Sound system upgrades
I went with 2 10 inch jl w3 with jl 1400 amp good setup gives me just enough deep bass that the system just didnt have before. yes its the preamp i believe had my shop do it took a hour to do i had everything done already myself they just had to take dash apart and run remote which i wasnt in mood to do plus drill the power wire through the firewall never a fun thing but thats all they had to do
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ill take pics when i gt back to the house basically i had the box i got of ebay that was fitted for the g35 installed in the rear matching carpet perfect fit in the odd shaped opening in the trunk the amp is mounted on the rear of the box. Had to use a lne out convertor which basically converts the speaker signal to a preout signal to send to the amp pretty simple addition 4 wires max then ran the remote to the rear of the deck and that was all. pretty much a basic setup
In fairness I haven't given the system a really good critical listen. On my 2 test drives I turned the stereo off most of the time to listen to the engine and exhaust. But form the research I have done over the internet and after asking people with more experience than I have, I've come to the conclusion to give it a fair shake before dismantling my car and dropping major coin for custom work. What I'm finding is that the informed opinion of many is that the system sounds pretty damn good but only lacks powerful low bass response. That problem is a pretty easy and relatively inexpensive fix by adding a quality amplifier and a good subwoofer. I'm thinking that I'll get a custom sub enclosure (possibly 2) and a 10" with adequate power (maybe 600 watts) and see if that takes it low and loud enough for my tastes.
I have a JL W7 10" sub with a JL 500/1 amp for it. I need to have it installed. thats all i will be doing as far as the sound system is concerned. the rest of the system sounds great to me. just needs a little more bump
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I'm considering DLS Iridium 8.3 for the front stage. 8" to replace that stock front door 10"s, 3" mids & 1" tweeters in stock locations. I'll have to see about the rear because I'm sure it will be an installation nightmare with depth restrictions. Most likely no rear fill and a pair of 10"s in the trunk or rear deck.
The best inteface to the factory Bose I have found so far is the AudioControl DQL-8, check it out. A cheaper option is the AudioControl LC-8.
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I'm considering DLS Iridium 8.3 for the front stage. 8" to replace that stock front door 10"s, 3" mids & 1" tweeters in stock locations. I'll have to see about the rear because I'm sure it will be an installation nightmare with depth restrictions. Most likely no rear fill and a pair of 10"s in the trunk or rear deck.
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You will most likely have to add in something like JL's cleansweep, Alpine's Imprint processor, or the Rockford three-sixty. I'd be willing to put money on the factory amp having crossovers built in sending independent signals to each speaker. My girl just picked up her new G today and Hopefully I will be able to steal it for a day to take it apart and see whats going on.
As for the radio....If you got the Bose then you have a great sounding source to use with what I mentioned above. If its none Bose then you will have to deal with using what radio/cd came with the car. The dash itself is the biggest problem and I have yet to find any pics of a JDM dash thats got a standard opening like the first gens.
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