Prices may be better on the internet but beware some places do not have the items in stock and take time to get them. Some will just keep stringing you along until they get it. Also the manufacturer may not honor warrenty work if the unit was bought from an unauthorized place. Something to keep in mind.

 

Just be cautious, try and finalize the deal on the phone. If your getting an item new in box, I don't see any reason the manufacture could deny you a warranty. I've bought almost everything for my car online, and have yet to have a problem. To each their own I guess...

 

Get an Alpine 9856--$220total (includes remote)(taxes included)
RF Punch or Alpine type S front and rears ~$90-$100 a pair total(taxes included)

So HU, front and rear speakers= ~420

you can also get a Alpine 4ch MRP-F250 or 200 to push the interior speakers for ~$200+tax

So, HU, interior speakers and amp ~650

 

^^You have to keep in mind installation is not his strong point. He have to have most, if not all, of this installed.

 

well, my local stereo center radio shack would install all of this for under 100 if items are bought from them

 

$150 on a decent Kenwood Excelon headunit
$160 Crystal SSCS6 6.5 Components
$150 Rockford 700s on eBay
$80 40sq. ft. Raamat(sp?) BXT sound deadener

Anything left over can go into Knukonceptz amp kits.

 

It doesn’t matter if it was new or not. Some manufactures are very strict about where their equipment comes from and some are not. For the ones that are, they will deny any warranty regardless. Also there are some instances of fake equipment being sold or serial numbers being scratched off to prevent detection of where the product originated from. In this case almost every manufacturer will deny you warranty.

I have also bought equipment online without a problem but if i do buy unauthorized I make sure I am prepared to eat the loss if something happens. Just letting people know buying online isnt always what it seems. You have to weight the options and decide for yourself.

 

Do not buy any pioneer products off of etronics. I have had problems down the line with there radios and so have members off of ht. I am a pioneer dealer and the product that they sell is b stock. Look E-tronics tells you the same thing

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And when you send in that unit for repairs and pioneer runs the serial number your screwed. You will get a hell of a bill or they will flatly tell you they will not fix it send it somewere else. I tryied to send in a members radio from ht and they would not fix his indash. After talking to the repair man and some future promise. He got his unit fixed. But he had to pay 280 in parts that would of been free if he would of bought it from a dealer. Hell they are being sued by mtx.

97teg are you on ht? your screen name seems familer. But anyways The headunit you are looking at is a great radio. And it has three outputs. So you can expand on it. If I was you I would get some componets. And make sure the speakers is installed correctly. If not they will sound like garbage no matter how much they cost.

 

This is the way I do most hatches and crx's for member that do not want all the extra weight and do not want to spend alot of cash. Most four channel amps can run a 2 ohm load stereo. So from that point you can run your front and rear speaker off the amp. And channel three and four can run bridge mono at a four ohm load to power a sub or two depending the the rms of the sub and the amp output. But if your going to try to rock the world I would go with a two amp setup. The setup above will sound really clean if you match your speakers to your amp and keep the rms in check. If you are local and since its x-mas. You buy the equipment and I'll help you install your system at no charge. This way you can learn how its done and you can say you did it yourself

 

thanks a lot for the info wrx. I think I will go with that setup. Unfortunatly I live in the seattle area so I'm pretty far away, but if I end up wanting to take on the task I'll be sure to PM you some questions =]