Goggles Pizano
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Gen 1 Audio Upgrade Thread.
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Badsnek
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Me personally, I’d probably throw a set of JL components in the doors and then go with JL 2 ways or 3 ways in the center. If I’m going that far then I’m probably running an aftermarket 4 channel amp. Likely a nice alpine one. The stuff isn’t cheap, but it’s also not the best out there either. On my last 4 door wrangler that I did a sound system in, I spent something like $1000 between the amp and speakers alone and there was no subwoofers. It sounded phenomenal. I ran JL’s in that. Heck I went with nicer speakers in my 2000 Honda civic last year. I just can’t imagine doing all that work and then just tossing in a set of kickers.
For one of my RT10’s I grabbed a nice set of Rockford Fosgates a few years back but never got around to putting them in. Maybe one day.
As far as that weird feedback you’re getting, none of my Vipers do that. I will say on my one Honda, I have an aftermarket amp and I ran the remote wire with the power wire and that’s what’s causing that problem in that car.
GTS Dean
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That noise is plug wires.
wagenman23
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Thank you so much @maverickagm I wouldn't have had the courage to take on this project without your thread. Everything was just like you said and I didn't break anything! A couple notes for others doing this 2 years later:
-I think I tracked down the owner of the ebay store where you bought your emulator (his ebay store might be closed or his listings were being suppressed, couldn't find it), either way I did some sleuthing and here is his website. Sebastien was a pleasure to work with. He repaired my cassette player, and the emulator works fantastic. The whole thing took 2 weeks and was only $300 plus shipping ($50 each way, he's in France). https://www.oldschoolalpinerepair.com/
-My AC always made a noise like there was a leaf hitting a fan... turns out when I took the dash off there was some old rotten foam and tape that were flapping when I turned it up. If you have a noise this could be it (see pics attached). I replaced it with some upholstery foam that would be more durable and didn't need to tape it. It stretched snugly over the vents and went in just fine putting the dash back on.
-While I had the dash off I had an upholstery guy paint the dash. He used SEM Color Coat 15243 Satin Black and it turned out great (see pics attached).
Thank you again, this forum is truly the best and I am even more in love with my car now.
-I think I tracked down the owner of the ebay store where you bought your emulator (his ebay store might be closed or his listings were being suppressed, couldn't find it), either way I did some sleuthing and here is his website. Sebastien was a pleasure to work with. He repaired my cassette player, and the emulator works fantastic. The whole thing took 2 weeks and was only $300 plus shipping ($50 each way, he's in France). https://www.oldschoolalpinerepair.com/
-My AC always made a noise like there was a leaf hitting a fan... turns out when I took the dash off there was some old rotten foam and tape that were flapping when I turned it up. If you have a noise this could be it (see pics attached). I replaced it with some upholstery foam that would be more durable and didn't need to tape it. It stretched snugly over the vents and went in just fine putting the dash back on.
-While I had the dash off I had an upholstery guy paint the dash. He used SEM Color Coat 15243 Satin Black and it turned out great (see pics attached).
Thank you again, this forum is truly the best and I am even more in love with my car now.
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maverickagm
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@wagonman23 I'm glad it helped.
Yes the same seller I.got my adapter sells on https://www.oldschoolalpinerepair.com now. Thanks for sharing your repair experience. I was.debating contacting him to see if he could repair my cassette player. Though if it's just a worn rubber belt.... That's a winter time problem though. He also has an interesting bluetooth mbus adapter. And there's also this thing, but I don't know much about it:
www.discountcarstereo.com
Yes the same seller I.got my adapter sells on https://www.oldschoolalpinerepair.com now. Thanks for sharing your repair experience. I was.debating contacting him to see if he could repair my cassette player. Though if it's just a worn rubber belt.... That's a winter time problem though. He also has an interesting bluetooth mbus adapter. And there's also this thing, but I don't know much about it:
BT3-ALPM Bluetooth Hands-free & streaming module for select Alpine M-BUS radios
Add Bluetooth to older Alpine M-BUS & Porsche 7807 radios. Restrictions apply. Please read entire description, warnings, install guide prior to ordering.
www.discountcarstereo.com
