Suggestions for head unit in 370z

[nismo84 10+ year member]

I'm trying to figure out what head unit to get for my 370z. I've bought a JBL MS 5001 amp to power a JL 13TW sub that will be in a wicked car audio trunk enclosure, a JBL MS a1004 amp, JBL 660 GTI speakers for up front and JBL 508 GTI speakers for the rear. I was leaning toward getting a pioneer DEX P99RS but I'm not sure I really need it with those amps. Also looking for a good installer in the Seattle Tacoma area.

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[Bettr n' Revrse 5,000+ posts]

Unless you are going to reconsider speaker choice I wouldnt bother dropping the money on the P99

 

[nismo84 10+ year member]

Drop all the speakers or just the sub and the rears, I can get the JBL products really cheap. What do you recommend.

 

[f1mclarenagr 10+ year member]

I just did this!

For headunit I went Avic X940BT.

Speakers I deadened the doors with Second Skin Damplifier Pro. Used speaker rings from zenenclosures. And went with Boston Acoustics PRO60SE for the speakers. Powered off AQ 120.4.

Trunk I used Damplifer Pro, then used Luxury Liner Pro to get ride of some road noise (do it, its worth the extra 40 lbs...unless your tracking the Z which I doubt you are since you are putting a system in). I built a custom box to house my HDC312 powered off a AQ1200D. It gets nasty in there.

Tint that biznitch black and you are good to go.

I also installed a rear camera in the bumper in the back and hooked it up to my Head unit. So nice since the damn blind spots are like the size of Nicki Minaj's ass.

 

[nismo84 10+ year member]

Thanks for the input. The rear camera and sound deadening material sound like a good idea.

 

[West]

The DEX-80PRS would be a good option for sound quality and won't totally break the bank.

The Pioneer Double Dins... only fair on SQ, but have a TON of features. I had one installed and had it pulled 2 months later.

 

[West]

The fact the guy was considering the p99rs and then considering the double dins is a complete 180 on SQ. The P99RS is an impressive little unit, I wrote a review of it on here if you want to know more. If you can pick one up used I would go for it (for under 800). It's not worth 1,200$ in my opinion. It is definitely over kill for those speakers, but if you wanted to upgrade later you would already have a kick ace deck.

A deck I really enjoyed was an Eclipse CD7200 mkii, there's one on ebay now.

 

[nismo84 10+ year member]

Good review on the P99. I read it and that's what got me thinking that it might be to much for what I need. Thanks for the input.

 

[West]

Good review on the P99. I read it and that's what got me thinking that it might be to much for what I need. Thanks for the input.

Anytime!

 

[DARKHART 10+ year member]

Unless you are going to reconsider speaker choice I wouldnt bother dropping the money on the P99

There's nothing wrong with his speaker choice, if fact the drivers he chose for his front stage are some of the best drivers out there and have won at the IASCA finals in SQ at the Pro and Expert level......

 

[Bettr n' Revrse 5,000+ posts]

There's nothing wrong with his speaker choice, if fact the drivers he chose for his front stage are some of the best drivers out there and have won at the IASCA finals in SQ at the Pro and Expert level......

But what's the point of having all that processing and not using it with a passive setup?

 

[DARKHART 10+ year member]

But what's the point of having all that processing and not using it with a passive setup?

My friend' date=' where is it written that he [b']HAS[/b] to use the passive network? But I do see your point.....