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Old Apr 9, 2019 | 07:45 AM
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On my way to work I got to thinking about car audio vs bike audio. In my younger days I spent tons of money on my car audio. Now I have the stock 08 bose audio on the car and spend money on the bike. Do you guys spend the time and effort on your vehicles?
 
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I have a VW with the Fender system and feel I have no need to upgrade it. The bike needs upgraded badly and I am working on that.
 

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I have spent money on them in the past but nowadays the systems in these newer vehicles do pretty damn good on their own. My Ram 2500 has a stock setup that will rattle the windows and vibrate the mirrors.
 
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Old Apr 9, 2019 | 08:32 AM
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Always have to add a sub or subs.....no factory system has the low end that I expect.
 
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Old Apr 9, 2019 | 09:17 AM
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I used to put audio in my daily drivers now I only do it in my classic cars. I currently have about $3500 worth of audio in my 87 Grand National and I’m still not satisfied.
 
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I used to put audio in my daily drivers now I only do it in my classic cars. I currently have about $3500 worth of audio in my 87 Grand National and I’m still not satisfied.
Tough car to do a good system in if you don't want to cut it up.
 
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Old Apr 9, 2019 | 10:18 AM
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Yea that’s half my problem, my car has the factory door speakers (concert sound) and they are 5.25 and also have to be shallow mount. For the rear I use 6x9 adapters. I wonder how some pro audio would sound in there.
 
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Always add a amp and a sub at the minimum to any of my cars or trucks. Had a 2000 Viper that didn't have any room in the cab to put a sub, I made a small custom box for a 8" sub fit in the passenger footwell, sounded great, still had legroom for a passenger.
 

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