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$1000 budget for a complete system!! help!!
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<blockquote data-quote="forbidden" data-source="post: 6705500" data-attributes="member: 552189"><p>And how many of you geniuses know what it takes to install into a RX8 and to do it properly? OP get ready for the sticker shock on the install kit alone, it is not cheap. Want to do it right? Then use your $ wisely. Gad, someone linked you to a 3 year old cd player for gods sake. Try and get that serviced if it dies.... kiss that $ goodbye. Is your RX8 a bose system or a none Bose system as the speaker sizes are completely different. The wiring in the front door to do the component speakers are a real PITA.</p><p></p><p>Dash kit - Metra 99-7510 is about the $170.00 mark alone... there goes 17% of your original budget before taxes even</p><p></p><p>I would find a solid headunit like the Eclipse CD5030 or Kenwood KDCX693 or KDCX493. $300 or under.</p><p></p><p>Speakers, keep it to a simple coax in the back, $100 should do the trick. Up front you can do a 6.75" component in either Bose or non Bose systems, or a 5x7" non Bose or up to a 9" Bose. In the Bose case or the non Bose case you will need to have adaptor plates to mount the speakers if you want to use components. $300 on front speakers, eliminate the rears if you have to for now as you can add them later.</p><p></p><p>Subs, a pair of 10" or a single 12" in a slot port box. With the limited trunk room in this car you would be ideally suited to a single sub in the slot port box. You will have to remove the plastic covering from behind the rear seats to allow more output to get into the cabin.</p><p></p><p>Amps, the Eclipse XA2000 that someone mentioned is a great amp for the front speakers, copious amounts of solid clean power and they can be found cheap right now. A pair of them even if you want to use the second one on a svc 4 ohm sub would do alright. You can always expand again and use it to power the rear speakers if one day you want to add a second sub and bigger amp.</p><p></p><p>Wiring is fun in this vehicle as well. It has a notoriously crappy ground in it so be prepared to really do some work on the ground wiring. RX8club has a very good audio forum for your vehicle that will give you better real world suggestions for you rather than advice from a bunch of geniuses whom more than likely don't know your car but are very good at e-bay. Use the geniuses for the e-bay and use the others for the solid advice. Go through the suggestions carefully as some of them could indeed yield some desirable results, the post above mine for example with the link to the box for your car if you want a simple good fitting inexpensive sub box. Not everyone on this site has bad info, it is easy to weed throough though when you know what you are looking for. As I am in Canada I will not speculate on your US pricing and what a good deal may be for you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="forbidden, post: 6705500, member: 552189"] And how many of you geniuses know what it takes to install into a RX8 and to do it properly? OP get ready for the sticker shock on the install kit alone, it is not cheap. Want to do it right? Then use your $ wisely. Gad, someone linked you to a 3 year old cd player for gods sake. Try and get that serviced if it dies.... kiss that $ goodbye. Is your RX8 a bose system or a none Bose system as the speaker sizes are completely different. The wiring in the front door to do the component speakers are a real PITA. Dash kit - Metra 99-7510 is about the $170.00 mark alone... there goes 17% of your original budget before taxes even I would find a solid headunit like the Eclipse CD5030 or Kenwood KDCX693 or KDCX493. $300 or under. Speakers, keep it to a simple coax in the back, $100 should do the trick. Up front you can do a 6.75" component in either Bose or non Bose systems, or a 5x7" non Bose or up to a 9" Bose. In the Bose case or the non Bose case you will need to have adaptor plates to mount the speakers if you want to use components. $300 on front speakers, eliminate the rears if you have to for now as you can add them later. Subs, a pair of 10" or a single 12" in a slot port box. With the limited trunk room in this car you would be ideally suited to a single sub in the slot port box. You will have to remove the plastic covering from behind the rear seats to allow more output to get into the cabin. Amps, the Eclipse XA2000 that someone mentioned is a great amp for the front speakers, copious amounts of solid clean power and they can be found cheap right now. A pair of them even if you want to use the second one on a svc 4 ohm sub would do alright. You can always expand again and use it to power the rear speakers if one day you want to add a second sub and bigger amp. Wiring is fun in this vehicle as well. It has a notoriously crappy ground in it so be prepared to really do some work on the ground wiring. RX8club has a very good audio forum for your vehicle that will give you better real world suggestions for you rather than advice from a bunch of geniuses whom more than likely don't know your car but are very good at e-bay. Use the geniuses for the e-bay and use the others for the solid advice. Go through the suggestions carefully as some of them could indeed yield some desirable results, the post above mine for example with the link to the box for your car if you want a simple good fitting inexpensive sub box. Not everyone on this site has bad info, it is easy to weed throough though when you know what you are looking for. As I am in Canada I will not speculate on your US pricing and what a good deal may be for you. [/QUOTE]
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