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[Madman55]

Had soem time over the break so I thought i would obsessively work on my R for a few days...

list of things i did:

Hosetechnique vaccum hoses....only did 5 of the 6 cause i couldnt figure out how to get the clamps off the boost gauge one or whatever)

Put in a new solo2 radar detector

Alpine 9855 HU....pretty much thier best one without going DVD.

New speakers

Painted the grill

Shampooed the carpets (stll cant figure out what to clean the suede with though

Black door inserts

And finally I spent about 5 hours washing, claybar, polishing, and then waxing her.



Gawd i need to get some 5% on those windows



...and a new rear bumper

Edited by Madman55, 07 January 2006 - 04:34 PM.

[eldertec]

Looks Great!
I'm thinking about replacing all the OEM speakers with some better quality aftermarket?
Any ideas?
What type, brand did you use?

Edited by eldertec, 07 January 2006 - 04:37 PM.

[Madman55]

Looks Great!
I'm thinking about replacing all the OEM speakers with some better quality aftermarket?
Any ideas?
What type, brand did you use?

Actually I bought stock speakers cause my old ones were blown when i boguht the car.


With all the hype about kicks in the front floor, I think that would be a good choice first rather that replacing stock speakers with aftermarket ones. Also a that new HU makes the sound a LOT clearer.. now i jsut gotta buy that damned conenction to hook it up to the stock amp.

I actually recieved alpine type r 6x9s for christmas and hooked them up. They werent completely mounted but from what i heard, they sounded worse than the stock 6x9s in my old t-5. it coulda jsut been cause they werent nailed down though. The stock speakers really are great, just not a hella lotta base.

Edited by Madman55, 07 January 2006 - 04:50 PM.

[Patrick.]

I actually got alpine type r 6x9s for christmas and hooked them up. They werent completely mounted but from what i heard, they sounded worse than the stock 6x9s in my old t-5. The stock speakers really are good, just not a hella lotta base.

almost anything decent (Alpine, definitely) is better than stock the stock component speakers from my experiences.

[Madman55]

almost anything decent (Alpine, definitely) is better than stock the stock component speakers from my experiences.

Well, maybe It was cause they were mounted completely in, but the alpine ones I used (about $120) were not as loud or as much base as the stock ones in the t-5 I had.

Edited by Madman55, 07 January 2006 - 04:53 PM.

[Patrick.]

if you installed and amplified them properly they would sound lightyears better than the stockers.

but if you aren't planning on entering any audio comps then stock speaks are fine

edit: car looks very good, glad to see that you're taking good care of her

Edited by 850Charisma, 07 January 2006 - 05:07 PM.

[Mesoam]

you can clean the "suede" with whatever because its not real suede...looks good man