mwpayne

Ok, I just installed my aftermarket stereo (right now its just crammed in the hole anxiously awaiting the soon-to-be-world-famous Manntis radio/cupholder invention).
Anyway, put two jensen two-ways (6 1/2) in the back, stock 4's left in front. Nice highs & mid, but no bass whatsoever! Now, I'm not my jungle-thump loving 15 year old, but I would like a little 'kick' with my Styx, Journey, & Boston tunes. What can I do to help this on the cheap? Ideas?

Blitz0309

Alright, thats funny, you have the same speaker setup that i have. I wasn't satisfied, so i went to miejer and bought a set of "thump" 8" speakers in boxes with tweeters, and bought a $60 sony amp from walmart. Total cost was about $100. Wired it in, put the boxes in the storage bins behind the seats and it works out nicely.

jr69187

I got a a ppi 2160 and 2 twelve inch orion cobalts behind the seat. it just thumps a little bit. It is the only way i could find something louder than the exhaust.

JR

MIKE-P-28

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Bring it up here, and Ill put you somehting in there with some bottom that wont look like ****, pretty cheap

MIKE-P-28

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BTW: Nice to see someone listens to some good 'ole music besides that bump a bump a boogie bullsh^t they call music now _

Manntis

the Oh Brother Where Art Thou soundtrack sounds just fine on my Sony MP70 stereo with Infinity speakers all around, no amp or sub.

Defprun

Boston?! Jour...ney?????

Anywho...
Are you guys talking about those 8's in the box that fits at the back of the hatch area? That's a sweet install!!

Not my thing though. I'm not even sure i want the 6/9's anymore i have. I think i may just go radioless

V8kilr

go with mike-p
he will get the job done right,

heres my setup
i didnt want alot of bass eihter,
and it had to be totally stealth with minimal weight.
the 8" are not in boxes
there hidden in the rear,by the taillights,but hooked up free air

anyway i was gonna go pyramid "dont laugh,it would rival any of your systems costing 5 times as much"
but when i spoke to my rep he said he has a big legacy promo going on and could get all my stuff at around 75% what the pyramid setup would cost me.

so here it is,
i can get he model numbers for you if you wish.

stock headunit "remeber stealth and stock are the keywords"
legacy 4" 3-way front 200 watt max 40oz magnet
legacy 5.25" 3-way rear 200 watt max 40oz magnet
legacy 8" subs 600 watt max per speaker 55oz magnet
legacy 600 watt digital amp for subs only
8 agu amp wire kit

everything cost me $115.00

and i will take on anyone with the same size speakers that spent up to $600.00 for the same size stuff

btw im mecp certified and im currently working on a car audio installation,advanced fabrication,advanced configuration masters degree from II

MIKE-P-28

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Thanks kilr I have a MECP master installer cerification, or at least used to LOL Never retook the test every so many years like you are suppose to... LOL

V8kilr

where did you get yours from?
im gonna get mine from Installers Institue of florida,
there the best in the u.s

mwpayne

Hey Mike-P, you still got a decent tranny? Maybe do it all in one trip!

85RX7GS

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Nice choice of tunes!

mwpayne

Not to mention 38 special, Skynyrd, Molly Hatchet, and even (dare I say it) a measured amount of Black Oak Arkansas!
KAZAA is a wonderful thing..

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I didnt need no stinking clases LOL I just called them and had the local libary procter the test.. It was only a written test, from the MECP people but this was in 97... Personally I gues those classes are nice, but its a shitty job take note, you dont make freaking **** working for someone

MIKE-P-28

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Nope, snooze and you loose They are all sold, but if you find one, I will still install it for you,,,

RotorMotorDriver

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Infinity speakers kick ***. They have some real thump to them. My dads got some in his B Pillars on his -SE, and you can litterly feel the bass from Pink Floyd and the Eagles and anything with a good kick drum in it. Its great. Im putting Infinitys all around in my car just because of those two 6.5". He also has an Alpine head unit and no amps. The Infinitys basically never distort, even at full volume. Anyway, just letting you all know.

~T.J.

RotorMotorDriver

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Oh and for those of you that are curious...Heres a pic.



~T.J.

MIKE-P-28

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Ive done that with 6X9's a shitload of time, but with the question in my head as to why? Theres a space in the rear that you can cut just about anything you want into and it starts with a 6 1/2 hole already.

Manntis

wonder if you can hide an Infinity self-amped subwoofer in the rear trim somewhere, then place 6x9 rear speakers in those side panels....

RotorMotorDriver

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It came like that

~T.J.

MIKE-P-28

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I know I remember you saying that, I was still curious why?

RotorMotorDriver

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Well, I still dont know, lol. It does however, have better imaging (I think, but then again, what do I know) than the stock locations. When Im driving, I can barly hear the drivers side rear speaker in the 85 GSL, but when I drive his car and listen to the same song, its WAY different. Its like a whole different setup. I can actually hear stuff coming from one side and moving to the other (the helicopter in Pink Floyd for example ) whereas in the GSL with the stock location speakers, it just sounds muffled, and then all of a sudden I can hear it on the passenger side. I was thinking of putting my speakers here myself, but it just takes too much work, plus my sub box gets in the way...

~T.J.

PS - It may just be a difference in speakers though...Kenwood 6.5" in the back of the GSL, Infinity Reference 6.5" in the back of the -SE, so maybe its comparing apples to oranges...Plus the Infinitys have the tweeters rotated for better imaging too...