Sound System Woes...

[SHOgun_it]

Well, as all of us already know, we can't put an aftermarket head unit in without some heavy modification. This puts us in a perplexing situation.... cut up my dash to put an out-of-place looking head unit in, or go with some type of converter? Well, I have decided to go with the converter. I chose this for two reasons; 1) I wouldn't feel comfortable cutting up my dash. 2) I would look WAY out of place. So, what I plan on doing is this. I'm going to use one of these PAC OEM-2 things to hook up two amps to the factory radio. One of the amps will be used to power the 4 speakers, the other amp to power my subwoofer (a 12" Type-R). I haven't decided yet on what speakers I would like. I see that a lot of the guys around here have been going with Infinity speakers. Yes, they are really good speakers, but I would also like to see what some other good options are. I'm thinking 6x8 in the rear deck, and maybe using a 5.25 component set up front; utilizing the factory location for the tweeter. From what I see, it appears as though there is a limited amount of space in the door. Speakers sometimes hit on the window when rolled down, from what I have read. So, I think by going with a 5.25 speaker, the adapter bracket would give me enough room to clear. However, where would I put the crossover? Should I run new wiring somehow to the cabin, maybe even the trunk? How would I get the wiring from the door, to the cabin? When I do decide on what I will be using, I will let you guys know. Also, I'll try to do a write-up about this difficult task of hooking up an amplifier (or more) to the stock "football" radio. I'll keep you guys updated... Thanks!

 

[SHOgun_it]

Well, it took me about 4 hours and plenty of fooling around... but I finally got my amp hooked up and running along with my stock "ffotball". It sounds great. The bass is nice and clean, and I can control the bass level right from the front on the football. I am SO happy that I got it to work. I tried to go by what the directions here said. It was pretty helpful, but wasn't too certain on a few things that I could have used a little bit more help with. I'll do a full write-up later this week, I'm too tired and sore right now to do anything. Later.

 

[Motoman991]

it took me about 2 hours to get an amp and 2 12's working. you just need to converter thing that goes to two sets of speakers wire, and that is the thing you plug the rca wire in for the amp. the turn on lead for the amp is the wire that goes to the power antena

 

[1993MTXSHO]

as far as infinitys yes they are good I have them in my mustang but my SHO has cerwin vega on the interrior which was in the car when i got it. I installed an infinity 1600watt amp with the 2005 kicker duel 12's the round ones cv or cr or w/e they are. That setup sounds nice. My dad is a music freak and he almost sh*t when i told him my car had cerwin vega speakers, so i guess there decent

 

[NebraskaSHO]

I wish my car had Cerwin Vega speakers

I've been looking at some Eclipse 6", 6 1/2" (???) component speakers for the front doors. They are pretty big but with a little work they would fit, I'd hope. The only problem would be mouting depth. They are used from the audio store I buy stuff at and were just taken out of the wall. Still pricey though. But I did squeeze in 6x9"s in the back so I think some nice, large, component speakers would be nice up front. Along of course with Eclipse tweeters as part of the deal.

I get annoyed at how clear the back speakers are now and want to balance it out.

ARGH...

 

[2 4shofast]

I have infinity Kappas all around with componets up front. Its sounds ok but I am replacing the front and rear speakers with Image Dynamics 6 3/4" componets, it think it will sound 150% better.

 

[NebraskaSHO]

2,4 do you have round components up front or 5x7 component speakers.

The ones I'm looking at are the big round component speakers. Basically a 6 1/2" subwoofer