Your Mods To 2006-2011 FD Civics

[JOhnnyFD]

gettin all of my tax back.. the upside of havin inside ATO connections.. shhshhh
nahh im jk.. its just tat i dont earn enough.. lol

[ej20i]

is he in trouble?ummm nar, coz i used my car for work, travel sales person

[rene]

well if ATO calls you then there's only one explanation they are running an audit against you. ATO will audit everyone, the question is when will they audit you.

By the way my gal is looking for job anyone here know's any opening for low entry job?

[ekdez]

To each their own in the end. What sounds good varies between each individual. Im just saying when you want to spend $1000 on speakers you should be much more open to options. I currently have 165KRX2 and they are great for me but some people hate focals.

Needless to say you just have to go out and test for yourselves but i find when people walk in expecting to buy Type X speakers, they walk out with something different.

that is true. i know what you mean.. i get sick of random people talking like they know everything on car audio when all they know is the jb brands LOL. there is much more to car audio then jb's range LOL.

although i had an alpine pdx mono and a 4 channel and i rated them pretty well.. although they must remain flat and cant be mounted on the seat. :\

i intend to purchase focals for my fronts and rears. i had them in my old ek. very good speakers. not gonna grab a sub this round.. i dont want to rattle my car out of allignment LOL.

btw, do you know if the front speakers for our fd's need to be shallow or can they handle the big magnet on the rear of the speaker?

[ej20i]

okay, i an ex sales man from jb car audio department and now i work at strathfield car radio...im into car audio big time...i just cant afford focals and the rest of the big branders...atm i got kicker up front, alpine rears, kicker amp to run my jl W1 and coustic amp to run the speakers...im quite happy with the sound its producing...i spent around 800 dollars for all that with a clarion deck which costed me around 700 with bluetooth, ipod and whole lot well cept for gps...
u guys have to see it in a salesman point of view, i never tell my customers that Alpines, Kickers, JL are all better than Focal, RF, MBQ. i tell them that they are overpriced for what they are. if u are well off and can afford those brands, be my guest...i'll be happy for u...but people that come to JB and strathfield are people who wants to have a system with limited budget....and im just trying to get my figures....now why would i suggest u to buy an MBQ while u comparing it to a 300$$ splits by alpine?!?!?!?!??!? i thought u wanna save money thats y u came to JB or strathfield car radio?!
AM I RIGHT?!

[ekdez]

eh? i dunno what your getting at.. but i do understand your point.. i havent got any thing wrong with people buying alpine, pioneer, kicker etc.. its just when people come out of jb and think that jb's top range system is the "BEST" and they dont even know what RF or DD is, for an example.

we were talking about boston acoustics.. all i said was that they arent for your average person. cos they are more for jazz and classical music.
then skyxd said each to their own.. people should be just be more open to other brands besides the jb brands.. he stated he has focals and i want those too..


just a question..

wouldn't a "big brand" split costing the same amount as "cheaper" front and rear set up return a better sound?

[ej20i]

oh i get ur point now...hehehehe
sorry for the misunderstanding there.
i thought u were just commenting on the sales person side not the customer side,
ummmm i have heard a lot of splits...NO DOUBT focal is very soft...
in comparion say, JL, Kicker, Apline, MTX, Pioneer, JBL, Sony, and so on, my picks would be the JL, Kicker and JBL as they are not as high pitch..'
price comparion with result, id go for JL over focal
since half the price, quality wise...they are roughly the same IMHO

[sKy.xD]

Yeah i meant the customer side as what ekdez has said. I know people who just think that JB has it all, and obviously if they spend alot there that that's the best there is. They don't know of the big brands that sell at specialised car audio stores.

Also ekdez im pretty sure theres room enough for a big magnet, not sure how big big is though. The focal speaker i had wasn't shallow, but i didnt do the install myself so i have no idea how much room there is.

And of course getting an expensive front split is going to be better then cheaper front and rear. When your getting rears, your already ruining your sound stage in the first place ...

Also what JL and Focal speakers have you heard? Were they setup properly in the car? I doubt you can say that with some of the better focal gear winning SQ comps around Australia. Hearing it on a sound board is much different when installed in a car. Expensive speakers can sound bad if not installed properly. Installation has alot to do with how good speakers will sound in a car.

I much prefer the natural sound of the focal speakers. The vocals come to life with these speakers. I've heard a swap from JL to focal and it was much better imo. The bright tweeters are abit ear bleeding but hopefully when i change my tweeter location from stock to possibly the A pillars then maybe it might be better.

If not ill go looking into getting morels, dynaudio or DLS speakers

[cracker]

rf and other brands which are heaps good seem too expensive to me to be honest i went for alpine for budget but i didnt want shitty shit on my shit if u dig me. sayn that i mean alpine get awards for their mother****erz so u no why wud i b unhappy with an rms of 1000

[ryanc]

anyone installed a carputer??? or lcd touch screen into a double din for civic fd?

im thinking of spending tax money on getting a double din + lcd touch screen, just not sure which ones fit well

[eeKayFouR]

^^ sounds good mate let us know how u go with that! carputers seem the goods

[ej20i]

i looked into carputer, it wasnt worth it.
double din go for the kenwood DNX7340BT or the Alpines