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Old Apr 15, 2007 | 11:26 PM
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here are a few pics of my amps and sub install in my 93. I had a amp overheat problem at first but fixed it with 2 radio shack 4" fans. one pushing air in and the other pulling it out, this wors great. the amps are an Eclipse EA4000 ea4000 for the mids and highs and a kicker ZX 400.1 on my 10" Kicker CVR. I custom built the box, covered it with vinyl remnant from the fabric shop, it was a pretty close match but I had some leftover corvette dye and dyed it to match perfectly. this system sounds really nice



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Old Apr 15, 2007 | 11:30 PM
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very very nice i like it
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Old Apr 15, 2007 | 11:35 PM
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very very nice i like it
thanks, I decided to keep the eclipse after I put the fans it was fine, and the lack of volume I had was due to mainly using my Ipod for my source. once I put in a few CD's and tried it out I was happy with it.
Ipods suck for sound quality
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Old Apr 15, 2007 | 11:36 PM
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Do you have a removable hard top? Just wondering if you could still put the top in the back with that....
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i can link you to some cables for the ipod that will get u good quality that use the lineout on the bottom i use them as well as a few other forum memebers and they SQ is damn near the same. what radio do you have

also i love the amp setup with plexi so u can see the wiring and u have it laid out pretty clean very nice
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Old Apr 15, 2007 | 11:39 PM
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Do you have a removable hard top? Just wondering if you could still put the top in the back with that....
yes, the top fits with no problems
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Old Apr 15, 2007 | 11:45 PM
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i can link you to some cables for the ipod that will get u good quality that use the lineout on the bottom i use them as well as a few other forum memebers and they SQ is damn near the same. what radio do you have

also i love the amp setup with plexi so u can see the wiring and u have it laid out pretty clean very nice
sure get me the info on the cables, I have a Kenwood DPX301 head unit
http://www.crutchfield.com/S-bE4fa7h...=113DPX301#Tab
I actually have the Kenwood Ipod interface for it but did not like the fact that you can not search your Ipod library with it, so I am just using the aux inputs. a lot of my Ipod tunes are downloaded and the quality is not allways the best.
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Old Apr 15, 2007 | 11:53 PM
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http://autosound2000.com/ipodadapters.htm you want the
IPOD TO AFTERMARKET KENWOOD AUXILIARY ADAPTER WITH 4 FT CABLE
N-IPOD-KEN-AUX $24.95

great company great cables will charge ipod and get you clean sound
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That looks really nice!
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Nice
So what's it look like with the cover on it?
Is the sub just in the box or does it extend into the storage compartment below?
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Old Apr 16, 2007 | 10:29 AM
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i just installed my aux input with that adapter. Great sound.
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Nice
So what's it look like with the cover on it?
Is the sub just in the box or does it extend into the storage compartment below?
the plexiglass is the cover, you could make the cover out of 1/4 inch plywood and cover it in the material if you wanted.

the sub extends into the storage compartment, you can see it in the two middle pictures
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Old Apr 16, 2007 | 10:56 AM
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very nice install btw. You did a great job with the vinyl.
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Nice work gator, looks good

Penta are any of those cables compatible with Eclipse? 8053 specifically?

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Looks good I have everything needed to do my 96, but just haven't had any time to start it.
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Nice work gator, looks good

Penta are any of those cables compatible with Eclipse? 8053 specifically?

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I looked for an eclipse one but only found that they were selling the ipod interface i already have. the ip-106. If you want that one, i can sell it to you for cheap. They don't have an aux one like that. I just went with their universal one with the rca outs and plugged it into my aux input. Works great. I just tapped into the ashtry cig lighter for power.
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Originally Posted by gator79
thanks, I decided to keep the eclipse after I put the fans it was fine, and the lack of volume I had was due to mainly using my Ipod for my source. once I put in a few CD's and tried it out I was happy with it.
Ipods suck for sound quality
+1 on going with the right ipod adapter.

Make sure to turn off the ipod's eq.

Mine is indistinguishable from CD quality in A/B, and that's with extremely revealing speakers.

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the one for the eclipse is basically the univeral one
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Originally Posted by gator79
the plexiglass is the cover, you could make the cover out of 1/4 inch plywood and cover it in the material if you wanted.

the sub extends into the storage compartment, you can see it in the two middle pictures
Thought that was just a stand your box was sitting on
Looks pretty deep but it obviously fits.

I asked about the cover more for security issues. If you don't leave your car anyplace unattended you should be fine.
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Originally Posted by Kale
+1 on going with the right ipod adapter.

Make sure to turn off the ipod's eq.

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not sure I know how to do that, I know there is a setting that keeps all the songs at the same volume, is that it? I know n mine some songs are way louder than others.
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