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<blockquote data-quote="LaserRed38" data-source="post: 5767799" data-attributes="member: 582808">His location is &quot;Phillipines&quot;. Pretty sure you wouldn&#039;t want to pay shipping fees across the Pacific. I agree on the Focal tweeters, but IMO the CDT tweeters are almost as harsh. The higher end Focal stuff is nice for sure, but out of his range.OP, he is right though. $800 including labor, deadening, wiring and your actual components...being installed at a professional shop...is not enough to where you will be satisfied. Because I have learned my lesson, I will give you my experience. I had my first &quot;real&quot; system installed by Sound Innovations in Hayward, CA. Ernie, the owner, was one of the nicest guys I have met in the business. He worked with me on prices too. That being said, to have four speakers, wiring, deadening on my doors, and a box made, I paid $1000 just in labor. The price you pay to have it &quot;done right&quot;. For reference, this shop has had about 25 cars featured in Car Audio Mag. They work on Ferraris and Bentley, etc. in addition to the average HU install. My point is, you&#039;re going to pay a LOT for a professional install.Again I think you would be very satisfied with the tiny Alpine PDX 4.150, which is underrated. I&#039;D components in front and ID sub sealed in back. You could leave your stock rears in for passengers off the HU, but not necessary. Deadening I think you could do yourself to save money. Or maybe have them do your doors if you don&#039;t want to take them apart yourself, and do the trunk yourself. Look into the Subaru forums for more help. There are surely people on those sites that have done audio installs on their own cars and took detailed pics of how to do stuff. You could even find someone in your area to help out. After my experience and finding this site I have become a lot more comfortable working on my own car. Now I just don&#039;t have the time to work on it though. So a lot of my installs are rushed and half assed, but they get the job done and I can tweak settings on the HU to compensate. However I know my limits and know my installs aren&#039;t &quot;Sound Innovations&quot; quality yet and I&#039;m okay with that. Consider all the advice you&#039;ve been given and maybe you&#039;ll want to rethink your next step....</blockquote>

[QUOTE="LaserRed38, post: 5767799, member: 582808"] His location is "Phillipines". Pretty sure you wouldn't want to pay shipping fees across the Pacific. I agree on the Focal tweeters, but IMO the CDT tweeters are almost as harsh. The higher end Focal stuff is nice for sure, but out of his range. OP, he is right though. $800 including labor, deadening, wiring and your actual components...being installed at a professional shop...is not enough to where you will be satisfied. Because I have learned my lesson, I will give you my experience. I had my first "real" system installed by Sound Innovations in Hayward, CA. Ernie, the owner, was one of the nicest guys I have met in the business. He worked with me on prices too. That being said, to have four speakers, wiring, deadening on my doors, and a box made, I paid $1000 just in labor. The price you pay to have it "done right". For reference, this shop has had about 25 cars featured in Car Audio Mag. They work on Ferraris and Bentley, etc. in addition to the average HU install. My point is, you're going to pay a LOT for a professional install. Again I think you would be very satisfied with the tiny Alpine PDX 4.150, which is underrated. I'D components in front and ID sub sealed in back. You could leave your stock rears in for passengers off the HU, but not necessary. Deadening I think you could do yourself to save money. Or maybe have them do your doors if you don't want to take them apart yourself, and do the trunk yourself. Look into the Subaru forums for more help. There are surely people on those sites that have done audio installs on their own cars and took detailed pics of how to do stuff. You could even find someone in your area to help out. After my experience and finding this site I have become a lot more comfortable working on my own car. Now I just don't have the time to work on it though. So a lot of my installs are rushed and half assed, but they get the job done and I can tweak settings on the HU to compensate. However I know my limits and know my installs aren't "Sound Innovations" quality yet and I'm okay with that. Consider all the advice you've been given and maybe you'll want to rethink your next step.... [/QUOTE]

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