Good Car Audio Cars

[snb778 5,000+ posts]

Well, my car is only worth about $4-4500 private party value, and needs $2-2500 in maintainence work so, I figure I might as well sell it

So what are some good car audio cars.... decent amount of space, and easy to work on, and HAS A BIG ALTERNATOR OPTION, because my Maxima sure as hell didn't (180A max) NO SUV's( unless its foreign), NO CRX's! nothing older than 1998

Open to pretty much anything else. I am willing to do a wall in any Hatchbacks mentioned, but not a trunk car

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[LaserRed38 10+ year member]

Focus? Civic? GTi? Mazda3?

 

[timaishu 10+ year member]

Smart car?

 

[Cameron_B 10+ year member]

240sx?

Hatchback with small backseat and huge trunk is usually reserved for 90s cars LOL.

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

What do you mean by car audio?

 

[Brian_smith06 10+ year member]

i'm assuming you want an spl based car since your worried about your alt, especially if you want one larger than 180. am i right?

 

[ozzy87 10+ year member]

Dodge Magnum, though i'm not sure about the big alternator option. Has a huge hatch though.

 

[Twistid 5,000+ posts]

I did 50's legal with 2 12"s and a memphis 4k in my Focus, mid 50's outlaw...

edit::: stock alt, powermaster d3100 backup... daily driver

 

[audiolife 5,000+ posts]

Extended cab ranger or s-10

 

[LaserRed38 10+ year member]

I did 50's legal with 2 12"s and a memphis 4k in my Focus, mid 50's outlaw...
edit::: stock alt, powermaster d3100 backup... daily driver

Seeeee? I like the pickups too. Maybe a Mustang 5.0 hatch? You can find them anywhere and do ANYthing to them. Remove the backseats and you have room for a pair of 15s ported if not 18s. And you can still hop it up cheaply to move around all the weight....

 

[snb778 5,000+ posts]

i'm going for a loud street beater... I'd prefer to find a car with a decent trunk, that has fold down back seats. 2 15's, or 2 18's is probably what i'd do. That was my biggest mistake with this car, it didnt have fold down seats, and a TON of sheet metal in the back area.

I don't need a HUGE alt, but i'd like 200+ amps... I don't think 180 was...comfortable enough for about 3500W. I was looking at a focus, but I can only find them with over 100K on em

I've been thinkin a civic hatch, late 90's, early 2000-2001 model, or an acura integra

Sedans/coupss... Civic, ........dunno what else... i'd prefer to stay foreign, for the fact that im not counting on finding with anything less than 70K on it

 

[snb778 5,000+ posts]

I did 50's legal with 2 12"s and a memphis 4k in my Focus, mid 50's outlaw...
edit::: stock alt, powermaster d3100 backup... daily driver

yea but did you're seats fold down? and again, the sheet metal all over didnt help me

 

[c0smo kram3r 10+ year member]

I never saw how much you're looking to spend.

 

[Twistid 5,000+ posts]

yea but did you're seats fold down? and again, the sheet metal all over didnt help me

Yes my seats can fold down, but why would I want to? You simply remove 2 bolts on the seat bottom, then the seat backs lay flat, and you have like 10-15 cubes of free space... What sheet metal all over?

 

[snb778 5,000+ posts]

Yes my seats can fold down, but why would I want to? You simply remove 2 bolts on the seat bottom, then the seat backs lay flat, and you have like 10-15 cubes of free space... What sheet metal all over?

i was saying I have a ton of sheet metal, which greatly effected how sound got into the cabin... IF you have fold down seats, its easier to do a sealed off install.... I looked at the consumer ratings for the Focus...bad ratings on ***** major/minor for 02-04 models...which is probably what I'd be looking at for my price range

lookin to spend no more than 6K TOPS, just beacuse remote start/alarm install, plus new ALT, plus tint is another 1K on top of what I want to spend

I was just lookin around some more, found some Grand Marquis for cheap, Lincoln TOwn cars, continentals, and LS models, and there are a lot of Hyundai Accent Hatchbacks