Im getting ready to put my stereo in from my old car and came to think, why? First I though, added weight and I would want to turn it up loud and then I wont be able to hear the damn engine. Blah, Im in a dilemma. Any advice would be appreciated.

 

Its only a bad thing if you do it poorly and or use a bunch of oversized speakers and huge MDF boxes.

 

I'm a fan of a good stereo in a car. Just because you have it doesn't mean you have to use it all the time

In my FC, I have a Pioneer Deck, 2 Audiobahn 6.5" in the dash, with the tweeters mounted on the gauge cluster surround, 2 Infinity 3.5" On my doors, 2 Pioneer 5x7s in the rear shock towers, and 1 10" Audiobahn natural sub, powered by a 280W audiobahn amp. The box is now part of the rear of the car, I it's wedged into the spare tire section. Sounds great, and doesn't take up any usuable room

In my miata, I have a Pioneer MP3/CD player, two kenwood 6.5s in the doors, with 2 Audiobahn 3.5s" in each seat, one Alpine 10" sub powered by a 240W audiobahn amp. Also sounds great, Also doesn't take up any useable room

 

I have no radio. I don't have much against it unless you get crazy and start mounting dual 17" LCD screens into the sunvisors and stuff.

 

it doesn't add any weight if you use decent components and do it in moderation. you can have a decent sounding system and have everything sit in the stock locations.

 

Yeah, put you some 6 inch rounds behind the seats and some component speakers in the doors with a amplifier of sufficient power. Concerned about weight? What would all that weigh, maybe 10-15 lbs. Also, is this car your daily driver or your racing car? The only reason to worry about wieght would be if it was a race car, and why would you put a stereo in a race car anyway? So if is your daily driver , what's the big deal about weight?

 

Well Ive found 6.5" subs that Im going to put in the rear towers and components up front all powered off 1 amp. Amp 15lb, subs 30lb, comps 5lb so an extra 50lb of weight

 

i want to put one in mine also. once i get it running again,,, but i think i has a kinda crazy idea... im gonna peal back the whole rear carpet,take out the fiberglass piece that the storage bins sit in,and build a box to those demensions,but have it come up in the back a little bit to aim the speakers towards the hatch, and put the carpeting back over it.. and also have a square that dips down to mount the amp flush under plexi on the floor..

kinda hard to explain, maybe ill make me a little scetch and post it

 

The storage bin location sucks for subs or speakers. It was discussed in a thread I had regarding have enclosures make for people's cars.

But I like just speakers and a nice deck. I really don't need anymore, but thats just me. If I had a 400hp street car, sure I'de have a system. Otherwise with my NA, I couldn't add 50lbs after I spent alot of time removing 100.

 

I dunno, once you go with a system with a sub, its extremely hard to go back. I never go crazy in my cars, 1 10" sub a piece, but it really sucks driving without that low end that you come to know and love..

 

Who needs a radio? Just sing to yourself.

 

The bins work fine, as long as you put some angle to the sub. The whole problem is that most people fire the sub straight up which introduces frequency cancelation. If you angle the sub in any way possible, this problem is fixed.

 

I let the sound of a pissed off ported rotary sooth my nerves, it's not boring unless you live in a city and have to deal with straight roads and traffic.

 

long stretches of straight road and traffic are my reason for adding a nice stereo. a 10" sub is a must. gotta have some low end

 

https://www.rx7club.com/2nd-generation-specific-1986-1992-17/subwoofer-boxes-storage-bins-rear-rx7-370127/

Discussed there.

 

Plus when I built them (before I got a much better job I did custom enclosures for my cousins shop), I couldn't nearly make the bins work as effectly without heavy modification. Pretty much a box inside of a box Which is more money and more weight, so I scrapped the idea and take care of it locally if need to be. But I hardly have a job there anymore since my new one doubled in pay.

 

Believe me, angle the sub and you will be fine, and, on top of that, dont put the sub in the actual bin. Remove the bin and build in the space it previously took up. Just point the cone of the sub slightly toward the center of the car and you will be fine.

 

All I really want is to get my back speakers working again. They use to cut in an out, but now they cut no more. So all I have left are the front ones. Though, a nice cd player would be a good touch in my car since I can't play burned cds. Plus the tape player doesn't work. I just like keeping it the way it is. I use to be into the whole system thing, but find myself being satisfied with what i have now.

 

What's wrong with that?
I used to run a pair of Soundstream SS-12's in my old Honda CRX.
Those things had Vas specs of 184 liters each!
Recommended sealed was 3.0+ cubic feet each!


-Ted

 

That's deafening is what the problem is with it...

*Sigh* Kids today.... */sigh*



Apparently someone hasn't heard me sing...

 

I'd just like 2 easily removable 6x9's where the bins go, deck mounted between them, and 5x7's up front. Decent sound, easily removed for track days (not DD, soon to be gutted interior) control the deck with a remote if I need to. (I want to use the stock stereo location for gauges).

 

well, if its a racecar forget about speaker boxes, i had eight 8" rockfords in the back of my rx-7 and lost about 10-15 horses, it really just didnt wanna get it like it did before

 

i have the two factory speakers that are in the dash......two 6inch in the towers in the back....one 3way headrest speaker in the center on the back seat..... 2 10" sony explodes in a box between towers.... 1000watt audiofonics amp and a 1farad capacitor....i didnt see too much of a weight diff....o yea and the pioneer head unit....7speakers total.....good sound....i just need 2tweeters and im satisfied....lol

 

Boy you guys don't like to put a big system in your cars huh? I'm going to run 2 diamond audio 15s and 1000 watt orion Class D amp and 6.5" components all the way around. same system i had in my celica and it sounded awesome.

 

i was gonna put my 12" rockford blues in but the box they were in didnt fit....lol im too lazy to get a new one....so i sold them and got the tens and the amp for like 120$ and the capacitor i got from a friend for free...lol my system is fine i dont need more then that....as long as i rattle windows and mirrors im happy...