system for my car.

who cares if its a 88 Taurus? does it really matter what this is going into?

Older 'clunker' cars with systems are targets for stereo theft. I grew up seeing it every week. Some high school kid would dump $1000 on a stereo for his civic and 2 weeks later it would be stolen out from in front of his house with him finding his car torn apart in the morning. You can't tell me with a straight face that a newer car is just as likely to get broken into for its stereo as an older car. Yes, its done... but not nearly as frequently. Easy targets are just that... easy targets. I'm sure an '88 Taurus has much less security than even say a '00 Taurus (for comparisons sake). Regardless of whatever aftermarket alarm you tap into it.
 
The biggest surprise amp I ever had was a planet audio monoblock. 1200w RMS @ 1ohm and really didn't even get very warm. It took a few battaries, capacitors, and an upgraded alternator to keep up, but it was a solid amp. I think my favorite "bang for the buck" sub is the JL W3V2-D4 (as long as you have a 1 ohm stable amp). Slap one or two of those in a nice sealed enclosure and it's a very nice tight sub that can hit pretty deep.

the w3s are a good sub and the planet audio amp ive never heard any of the stuff i just thought it was another no name company but i have seen it forsale tho
 
Older 'clunker' cars with systems are targets for stereo theft. I grew up seeing it every week. Some high school kid would dump $1000 on a stereo for his civic and 2 weeks later it would be stolen out from in front of his house with him finding his car torn apart in the morning. You can't tell me with a straight face that a newer car is just as likely to get broken into for its stereo as an older car. Yes, its done... but not nearly as frequently. Easy targets are just that... easy targets. I'm sure an '88 Taurus has much less security than even say a '00 Taurus (for comparisons sake). Regardless of whatever aftermarket alarm you tap into it.

ok ill agree with u on that i just thought u were knocking him for having an 88 Taurus
 
you dont want to buy any of that stuff in your first post. it is all off brand garbage and the wattage and sound quality are drastically overrated

I once bought an 1800w amp cheap on ebay.. and we tested it and it acctually put out less wattage then my friends rockford 200w amp lol


save your money and get a decent setup or dont do it at all TBH
 
save your money and get a decent setup or dont do it at all TBH

Sad but true. I rolled around for months in my last car ('86 Nissan 300zx) with the stock 80 watt deck with cassette player (premium sound setup from nissan back in the 80's :laugh:) with my tape deck adapter for my ipod. It sounded horrible and I blew out some of those old speakers after a while... but it lasted till I saved the money to get what I wanted for it.
 
what are some reliable brands?

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SONY (head units.. I dont like thier speakers though)
ALPINE
KENWOOD
JVC
PIONEER
ROCKFORD FOSGATE
INFINITY
PHEONIX
KICKER
JL AUDIO

there is more but those are all good brands...
 
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