Comments on: Where do we begin with upgrading my car audio? http://makeautocar.com/where-do-i-start-with-upgrading-my-car-audio.car Ask and make better car Thu, 10 Mar 2011 14:34:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: abraves4410 http://makeautocar.com/where-do-i-start-with-upgrading-my-car-audio.car/comment-page-1#comment-1086 abraves4410 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:43:49 +0000 http://makeautocar.com/where-do-i-start-with-upgrading-my-car-audio.car#comment-1086 i have a 2003 corolla s. I started off by adding a new headunit, the alpine cda-9856 and new front speakers, alpine type r components. This gave me pretty good sound for about 450 bucks. (i paid msrp you can find it cheap, ill link you to it later). After that i replaced the back speakers with type r's as well, and added a kicker 4 channel amp to power these. At this point i have great vocals, and decent bass. Its no subwoofer but i was able to hear it. This added about another 300 dollars. I got a pair of entry levels kicker subwoofers and wired them up with another external amp, and this gives me enough bass where the center rear view mirror isnt usable. It shakes the front seats a lil and the backs pretty good. This was about another 350 to the total cost. So for 1000 or so you can get a real nice system. In all honesty, you can skip the 4 channel amp, cuz it only adds about 6 decibels to the vocals, for 300 dollars it might not be worth it to u ) If you want alot of bass, go with an alpine type r or type x. Im upgrading to a type x this summer. In a properly built enclosure, the type x gets 145-155 db of bass. Trust me thats a lot. This sub plus the amp to power it is gonna set you back around 600 dollars. Check out crutchfield.com, and go to the learn section. They have tons of information about properly staging the sound in your car and optimizing the sq of the setup. Dont buy anything from them, they charge straight msrp, and the cost quickly adds up. For shopping, check out onlinecarstereo.com, hifisoundconnection.com or sonicelectronix.com all of them sell a wide variety at very cheap prices. Hope i gave you enough of a kick start in the world of stereo. Send me an email at abraves4410@yahoo.com if you need/want any more info about my setup or general info. i have a 2003 corolla s.

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