post pics of your stereos/systems
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Re: post pics of your stereos/systems
That looks really familiar
I have the same deck in my 89 running speaker level to a Kenwood KAC-8405 which provides 60 WRMS X 4. I did some work to the sail panels and created an enclosure to accommodate a pair of Kenwood KFC-XW800F 8" woofers from the Excelon series. With the fabric over the sail panels, you'd never know there's an 8' woofer in there except for a little deeper bass than a 6X9. I'm also using the AUX input on the back of the head unit to play the audio from a satellite receiver.


I have future plans to install JL Audio's Clean Sweep signal processor, hence the space in front of the amp on the board.
http://mobile.jlaudio.com/products_c...php?page_id=79
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Here's the system in my car, One 12" Kick comp dual coil 400 rms 800 max, 8 ohm wired just to make sure I don't miss any beats. A Crunch 1100 watt 2 channel AMP with two 6x9 Sony Xplod speakers. (I'm going to be replacing them with some higher watt Kenwoods soon.) And a Kenwood deck. Spent about 500 or so on the sub, amp ,speakers, deck, AMP wiring kit, and supplies for the box and shrink tubing. The box is a 2 inch ported and hits hard on the high notes but I can still hear/feel the low notes so that "What size should I make the hole and how long of a funnel" guess ended up being amazing. I'll be adding another kick comp sub on a separate box just so If I need the trunk space I can take one out and not be without subs. All in all I love how cheap and affective this sound system upgrade was and say Kicker is the way to go!




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Re: post pics of your stereos/systems
Upgraded the system in the Bird. It wont win any events, but it provides a much needed bass boost for the car.
Kenwood MP245 Deck
Kenwood Excelon X172 6 3/4" sail panel speakers
JBL 8" 800 watt Sub woofer
Crunch 1000 watt Amp
I may eventually upgrade the front dash speakers, but so far, stock speakers remain.




Kenwood MP245 Deck
Kenwood Excelon X172 6 3/4" sail panel speakers
JBL 8" 800 watt Sub woofer
Crunch 1000 watt Amp
I may eventually upgrade the front dash speakers, but so far, stock speakers remain.




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Re: post pics of your stereos/systems
could be a bit cleaner but took me about an hour to make the box from some wood a i had laying around
as u can see its a vented box :P
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Im running a JVC KD-LH300 Headunit that i LOVE! Been in the family for about 7 years now
. Lol.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6zU1rNPKq8 Sorry i didnt have it louder,it was early in the morning:P And that little white strip on my sub box is a K.I.T.T light,didnt turn it on..dumb me
. Lol. - motorized, detachable, fold-down face
- Variable Color 3D graphics display (with 1,728 possible colors)
- Personalized Image Capture Technology (PICT) — allows you to download your own images into the display (software included, minimum system requirements: Windows 98 and 64 MB RAM)
- rotary encoder
- HS-IIIi tuner
- 18 FM/6 AM presets
- seek tuning
- plays MP3 and WMA files
- plays CDs, CD-Rs, and CD-RWs
- direct track access (tracks 1-12)
- 7-band iEQ (with 9 preset and 3 user-adjustable EQ curves)
- Burr-Brown 1-bit D/A converter (24-bit resolution )
- CD/MP3 changer controls
- 4-volt, gold-plated front, rear and sub preamp outputs
- subwoofer RCA output has level & frequency control
- level control and low-pass filter on subwoofer preamp outputs
- optional rear auxiliary input
- wireless remote
- 19 watts RMS/50 peak x 4 channels
- CD frequency response 5-20,000 Hz
- CD signal-to-noise ratio 98 dB
- FM sensitivity 11.3 dBf


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6zU1rNPKq8 Sorry i didnt have it louder,it was early in the morning:P And that little white strip on my sub box is a K.I.T.T light,didnt turn it on..dumb me
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Re: post pics of your stereos/systems
7.5" in dash and 12.5" flip down - yes it is in front of my rear view mirror
The amp box with the two 6.5" speakers will have a large bow tie cut in to it with plexy glass over it and back lit with orange lighting to accent the car.
Sub and amp box unfinished in picture I am currently sanding and prepping them to be painted the same color as the car
The amp box with the two 6.5" speakers will have a large bow tie cut in to it with plexy glass over it and back lit with orange lighting to accent the car.
Sub and amp box unfinished in picture I am currently sanding and prepping them to be painted the same color as the car
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Sorry if im bringing a thread back from the dead. BUT!!!
How do you guys have your Amps mounted? Im afraid if i screw mine down its going to hit the gas tank...
How do you guys have your Amps mounted? Im afraid if i screw mine down its going to hit the gas tank...
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Re: post pics of your stereos/systems
running a pioneer 200 watt head unit and 4 6" bolted into the 6x9 stock locating, and 2 xplod 4x6s in the dash sounds good enough for me
plan on doing something "crazy" with it later though
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Re: post pics of your stereos/systems
Tell me what you guys think of what i have so far. Next is custom kick panels for the 6 1/2" 3 ways speakers I'm waiting on.
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Re: post pics of your stereos/systems
Looks good dude! What subs are those? And what seats are you running?
Amps are Vibe slick series
Subs are Vibe Black air series 10's
6x9 are Vibe slick series
Just need a good set of 6 1/2" 3 way components. Any suggestions?
Re: post pics of your stereos/systems
Depends how much u want to spend
Jl fosgate kicker. Infinity are decently price
I need help with my system. Has anyone try putting two fosgate t2 in a camaro conv. Not sure if that to much power any input. I have been looking all over and can't find any post on this type of woofer in a conv.
Hey guys email me for input hinlook@aol.com
Jl fosgate kicker. Infinity are decently price
I need help with my system. Has anyone try putting two fosgate t2 in a camaro conv. Not sure if that to much power any input. I have been looking all over and can't find any post on this type of woofer in a conv.
Hey guys email me for input hinlook@aol.com
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Kenwood USB Ipod deck w/ 8gig Ipod
4 Pioneer 400w 6x9s
4 Kicker Midrange 8s
4 Kicker L5 DVC dual 4ohm 12s
12.5 cubic foot ported wall @35hz
Kicker ZX650.4 @2ohms 180w x4 rms
Kicker ZX2500.1 @2ohms 2757 x1 rms
1 corvette 140amp alt running car and cars battery
1 corvette 200amp alt running Stinger battery, 3f cap and 2500.1
0ga throughout with 8ga as sub wire
Best score 153.4 db
This year going DC Soundlabs with 4 lvl 3 15s and the 3.5k on 2 kinetik 16v batts and a 300 amp alt jacked to 18.5v charge and 16.3v float to get over 4000w rms.
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How about a daylight shot of the radio install.
Looked at that unit for my 91 Formula & wanted to see how it fits in there.
Looked at that unit for my 91 Formula & wanted to see how it fits in there.
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IDK if the comment was for me but i'll take one tomorrow also I made a thread on how to make the double din Bezel without modding the old one cost me around 25$ to make
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It fits really good I'll take picture in daylight tomorrow and post them up. Here is the thread on how to make it and here is a video of it but is dark, didn't have my woofers connected then the video is great in this unit .
https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/inte...ed-double.html
https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/inte...ed-double.html
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Re: post pics of your stereos/systems
Yes i know my rear hatch is abit dusty but its the first time the trunk has been opened since we lost the key



And my firebird has no radio or system currently



And my firebird has no radio or system currently
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Kinda overkill for the rock I listen to, but the mids sound real nice through the subs. I went through three sets of dash and rear speakers before I found a set that was crisp enough.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/53106660@N03/6720161833/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/53106660@N03/6720161833/
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Re: post pics of your stereos/systems
Well I finally have something to add to this post. What do you all think.
Pioneer deh 15mb
Pioneer 5500t 820 watt amp works out to be 190w continuous at 2 ohms
2 X Pioneer ts-w259d4 10 inch subs 1200 watt peak 350 continuous
pioneer 4x6 in the dash
? 6 inch in the qform kick panels
and I know phase linear 6x8's in the sail panels.
next is to replace all none pioneer speakers with pioneer
This is the first sound system i have ever done. I have never put one in a car like this before. the iroc metal plate glows orange. does anyone know how to get it to glow more tho. I heard sanding the plexi difuses the light more and makes it glow more is that true ?
Pioneer deh 15mb
Pioneer 5500t 820 watt amp works out to be 190w continuous at 2 ohms
2 X Pioneer ts-w259d4 10 inch subs 1200 watt peak 350 continuous
pioneer 4x6 in the dash
? 6 inch in the qform kick panels
and I know phase linear 6x8's in the sail panels.
next is to replace all none pioneer speakers with pioneer

This is the first sound system i have ever done. I have never put one in a car like this before. the iroc metal plate glows orange. does anyone know how to get it to glow more tho. I heard sanding the plexi difuses the light more and makes it glow more is that true ?
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Mines pretty simple 2 jl audio w3v3s with a 600 watt alpine marine amp not the loudest ive heard personally but loud enough for the police to say im disturbing the peace lol
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Box could fit a little better but not too bad. This is right after I put them in, lookin a little messy. Two Kicker 12" 10C124 Subs and a Kenwood KAC-7205 amp. Definitely gets the job done. Now I want new amp/speakers for mids and highs and a new headunit
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hey guys i got my third gen with no sound system what so ever and im looking to keep it hidden with just an aux port for my tablet other than the tablet id like the system to be as hidden as possible looking at maby a 10-12 inch sub any body got any ideas i completly suck at sound enginering lol
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Here is a temp setup till I get my box made in the back. This is old school Kicker box with two 10inch does kick A$$ thought. Cheers
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Almost all stock, very cheap mod

and the movie
For more information you can go here https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/car-...radio-mp3.html
and the movie
For more information you can go here https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/car-...radio-mp3.html
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*Moved my comment to it's own thread
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My Trans Am custom sub box I made looks and sounds great! Cheers....554080_10153291631415347_607610370_n_zpsff9e277e.jpg?t=1381675250
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Hey everyone. I'm new to this board & trying to post pics of my system but as you can see I have only gotten one to upload. The rest of them failed...... lol
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you need to upload them to a host site (picasa,photobucket etc) and then copy the image location into the "image" dialog box in the quick reply
























