I just recently purchased a new used car and in past cars I've had some rocking stereo systems. Well I don't have one in my new car, but am thinking about putting one in because I miss it. The problem is that the car is in such good condition I dont want the wear and tear a loud stereo does to a car to effect this one. I was wondering there is anything I can do to hinder this if I do decide to put a stereo in it. I mean things start to really rattle around when you get the stereo pumping and I don't want to do too much damage to this nice looking car.
Replies (9)
saintanddolphin on 05/1/2004 02:27:42
You will probably have to adjust your listening habits first.
If you are accustomed to weld breaking,bolt stripping,mirror busting bass then you and your music might have to come to a compromise.
A nice but strong sq system with a little less power than you had coupled with a solid install could net very sufficient results.
What do you have in mind for equipment(subs and amp)?
What kind of vehicle is it?
What are you looking to spend?
What do you expect from the finished product?
Please give us that information as well as anything else you think would help us help you.
Welcome to CK
Mike
ttocs on 05/1/2004 02:41:08
If you plan ahead you can put a very nice stereo in without doing any perminant damage to the car during installation. With the propber amount of bass and not too much it will not cause long term problems. I did a nice system in a ranger that did all of this.
What kind of car?
audionewb on 05/1/2004 09:20:23
Well It's a 1999 Mercury Grand Marquis LS. I want enuff power so I can feel it thru that big ass trunk. I haven't really picked anything out yet. I do have some left over equipment from my old stereo. 4 12 inch polk EX's and a 1998 rockford fosgate 250.2 chrome, but I'm wanting something different I think. I could probably at least spend 1000 bucks. I mean I spent hella on my old system and I was just wanting it to hit hard, this system I went it to sound good and hit decently hard, but not enuff to ruin my car. My factory highs sound decent right now, so I shouldn't need to do much to them. I have a pioneer 8400 so I don't want to upgrade the deck. Just subs and amp I think.
swez on 05/1/2004 09:49:37
If you like the interior speakers you have now and this is not an amped speaker system, you can easily drop to a pair of your Polks and use an amp that nets enough bass power to your liking.
I believe the Polks are 4 ohm, single voice coils yes? Are you sure on the EX series subs? I cannot find any EX subs on the Polk site... only full range speakers Subs are MOMO, dX, GXR and GNX series subs. Please confirm the sub model numbers and voice coil arrangement. Then we can go on to amps.
Swez
audionewb on 05/1/2004 17:54:05
They are older subs, the ones with the swirl in the middle, and yes they are 4 ohm single voice coil speakers. i think they are 400 W max.
swez on 05/1/2004 21:33:22
OK.. do you wish to use all 4 subs this time or scale back to 2 or 3 subs this time?
If these subs are rated at 400 watts MAX, that's about 200 watts Continous (RMS) per sub. If you go with 2 subs, a good Class D amp with 300 - 600 watts RMS output @ 2 ohms will do nicely. If you go with 3-4 subs, more power can be used. Either a 2 channel amp running 2 subs (2 ohms) per channel or a larger Class D amp that can mamage a 1 ohm load.
Really, depends on your budget and how much bass yo desire.
Comments?
Swez
PS I looked at the Polk Audio archives and cannot find an EX series sub there either.
http://www.polkaudio.com/car/category.php?name=subwoofers&recent=1
audionewb on 05/2/2004 19:17:49
Well I think all 4 of the 12s would start busting stuff up on the car and as I said before I don't want that to happen. Do you think using Dynomat on my car would helP? I found a link for there new EX3's dunno if that will help.
http://www.polkaudio.com/downloads/faxlit/EX3_GNX_Brochure.pdf
uochronos on 05/2/2004 23:09:15
busting stuff off? how much stuff has broke from bass in your previous cars from the bass? dynomat would defiantly help keep the bass from leaving the car and stop rattling in the doors and what not which i where i would assume most of thwe damage your talking about acures.
swez on 05/3/2004 01:09:43
Well, I cannot make heads or tails of what subs you actually have, but a pair of 12's should be plenty of Bass SPL.
Looks like Polks are 175 watts RMS, 400 peak. Here, a pair of 12's is probably more than adequate. If you don't need/want bone shaling bass... a pair will do.
You have the 4 ohm SVC's, so a decent Mono Class D amp will do fine. There are many choices out there that can do 2 ohm loads and net 300 -600 watts (RMS). Polks are pretty efficient, so a smaller amp will make them shout pretty well.
Do you have a budget figure in mind?
Swez
Replies (9)
saintanddolphin on 05/1/2004 02:27:42
You will probably have to adjust your listening habits first.
If you are accustomed to weld breaking,bolt stripping,mirror busting bass then you and your music might have to come to a compromise.
A nice but strong sq system with a little less power than you had coupled with a solid install could net very sufficient results.
What do you have in mind for equipment(subs and amp)?
What kind of vehicle is it?
What are you looking to spend?
What do you expect from the finished product?
Please give us that information as well as anything else you think would help us help you.
Welcome to CK
Mike
ttocs on 05/1/2004 02:41:08
If you plan ahead you can put a very nice stereo in without doing any perminant damage to the car during installation. With the propber amount of bass and not too much it will not cause long term problems. I did a nice system in a ranger that did all of this.
What kind of car?
audionewb on 05/1/2004 09:20:23
Well It's a 1999 Mercury Grand Marquis LS. I want enuff power so I can feel it thru that big ass trunk. I haven't really picked anything out yet. I do have some left over equipment from my old stereo. 4 12 inch polk EX's and a 1998 rockford fosgate 250.2 chrome, but I'm wanting something different I think. I could probably at least spend 1000 bucks. I mean I spent hella on my old system and I was just wanting it to hit hard, this system I went it to sound good and hit decently hard, but not enuff to ruin my car. My factory highs sound decent right now, so I shouldn't need to do much to them. I have a pioneer 8400 so I don't want to upgrade the deck. Just subs and amp I think.
swez on 05/1/2004 09:49:37
If you like the interior speakers you have now and this is not an amped speaker system, you can easily drop to a pair of your Polks and use an amp that nets enough bass power to your liking.
I believe the Polks are 4 ohm, single voice coils yes? Are you sure on the EX series subs? I cannot find any EX subs on the Polk site... only full range speakers Subs are MOMO, dX, GXR and GNX series subs. Please confirm the sub model numbers and voice coil arrangement. Then we can go on to amps.
Swez
audionewb on 05/1/2004 17:54:05
They are older subs, the ones with the swirl in the middle, and yes they are 4 ohm single voice coil speakers. i think they are 400 W max.
swez on 05/1/2004 21:33:22
OK.. do you wish to use all 4 subs this time or scale back to 2 or 3 subs this time?
If these subs are rated at 400 watts MAX, that's about 200 watts Continous (RMS) per sub. If you go with 2 subs, a good Class D amp with 300 - 600 watts RMS output @ 2 ohms will do nicely. If you go with 3-4 subs, more power can be used. Either a 2 channel amp running 2 subs (2 ohms) per channel or a larger Class D amp that can mamage a 1 ohm load.
Really, depends on your budget and how much bass yo desire.
Comments?
Swez
PS I looked at the Polk Audio archives and cannot find an EX series sub there either.
http://www.polkaudio.com/car/category.php?name=subwoofers&recent=1
audionewb on 05/2/2004 19:17:49
Well I think all 4 of the 12s would start busting stuff up on the car and as I said before I don't want that to happen. Do you think using Dynomat on my car would helP? I found a link for there new EX3's dunno if that will help.
http://www.polkaudio.com/downloads/faxlit/EX3_GNX_Brochure.pdf
uochronos on 05/2/2004 23:09:15
busting stuff off? how much stuff has broke from bass in your previous cars from the bass? dynomat would defiantly help keep the bass from leaving the car and stop rattling in the doors and what not which i where i would assume most of thwe damage your talking about acures.
swez on 05/3/2004 01:09:43
Well, I cannot make heads or tails of what subs you actually have, but a pair of 12's should be plenty of Bass SPL.
Looks like Polks are 175 watts RMS, 400 peak. Here, a pair of 12's is probably more than adequate. If you don't need/want bone shaling bass... a pair will do.
You have the 4 ohm SVC's, so a decent Mono Class D amp will do fine. There are many choices out there that can do 2 ohm loads and net 300 -600 watts (RMS). Polks are pretty efficient, so a smaller amp will make them shout pretty well.
Do you have a budget figure in mind?
Swez
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