Eating nothing but ramen for 3 months is about to pay off!!!

[~Magick_Man~ 10+ year member]

sounds pretty nice.

i will be waiting for those pictures //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/cool.gif.3bcaf8f141236c00f8044d07150e34f7.gif

~Magick_Man~

 

[Ape 10+ year member]

I wish I could install that shit.. For me the install its 70% the fun, Wires turn me on.

 

[noob with an RS 10+ year member]

r u planning to run two sets of components? the kenwood and alpines?

 

[Pyro_By_Nature 5,000+ posts]

I could never let anyone else install my stuff.I from running it to making it look neat.Sometimes it looks better sloppy though lol.

 

[bigbangtheory 5,000+ posts]

Update!
Well, i took the day off of work today, and took my car in at 8am for what was scheduled to be an 8 hour install. Long story short, after 14 hours of work, by closing time tonight, a two man team was only able to install my head unit, my two front components, and make me an amp board/false floor to mount all of my amps and crossovers and hardware.

Turns out the job was much more work than expected. Rather than making a few 3/4" MDF spacers, the shop had to make completely custom door pods for each of the kenwood speakers, which look great, btw. They did a great job, with MDF, wrapped in tan leather, matches the door great, and looks very proffessional so far.

The power wires, rca's and all of the speaker wires are run, but the rear doors are going to need custom pods as well, not due to the mounting depth or width of the type-r's, but because of the extra width of the magnet, which wont fit in between the window regular, and the side of the door panel, which the shop isn't legally allowed to cut into for safety regulations, so the audi spent the night at the shop, and i walked 4.5 miles to a buddy of mine's house who was having a party.

Anyways, the work's looking great so far, i got to go to a party with no car and have a few brews, and the work on the rear doors and tuning should be done sometime tomorrow afternoon.

I'd be disappointed, but the work's really looking great, and i'm definitely appreciative of the time and effort going into the car, and the fact that the shop feels bad about underquoting me, and is actually sticking to their orignal parts and labor quote of $730, with the minor addition of actual raw supplies needed for the door pods, which i feel is pretty reasonable.

Anyways, i'll have pics tomorrow once i get home. The install did cost a bit more than expected, so i'll having nothing but time to take pictures this week, since i have no money left to do anything else //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif Still worth it, BTW!

Well, trust me if you are a true audioholic then 14 hours is nothing, lol! Try not having a car for 1 straight month. It was when I did the system in my cutty. Shit was sweet when it was done though. I guess if me and my friend didnt have day jobs, or my case night job would have been done sooner.

Looks sweet so far, Nice equipment. But I would get a custom made box made for ya.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[THUNDERBIRD 10+ year member]

what kinda audi is this going in? thats awsome that they are sticking to their original quote

 

[yacob.naif 10+ year member]

Well, i got the car back tonight, but the amps weren't set up yet. Everything's hooked up, etc. etc. etc. but since the battery was disconnected for so long, i need to re-program my throttle position sensor with a vagcom, because the car wont idle //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

So needless to say, the gains couldn't be set properly, because theyr'e only running 12v off the battery, so the fuse was pulled, and i can't use my system, or drive my car unil i can find someone to help me do a vagcom on the tps, or take it to a shop //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

i'm still keeping my chin up. shop told me in the beginning they've never done an audi before, so i really can't blame them, it's not a big deal, just inconvenient at this point. So the car's home for now, i had it towed so it wouldn't be at the shop till monday, since it's in a sketchy part of town. I don't feel pics are justified until the system's powered up, it's still a wip.

I'll make some calls tomorrow, see if i can find a buddy with a vag com to come help me out, so i can at least get to work with the car on monday.

BTW, car's a 99 a6 avant. Just has the base 2.8 v6, but it's more than enough for my needs. I've already done the 'fast' thing, and found that was too work intensive and expensive to keep running for daily drivers, so i left the vw world, and entered the more 'adult' audi world.

Anyways, just keeping my chin up at this point. Shop's gonna tune my gear for free once i get the idle stabilized, to make up for the pita problem, so it's all good.

install's looking great, btw. i promise i'll get everything working and throw pics up ASAP.

And as for sticking to the original quote, they did just that, plus threw in the free tuning, AND spent like 4 hours diagnosing the problem for me, even ran to autozone and rented a scantool so i wouldn't have to do it, and ran all of the electrical diagnosis on the car to make sure it wasn't something they cut or shorted out or fried. I'll keep ya posted.

 

[yacob.naif 10+ year member]

Ok, got the problem fixed today.

Borrowed my buddy's vagcom computer and cable, and checked the codes. Did some fishing around on the web, and found out i just needed to calibrate my throtle body position sensor, a throttle body alignment they call it.

Car runs better than it has since i've owned it, and tomorrow i'll call and make an appointment to have the system powered up and tuned.

Yesssss! Close call!

Anyways, i'll let you know as soon as i get the system up and running!

 

[theCybe 5,000+ posts]

Audi doors are terrible for speakers; In mine, they actually mount to the door-card, not the door.

There's a VAGCOM locator @ audiworld, I believe, for anyone that stumbles upon this thread and is intereted. Punch in your zip, and it'll tellya where one can be found.

car runs better than it has since i've owned it

Congratulations!

*edit; You're in Akron? There's a great euroshop in Powell.