Upgrading the Sounds

[98blackbell]

Finally made the jump. Tired of the factory player, the cd quit 3 years ago and no Pandora hook up.

Going with ALpine stuff. Head, 6" fronts with seperate tweeters, 6x9 in the rears. Running 1 small amp to push the speakers more.

 

[blueflamed03]

dang, stack of goodies

 

[val620]

I got the same 6" set.The tweeters are great super loud but the 6" is alittle dissapointing.

 

[Donnie Yukonie]

i hear ya i wanted the aplines but i went with the pioneers where can you get the tweets?

 

[98blackbell]

I havent started yet. Im waiting on an amp. Not looking for big sound but good sound. I started the 6x9 install, what a b@#ch! Air sawed enough now need to make a spacer. The 6x9 bottoms out on the roof.

 

[AtomicHoe094]

huge fan of alpine headunits.. wont touch any other brand.

 

[98blackbell]

My first alpine, always liked them.

Last 2 systems I have bought are Sony, JVC. Ok Systems. The JVC worked out well. Put it in my sons car. Stock speakers with 1 10" sub with 2000 watts and it hits hard loud and clear.

Looking forward to the alpine sounds.

 

[98blackbell]

Well finished the head unit with the KT-455 (45 what amp off the head unit) install. Gotta love Crutchfield install kits they are complete. Went in like butter.

Installed the front 6" combo Alpines in the door. Drivers door didnt even have a factory tweet in it. Went in just as easy, drilled 4 holes and screwed it in. put the cross over inside the door for clean install and wires out of the way.Door panel back in all good.

Now the rears. I took factory speaker out of the passenger side to put in 6x9. You have to do a little clearancing. My new speakers were to deep so I had to make a spacer ring and when you don't have a router its a bear with an air saw or jig saw. I did re-use the factor speaker cover and mounted the speaker over this. Otherwise the new speaker did not cover hole. I finished 1 side and will have to do the other side when I get back from our family trip to the NC mtns.

Sound is better. Did not pick up as much lows as I was hoping going with the bigger rears and fronts. I am going to need a sub. I think I will custom fit one at the rear behind the wheel well and the back hatch on the passenger side. Figure I can make an upright box and put a 10" or 12" with the amp under the rear seat. I will post pics as I go along. I am getting ready to pack and leave , don't have pics uploaded yet. will do soon.

 

[98blackbell]

Pics of the install

Radio, love the crutchfield kit!

Rear speaker

 

[ch4d]

Pics of the install

Radio, love the crutchfield kit!

Rear speaker

thats awesome i have a JVC deck and its somewhat nice i like it but i use my magnum amp and my 12 inch MTX competition sub.... I always have the sub up but the cops around here know its me now cause they can hear me a block away and living in such a small town they hear a loud tahoe with bass and its me.

 

[98blackbell]

Yeah the 12" would be good option.

I opted for a matching set of electronics. Went with the Alpine SBR-S83V 8" enclosed subwoofer with an Alpine MRX-M50 its a mono 500 watt amplifier.

I would say it is about perfect. Working on tuning it for my likes.

 

[Gzes]

ive got alpine 10sn but am gonna take em out and put kickers in. i like them but they are old n ragety so wanna try kicker n see how they perform. i have all my speakers kicker and they sound great

 

[99boxhead]

oh $hit, im getting me some 6x9s who want some 4x10s in cin

 

[alc5m]

Well finished the head unit with the KT-455 (45 what amp off the head unit) install. Gotta love Crutchfield install kits they are complete. Went in like butter.

Installed the front 6" combo Alpines in the door. Drivers door didnt even have a factory tweet in it. Went in just as easy, drilled 4 holes and screwed it in. put the cross over inside the door for clean install and wires out of the way.Door panel back in all good.

Now the rears. I took factory speaker out of the passenger side to put in 6x9. You have to do a little clearancing. My new speakers were to deep so I had to make a spacer ring and when you don't have a router its a bear with an air saw or jig saw. I did re-use the factor speaker cover and mounted the speaker over this. Otherwise the new speaker did not cover hole. I finished 1 side and will have to do the other side when I get back from our family trip to the NC mtns.

Sound is better. Did not pick up as much lows as I was hoping going with the bigger rears and fronts. I am going to need a sub. I think I will custom fit one at the rear behind the wheel well and the back hatch on the passenger side. Figure I can make an upright box and put a 10" or 12" with the amp under the rear seat. I will post pics as I go along. I am getting ready to pack and leave , don't have pics uploaded yet. will do soon.

what do you mean they didnt have a factory tweeter? as far as i know its in the middle of the door panel next to the window controls, lol

and i got a pioneer head unit, i ran a kenwood for a while that i really liked, but pioneer imo makes some of the best HU's out there, or they at least did, lol, i seen some of the new ones and they just look straight up cheap

 

[98blackbell]

Yeah the door must have been opened before and they removed the tweeters.

Had the system complete done for a few weeks and really like it. I don't understand all the tuning you can do. But just like the better sounds, Pandora, satellite radio and a CD that works.

The 8" sub really kicks for what i want.

1 thing I don't like is that it does not have RDS on the tuner.. the units that I put in my sons cars JVC and Sony have that as well as my wifes newer car.

The sound resonates with my dump pipes off my exhaust, the wife hates it!@ HA!

 

[99boxhead]

Used your idea about the 6x9s, got nine in the mail, they were in less 2 min!!!!

 

[sparg93]

If you go the route of subs, here's what I did:

I went with a custom box for under my rear bench...a company made it out of Florida and quality was really good...all-in was like $140. (couldn't find link)
http://www.halfpricecaraudio.com/Ch...stom-Enclosure-Sealed-Subwoofer-Box-Black.htm - this one is pretty cheap, I would be worried it was made in china, but this is what it would look like

For subs, you'll need shallow mounts and I went with x2 10" Daytons after TONS of research. Their shallow mount for the $$ can't be beat.
http://www.parts-express.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?Partnumber=295-134

I paired them to a 1500w amp that fit under the passenger seat perfectly and the base is really impressive and completely stealth.

 

[navi243]

Yeah the door must have been opened before and they removed the tweeters.

Had the system complete done for a few weeks and really like it. I don't understand all the tuning you can do. But just like the better sounds, Pandora, satellite radio and a CD that works.

The 8" sub really kicks for what i want.

1 thing I don't like is that it does not have RDS on the tuner.. the units that I put in my sons cars JVC and Sony have that as well as my wifes newer car.

The sound resonates with my dump pipes off my exhaust, the wife hates it!@ HA!

Do you have any pictures of your sub and box setup, or the amp mounted?