Have lived with the poor Bose system for 10 months but now due to colder, damper weather until car warms up CD just skips...very annoying. Went to Tweeter after reading a lot of info here...this is what I got it down to: MB Quartz speakers, Boston Rear Speaker, Alpine Amp, Alpine HU, Alpine Changer and they would try and work with the Sub. I m no audiophile but if I'm going to do something I might as well do it decently. My main reasons for doing anything of this type is very poor, tinny sound with overboosted base, hissing amp and now CD changer I can only use after 15-20 minutes. With labor....around $1700. And no, I can't do this myself. Like I said, I can do less and probably improve the sound enough but since I tend to keep my cars for a VERY long time (4000 miles/year) I figure might as well fix up everything.

Any thoughts? Headed in the right direction? I did visit other audio shops and the labor was less as were some of the items but they did not offer the lifetime warranty on installation and free removal/reinstall of old equipment if I want when I sell the car. This made sense to me.

 

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I have a panasonic flip up TV/DVD for the head unit. One 12" PPI, with a PPI amp. Took out my spare tire to have everything flushed in the trunk. Dynomatted the trunk, and everything sounds great! Good luck!!

 

I was in the same situation as you. Here is what I did:

http://www.350zfrenzy.com/forum/show...ighlight=stero

There are several other componets that will work as well, or better, than my choices. Go visit several shops & get recommendations until you find a shop that you like. Than post their recommendations here for feedback.