System in the gf's car

[Bavarian3 10+ year member]

im hookin up a system in my gf's accord right now.

heres the POS ride...

alpine CDA-9830, got a **** good deal off crutchfield. 280 bucks with everything to install it free. (harness, din holder, shipping, instructions, warranty)

For speakers we went with 2 sets of CDT CL-6x.

Here is the old stock speaker...

and the new...

Havent listened to em yet though i had to make mounting rings since they wouldnt fit in the stock mounting holders. I love working on freakin hondas they are SO straight forward and easy.

anywayz lets get to the point....I had an RE8" that i built a box for, .75 cubes to 32hz. I was planning on using this for the bass, but after testing it it had some rattle to it, so i just hooked up to the wall the next day (which i have a video of). So now i need to replace it with something. no amplifier yet so impedance does not matter, but the subwoofer must work well in this box and be an 8". My choices are either....

1. just get another RE8

2. get a Koda8

3. get a powerbass eds8

What would u guys pick......The PB sub looks pretty sexy, im really leaning towards it but i dont know.

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[WeDgE 10+ year member]

I've heard that the Tangband 8's are supposed to do quite well. Check them out, maybe?

 

[Bavarian3 10+ year member]

I've heard that the Tangband 8's are supposed to do quite well. Check them out, maybe?

tangband? never heard of em

 

[mjbailey21 10+ year member]

Yeah, either TangBand or a Koda 8. Nice stuff, nice pics.

I strongly believe in: "If its worth doing, its worth doing right."

But I kind of am curious why she has a $280 HU and CDT speakers.

Why not like a Pioneer 3600 and some Pioneer 3way speakers? hehe, seems to be living luxurious! Either way, I like it and good work. -Matt

 

[Bavarian3 10+ year member]

more information on the tangbands please.....

and i wouldnt let me girl get some junky sutff, if shes gona be my gf shes gotta know how we do //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[Jamesr316 10+ year member]

ditch the audio system...get her a bimmer!

 

[Expy2000]

A girl in a bimmer.. No way, get her a truck!

 

[Bavarian3 10+ year member]

A girl in a bimmer.. No way, get her a truck!

a truck? ehhh no thanks. install is going down tonight, got a drill bit frrom my uncle. and a router to work on my custom kicks so look out for that thread.

 

[Bavarian3 10+ year member]

aight well we finished up the doors, we couldnt do the rear because we neeeded a key that she didnt have to open up the rear deck. but after listening to the CDT's just up front off deck power....WOW. hands down the BEST coaxials i have heard for the money. no question about it. They are very clear, bass isnt great, but this is expected. especially for only for being off the small amount of power the internal amplifier puts out. Very impressed, and thats with room for improvement because i havent even messed around with the receivers settings yet.

 

[supa_c 5,000+ posts]

Koda 8's are sweet, my vote goes for them.

Plus they can get those upper bass ranges that the RE8's cant

 

[Bavarian3 10+ year member]

Koda 8's are sweet, my vote goes for them

i still need more info on these tangaband

 

[supa_c 5,000+ posts]

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[Bavarian3 10+ year member]

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i dont see any tangband 8's there...

 

[Bavarian3 10+ year member]

here are the pics of how i installed em...

made a speaker ring so mount them since they would fit in the doors, and put sound deadener around that area, pre drilled new holees and screwed em in. worked perfect.