ShadowWolf9 Posted July 22, 2011 Report Share Posted July 22, 2011 I've been sitting on the gear in my sig below for the past 3-4 months waiting on the box to arrive, which did about a week ago. I'm relatively new to the car audio scene. I know quite a bit, yet have little to zero hands on experience. My last sub was done by Best Buy just to shed a little light on my ignorance. I have a brand new car and don't want to be screwing things up, but it looks like I have to now. I went to Sound Concept in Nanuet, NY to show off what equipment I had to be installed to the owner. He said he'd give me a quote, which I expected to be about $750 AT THE MOST. He then quotes me for around $1,300-$1,900 and it blew my fucking mind. As he tallied up labor hours in his e-mail I began doubting a lot of shit he had to say. It is below: The sound deadening labor is about 1 hour per door and should take 2 sheets. Total of 4 hours The 0 gauge power wire run with the mounting of the circuit breaker in the engine compartment. The ground loop up-grade between the negative battery terminal, engine and frame is 2 hours. The speaker trim ring to house the Milli mid bass driver made out of MDF, cover in plastic resin and painted for the right and left front door is 3 hours. The Milli cross-overs are too large to fit in the front doors and require the mounting in the trunk. Rewire speaker wiring for front doors is 1.5 hours. The balance of sound deadening material would be applied to the trunk area, primarily around the wheel wells, upper deck lid and the trunk lid. I will assume there will be 6 to 8 sheets of material left over it averages out to about 30 minutes per sheet and includes disassembly and reassembly on the trunk. The mounting of the amplifiers can be as simple as on a board in front of the subwoofer or we can build panels off to the side to give a better appearance. The basic board set up would be 2 hours and the build out would be 6 to 8 hours. The total time for the installation would could be from 16 to 22 hours. Your could expect to pay to install your system from $1300 to $1900. 3 hours to make a speaker trim ring?! 2 hours for the big 3 upgrade?! To be honest, I haven't done any of these processes before, but some of them sound batshit insane. I was wondering if there was anyone within around 4 hours from my location, 12590, that could aid my with my installation. Obviously I would compensate. I just can't afford dropping $2,000 fucking dollars on this and I don't have the courage to fuck up my car doing it myself. I have a month before I leave for college and need to get this crap installed. (Before anyone says "well, then you're in over your head with the gear you got," I don't exactly have a $1,000 car to play around with and learn so this was my only route.) 2009 Honda Accord EX-L System in the works: Pioneer AVH-3200DVD (check) Hertz Mille MLK165 (check) SAX-125.2 (check) AA Havoc 12" Ported (check) SAZ-1500D (check) 1/0awg Knu Kolossus Flex (check) XS Power D3400 (check) Stock 120amp Alternator SS Damplifier Pro (check) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 22, 2011 Report Share Posted July 22, 2011 i never knew the big 3 took 2 hours to complete. mine took roughly 30 minutes. hes just nickle and dime'ing you to a huge price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6berry Posted July 23, 2011 Report Share Posted July 23, 2011 come down to florida and i can help you out! 1999 Audi A4 1.8T::: 4 - DC Level 3 10's in a 4th order Rockford P6002 on Subs for now (3-3.5k coming eventually) MB Quart ONX4.60 for Mids and Highs Boston S50 Components in Front Boston S65 Coaxials in Rear 40 Sq Ft of Second Skin Damplifier Build Thread UBL 1948 Plymouth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowWolf9 Posted July 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2011 come down to florida and i can help you out! I would in a heartbeat if I could, man. It's killing me to stare at this shit sitting on my basement floor. I wish I knew how to do this crap by myself... Should have played around with car audio when I had my old car. 2009 Honda Accord EX-L System in the works: Pioneer AVH-3200DVD (check) Hertz Mille MLK165 (check) SAX-125.2 (check) AA Havoc 12" Ported (check) SAZ-1500D (check) 1/0awg Knu Kolossus Flex (check) XS Power D3400 (check) Stock 120amp Alternator SS Damplifier Pro (check) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n8ball2013 Posted July 23, 2011 Report Share Posted July 23, 2011 Im actually close to you. now the issue is finding the time to help you. hdorky is close. put him to work and see if he can walk the walk. also the crossovers can go in the kick panels or under the dash, behind the glove box etc. THERE IS NO BUILD LOG! 1998 Chevy Silverado ext cab Alpine CDA-9887 4 Team Fi 15s 2 Ampere Audio TFE 8.0 2 Ampere Audio 150.4 3 Digital Designs CS6.5 component sets Dual Mechman 370XP Elite alternators inbound! 8 XS Power d3400 6 XS power d680 Second Skin Stinger Tsunami Wiring Sky High A Real Voltmeter not a piece of shit stinger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R3nOSlaPP Posted July 23, 2011 Report Share Posted July 23, 2011 why not do it yourself and just take your time then you can learn? Vehicle: 2017 Chevrolet Silverado High Country Electrical: 320A Singer Alt, (2) Limitless Lithium 15ah, Full Throttle FT680-48 Speakers: Stevens Audio SA 6 (ACTIVE), Audio Designs 3” Subwoofer: (4) B2 Audio XM 8’s Amplifiers: (2) B2 Audio Rage 2500.1, (1) B2 Audio Rage 1200.6 Processors: NavTv M650 (integration), Helix DSP Pro MK2 Silverado Build Log Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kryptonite Posted July 23, 2011 Report Share Posted July 23, 2011 Where abouts ny are u exactly? DC SOUND LAB NUT HUGGERCurrently Own 4 - 18" lvl 6s (m3) w/full Carbon Fiber option 2 - DC 5k lvl 4 motor lvl 2 motor On 8/2/2013 at 8:13 PM, n8ball2013 said: this is much worse. Its old n8 without the time or patience to hold fucking hands. I'm supposed to be doing school work but yet here i am making sure jr fuck fuck isn't trying to poke the other kids with a stick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6berry Posted July 23, 2011 Report Share Posted July 23, 2011 i think if you just do it yourself and take advice when given to you, unlike most beginners on this forum, you should be able to do it yourself. everyone here would probably be glad to help you 1999 Audi A4 1.8T::: 4 - DC Level 3 10's in a 4th order Rockford P6002 on Subs for now (3-3.5k coming eventually) MB Quart ONX4.60 for Mids and Highs Boston S50 Components in Front Boston S65 Coaxials in Rear 40 Sq Ft of Second Skin Damplifier Build Thread UBL 1948 Plymouth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n8ball2013 Posted July 23, 2011 Report Share Posted July 23, 2011 hes in wappingers falls poughkeepsie ny area. THERE IS NO BUILD LOG! 1998 Chevy Silverado ext cab Alpine CDA-9887 4 Team Fi 15s 2 Ampere Audio TFE 8.0 2 Ampere Audio 150.4 3 Digital Designs CS6.5 component sets Dual Mechman 370XP Elite alternators inbound! 8 XS Power d3400 6 XS power d680 Second Skin Stinger Tsunami Wiring Sky High A Real Voltmeter not a piece of shit stinger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowWolf9 Posted July 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2011 Im actually close to you. now the issue is finding the time to help you. hdorky is close. put him to work and see if he can walk the walk. also the crossovers can go in the kick panels or under the dash, behind the glove box etc. I'd love to work something out if we could. I'll send hdorky a message possibly. why not do it yourself and just take your time then you can learn? I wish I could, but my parents paid $23,000 for this car and I still haven't paid it off. If I somehow screwed up the electrical then I'd be in even deeper crap. Where abouts ny are u exactly? Hopewell Junction, it's a town close to Poughkeepsie. I'm about an hour and 40 minutes from NYC. 2009 Honda Accord EX-L System in the works: Pioneer AVH-3200DVD (check) Hertz Mille MLK165 (check) SAX-125.2 (check) AA Havoc 12" Ported (check) SAZ-1500D (check) 1/0awg Knu Kolossus Flex (check) XS Power D3400 (check) Stock 120amp Alternator SS Damplifier Pro (check) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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