FieroGrande Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 That looks like a nice little car. I bet its loud with that system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Patel Posted March 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 My Dad used to have a 2010 (2009?) ForTwo, whichever model year was the first to make it to the States. It was fun, but I could NOT stand the transmission. Slowest-shifting thing on earth. Did they re-map it or anything on the Brabus model? That's a sweet looking one, by the way. yeah it's massively improved. My previous one was the non-turbo one and that didn't have the smoothest or fastest changes. The gearbox for the US is a little different and there are numerous complaints from people driving the european model to how much worse it is. (due to the us box needing a 'park' option they needed to make changes) the brabus has a faster map for both engine and gearbox and once you know how to change properly, it can be a pleasure to drive! love installs in these but good lord that looks like a bitch to work on being my second smart it was super easy to do but the very first time it wasn't exactly easy. The worst part was running the speaker wire to the doors as I settled on 12 gauge and needed separate runs of both. Should get pretty loud in that little thing for videos haha, well in the mean time here is a vid of my old smart just after the first system was chucked in (before it was ripped out and sold, it had more mids and a new deck!) that was a similar sort of system in terms of power with an alpine mrp-m500 on bass and mrp-f300 on mids and highs with (in the end) 4 pairs of mids (one of which were componnets) an additional pair of tweeters on top of the dash and a pair of bullet tweeters. The wire you can see in the video is a pair of jump leads I had on me, not poor wiring! and the bit hanging from the roof is a ps2 eyetoy which I was using as a back up camera for my car pc. Fronts are actually really simple. Door pops right off. Hell you can actually change every body panel in 30min. Color changes are very simple on those cars. First brabus ive seen. it's true! the way the car is designed is incredibly clever! talk about easy to deaden haha, yup! That looks like a nice little car. I bet its loud with that system. thanks! yeah it is fairly, but I really wanted more of an sql sort of system this time around as I had more than my fair share of attention from the cops with my old system wintersig by NeilllP, on Flickr flickr @neilllp SMD Build Log Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCaLBaMF Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 I would totally get one of these if I lived in a big city. Hardcore parallel parking ftw. 2004 Bagged Trailblazer (4)18" Sundown Nsv3s (4) Taramps HD10000s, Taramps DSP3000, Lanzar opti 250x2, AB 100x4 (2)DC power SP 270s, (14)XS Power d3100s, (1)d6500 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith77 Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 I now have 2 Smart cars that I would drive. This one^^ And this one Thats cool. Im way too old to be upset by shit like that. Your name is winston. Your own parents hated you even before you were born. My penis is bigger than your penis I'm far from loud and my roof/headliner flaps around like Adam's ass on a windy day. I think it depends more on the structure of the vehicle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Patel Posted March 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 I would totally get one of these if I lived in a big city. Hardcore parallel parking ftw. I guess in the us it's possible to drive straight in, but with the new model, it is just longer than the width of a car in the UK. wintersig by NeilllP, on Flickr flickr @neilllp SMD Build Log Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Patel Posted March 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 I now have 2 Smart cars that I would drive. This one^^ And this one that is insane, but the new one has so much electronics that a conversion is not as simple as with the older cars! If I were to end up going for a performance monster, I would do a mr2 conversion in a smart roadster instead. Being so low makes it handle like a true go-kart! wintersig by NeilllP, on Flickr flickr @neilllp SMD Build Log Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Patel Posted March 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 interior pic for y'all the components are fitted behind all factory panels to preserve the oem look Cockpit. by NeilllP, on Flickr wintersig by NeilllP, on Flickr flickr @neilllp SMD Build Log Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meade916 Posted March 20, 2012 Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 interesting little car. Looks like it has a lot more room on the inside then it looks from the outside good luck on system of the month also! All SMD products + MORE available at my store here! https://wccaraudio.com/ Subscribe to My Youtube Channel! Over 1,000,000 subscribers strong! Turn on your notifications! http://www.youtube.com/meade916 Follow My Instagram! Daily live feeds from the shop, exclusive content way before it hits my Youtube channel...and little squares with photo's in them http://www.instagram.com/meade916 The Official SMD Facebook fan Page https://www.facebook.com/SteveMeadeDesigns/ Follow my Tweet (Twitter) http://www.Twitter.com/meade916 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Patel Posted March 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 interesting little car. Looks like it has a lot more room on the inside then it looks from the outside good luck on system of the month also! Thanks Steve! They're quite big from the inside and the boot is massive for such a little car too! Thanks wintersig by NeilllP, on Flickr flickr @neilllp SMD Build Log Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiet Posted March 20, 2012 Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 Good luck in SOTM. I'd vote for you if I weren't running LOL 2007 Pacifica Rebuild. Less quiet. Still not loud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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