I'm New, Opinions Wanted

[DiB 10+ year member]

Hello, I'm new to the realm of car audio and this forum. I'm getting some things installed in my car tomarrow. I would very much appreciate some feedback good or bad about any aspect in order to gain a better understanding of various things. The only only thing I'm wondering about is if I should have done the sound deadening thing.

Car: 1995 Mercury Grand Marquis

Speakers:

Eclipse SP8972

Eclipse SP8992

2x Eclipse SW8122DVC

Amps:

Eclipse PA5422

Eclipse DA7232

Head Unit: Alpine CDA-9815

Cap: Scosche 1F

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[ricerdude 10+ year member]

how much did you pay for all of this...

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[Mark_ab 5,000+ posts]

Looks good to me. If you enjoy it, that's all that matters.

Welcome to the board.

 

[RMKrider1 10+ year member]

The "sound deadening thing" always helps!! But it's not a necesity(sp?)

 

[DiB 10+ year member]

The hardware I just listed cost me $3,150

I'm an audiophile for home but this is my first delve into car audio. Time for bed now //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[Matador 10+ year member]

dang, a lot of money. But eclipse is really good, i wiish i could afford their HUs.

but hey, contact ifandabouts i believe. he has this company called Second Skin, great price for sound deadening and very good product. http://www.secondskinaudio.com,

check out my site http://www.angelfire.com/falcon/matador to see pics of sound deadening installation.

 

[Mark_ab 5,000+ posts]

I'd suggest you take a look into investing some cash into deadening if you drive around a lot. Although your car isn't noisey, lowering the noise floor through mass loading doesn't hurt (other than gas).

 

[DiB 10+ year member]

Well, I spent this weekend driving a lot in my car and it sounds incredible and has a nice boom factor when desired. I have one problem now though! When I want to crank a song with lots of bass while I'm driving on the freeway. When it starts booming a lot my trunk pops open! Any ideas on what to do?

 

[Mark_ab 5,000+ posts]

Tighten the latch.

 

[tommyk90 5,000+ posts]

it's ifandorbuts, and i just ordered a 100 sq. ft. of his damplifier. I've heard good stuff about his product. Can't wait to install it.

 

[DiB 10+ year member]

It looks like I need a new latch. I'm going to go to the mercury dealer but is there a 3rd party latch I can buy?

 

[jjoven1225 10+ year member]

Originally posted by DiB Hello, I'm new to the realm of car audio and this forum. I'm getting some things installed in my car tomarrow. I would very much appreciate some feedback good or bad about any aspect in order to gain a better understanding of various things. The only only thing I'm wondering about is if I should have done the sound deadening thing.

 

Car: 1995 Mercury Grand Marquis

Speakers:

Eclipse SP8972

Eclipse SP8992

2x Eclipse SW8122DVC

Amps:

Eclipse PA5422

Eclipse DA7232

Head Unit: Alpine CDA-9815

Cap: Scosche 1F

cool im gonna go for all eclipse setup too.. same amps except im getting the Titanium subs and components in the front+back =)

spending less than $2000!!!!