Though mine's not in an Acura, i think it can still be appreciated from the true car audio guys.

I left the stock premium audio VW speakers intact - no use messing with a good thing. The car has a custom built box that is color matched to the carpet and stretches the width of the trunk. The subwoofer, 1 JL Audio 12W6 sits on the right, while the amp, a Memphis Audio 500w is sunk into the box on the left side next to the sub. All wiring is hidden. Memphis amps come with a Sub level remote control to adjust the ohms, and that sits next to the stick shift. The system is pulled together by a Pioneer DEH-P6400 headunit - temporarily.

What have you guys done?

 

Pioneer AVDW8000 w/9000R brain as master control unit molded into dash, Focal 165W3 3 way components in custom kicks, Focal 165W in rear, 2 Focal 13WX 13" subs in custom molded fiberglass trunk w/2 Brax X2000 amps powering them and a Brax X2400 running the Focals.

In my daily driver, Diamond Audio S600S components, M361's in rear to compliment them, 2 Diamond 10" M6 subs, Diamond D5600.4 running components, and D51200.1 running subs, with Alpine 9813 headunit

 

BLOZ all the way around until i get my new headunit

 

 

pioneer dehp8000r hu, stock speakers in the doors and an old RF HE series 12" in a custom box from my legend (can you tell I'm waiting for my new system to be delivered so i can install it?)

this is what it will be though:
Alpine cda-9813
Polk DB6500 components upfront
Polk DB650 in back
Polk/momo 12" in a custom sealed box
Polk/momo 400.4 and 500.1
JBL GTX47 4ch crossover
Tsunami 1 farad digital top capacitor, fuse blocks, distribution blocks, wiring, and RCA's.

 

Pioneer DEH-8500MP
stock speakers
2 12" Kicker Comp VRs
550 watt rockford fosgate sub amp

need to work on the subs (or at least the amp) and the stock speakers, but very happy with the head unit. No custom mounting, just used the metra kit.

 

alpine cda-7965
Directed 1100d
12" IDMAX
12" JL audio W7
PPI 2150 Tube Amp

sold my old CDT components. Gonna get some horns and midbass drivers now.

 

Alpine 9815
Alpine SPX F17s in front
Alpine Spx 137a in back
JL 12" W7
JL 500/1
JL 300/4 for the front speakers
JL e2150 for the rear speakers

 

you run 2 different subs?...thats allittle weird

 

Alpine CDA-9813
Alpine CHA-S634 6 disc changer w/mp3 capability
JBL C608GTi components in front
Image Dynamics CTX6 in rear (run off HU amp)
Image Dynamics 12" IDMAX sub
JBL PX600.2 amp for fronts
JBL BPX1100.1 amp for sub

 

depends on my mood. lol. Some days the W7 is more suitable for me. Other days, the idmax seems better. lol! yes..i'm that picky when it comes to sound quality. :p

 

hmm...never thought of it that way...ever run both?

 

yea..once i did just to see how violent they are. lol. Luckily my amp can handle the impedance all fine. Takes a lot to even heat up that amp

 

Eclipse 7002 Indash Screen
Eclipse 5122 12 Disc Changer
PS2 (sometimes, not permanent)
JL Audio 300/4
JL Audio 500/1
Diamond M661 (front door)
Image Dyanamics IDMAX12


My other vehicle has
Alpine IVA-C800
Alpine 624 6 Disc Changer
PS2 (sometimes)
JL 300/4
JL 250/1
Boston Acoustics Pro 6.5 (front doors)
JL 10W6 in Stealthbox

 

heres mine

 

Here's my current setup:

Alpine CVA-1006
Alpine DVA-5205
Alpine ERA-G320
Alpine CHA-624
Focal Polykevlar 165K2 (front) & 136K (rear)
3 JL Audio 10W6 Subs in a Subzone Enclosure
Zapco Reference 360 Amp
Zapco Reference 750 Amp
Alumapro 15 Farad Capacitor

 

Just got my setup this weekend very happy with the results..

Pioneer
AVX-7300 IN-DASH MOTORIZED DISPLAY
AVM-9000R AV RECEIVER

INFINITY
KAPPA PERFECT5.1 COMPONENT SYSTEM - FRONT
KAPPA63.51 3-WAY MULTIELEMENT SPEAKERS- BACK

KICKER :bowdown: "LIVIN LOUD"
TWO 12" CVR

ROCKFORD FOSGATE
POWER 1050S
POWER 750X
POWER CPCD10-03 CAP

 

here is mines..

diamond audio components s600s front
diamond audio m361 i rear

jl audio 12w7

memphis amp 16s1000d
mtx 684
3.1 audio control

coming new alpine head unit

 

here are some pictures.

 

I have a Blaupunkt San Jose MP3 player. Its one of the best IMO for under 300 bucks. It actually has a volume knob (gasp!) unlike most of those things.

I wired it so I have all 8 speakers running instead of 4

 

How did you get all 8 speakers to work?

 

Alpine CDA-7995
Focal 165V2 Components - front and rear
JL Audio 12W3V2 - 2 of them
Kicker KX800.4 - for the mains
Kicker KX600.1 - for the subs
Stinger wire
Stinger 1 Farad Cap

 

Is there any headunit you can install so that you can keep the navi voice?

 

nope, the headunit and navi are actually wired together, so you will have to relocate the headunit - to the glovebox or I think a company makes an adaptor so that you can bypass the actuall stock headunit and use another one.

But, to answer your question, no matter what you do, the navi voice will be lost - no big deal really, i never listen to it - i think its annoying. But if you really want it, I think you can tap into the wire and hook up a really small speaker - like a 4.5 inch under the dash. Search for it.

Cars are getting so annoying to install a REAL system into - damn those manufactuers.

 

Not a TL, but still an Acura

Trunk:



Navi Conversion:



All of the other speakers are stock for now, not sure where my upgrade path will take me yet...

 

wow...that looks nice in the trunk