Helpful Car Audio Sites

[The_spacemonkey]

Figure Ill help you guys out.

This is my list I have compiled and I keep at caraudioforum.com.

Box Building Tutorials

• Download box building program WinISD for free here
  
• BlauBox box design program - Free download
  
• Box Design Tutorial by sandt38.
  
• Mobile Audio Enclosures by geolemon
  
• Woofer Box Aiming - by Eddie Runner
  
• Box calculator by CCS
   
  

Fiberglass Tutorials

• Bedtime for Bondo by JL Audio [pdf]
  
• Kick pod theory and fabrication(fiberglassing)
  
• Fiber Glass Tutorial Q&A by Justin & Jason Gelfand
  
• 98 Jeep Fiberglass Project by Mike
  
• Fiberglass Wheel Wells by Matt Borgardt
  
• FIBERGLASS for NEWBIES by Chris
  
• Multiple Fiberglassing Tutorials by Chris Sandulow
  
• Fiberglass sub box in a Fiero
  
• Another Kick Pod Tutorial
  
• Kick pod fabrication
  
• Fiberglassing on a budget 101
  
• FIBERGLASSING FOR NOOBS!
  

Sound Damping

• Ultimate Sound Damper comparison/tech page
  
• sound dampning
  
• dynamat extreme speaker kit installation
  
• Mat installation guide
  
• Liquid installation guide
  
• step by step extreme second skin install
  

Unsorted

• Free test tones
  
• Calculating your own theil small parameters and other Hi-Fi design stuff.
  
• Passive crossover design. and choosing the right crossover
  
• Aperiodic Enclosures
  
• HORNS
  
• Amplifier Install Tutorial
  
• all kinds of great tutorials and articals..... should keep you busy for awhile...
  
• Headunit wiring/installation, antennnas, wiring, eliminating noise
  
• crossover, notch filter, and attenuation circuit designs along with assorted box building and other tutorials
  
• basic car audio
  
• Stephen Kephart's awesome Brahma 10" center console
  
• for information about making Radio Shack SPL meters more accurate
  
• Kick panels and trim rings
  
• Audio Calculators
  
• The ProCo Sound Guide for Speaker Wire Selection
  
• Articles, reviews, DIY Fabrication and more
  
• The Study Hall
  
• Syn-Aud-Con Tech Topics
  
• measure your own thiele-small parameters
  
• signal cable wiring (RCA cable from headunit to trunk)
  
• Complete Install Step by Step for Mitisubishi Mirage and Nissan Silvia
   
  
• Vent Dimensions Calculator
  

Here are great INFO sites

• everything from crossovers, to alignments, to anything you could want to know. If you are into audio, you SHOULD read this
  
• Thiele/Small parameters-defined
  
• theil small parameters an other general audio
  
• DIY subwoofer page...
  
• more on "in car" sound quality theory
  
• What is sound quality and how is it judged?
  
• Music and the human ear
  
• all kinds of wiring, group delay, DUMAX and more info
  
• Physical and Acoustic problems affecting Sound Quality in a Car
  
• radio wiring for those with chopped off harnesses
  
• another great all around info site
  
• a pretty extensive list of places to buy audio products online
  
• How a speaker works
  
• free test tones
  
• speaker damping, and the pro's and cons to sealed vs ported
  
• lots of good info, even though it is geared for hometheater
  
• advice for choosing the right online place to buy from
  
• ripping good sounding MP3's
   
  
• great info on loudspeakers and DVC configuartion relationships
  
• sundownz's amp pics page
  
• acoustics, waves, phase
  
• big 3 upgrade 'tutorial'
  

 

[LazyRider 10+ year member]

I know everybody already knows about crutchfield.com but I'm just going to list it again because I just ordered a new HU from them and got it the next day with free shipping. Great website.

 

[audiobahnuser18 5,000+ posts]

Great post's here guy's i saved alot of them in my favorite's

 

[Broadway J]

Does anybody have any sites that show how to take apart cars for installation?

 

[oldschool4me 10+ year member]

anyone mention http://ampguts.realmofexcursion.com/ i like this site and go to it often just to brows and its a nice quick refference tool for fuse a little amp info.

 

[Ovitt 10+ year member]

http://www.elitecaraudio.com

 

[car_audio11]

check this Out http://www.dynamicsounds.co.uk if you want Car Audio and Stereo Accessories

 

[7thgear 10+ year member]

http://www.dominantcaraudio.com/information

http://www.wikiaudio.org

Good beginners guides. Wiki has lots of techincal info. Dominantcaraudio.com has some pretty good deals going on.

 

[Tr1cky]

Subwoofersplus.com

 

[Cabin_Pressure 10+ year member]

http://www.carstereo.com/

http://www.caraudioclassifieds.org/

 

[old_dude 10+ year member]

http://www.the12volt.com

Not sure where they get all their info, but I've gotten tons of info from this site! Complete lists of vehicle-specific wiring diagrams, info about relays, and a bunch of other stuff. Great site in my opinion, and is at the top of my favorites list!

 

[blackdragonaudi 10+ year member]

http://www.crutchfield.com for looking up what size things are and what you need for your head unit such as wiring harnesses.

 

[Ceballos]

CarDiscountStereos.com

 

[hidetora 10+ year member]

great list of sites plenty of information around for any type of audiance

 

[chaunb3400 10+ year member]

CarDiscountStereos.com

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