My favorite was a 1985 626 Mazda sedan. It was something I did Sq and Spl with competing Iasca. It ended up being plundered in the middle of the night sadly. I lost 2 Audio Art 100HC's and 2 CV Stroker 15s that night. Amazingly I got the subs back about 2 months later but not the amps, the Symmetry or most of the other gear I had installed. I really miss having those amps to play with. It was pretty musical and yet could do some pretty good numbers for what it was.
My 1st competitive car was a total sleeper and I loved it.
My 1st competitive car was a total sleeper and I loved it.
ThxOne
Premium Member
Staff Member
Perhaps you could lead the way by telling us all what you have owned and the stereo's you have had installed in them.
ThxOne
Premium Member
Staff Member
I had a 1995 4 door Nissan Sentra. I ran 2 Kicker comp 10's in a ported enclosure in the trunk. I had two sets of Kenwood eXcelon components, 1 set in the front doors and the other set in the rear deck. These were the Kenwood eXcelon KFC-Xr61P components. My head unit was the Clarion Pro Audio DXZ715 and powering the entire system was a Kicker Impulse 5 channel IX405D.
- Thread Starter
- #5
Had a customer that had a 626 Turbo. He did home theater installs (even featured in AV Interiors), but no interest in car stereo. So we did suspension, exhaust, intake, EVC instead. Fun car.
- Thread Starter
- #6
My first car at 15 y.o. was a 1966 ElCamino. 327 with a 3 speed and Hurst shift kit. Lots of Bondo. Cobbled together from junkyard.
Factory radio got replaced with a Craig and cheap 6 1/2" speakers in DIY door panels, which eventually got replaced by a Pioneer head and Pioneer speakers.
Next car was a Mercury Capri. I think the head unit in that one was an Alpine clone from Crutchfield. I remember the green buttons, but I know it was not alpine. Door speakers were either Pioneer coaxes or those green ones Crutchfield sold. And 4 Minimus 7s across the back. It got a booster/EQ, later replaced by a cheap amp.
Next was a Celica GT. Got the radio from the Capri, and new Pioneers (Crutchfield). I think this is the one where I upgraded the amp to an Alphasonic.
Next was a 280Z. Pioneer head unit, speakers, same amp. Bazooka tube. Headers, intake, 2.5" exhaust, port & polish, cut the springs, turbine mags, racing clutch.
About 12 more to go.
Factory radio got replaced with a Craig and cheap 6 1/2" speakers in DIY door panels, which eventually got replaced by a Pioneer head and Pioneer speakers.
Next car was a Mercury Capri. I think the head unit in that one was an Alpine clone from Crutchfield. I remember the green buttons, but I know it was not alpine. Door speakers were either Pioneer coaxes or those green ones Crutchfield sold. And 4 Minimus 7s across the back. It got a booster/EQ, later replaced by a cheap amp.
Next was a Celica GT. Got the radio from the Capri, and new Pioneers (Crutchfield). I think this is the one where I upgraded the amp to an Alphasonic.
Next was a 280Z. Pioneer head unit, speakers, same amp. Bazooka tube. Headers, intake, 2.5" exhaust, port & polish, cut the springs, turbine mags, racing clutch.
About 12 more to go.
ThxOne
Premium Member
Staff Member
That's not bad. 280Z huh? What year?
- Thread Starter
- #8
I had several. 76, 77, 79ZX Smooth, and multiple parts cars.
ThxOne
Premium Member
Staff Member
The term is slicktop for non T-top cars.
- Thread Starter
- #10
I picture one of our old customers with his way-too-much Jheri Curl. He played for Lisa Lisa.
Def a slick top.
ThxOne
Premium Member
Staff Member
I'd like to see these Z cars as I am quite the fan.
ThxOne
Premium Member
Staff Member
Here are the three 280zx's I owned. Talk about memories.
- Thread Starter
- #13
Yes. The ubiquitous ABS plate to convert to a DIN instead of that factory monstrosity.
I had a set of the Bodysonic speakers pulled from a 300ZX, but never got around to installing them in any of my cars. Probably for the best, and probably still in a box somewhere in my attic.
None of my old photos are scanned. I'll have to snap some pics from the albums.
magnumsrt8215
10+ year member
Member
Have had too many cars and way too much equipment to list but I think my absolute favorite setup was in a 95 Honda odyssey I had. Head unit was the clarion 9575rz with the 12 disc changer I believe and the dsp processor. Front doors were the Boston acoustic 6.5 pro component(not the 3 way set couldn't afford it back then lol). Back doors were the Boston rally 6.5 component. Subs I ran 4 Boston pro 12.5lf in a sealed box. Subs were powered by an Old school xtant 1001dx1 and the components were run by the xtant 121m's. One for each side. That was the cleanest looking and sounding setup I've ever had. All the exterior panels would flex SOOO bad on certain low frequency bass songs. Damn I miss the early 2000's
Jimi77
Premium Member
CarAudio.com VIP
In my 1999 Jeep Cherokee, I had a Pioneer P9 combo with Image Dynamics HLCDs, Focal Utopia midbass drivers and a 10" Adire Audio Brahma MK1 - probably one of the first 100 ten inchers. Unfortunately, no amount of tuning or equipment swapping could fix the cramped front stage.
Activity
No one is currently typing a reply...
Similar threads
- Started by Lokapala
- General Car Audio
- Started by Mitchell Fosgate III
- General Car Audio
About this thread
