System installs by Best Buy/ Circuit City
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System installs by Best Buy/ Circuit City
hey guys i just called these guys up and i asked them about installs the prices are ok but i was wondering if they did shitty installs or whatnot. i dont want my car to have a shitty install. i called some local installer from cleveland also i will be talking to them tomorrow. i was just wondering if the private shops are worth the extra cash.
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Originally Posted by WlcTL
hey guys i just called these guys up and i asked them about installs the prices are ok but i was wondering if they did shitty installs or whatnot. i dont want my car to have a shitty install. i called some local installer from cleveland also i will be talking to them tomorrow. i was just wondering if the private shops are worth the extra cash.
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hmm i guess i dont really trust thoes guys either but i am getting in touch with one of the local installers tomorrow i just moved to cleveland so i dont know whats around here and i go to a school where everyone is from another state themselves.
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hahaha... i work at a circuit city in socal(irvine) and all my shit was installed there becuase of my employe discount and stuff. but i mean they did a very good job. i dont know your experience with chain stores like BB or CC but i had a good one. the only thing that i have to complain about was the time it took for them to do it. 6 hrs.
but everything looks very clean and well done.
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but everything looks very clean and well done.
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I have had the opoiste experiance as the dude above, I seem to recall my stereo being grounded to a peice of plastic under the dash (in the dude's defence it kinda looked like metal)
Also the stereo wasn't switched to turn off with the rest of the car. The wiring was chopped to hell and held together with electrical tape, no connectors. The Center consol was also hacked to bits (1976 bmw 2002). The manager offered to re due it, but I declined and did it myself.
Anywho, like anything with a big chain like that it varies from store to store. So it's probably to ask around localy weather the place does a good job or not.
Also the stereo wasn't switched to turn off with the rest of the car. The wiring was chopped to hell and held together with electrical tape, no connectors. The Center consol was also hacked to bits (1976 bmw 2002). The manager offered to re due it, but I declined and did it myself.
Anywho, like anything with a big chain like that it varies from store to store. So it's probably to ask around localy weather the place does a good job or not.
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Originally Posted by Stapler
Also the stereo wasn't switched to turn off with the rest of the car. The wiring was chopped to hell and held together with electrical tape, no connectors. The Center consol was also hacked to bits (1976 bmw 2002). The manager offered to re due it, but I declined and did it myself.
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Friend of mine had his car done at BB, first time they went to install his sub box, they drilled through his gas tank. But they are insured so they did fix it, but still, I would never let any chain store touch my car. He's speakers always blew every 4-6 months due to their crappy wiring, and eventually the sub box just came lose.
Go to a reputable local shop that specializes in it. It may cost you more, but the saying "You get what you pay for" rings true.
Go to a reputable local shop that specializes in it. It may cost you more, but the saying "You get what you pay for" rings true.
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Do not go there. Especially, with these cars, they seem to be more delicate than others. I had mine done by a private shop and they did a shitty job as well. It took me a while to find a very good reputable shop to do a good job.
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When you see a CC/BB run as fast as you can the other way
Ive heard of cars getting messed up at local shops too, but alot more at the chain stores. Don't get your work done at a shop unless you can see previous installs they have done. Also make sure they have experince working on nicer cars then what you have.
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Ive heard of cars getting messed up at local shops too, but alot more at the chain stores. Don't get your work done at a shop unless you can see previous installs they have done. Also make sure they have experince working on nicer cars then what you have.
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Originally Posted by brianlin87
i would say don't even let those guys touch your car.
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i actually work as a saleman in car audio at best buy...and am getting my system installed topday as i type this...lol......im getting, components, rears, two mono amps, one four channel, and 2 12's...all type R alpine shyt......but anyways..........everything installed for 190$ and i kno the guy personally he knows his shyt......but yeah i agree...some people at local best buys and CC's are shyt.......but like everyones said....depends where ya go and if the "right"guy does it.. oooo and they also built me a custom amp rack for the 3 amps that looks sick for ***FREE*** i'll have pics soon
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I had a customer bring is Cadillac CTS to my shop to re&re his trunk back to stock. Had a Kicker Solo Baric 15" in the trunk, done at a Big Box Store(i will not mention names). Customer told me that the installer said 100% returnable to stock, no modifications made.
Looked at it:
26 Screws from the bottom of the tub from outside underneath the car screwed into the custom fibreglass bottom of the sub box. Took the sub out, another 20 something screws going through the bottom of the spare tire tub to the outside of the car. No insulation whatsover. The guy did, fibreglass right against the the metal of the spare tire well, couple layers of fibreglass, some dynamat, then those 20 something screws through it all, then poured just RESIN ontop of the screw heads about 2 inches thick. Cut all his oem panels, ie. trunk liner and so on. He didn't get his factory panels or anything back from the original install. Customer needed it reversed to return the lease vehicle.
The big box store head office of one of the departments sent this job to us to reverse cuz the guy was so pissed off.
Nothing we could do except chop his whole spare tire well out with a jig. Welded him a new spare tire well on, painted it, made him back factory trunk liner panels. Big Box Store paid us to redo it for them, $3600.00 and a very unhappy customer.
I work at an independant custom shop.
Looked at it:
26 Screws from the bottom of the tub from outside underneath the car screwed into the custom fibreglass bottom of the sub box. Took the sub out, another 20 something screws going through the bottom of the spare tire tub to the outside of the car. No insulation whatsover. The guy did, fibreglass right against the the metal of the spare tire well, couple layers of fibreglass, some dynamat, then those 20 something screws through it all, then poured just RESIN ontop of the screw heads about 2 inches thick. Cut all his oem panels, ie. trunk liner and so on. He didn't get his factory panels or anything back from the original install. Customer needed it reversed to return the lease vehicle.
The big box store head office of one of the departments sent this job to us to reverse cuz the guy was so pissed off.
Nothing we could do except chop his whole spare tire well out with a jig. Welded him a new spare tire well on, painted it, made him back factory trunk liner panels. Big Box Store paid us to redo it for them, $3600.00 and a very unhappy customer.
I work at an independant custom shop.
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Cartoys have done 2 of my installs and they are good. Bear in mind, these guys are all Certified and would not be working there if not.
hands on training > certification
i have a MECP, so you learn what resistor colors and ohms...still not good enough to start installing unless your getting real experience
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when i was still in college my roommate worked at the CC near Yorktown, NY during the summers and told me the installers used to take the cars out joyriding when the customers left.
i won't let BB touch my car because one time i went to buy a quick connect harness from them for my TL and they insisted no such thing existed. clearly it does because i got it from CC across the street. they don't know their a$$ from a hole in the ground.
learn to do it yourself and take pride in the accomplishment. that's my
most people marvel that i installed my own radio. makes me feel pretty good
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i won't let BB touch my car because one time i went to buy a quick connect harness from them for my TL and they insisted no such thing existed. clearly it does because i got it from CC across the street. they don't know their a$$ from a hole in the ground.
learn to do it yourself and take pride in the accomplishment. that's my
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certified what? mecp? that doesn't mean shit
I wish MECP meant something. Not.
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Don't bring your car to BB or CC....I keep on hearing about horror stories on those stores from people subscribed to other automotive forums that I visit from time to time . Don't let them make a fool of you and let your car be a guinea pig!!
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Don't let them touch your car or computer!! They didn't even put shielding around my speaker terminals on my camaro and had me replace the head unit because they couldn't figure out where the distortion came from.
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Originally Posted by Eggplant-EX
Cartoys have done 2 of my installs and they are good. Bear in mind, these guys are all Certified and would not be working there if not.
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