quote Originally posted by Lisas 86 4cyl: Nice work!! Some years ago I found a Jensen double din cd/cassette player that fit right in the old delco slot. But I do have a question regarding wiring in your amplifier. Would you mind sharing what wire you spliced your amp into. I also put in an amplifier and ever since then the battery drains pretty quickly if I didnt' drive daily and I assumed I must have spliced into an always hot wire. I would love to hear how you did it!!

See if your wiring matches this simple example schematic. Sounds like your remote wire is hot at all times.



The capacitor on the +12V and ground leads of the amp are optional. I just put it there to show where one would go.

For more advanced (complicated) audio wiring diagram

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pics always help that for sure

quote Originally posted by Larryh86GT: Here are pics of my audio system:

I don't understand why people kill leg room for more sound? Seriously, how loud do you want your Fiero to be without compromising the cool sound your engine already makes? This goes out to everyone who has those silly subs (or whatever they are) in between the seats.

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quote Originally posted by chrismclubm: I don't understand why people kill leg room for more sound? Seriously, how loud do you want your Fiero to be without compromising the cool sound your engine already makes? This goes out to everyone who has those silly subs (or whatever they are) in between the seats.

quote Originally posted by chrismclubm: I don't understand why people kill leg room for more sound? Seriously, how loud do you want your Fiero to be without compromising the cool sound your engine already makes? This goes out to everyone who has those silly subs (or whatever they are) in between the seats.

Still pleny of leg room. I didn't see any pictures of your sound system in this thread. Seriously, Do you have anything positive to offer to the thread???

Maloso: You agree? Where are the pictures of your sound system??

please lets not start a flame war just pics and comments of goods a bads of your guys different ideas


thanks

quote Originally posted by BabyVet: please lets not start a flame war just pics and comments of goods a bads of your guys different ideas thanks

you're right... but I have one more thing to add for Larryh86GT -- what I stated is only an opinion, surely you have opinions of your own.

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I wish I had taken pictures of an install I did about 8 years ago (when I worked for an electronics store).
A customer came and asked for a custom install. He wanted to make his car look like the stereo was already stolen. very odd request, but I did it.
We pulled the factory stereo out of the truck (chevy S10). The stereo we put in was a Kenwood.
I soldered a 15 pin conductor to the Head Unit's faceplate connectors (on the inside, so no wires were immediately visible). The other end of the 15 pin conductor was soldered to the faceplate contacts. The Head Unit was installed in the glovebox.
The faceplate was installed into the visor. The faceplate was only visible when the visor was down.

-dave

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quote Originally posted by IFLYR22: I wish I had taken pictures of an install I did about 8 years ago (when I worked for an electronics store). A customer came and asked for a custom install. He wanted to make his car look like the stereo was already stolen. very odd request, but I did it. We pulled the factory stereo out of the truck (chevy S10). The stereo we put in was a Kenwood. I soldered a 15 pin conductor to the Head Unit's faceplate connectors (on the inside, so no wires were immediately visible). The other end of the was soldered to the faceplate conductors. The Head Unit was installed in the glovebox. The faceplate was installed into the visor. The faceplate was only visible when the visor was down. -dave

thats very different but kinda cool

quote Originally posted by IFLYR22: A customer came and asked for a custom install. He wanted to make his car look like the stereo was already stolen. very odd request, but I did it.

Did somethiong similar when I had a flush mount SONY.

I went to the wreckers and pried off an AM radio faceplate with knobs and glued the knobs on. I then epoxied 1/2 a CD to the back of it.

Whenever you parked, it was a simple matter to side the 1/2 CD into the SONY's slot to hold the fake AM radio faceplate to the front of it.

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quote Originally posted by fierosound: Did somethiong similar when I had a flush mount SONY. I went to the wreckers and pried off an AM radio faceplate with knobs and glued the knobs on. I then epoxied 1/2 a CD to the back of it. Whenever you parked, it was a simple matter to side the 1/2 CD into the SONY's slot to hold the fake AM radio faceplate to the front of it.

Back when they had full pull-out stereo's we took a plastic sleeve and epoxied ripped out wires to it. When you pulled out the radio and slid the sleeve in, it appeared that someone ripped the radio out of the dash already.

I installed a 10" under the dash on the passenger side.
My amp:

What my sub box looks like... (Not my car)


I need to fine tune the design a little, and then can get photos of it.

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Coming soon...its gonna kick @$$!

looks good guys keep them coming

Found some of the pictures of the sub in the spare tire location.



Then ported into the cab on passenger side floor.

quote Originally posted by jaskispyder: The best audio system is heard, not seen

I disagree:



2500 Watts RMS to 5 subs with no loss of leg room. (Digital rearview mirror/camera too)

All I got to say is wow! I will even say it backwards, wow! ^^^^^^^^^ Awesome looking setup.

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thats feaking sweet man!!!!!!

ClayTonto - thats freakin bad a$$

Thanks guys. I used to own a stereo shop and built systems for all kinds of cars, but this was mine and my favorite.

Five subs, thats pretty insane.



That pics about a month old, and I've owned the car since mid-summer. Fell in love with it when I saw it on e-bay, and it turned out to be in my hometown a hundred miles from where I lived.

I paid 129.99 for each 8 inch L7 kicker sub, and today while i was at a car audio warehouse the guy told me that as a dealer he couldnt even get them at that price.

And I thought my car had bump

The box isn't sealed yet, so its not thunderous. That was the second box we built, the first one fit perfectly into the groves in the back, but the subs wouldn't fit into the box and it was ugly. This one we actually threw together pretty fast (mainly because a different person was helping me build it) and it looks better but doesn't fit into those grooves in the back, so it needs to be sealed.