Evo X upgrades

[mlomker]

Dont give yourself a reason to care about locking the doors!

It's all relative. A $200 head unit isn't enough for me to care about it (nobody steals door speakers and the Sirius would take too long to remove). It has 150k miles so I wonder if it's even worth changing the oil on it. ;)

[mlomker]

I like better for the price than Alpine

I'm an Eclipse fan-boy but I'm not spending that kind of money. I had Alpine in one of my cars and I didn't like it that much. That may have been due to the rest of the setup, though.

[311evo]

Eclipse was awesome before they sold out to JVC and got marketed to Best Buy/Walmart.

They still have a premier line, but for the bottom end model of that I think it's still >$500.

Alpine makes the best band for the buck on head units, as far as their inboard amps go. And functionality/reliability is great. (at least when you get into the $300 range). Only other kind of deck I would buy would be a pioneer Premier (>$300). They have the most powerfull inboard amps, and look great even though they are not very user friendly.

Kenwood decks are.. different. Some models they have are great, and other models lack functionality/quality.

Speakers, My favorites are Eclipse and Crossfire. Both of those are great. Same pics for amps/subs as well. Can't go wrong with these, but you're going to be spending a LOT more then you would at a shitty best buy.

[mlomker]

I know you're in the biz so a lot less biased than I am. I tend to find a brand and stick with it. I'm super picky about speakers but not so much on other things. I use to buy Boston Acoustics but I gave up on that once I heard CDT.

My car was on the rollers at DB...dropped off the DW injectors, just in case.

[goodhart]

I have had a few sets of Diamond Audio speakers and the quality was great.

[Murlo26]

I know you're in the biz so a lot less biased than I am. I tend to find a brand and stick with it. I'm super picky about speakers but not so much on other things. I use to buy Boston Acoustics but I gave up on that once I heard CDT.

My car was on the rollers at DB...dropped off the DW injectors, just in case.

Rollers huh? So what happened?

[mlomker]

Rollers huh? So what happened?

I hope he went home and had a beer. I had to split for grad school so I didn't stick around.

I just want to have it for next weekend...MAP's dyno on the 5th and auto-x novice school. I've got some cones to ruin. :D

[mlomker]

I suppose I should make an FnF joke about parts from Japan, but I'm sure you've heard it.

http://i959.photobucket.com/albums/ae80/mlomker/Car%20-%20May%202010/japanpost.jpg

These are just fog deletes but they are the first part that I've actually bought *from* Japan.

[Murlo26]

Did Shane get to your car yesterday?

[311evo]

I know you're in the biz so a lot less biased than I am. I tend to find a brand and stick with it. I'm super picky about speakers but not so much on other things. I use to buy Boston Acoustics but I gave up on that once I heard CDT.

My car was on the rollers at DB...dropped off the DW injectors, just in case.

Was in the biz, haha. Everyone had their favorite brands, it's the best to go with whatever you like.

You should give a listen to the higher end eclipse components. I have a feeling they would blow your mind, especially when they get amp'd.

Bump for car update.