Shiraz200SX

are you serious? alpine have one of the best names in car audio because they're quality products, that perform really well for the price. I'd like to see any brand match the achievements that alpine has made in its history. Companies like focal, rainbow, kicker, whatever, specialise in speakers and amplifiers, alpine specialise in a complete package, without compromise of quality. however, the type r splits are excellent for young guys who just want a set of splits to flog the crap out of them, and show off. they make a solid midbass, and take a lot of punishment. Tweeters aren't real nice though. i'd revise your selection and buy SPX-17REF for the front, SPS-600 for the rear, and a PDX-2.150 for the fronts, and a PDX-1.600 or 1.1000 for your woofers. rears arent important. alpine do a pack for $799 that includes the SPX-17REF + PDX-2.150, about $500 off. Cheap as, i'd like to see any other brand match that SQ and amplifier quality for that price they also do a pack that comes with a PDX-1.600 + SBR-S122V for $999, thats about $400 off. Ported sub box, can be a little boomy, but they make a lot of bass, only reason i dont have one, it wont fit in my boot. you'd have matching amplifiers, that are small enough to hide under your seats, and still make decent power. that pioneer unit you've picked isnt' available in australia as far as i know. so fat chance of warranty or backup support if you have problems.

no. they're shit. not worth the waste of money. JVC ones are shit too. terrible quality. dont be tempted mate, its not worth the fuss. if i explained all the customers i've had that have been burned by those pieces of shit, i'd fill this whole page. not worth it, get a decent one.

$14K and its still carbie? lol. you can buy an S14 for $14K and its got more technology in the head, than that whole car has in it.

or try proper tinned marine wiring...

well i can vouch for patrick's car, clean for a car its age, the turbos are brand spankers, along with all the other bits he's got off me... needs some injectors + new z32s should make a lazy 400 at all four...

from what i've been told the lifespan isnt that great on those bosch widebands... i guess he could use that when tuning, and use the stock for the hektikness...

tried this before with a mates car, we pulled out his old parcel shelf, remade a new one out of 10mm MDF and added some 16mm spacers, and stretched vinyl over the whole lot. ended up being a fail, looked fairly shit, and the speakers never sounded that good, being that you could only get the two front screws in. probably easier to get some decent 6" coaxials and try amplifying your front and rear to get some midbass going....

those alpine boxes are a no go for imports. every salesperson should know that. take it back and swap it for the same woofer in a smaller sealed enclousure. they sound pretty average in that box anyway, sealed sounds much better.

try autometer or VDO if you're not fussed on looks. cheap and work well.

well, a guy who used to be mates with mafia from here had one on his rb25 and it had the same shit water jackets and leaking issues. i have personally sold over 8 of them in the last 12 months and had no problems or comebacks. only issue i had was that they dont come with new rubbers for the injectors, but that was a quick trip down to the local nissan dealership. honestly, they come up really good, and come polished on most surfaces. only thing that is worth doing is maybe port matching and cleaning up some of the cast markings, as it is only a china one... www.autotecnica.com have a geezer anyway. i'm not going to plug the store i work for, as they dont pay advertising, but its pretty easy to work out who sells autotecnica anyway.

mafia on here has one that he bought from me... but autotechnica make one thats the same as vulture motorsports one... IMO the only chinese made copy to buy is the autotecnica one...

yashio factory offer such a kit for an sr20....

highly recommend chris. really knows his stuff.

i know. i said focal. more betterer. open the box and you can smell the croissants.

+1 for Focal KX... Tent in pants material.... if you've got the coin, wait its for a 34 gtr, you do have the coin