Some more pics of the rear (almost) finished have been added. SUCCESS in repairing the amps in need: Hifonics 1000D had all 6 power supply transistors blown, a simple swap and she's up and running Rockford 400.4 Had one channel of output MOSFETs blown, replaced and running strong! Rockford's old MES...

Updated with some more pics! I finally have some speakers going!! I'll post a pic of my Alpine head unit in action soon. I have the alpine components in the front doors and pioneer coaxle in the rear. The pioneers are temporarily running off an MA audio 600xe I put back on all the rear plastics a WO...

Yeah warm weather would be nice! I used old roofing epdm membrane I got for free. (sure beats 100s for the real stuff) But i had to use contact cement to put it on and it requires the surfaces to be 65 degrees+ a day before and 2 days after. The "peel and seal" works but the directions say...

Added sub box pic

I bought it from my friend ($3700 USD)who had it handed down from his mother a few years back. It''s an '04 base 5-speed with Moons and Tunes, 91k miles Front doors: Alpine sps610c 6.5''component set 80w rms on a Alpine mrv f300 4 channel bridged to 80w rms x2 @ 4 ohm Rear doors: Pair of kenwood wac...

Hello, i have an '04 base, Anyone have experience with replacing the radiator hose? I've never done it before and searching around the site there is little explanation for exactly what i need. I have a large battery for my stereo system and I need to move the hose over a bit. Are the diameters of th...

Thank you guys!! Just got it registered today after a very busy week, but worth the wait! Love the way it handles, shifts, feels ect ect And yes it was priced at the cost of a down payment on a new car so i really got away with a STEAL! :o The content of this site is fantastic for the small DIY jobs...

Hello, I Just bought an 04 Vibe yesterday!! I bought it from my friend ($3700 USD)who had it handed down from his mother a few years back. Ever since he got it I was filled with envy (vibenvy haha) It''s an '04 base 5-speed with Moons and [s]Tunes[/s] (lots of Rockford, Alpine, and Kicker to be put ...

I would have to agree on your choice it seems to have better versatility. But don't let the RMS power fool you. They probably have fairly similar outputs but, companies rarely put true RMS ratings on their products. Shouldn't really be an issue here though. The Kenwood has multiple outputs in case y...

The wiring harness. Unless you're comfortable with cutting off the factory harness and using crimp connectors :| The harness still requires you use crimp connectors or soldering but saves your factory harness. I cannot encourage the "twist and tape" method... it will always come back to bi...

Is it physical damage to the port? If so, your best bet is probably to get right behind where it goes into the unit and solder leads to a new input. I once took a CD audio output (from the disk tray) and soldered in an 8th inch female jack and trust me, you don't want to be messing with the circuit ...

I guess my answer would be... it depends. It seems the limiting factor here would be the stream of Pandora (about 192 kbps) High quality mp3=320 kbps CD = 1,411 kbps Generally the aux inputs (given a high quality cable) can sound good but you have to deal with the fact your phone's audio processor i...