cbmikey

Hello all!

I have a bone stock '08 xD with the basic sound system. I have the means to upgrade either the head unit or the speakers but not both.

Which upgrade would you do first?

Thanks in advance!

Barfalamu

personally, head unit. i tried doing a 10" sub, but there are no rca outs on the pioneer t1809 or whatever model we have. needless to say, i have a nice system sitting in my car not being used because i couldn't get a signal to the subs. get a head unit you like that will support the direction you want to go. if you don't plan on subs, just upgrading door speakers/tweeters, then do those first and worry about the head unit later

SonicNexus

I run the stock radio with an 12" L7 and it sounds great. Just use a LOC and splice into the back speakers and run it under the trim pieces.

cbmikey

Yeah I'm not planning on subs anytime soon. This is a daily driver/grocery getter and kid taxi. Someday I might be able to play with it. I used to be involved with car audio many years ago but I know things have changed in 15 years.

Thanks guys! I think I'll just upgrade to speakers with a better range.

scionwithbass

Do what I did

cbmikey

Riiiiiiight. There has to be some shooping there. I have never seen glass flex like that. The roof sure I can see. To get that kind of resonance you'd need about 150dB+ and that would blow eardrums out in a hurry.

scionwithbass

Im doing a 152. And ive added a second amp, ive broken my windhsield and my roof is literally ripping, im thinking of ways of fixing it now.

cbmikey

Hooooly shiat. Please accept my apologies for being skeptical! Please learn from my dumb ___ though. Wear some hearing protection. I'm (almost) 39 years old and already have significant hearing loss as a direct result of too much booming!