Fool Everybody. Stereo looks stock, sounds great. (Page 11/19)
Jefrysuko MAR 10, 10:13 PM

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Originally posted by fierosound:


I did this modification and it works "as advertised". I had to readjust the amplifier gain to balance the system again. Thanks Tim...




Thanks for keeping this thread updated with your adjustments. I'm planning on replicating at least part of your setup later this year.
85LAMB MAY 16, 11:10 PM
Fierosound
Thank you very much for this thread

Fierotoyboy MAY 18, 03:50 PM
Terrific post. It's so cool having a "stealth" system - potential thieves see a GM head unit and assume you have only crap - the best kind of theft deterrence. I can vouch for the P.I.E. unit - I had my doubts about those until I used one in a VW installation. You pulled a lot of really good components together. I'm glad to know that there's finally a good headrest speaker, one that should work great with any proper crossover/amp installation. I'm not even thinking about doing a headrest speaker mod any time soon, but I'm going to order a set of those for the shelf. Right now, I have original-to-the-car headrest speakers, electronically crossed over at 125 Hz w/ 24dB/octave slope, but even with that protection, they will fry someday, and they don't add much to the staging anyway. Thanks for the info.
fierosound MAY 28, 08:43 AM
How does cutting off 2 inches on the tube compare with the 3/4 inch you recommended earlier? Does it sound better? http://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum2/HTML/089321.html


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Originally posted by timgray:

Yes it get's rid of some of the boomyness I found. I also added more poly fill to the box as well. I had a problem with a "boomy sound" when anything with heavy bass was played. Taking off the 2 inches made the bass response flatter across the frequencies.

Don't have to take it out, take off the pass side dash speaker and you can release the tube (if you did not glue it on) to trim and replace. That's what I did to tune it further. It seems that the Tang Band speaker will get looser as it get's broken in. this raises the Q and makes it need a shorter port.




I expect to be doing this on the weekend...

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Brastic JUN 11, 05:02 PM
This tread has cost me money. First, I now have a good sounding system that set me back $400. For the sound output, I am very happy with this investment. What I was not expecting is the hit to the gas millage. With the stereo on, I get about 2 MPG less. I would like to blame this on the stereo, but the truth is I do not drive the same with the stereo off.
fierosound JUN 11, 09:30 PM

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Originally posted by Brastic:

This tread has cost me money. First, I now have a good sounding system that set me back $400. For the sound output, I am very happy with this investment. What I was not expecting is the hit to the gas millage. With the stereo on, I get about 2 MPG less. I would like to blame this on the stereo, but the truth is I do not drive the same with the stereo off.



You can yell at me for having a better sounding system. it's OK

Jncomutt JUN 11, 10:24 PM
Thank you for the template!! I installed my 5.25" components in the dash today. They worked great!! I had to trim the dash a bit to fit the basket of the speaker but it was well worth it. I've driven without front speakers since I got this car and the wait was well worth it.

It took the entire day to get the templates to fit perfect to the speakers and then to fit in the dash to my standards. I figured it would be a few hour job but it was much longer than that. All in all it would have been about a day each without those templates. They saved me ALOT of time. The 5.25" components are well worth the effort.

Edit, I attached my crossover to the flat surface just inside the front edge of the speaker openings. I just used double stick tape and stuck it to that front wall area. Worked great, here's a pic...

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fierosound JUN 12, 11:22 AM

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Originally posted by Jncomutt:

Thank you for the template!! I installed my 5.25" components in the dash today. Worked great, here's a pic...




What speaker sets are those? Do they sound as good as they look?

Jncomutt JUN 12, 04:57 PM
Kicker KS5.2 Component System.

They sound amazing to me but I'm not a big car stereo guy. Like I said, I'm used to only having the stock speakers in the seats. Once I put these things in the sound really filled out and the front stage is really nice to have. The speakers have a lot more midrange influence than I thought they would. I considered putting in a factory subwoofer setup that I have but I'm more than pleased with the current sound that I now have. The speakers aren't exactly top of the line, but they're more than adequate for the typical everyday usage.

I'm also using the newer Pontiac 7band eq CD player (but not the Monsoon version).
Delirius JUN 24, 04:13 PM
What can the maximum mounting-depth for the 5.25's be? I'm thinking of doing this as well and I don't want to order speakers that are too deep.