Answer All your Car Audio Qustions
 

I'm MECP Cert. and have a stang, so if you need help on how to run wires, poping noise in speakers, or anyting just e-mail me and i'll help you fix your problm.

Why do the 99-00 Stangs have so little trunk space? I had to get a custom box to fit my 12's in there. And its not really trunk space thats the problem, the opening is too small to fit a dual 12" box in there and the rear deck speakers go down too low.

OK, I've got a question on subs. I have a pioneer dh 545 deck from 98 or so I think. With an ancient soundstream amp and a single 12 pioneer sub from the stone ages. I only want to upgrade the sub. I want a 12" single that would sound good with this deck and amp and I'd like to spend under $150, which sub would you recommend?

I would recommend you stay with the Pioneer subs. You can get one for $100-120, unless you find a sale. I have two cheap Kenwood 12s and they sound fine, I got them for $100 for 2. I wouldn't recomend Rockford Fosgate, with my 200 watt amp I melted the voice coils. They were dirt cheap though.

Stick with pioneer, just get a newer sub. Are the newer subs a lot better. I'm guessing mine is 5-6 years old. Would buying a new one help a lot or not worth it?

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1988 GT, 355's, AOD w Improver kit, pulleys, equal lngth headers, off-road h-pipe, 3-chmbr flowmstrs, hypertech, k&n

Best time 14.58 @ 96.41 mph

1991 LX - Fast

guys, without question go with jl subs. they are the best bang for the buck on the market. a lot of times they get pricey, but im from philly and can get them for you for like 125 each for a 12. the jl's can handle a lot of power but wont sound bad from a "bad" amp. belive me, if u want attention or just mind boggling thump, go jl.

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93 gt show car
stock powertrain, but everyhting else is custom made from the stereo to the neon

93 notchback
simple; low 11's

I've got 2 12" Solobarics and I'm gonna get two more, what is the best amp to run them on?

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plz email me i have a question about the mach 460 audio system
reign_rgs@hotmail.com
plz n thx

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Rockford power series amps

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PLEASE see my thread posted today regarding mach 460 wiring difficulties on a '95 gt. thankyou very much. take care, roxanne@'95 gt ANY help would be appreciated

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I posted a thread on the Audio section - But here you go!

I have a '98 Stang that has the Mach 460 Sound already in it, I want to purchase a Ford OEM 6 Disc CD Changer (in dash mount) to replace the one that is there now. Is there anything special I may need to buy extra. (like a wiring harness or do any Modifications to the Dash/Console) & The 10 Million $$ question is: Will it be totally compatable? Or will there be some issues I should know about before doing so? Thank you for your time.

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:confused: I just purchased a stock cd player for the 95 Gt 460 mach system. I have also purchased an additional wiring harness to connect the two. Now for the hard part..HOW do I get power to the cd unit? I connected the cd to the radio with the grey wire, the black wire is marked amp at both ends, where do these connect?

I'd appreciate any help you can give.
Thanks
Dan
ddricketts@cox.net

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I am not following you. You already have a radio but now you want to install the CD player too? Or are you removing the old radio and replacing it with a stock CD player? Let me research and get back with ya in a few.

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Hey Guys, I'm new to the site considering i just bought my first stang 2 weeks ago and i was wondering if thers anybody that can answer a couple of my question? First of i have a 02 GT with the mach audio system in it except for the jvc head unit that the previous owner installed. The first Is what size speakers are in my doors and rear deck? The second is weird. I was wondering if the pillar speakers are able to be taken apart so that you can put aftermarket tweeters in them and still have the stock look.If so please let me know how so that i can put my separate's in... thanks mike

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SPEAKERS:
Front lower door:6x8
Rear deck:6x8
Rear tall sides: 6x8

not sure about the pillar speaker question

sierra

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ok heres a quik ?
how do you get the stock radio out of a 91 notch
i cant figure it out
email me at supra1408@comcast.net
hurry quick

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Hi. I need to trouble shoot why my front speakers are not working. These are the door speakers. If the amp is in the back which one is it. And what do you suggest for fixing it. The connections look good . Thanks.

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Have you just tested them at the terminals of the speakers?
What year car?
Is it an all stock set up?
Did they just stop all the sudden?

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I have a 96 GT. I can't remember that they ever worked :confused:
I am not sure where to begin. If you can walk me slowly through the trouble shooting procedure I would appreciate it. Please know that I do not have any schematics on the stereo. It is a stock Mach 460. I am not sure where to begin. I have put car stereos in before but this system baffles me

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I have a '92 GT and ripped out the stock stereo, eq and amp. Now I'm stuck. All I want to do is install a head unit.There are 800 different colored wires back there and i just became more lost that ever. NEED JAMS!!! PLEASE HELP!!!!

Dave

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Stock EQ? There is no EQ in a stock Stang.

The plug in harness for the 87-93 is very common. This is your best option providing someone has not already hacked the factory wiring. The harness can be bought @ any Radio Shack, auto parts stores, BBY, Circuit City, Crutchfield, & many Car Stereo shops. The plug in harness has all wires labled so it is simple for anyone with a basic knowledge of electronics & the english language to hook up.

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[QUOTE=Meotchh]Stock EQ? There is no EQ in a stock Stang.

QUOTE]91,92,93 stangs did have that option!!!!!!!!!!

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Really. I stand corrected then. I guess I need to do some home work on that. I have never run into one. Thanks for the correction Scooter.

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Ok i have 2 diamond audio 12's im getting my box specially made cuz even my 95 trunk is hella small any that has gotten a dual 12's box specially made and knows what they paid for it. and doesnt mind sharing please let me know. So i know around what im looking at

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You're not accepting e-mails on the board, though. Heh. ;)

I've run into a problem with my 98 coupe that perhaps someone here can assist with and save me from having to run new wiring to all my speakers. Recently ripped out the stock deck and speakers, because the CD player died and finally gave me the excuse I've needed to buckle down and put all my spare gear into the thing.

Kenwood deck, Polk 5.25's, amp with just the right power to boost all 4 5.25's in a safe range and crossovers to cut the bass on em'. Seperate amp and sub with its own crossover, etc. All of it is functioning just fine, but I can't turn the gain up on my amp at all without getting some nasty midrange crackle.

I know the 5.25's will easily take even more power than the amp I've got pushing them without distortion, so that can't be the problem. (Hell, they're not up loud enough to even hit a distortion range when they start to crackle, anyway, for that matter.) For some reason, when I turn the gain on the amp or even the deck's volume up much, I start to get a nasty static in the mids. I can crank deck volume and the sub pounds clean, but the mids are completely goofed. I can't figure out what the heck's wrong with it.

So far as I know, I got a car with the non-Mach stock system when I bought it, but the system's almost acting like it had a crappy in-line amp built into the original wiring that I'm peaking out when I try to turn the gain up on my amp.

Any help is appreciated. I'm really trying to avoid having to rip all the factory wiring out and run new stuff just to get my speakers working proper. :(

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is there something called a ground cable replacement kit? All it is, is that you are replacing all the ground cables in the car with thicker gauge wires. My friend said there are some kits out there.

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Front Speakers In '86 5.0 Dashboard

The '86 5.0 GT I just pruchased had a premium system in it, cause when I got it; everything was removes accpet 6X9s in the hatch. Is it hard for me to remove the dash to in stall new speakers? And what size are the speakers does it run? I see three holes in dash, does that mean 3 speakers in the dash?

I have an Alpine head that I'm gonna run which puts out 45 watts/per channel. I'm not going for that totally BOMB system cause I LOVE the sound of a strong Mustang. I have a Audibahn 2-channel 75/per channel amp. I don't need the amp power for the head since it's putting out 45 per channel, so is this enuff amp power to run my 6X9s in the hatch and the front speakers and sound crisp, clean, and without distortion?

Thanks in advance fello stangers...

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will work, you could use the deck to run the front speakers and use the amp to run the rear and maybe future subs.
I'm not an expert, so you might want to wait for an expert to reply

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3.5 in the dash. The pad needs to be removed. It is easy to remove but if you are not careful it is easy tocrack & break it.

Don't believe for a second your deck is putting out 45W unless that is a peak rating. Alpine is nice but high power ratings on decks are stricktly marketing gimics. But personally I would run it on the 6X9's rather than wasting time using that Audiobomb. The Alpine should power everything just fine. If you had a high quality 50W amplifier I would say try it. It sounds like you would be happy enough just running off the Alpine deck. If not sell the audiobomb & buy something of quality & reliability.