of Fat mat aprx 75lbs 170 (shipped)
After market speakers (came with car) FREEBEEE)
Orion 4004 Refurbished amp 85 (shipped)
200 amp circuit breaker 19 (shipped)
RCA Cables 25 (shipped)

Total = 1251

i will be putting pictures up after the install has been completed.... apparently i hit rainy season in ND i have to run the RCA cables yet and install the box amp and sub

with the 7inch tv im hoping to hook an X box up in the back can get them pretty cheep from gamestop refurbished i believe $45 b4 tax and ill have aproxmently 2500 wats RMS of base thoughout the car

$200 for reciever new
$free amp came in my SS
$60 made my own single 12" box fiberglass
$free cvr12 kicker new
$165 for polk 6x9's and (used) 4x10 kickers
$free wiring for amp from SS
$19 monster 25ft. rca cables

$440 total or so... alot more than I wanted to spend but it sounds nice.

150 on some dual deck bought 3 years ago
30 on pioneer tweeters
25 for 6" subs with maybe 100 wat max
and some speaker wire that was layin around

$205 for a system that plays music.. id like a little more but hell i can hear it with the windows down and the ttops off, so it works for me.

$130 for sony xplod CDX-GT330 and XT100HD tuner
$200 for two Pioneer 4 way 6x9s, and two 3 way 4x6s
$60 for 600 Watt 4 channel Sony Xplod amp
about $120 for Rockford fostgate wires

pioneer premeir cd player-$350
jl audio v1.2 500 watt amp-$750
jl audio bass controller-$25
jl audio6x9 3 way -$200
pioneer 3 way 4x6-$90
two 10 inch kicker dual voice coil subs in kicker box $500
1 farad capacitor-$90
amp wiring kit-$170
total spent was $2175 canadian

My JVC flip-flace deck was $350 when new, but that was a few vehicles ago so we'll say free
4x6 Alpine Type S - $95
6x9 Alpine type S - $115
Random supplies - $3.00
$213.00 total
Sounds way better than before. Rear speakers are 3 way and they sound just amazing, especially when I crank Billy Squire haha

I spent minus $50, as in I got paid $50 for the system in my 87 RS
Came with an aftermarket stereo that was brand new, so I pulled it out and sold it for $50
Put the stock deck from my 01 Silverado in it's place. Front and rear Boston Acoustic speakers that were in another thirdgen that I bought for parts.

Couldn't even begin to figure out the set up in the 88 IROC. Parts have been with me for years and in several different cars lol.

$70 (open box) jbl 4x6
$90 jbl 4x6
$190 pioneer deck w/ipod
$190 install on all above
so $540 so far. and it still doesnt sound great. i need to get a custom sub box for the trunk aswell as subs, amp, and wireing, and the instal on all that

Free Hu - swiped outta my sisters Sentra. Theify...

12" JL W3, 1200W sony amp, cap., and wires - Part of payment for my Accord that i sold..

So technically i can't put a price on mine because i have no clue what it would cost all total

Mine was basically free as there are 3 of us with F-bodies and we are all good friends. So we always hand me down stuff if we either upgrade or get tired of something and want a change. I got my front speakers, rear speakers and deck for $50. This stuff isnt junk in anyway speakers and deck are pioneer and the subs I just got are JBL's. I also have 2 mtx amps. Not the greatest but they work and I listen to death metal so its all i need. In all I think Ive spent maybe $200 on everything. Its just pure luck this way but its a great set up for sure for the price

well lets see...
sony deck- $120
infinity dash speakers- $110
alpine 6-9's back speakers- $140
supplies for custom built sub box- $60
MTX subs- $50 (used)
am. pro amp- $40 (used)

altogether around around $520.....

Battery, Wiring, blocks - $600
Pioneer Head Unit - $400
Sub (Image Dynamics) - $400
Amps (estimate) - $1000
Front Stage (Hybrid) - $700
Alarm - $300
Custom Door Panels - $300
Dynamat Xtreme $200
Parts & labor - $1500
Total........................$5400


I LIKE MY MUSIC!!!

Eclipse head unit - 370
Eclipse 2 channel amp - 400
Eclipse 4 channel amp - 500
Eclipse Rear 6x9's - 180
2 12" Eclipse DVC Subs - 600
Wire / Misc Elec - 300
Custom sub box - 200
Paint for the box - 400
Viper alarm to keep it all in my car - 600

2950 in audio gear
3550 including the alarm

I had all the crinkle plastic smoothed and painted gloss black - add about another 1200 for all of that too - not directly related to the stereo though...

Have any pics you can share?

http://www.thirdgen.org/techboard/ca...one-kinda.html (It's finally done..kinda)

Finished? What's that?

Alpine 9886 Headunit--$270
Alpine Type S 6x9 Rear Speakers--$110
Infinity Reference 4x6 Front Speakers--$55
Rockford Fosgate 4 guage wiring--20
Rockford Fosgate 600w mono block amp--$189
Alpine Type S 12in 300w Subs--$147
12in Rear Cargo Area Box--$40

Total--$831

Apparently something I don't understand, because I'm not happy with it, and want to change it...it's tolerable now until I get my motor done, which i think will end up taking a while...

Kenwood hu and ipod adapter - $200
some off brand 4x6 and 6x9 that sound extremely good - free
Kenwood powered 10" sub - $75
Alpine V12 4ch amp - $125
MTX 2ch amp - $80 ( this powers the 10" kicker that is now in the kenwood sub box)
4gb Ipod Nano - $40

total $520. installed it myself.

$300 alpine deck (2" lcd color display+ipod cable included)
$400 alpine type "S" front/rear AND 2 12" JL W3s
$500 TMA amps 4chnl/mono (TMA is kinda new and owned by JL)
$300 for all wiring and car audio battery
$75 materials for custom box

the deck doesnt have a CD drive but i have a 60 gig iPod so F cds!

Alpine CDA-9856 w/ Ipod cable $110 Shipped (i installed)
Infiniti Reference Series 4x6's $70(i installed)
Infiniti Reference Series 6x9's $140(i installed)
Bazooka BTA8100 $100 (i installed)

system is really great

alpine stereo
kicker 6x9
kicker amps
kicker 10'' subs
polk dashbord subs
price less given to me
sounds great for what is in it
sounds like i have 15'' subs

$400 - Head Unit - Pioneer PRS-800
$500 - Front Speakers - Polk SR6500
$700 - Subs - JL Audio 10w6 x 2
$1000 - Amps - DLS A5 & A2
$500 - Wiring - Stinger

Too much haha.

$200 Alpine CDA-9813
$100 Boston Acoustics NX67
$120 Infinity 9623i
$100 Kenwood Amp, not sure what type
$150 Profile California Amp
$75 Infinity 12" Reference
100 square feet of Edead (like dynamat)
$60 materials for well box


In the process of finishing it now. Here are some pics of the progress thus

far

all i can remember total of my stereo is about $700 but in reality its worth like $1700

$1000 Various kinds of sound deadener from Second Skin Audio
$500 Pioneer deck and Ipod Interface
$1000 MB Quart Separates, 4" with Tweet and 6.5 with Tweet and 6.5 Mid Bass.
$300 4 Cerwin Vega 8's
$900 2 Alpine Amps
$400 in Wiring, cables, etc...

Doing the install work / boxes / etc... myself...

Additional Ipod, Car Computer too...

Raf

well not fully finished yet but so far i got

kenwood cd with usb
lighting audio rear and front speakers
lighting audio tweeters
lighting audio 900watt amp
all wiring
only thing i got leavt to buy is subs and box

so far only spent 700 for what i got

Prob about 2,000

$300..

mine was pretty cheap i think

kicker kx700.5 $100
clarion headunit with usb and aux $107
amp kit $35
speaker wire $14
rca cables $6
infinity reference 6x9 $20
powerbass 5.25 components $35
kicker l5 with box $125


grand total of $442

$400 for Jenson 9401 7" Flipout DVD
$120 for Power Acoustik 1250W 2 Channel Amp
$130 for 2 New Model 10" Kicker CVR
$50 for Wiring, Parts, Etc.
$35 for Custom Made Box

All for about $735

(2) Treo SSX 15" Subs = $900 each
Custom spec'd box = $375
(2) pair Pioneer Premier REV series 6x9 = $180 per pair
(1) pail pioneer premier component 4x6 = $85
Pioner Premier 880 prs = $550
Pioneer XM adapter = $200
(2) Hifonics Brutus Super Class D 2607 amps = $500 each
pioneer premier prs-d1200m amp for highs = $350
0 gauge wire = $80
16.2 Widescreen flipdown tv = $300
Slim PS2 = $125
(2) Yellow top Optima batts in trunk = $200 each
Custom 250 amp alt = $175
100 sq.ft. FatMat = $50

TOTAL = $4950

Oh well thats in a 87 caprice. But I sold the to Sub amps and I'm getting the Hifonics Goliath 5000 soon. And no, that was not spent all at once, maybe in a 6 month span. But it sounds awesome, stupid loud.


Sorry I forgot to mention:

Prestige Remote start alarm = $150
Northland Tracker tracking device = $350

(updates tracking every 5-10 secs and when the car is cranked or moved or alarm goes off and I'm not around, guess what? I'm getting a text message to my cell or my girl cell. Aint that sweet. Everything is ran through local and state law enforcement)

BTW, Everything was installed by me, I managed an Audio Shop here in Ruston, La for 4 years. But I didnt get everything through my discount. If any of you need wiring schematics for your vehicles just let me know or send me an email: gsuhensley@aol.com.

Fourty bucks.

My bird came with a Kenwood System,


and i bought my own subs and amps at school.

compared to some other systems i really do have a budget system lol

sony head unit-120
subs-90
sub box materials(built a well box)-about 50
wiring kit-30
head unit install kit antenna adapter etc-about 40
kenwood 600w amp-150

and i think thats about all, hopefully getting some 6x9's soon

Kenwood Excelon KDC-X493 CD receiver Store display $170
Alpine MRP-M500 Mono subwoofer amplifier 500 watts RMS x1 $150 shipped.

Polk Audio MOMO MM2104 10" subwoofers 300 Watts

each. $89 shipped. Buy one get one free. I love crutchfeild.

Polk momo 6x9's made from carbon fiber. $89 shipped.

Polk momo 4" woofers with tweeters. (dash plate speakers). $70 shipped.

Wire's and such $50 (4 gauge).

Mid amp 420 watts for 6x9's was waiting on the shelf in the garage. 1 farad cap waiting. Free

Epicenter. Free from a camaro I am parting.

Alarm $26 new in the box from craigs list.

Sub box was $30 from craigs list.

Install free.


TOTAL 674 But sounds like 2k!!!

2 kicker CVR 12's- 150 for both of them shipped new from crutchfield
ported 12's box-50
profile AP2000 amp- 279
4 memphis 6x9's-260
2 sony xplode 4x6's-40
pioneer cd player- 50$$

so around 850

Free= Power Accoustic 840w Amp (my son gave it to me)
$75.00= Pioneer 4 way 6x9 speakers (Great balance for the system)
$50.00= Pioneer 4x6 2 way speakers (Real clear up front)
Free= Custom carpeted Sub Box
$75.00= 12" MTX from at least 2000 (they keep sounding good)
$75.00= Wire Kit and various accesories
$300.00=Valor DVD touch multimedia Head Unit (Love it)
$6.00= iPod cable (from the swap meet, love the extra 1000 songs for cheap...lol)
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$581.00 but I never regret spending a penny because it just plays and sounds perfect



Labor was free