how much is your vehicles car audio worth

NOT WHAT I PAID!!!!!

200ft dei 1/0awg - $400ish

200 amp ohio gen alt. - $369ish

2 8" tang band 8" in kicks - $140ish

3 orion set of p6.2's - $567 ish

4 orion d5000's - $ 3600 ish

4 orion h2 15's - $1876 ish

2 orion 800.4's - $600ish

alpine iva-d300 - $1300ish

dei 17.2" all in one fold down - $1299 ish

4 2400 power cells - $1796 ish

tons of building supplys and other small things - around $700ish

AROUND $12,647 !!!!!!!! (that would be around retail)

sooooo much more if i had to add labor that i put into this car!!!

 
Lets see if I can remember the last 2 major competition cars I have done that put me into debt, lol!

2002 Mazda Protege5-Walled offPrices are what I paid

Deck-Pioneer 8500 wma/mp3-4volt~450

DVD Player-Soundstorm in dash (Under cd player)~225

Monitor- Movies2go TFT 7" Flipdown screen~275

XM adaptor/brain~315

XM coverage for 2 years~200

Pioneer XM Antenna~80

Wire-All stinger 1/0g wire kit that took care of all the needs+ring terminals and connectors~200

Front Componets-MB Quart Q series 6.25 componet set with 1"dome tweeter~275

Back Coxials-Memphis 3-way coxials 6.25~115

Subs- 2 15" Kove Armegedon u-2 uber woofers~1200

Enclosure- Custom wall(If I can recall it was 16cf with a shit ton of port area. Just cant remember for the life of me)~300

Carpet-Yellow and black tweed throughout whole install.~75

Bass Amps- 2 MTX 1501classd amps modded doing 2000rms at 1-ohm~1020

High amps-1 MTX 342 2 channel on all highs~230

X-over-3-way Coustic cross on eveything that worked well for being cheap~110

Power-Ohio Generator 200amp custom altenator~400

batteries-2 Optima dry cells, one red, one yellow~360

Dynomat extreme~300

Friend to help with most of install~500

Took over 3 weeks to do install and did a 153.1 on tl and total cost was 6630 buckaroos!

1985 Cutlass Supreme

Pioneer 8500 again~450

Soundstorm DVD player~225

Movies2go flipdown screen~275

XM brain~315

XM 1 year coverage~100

New XM antenna~70

Dash speakers-MTX 2-WAY 3.5" highs~75

Front componets, 2 sets-MB Quart Q series 6.5"~275-MTX 6.5" set~150

Back speakers-MTX 6X9" 3-ways~115 Custom pods for them~50

Subs-4 12" MTX sledgehammers~1200

Enclosure-Custom ported box through rear deck. Rear deck was port. Plexiglass, fiberglass and 3/4"mdf.~500

Bass amps-The same 2 modded out 1501ds on them~1020

Highs amps-342 MTX amp on set componts plus 3.5"~230 242 MTX amp on the other set of componets and 6x9's.~175

x-over-MTX 3-way xover on all~175

Carpet-Plush baby blue carpet throughout install~100

Front door pods, forgot to mention above, custom made~200

Wire-All MTX 1/0g wire plus big 3 done and other misc wire, connectors, ring terminals and such~250

Power-Ohio Generators 225amp altenator~475

hushmat used through out whole car~250

Buddy did this whole install~600

Took my buddy over a month and a half to do this and was loudest car to date doing a 156.4 on the tl. Total cost was 7275 smacks!

I have also done some other mild installs. The one I have now invested about close to 2gs and I have others I have had that well dont compare, lol!

Its a sickness!

 
H/U: Pioneer DEH-4700MP. $110

Little misc accys. $100

Amp: PA A3000DB. $300

Subs: 2 Sets of Dual dual 12's in the bandpass boxes from Best Buy. $200 (A total of 4 12's... )

Wiring: 4 Ga Rockford Wiring kit. $30

About $750 of the cheapest stuff you can buy... But it gets stupid loud for the price...

 
Mine aint that great to some but it floats my boat just fine.

HU: Clairon DXZ855MC retail $899.99 paid $280

Front Stage: Polk comp MMC6500 retail $300 paid $125

Rear: JBL Gto 427 retail $100 paid $70

Mid/High amp. Kicker Kx600.4 retail $?? paid $120

Subs: 10 and 12 l5 paid $120 and $135

Sub amp: pos Hifonics BX605 retail?? paid $too much 150

 
Lets see if I can remember the last 2 major competition cars I have done that put me into debt, lol!
2002 Mazda Protege5-Walled offPrices are what I paid

Deck-Pioneer 8500 wma/mp3-4volt~450

DVD Player-Soundstorm in dash (Under cd player)~225

Monitor- Movies2go TFT 7" Flipdown screen~275

XM adaptor/brain~315

XM coverage for 2 years~200

Pioneer XM Antenna~80

Wire-All stinger 1/0g wire kit that took care of all the needs+ring terminals and connectors~200

Front Componets-MB Quart Q series 6.25 componet set with 1"dome tweeter~275

Back Coxials-Memphis 3-way coxials 6.25~115

Subs- 2 15" Kove Armegedon u-2 uber woofers~1200

Enclosure- Custom wall(If I can recall it was 16cf with a shit ton of port area. Just cant remember for the life of me)~300

Carpet-Yellow and black tweed throughout whole install.~75

Bass Amps- 2 MTX 1501classd amps modded doing 2000rms at 1-ohm~1020

High amps-1 MTX 342 2 channel on all highs~230

X-over-3-way Coustic cross on eveything that worked well for being cheap~110

Power-Ohio Generator 200amp custom altenator~400

batteries-2 Optima dry cells, one red, one yellow~360

Dynomat extreme~300

Friend to help with most of install~500

Took over 3 weeks to do install and did a 153.1 on tl and total cost was 6630 buckaroos!

1985 Cutlass Supreme

Pioneer 8500 again~450

Soundstorm DVD player~225

Movies2go flipdown screen~275

XM brain~315

XM 1 year coverage~100

New XM antenna~70

Dash speakers-MTX 2-WAY 3.5" highs~75

Front componets, 2 sets-MB Quart Q series 6.5"~275-MTX 6.5" set~150

Back speakers-MTX 6X9" 3-ways~115 Custom pods for them~50

Subs-4 12" MTX sledgehammers~1200

Enclosure-Custom ported box through rear deck. Rear deck was port. Plexiglass, fiberglass and 3/4"mdf.~500

Bass amps-The same 2 modded out 1501ds on them~1020

Highs amps-342 MTX amp on set componts plus 3.5"~230 242 MTX amp on the other set of componets and 6x9's.~175

x-over-MTX 3-way xover on all~175

Carpet-Plush baby blue carpet throughout install~100

Front door pods, forgot to mention above, custom made~200

Wire-All MTX 1/0g wire plus big 3 done and other misc wire, connectors, ring terminals and such~250

Power-Ohio Generators 225amp altenator~475

hushmat used through out whole car~250

Buddy did this whole install~600

Took my buddy over a month and a half to do this and was loudest car to date doing a 156.4 on the tl. Total cost was 7275 smacks!

I have also done some other mild installs. The one I have now invested about close to 2gs and I have others I have had that well dont compare, lol!

Its a sickness!
I'd like to see some pics of the 85 Cutlass install...//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 
Clarion HU and EQ, 200

Eclipse Components, 200

Eclipse EA2000 2channel, 150

Kicker kx600.1 200

L7 10" 150

Prefab kicker fiberglass ported, 200

1,100

not going to upgrade until i get a better ride. although, this monte carlo was gorgeous when i got it, but bad drunk nights left it in a pile of shit

 
I have too much tied into my competition vehicle. I'd rather not even say.

In my daily driver I have a cheap Alpine CD player, a Crossfire VR202, and a Crossfire CF3 12 in a prefab box. I paid about 200 for everything including wiring.

 
H/U: Kenwood Excelon KDC-859 ($475) bought in 2001

Equalizer: 5 band Clarion ($62) bought in 2001

Subs: 2 12'' MAaudio ($600) bought in 2001 came with amp but traded it

Mids/Highs Amp: RCA1000A ($240) bought 6months ago

Subs Amp: MAaudio HK898 ($167) bought 6 months ago

tweeters: 4 1'' dome alpine ($36) bought 2 months ago

Front: 2 6.5 Boss 3way coaxial speakers ($57) bought 2 months ago

Rear: 2 6x9 Infinity Reference 3way speakers ($88) bought 2 months ago

Dynamat: All around trunk ($130) bought in 2001

Battery: Stock

Capacitor: 5 Farad RF ($110) bought 2 months ago

Kenwood 10disc changer ($250) bought in 2001

and im still strong with 6yr old subs..LoL $2215 wow..

 
Alpine Cda-9857 $280

Cdt ES-630 $300

Alpine 4x6 $70

Sound deadening $300

Sub box w/carpet $110

Speaker wiring $100

Amps and subs used from last system

misc. $100

total $1260

Sittin in the driveway listening to music cause your too broke to afford gas.... Priceless!

 
Alpine Cda-9857 $280Cdt ES-630 $300

Alpine 4x6 $70

Sound deadening $300

Sub box w/carpet $110

Speaker wiring $100

Amps and subs used from last system

misc. $100

total $1260

Sittin in the driveway listening to music cause your too broke to afford gas.... Priceless!
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