Photos of car audio gear you have owned

[THATpurpleKUSH 5,000+ posts]

Staining birch isn't easy. I've done 4 so far.  Last one looks a lot better then the first one I did lol.

 Yeah I like the barn red ebony combination 

That was my first stain job with birch, I think it went pretty well but I'm fairly experienced with paints and stains. 

I have some blues and gray stains sitting around, I think the next box will have a worn/aged sort of denim look to it. 

This is the stain I used, it's a relatively new product, it's real easy to work with and covers very well:

https://www.rustoleum.com/product-catalog/consumer-brands/varathane/varathane-fast-dry-wood-stain

 

[fithwheel]

That was my first stain job with birch, I think it went pretty well but I'm fairly experienced with paints and stains. 

I have some blues and gray stains sitting around, I think the next box will have a worn/aged sort of denim look to it. 

This is the stain I used, it's a relatively new product, it's real easy to work with and covers very well:

https://www.rustoleum.com/product-catalog/consumer-brands/varathane/varathane-fast-dry-wood-stain

I'd love to see it when you get it done. I dig the strained look.

 

[THATpurpleKUSH 5,000+ posts]

I'd love to see it when you get it done. I dig the strained look.

I will definitely share some pics, it won't be till after winter.

There is also this new product that I'm dying to try out:

https://www.rustoleum.com/product-catalog/consumer-brands/varathane/wood-grain-enhancer

 

[Boomin_tahoe 5,000+ posts]

@audiobaun I used to have this very same amp back in the early 90's. It was my 1st amp and dam was it expensive!! Guy originally wanted 250 back then but took it for 200. All the $ I had at the time which was not a whole lot for a 16 yr old lol.

 

[Boomin_tahoe 5,000+ posts]

Staining birch isn't easy. I've done 4 so far.  Last one looks a lot better then the first one I did lol.

 Yeah I like the barn red ebony combination 

Staining birch is really easy. Wipe it on wipe it off. At least to me that's easy. It's the polyutherane part that's difficult. I did my 1st stain project:

 

[fithwheel]

Staining birch is really easy. Wipe it on wipe it off. At least to me that's easy. It's the polyutherane part that's difficult. I did my 1st stain project:

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looks good man. Yeah applying it is easy no doubt but getting a nice even finish,I've found anyway,to be the difficult part. Pre stain definitely helps but some of the pre stain I've tried just blocks too much of the color imo. Looking at yours it looks like you didn't use pre stain?  Not saying anything wrong with not using it but you can tell a difference on some colors. I've gotten decent results using true black without pre stain but the lighter colors show blotch.

 

[audiobaun 5,000+ posts]

@audiobaun I used to have this very same amp back in the early 90's. It was my 1st amp and dam was it expensive!! Guy originally wanted 250 back then but took it for 200. All the $ I had at the time which was not a whole lot for a 16 yr old lol.

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Great series of Zed amps,and the VIII series.I still have a VII Vulcan,VII Gemeni,VII Hurcules.. VIII CyClops,VIII Vulcan, and a VIII Pluto.I like the VII series much better for some reason.Just like the Looks and the ease of connections a little better rather than the Plugs for the VIII series.They still work and sound very nice.I had several of these over the years.Great amps!

 

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[MattinMO]

Just swooped up all this for $100. Subs have a couple battle scars but overall look good and amps are in great shape. The chrome series punch amps are not my favorite tho. 

 

[keep_hope_alive Premium Member]

Not enough time nor space to post all of the stuff i've owned, there'd be over a hundred pics! 

 

[audiobaun 5,000+ posts]

Not enough time nor space to post all of the stuff i've owned, there'd be over a hundred pics! 

LOL.. I know you have had some great pieces over the years and prob. still do.

 

[audiobaun 5,000+ posts]

Just swooped up all this for $100. Subs have a couple battle scars but overall look good and amps are in great shape. The chrome series punch amps are not my favorite tho. 

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Very nice score for $100 bucks!!! That RF amp on the top left worth more than that if in good working order depending on the model

 

[Boomin_tahoe 5,000+ posts]

Go ahead, laugh at the polaroid pics! Digital cameras and smartphones weren't around yet!!

 

[Freder8d]

This of course was pre kids and pre divorce. Perfect Audio setup for this car though.