Ok, I bought another car today. Decided that I was not to make a project of this one as well... well at least for 30min. Can't stand driving around with a 20-year old stock system so I decided I'm gonna upgrade it anyway. I will try making it as cheap as possible. I've set a budget of $1000 so no uber fancy stuff.
What I bought so far (got it very cheap as it was a sale-out):
HU: Alpine CDE-175R
Amp(s): 1x Alpine PMX-F640 (4ch)
...and 20ft of 0ga power cable.
I have a subwoofer amp (the ones you build into the enclosure) and lots of 12" subs laying around. Guess I use them - it's free
I probably need a 2nd amp and speakers for the front system. The only stock location is a 110mm (4-4,5") slot in the dash. Making new pillars or sails for an extra speaker is no big deal really. I normally only use 3-way fronts, looks like I need to make a passive between midrange-tweeters here though. Might add a MiniDSP 2x4 and use it for the front system, the HU got 9 band PEQ that can be used to EQ the sub. Main issue is no midbass up front... nothing in doors or in kicks stock. Have to build that from scratch and with the amount of projects I'm currently is involved in - that might take time lol. So I will probably let the sub handle some midbass in the meantime and focus on the rest as it is much quicker to finish.
Any suggestion of nice speakers for a front 3-way. Midrange driver can't be larger than 115mm in diameter, which limits the choice to 3" or 4" drivers basically. The tweeter also need to be small, no large flange drivers. The doors can fit an 8" driver with some modifications, but that's on low priority right now. I've looked at Peerless NE-series also at SB Acoustics and some Scan units but idk. Hard to make up my mind as usual.
Pictures are coming... ^
What I bought so far (got it very cheap as it was a sale-out):
HU: Alpine CDE-175R
Amp(s): 1x Alpine PMX-F640 (4ch)
...and 20ft of 0ga power cable.
I have a subwoofer amp (the ones you build into the enclosure) and lots of 12" subs laying around. Guess I use them - it's free
I probably need a 2nd amp and speakers for the front system. The only stock location is a 110mm (4-4,5") slot in the dash. Making new pillars or sails for an extra speaker is no big deal really. I normally only use 3-way fronts, looks like I need to make a passive between midrange-tweeters here though. Might add a MiniDSP 2x4 and use it for the front system, the HU got 9 band PEQ that can be used to EQ the sub. Main issue is no midbass up front... nothing in doors or in kicks stock. Have to build that from scratch and with the amount of projects I'm currently is involved in - that might take time lol. So I will probably let the sub handle some midbass in the meantime and focus on the rest as it is much quicker to finish.
Any suggestion of nice speakers for a front 3-way. Midrange driver can't be larger than 115mm in diameter, which limits the choice to 3" or 4" drivers basically. The tweeter also need to be small, no large flange drivers. The doors can fit an 8" driver with some modifications, but that's on low priority right now. I've looked at Peerless NE-series also at SB Acoustics and some Scan units but idk. Hard to make up my mind as usual.
Pictures are coming... ^