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Old 10-24-2004, 08:26 PM
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Default Head Units are for Suckers!!!

Lightning 450W 2 channel amp : 49.99 (best buy)

20 gig Ipod : 270 (w/ student discount)

Monster RCA/headphone jack cable : 20.00

Radio Shack cell phone holder : 20.00

Kenwood 6-1/2" 2-Way Car Speakers : 69.99 - 20.00 mail in rebate.

I was tired of getting my head units stolen so....I ran RCA cables to the front, then used an RCA/RCA adapter to the monster cable. Then I drilled a hole in the vent, its really soft injection molded plastic, so you can make the hole big enough with just the drill. I then used a grabber and pulled the cord through the vent. The sound is AWESOME, and there is no head unit needed!!!

Amp...yeah...Im going to hide the wires.






Nothing to steal!!!
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thats funny but a very good idea.
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hehe I'm saving this thread for future reference

for ingenuity
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Default Re: Head Units are for Suckers!!! (Superhatch)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Superhatch &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Lightning 450W 2 channel amp : 49.99 (best buy)
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450 watts... hahahha
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Default Re: Head Units are for Suckers!!! (Superhatch)

umm...yeah i guess thats cool if you like being ghetto.
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you know I'm kinda doing something like this. My headunit has an audio input and I flushed some audio rca jacks in my console in the teg so I can hook up any audio device to the headunit for my music. I never really thought of removing the headunit all together. Neat idea if you don't like having your headunit stolen or listening to FM/AM stations
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">450 watts... hahahha</TD></TR></TABLE>

Yeah... 450 watts at 1/2 ohm for .5 seconds before it melts down!
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lol, cool.....just get an alarm and a shotgun bro
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that looks....

like my computer audio system at home, except with more wire.haha
Old 10-26-2004, 02:41 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by B18C_EJ8 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

Yeah... 450 watts at 1/2 ohm for .5 seconds before it melts down! </TD></TR></TABLE>

Are you saying that he's gonna blow the amp!?!?..It looks like he is only running 2 speakers from this setup..That amp looks like it is more than enought for what he wants..The setup is soo hot..But like someone mentioned before i would have used the aux input on my headunit so i could keep the HU and also add another device..
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Are you saying that he's gonna blow the amp!?!?</TD></TR></TABLE>

No. What I meant was that in order to get 450 watts out of that amp, you'd need to put a 1/2 ohm load to it, and then it would only play for a half second before the smoke poured out of it...
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Funny.
Alarms help but don't prevent everything from happening. I have a GUNS but just not w/ me at all times.
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Default Re: Head Units are for Suckers!!! (Superhatch)

That is a cool idea. I would just block the hole in the dash off with a plate or a cheapo deck
Old 10-28-2004, 08:56 PM
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Well that amp could get 450watts when lightning hit it....lol...

Yeah hooking up an Ipod or some sort of an MP3 player can be done, but it could and has been done much cleaner before.

Nice idea, but Ghetto execution
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looks interested, but......

still saving for the ///alpine set up with the ipod..
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for your ingenuity.

I did that in high school on a very small budget. SQ isn't the best, but for the price, it's ok.

I now have an ipod hooked to my eclipse deck, and it sounds much better.

Food for thought.
Old 12-03-2004, 08:45 AM
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Default Re: Head Units are for Suckers!!! (Superhatch)

Congrats. I am doing the same thing, except with a computer and a 7" touchscreen monitor
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Default Re: Head Units are for Suckers!!! (Superhatch)

sony head and the Ipod works well....I just let the Ipod rest in the pass. seat!
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Default Re: Head Units are for Suckers!!! (Synth124)

My buddy did this with his ipaq. i though it was very cool. neet idea.
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Default Re: Head Units are for Suckers!!! (Superhatch)

who cares how many watts your amp is, iget the point, good idea


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Default Re: Head Units are for Suckers!!! (daily4dr)

I would just suggest one little idea, instead of running the cable through the heater vent put in a female stereo plug somewhere on the dash and then run a cable from the Ipod to the female stereo plug. Will look cleaner.
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Default Re: Head Units are for Suckers!!! (Superhatch)

Do you have a picture of the full cable you used to plug into the ipod?
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Default Re: Head Units are for Suckers!!! (Superhatch)

That is pretty sweat i heard ipod makes an accessory where u can just hook up to your ipod and listen to it through your radio. no one is going to steal a radio with cassett player.
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Default Re: Head Units are for Suckers!!! (Superhatch)

Get a patent and make some money!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Default Re: Head Units are for Suckers!!! (Blueallie)

im doing the same thing but i have a head unit ....

Pioneer DEH-6500 w/iPod .... no need for a CD ever again


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