Thinking a bit of the future

[Lordblood]

I had a look at GAHH, they only sell the seats themselves, worth 2 hundred something bucks.

I'd rather just get Sparco seats, which are I think 200 dollars a pop (for the comfort seats, not track ones).

I don't need a really fancy stereo, the stock one skips the CD around when I go over bumps, so I'm guessing the player itself is a bit bad right now. There is a place in my town that does 1 dollar installations, I'm thinking I might get a CD player and maybe a set of speakers from there.

[chig]

My bad, I didn't reduce the size before uploading the pic.

[eslai]

Originally Posted by Lordblood

I had a look at GAHH, they only sell the seats themselves, worth 2 hundred something bucks.

I'd rather just get Sparco seats, which are I think 200 dollars a pop (for the comfort seats, not track ones).

I don't need a really fancy stereo, the stock one skips the CD around when I go over bumps, so I'm guessing the player itself is a bit bad right now. There is a place in my town that does 1 dollar installations, I'm thinking I might get a CD player and maybe a set of speakers from there.

Well, now that I know your age I can imagine what budget you're working with.

Normally the first thing you'd change is the speakers when dealing with any OEM system upgrade, but if CD's are skipping, yeah, looks like you'd want to either find an OEM replacement online, or buy a whole different new head unit. Either way you go you're looking at a bit of cost.

I would not recommend going to a Circuit City or "1 dollar" installation shop. Porsches are quirky in a lot of build respects and it's not going to be as easy as taking apart an old Civic to put in a head unit or new speakers. I'm sure Chig could elaborate LARGELY on that. Perhaps even in a HUGE way.

[chig]

Actually, it was the custom shop that messed it all up. Eslai is right, you don't need a fancy head unit. I would recommend a single DIN with either an Ipod or Front AUX

They will have to by-pass the stock amp which is not that hard. I actually had Best Buy fix the mistakes the custom stop did (it's a long story). If you're on a budget, I would only replace the door speakers and not the dash speakers.

The doors are just woofers. They will sound muffled if you keep the OEM speakers in. Other than that, you'll have decent highs and mids but no bass. It's not my daily driver so I really don't care that much about the sound. Good luck.

[nefarious986]

Speaking of sound system, do you guys have a problem with the door panels vibrating when you have the bass up ?

When I play music loud, get this really annoying rattle from the door panel that mostly (80%) go away when I push hard on the door panel with my leg. I checked the screws and they seem to be tight. I think its that huge cavity in the panel that causes an air pocket and vibration ?

I haven't taken it to a pro shop yet .. but just curious .. any one else experience the same issue ?