Rainbow Components

[bose301s 5,000+ posts]

I love my Rainbows. I am sure the CDTs are great as well, but I have never heard them.

 

[toyrunner 10+ year member]

I have herd a set of CDT's & I wasn't ether. I Believe I would go with the Rainbow's

 

[headless 10+ year member]

What subs are you going to be pairing them up with, on how much power? And how much power do you have for your components?

 

[James Bang 5,000+ posts]

buy 'em, try 'em, then let us know how it goes.

 

[Vwbuskid 10+ year member]

What subs are you going to be pairing them up with, on how much power? And how much power do you have for your components?

DD9512g's with alot of upgrades.

With either a Sundown 3000D or 3500D

Not really any power for the components right now, I have a random old school 2 channel DEI audio amp.

 

[speedfreak28 10+ year member]

hvae any pics of the vdub?

 

[Vwbuskid 10+ year member]

This is a picture from the day i bought it, it has since been completely torn apart and now put back together, minus engine, getting paint this week as a matter of fact!

 

[speedfreak28 10+ year member]

for some reason i love those awful buses. looking forward to seeing it finished. Also like has been stated witha good enough front stage theres no need for rear fill.

 

[Vwbuskid 10+ year member]

thanks for the help speedfreak.

I don't know why but to me theres something special bout them! I'ma beach dude so its perfect for me //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

It's just a fun vehicle, all the stories you hear from people about there vw bus memories, everybody smiles when they see it, i'm not sure what it is but there's just something bout it!

Should be killer fun when it's done! I've wanted one since i was about 6 y.o. lmao

 

[WhoSayWho? 5,000+ posts]

Go with these instead:

http://www.woofersetc.com/p7048/SLC-26525-NG--Rainbow-SLC-NG-65"-2Way-Component-System.htm

Nice improvement on the crossover and the tweets. Not sure about the difference in the mids, but the mids on the ones that I posted are pretty **** good.

Oh, and if 6spdcoupe (Don) still sells them go through him.

 

[Vwbuskid 10+ year member]

I was offered these used for $285 http://woofersetc.com/p7041/CS-26525--Rainbow-Germanium-65%22-2Way-Component-System.htm

 

[WhoSayWho? 5,000+ posts]

Depending on what kind of shape they are in that is not a bad deal. The set that I linked to has basically the same crossover and tweeter. (There are some differences in the tweet, not sure if it would be enough to be noticeable).

Also, the Germs have a metal woofer. I kinda wanted the paper on the set that I linked anyway.

 

[Vwbuskid 10+ year member]

any other suggestions out there?

 

[ls1pimp 10+ year member]

I had CDT's prior to Rainbows and there is no comparison, Rainbows blow them out of the water (SLC 265). CDT's were pretty bad actually, I would not recommend them

 

[350zspl 10+ year member]

i run 2 sets of cdt gold comps up front

they sound good not great

i would NOT spend alot of money on front stage again

to me $250 per set of comps is as much as i would ever spend moving foward

if you can get rainbows new for less than $300 delivered i would go that route over CDT