I was just wondering if anyone would know how much an installation would cost, including wiring, of:

-Amp
-2x 4" speakers
-2x 6x9 speakers
- MP3 Headunit
- Subwoofer

and where to go? southside if possible, ive bought from Brisbane Car sound if thats any help.

If my experience has taught me anything it's that everyone has at least one mate that knows how to install a car audio system. Ask around

vgood thread fade.
i am keen to know how much damage for that installation too.

My brother does it for a living, and he comes to you. Cost depends on the car too, if its a new car its cheaper. 0438448018

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I would highly recommend asking a mate, cause most stores are a rip. I would guess that if you buy all the gear from a place and ask the same place to put it in aswell, then it would be round $100-250. However most places charge around $80-$150 just to install a head unit if you access the gear elsewhere...

What stuff you getting?

id rather pay professionals to do the job right

i dont expect car installers to be able to bust out awesome perl code, so i dont install car stereos

id go see northfield at marooka
it will cost u, but at least it will be done right

northfield definatley..

as spook said, they're at moorooka... also at macgregor next to clive peters and at capalaba.

northfield have done all of my car instals (i think im up to 4 now)

they have all been faultless and worth every cent i paid for them

Getting a pioneer headdeck put in on wednesday! :D as a lateish bday present :D

Goto northfield moorooka or gold coast car sound on moss st in springwood.

read the instructions ... google some sites...

and do it yourself ... best way.. and you have the knowledge ... if you need to install one yourself...

its actually bloody easy...

I've never gotten any of my gear installed, i've done it myself, but they are fairly dodgy. When I get a different car, it will be straight to northfield for a fitout.

Also, one of my mates got two 12" Type S subs and a Class-D amp for $600 from the crapalaba store.

if its an easyish install (ie no fabrication) seriously learn to do it or get a cluey mate to do it. i'm an audio engineer and really its not rocket science to install a car stereo.

only time i'd pay is if you needed to have entire door pods & sound deadening installed etc.

Its a fairly easy thing to do, youll easily find someone to do it for you for minimal price(my standard charge is around one sixpack)

Doing it yourself is an easy way to kill a couple of hours for an entire system like that unless you have to start building boxes, cutting holes in parcel shelves, or making something to mount a speaker in. One piece of advice though.. Do it right, Do it once. Leaaving that audio cable sticking out from under the seat is just begging someone to pull on it. :/

have a chat to my mate: advanceae@hotmail.com

check out his webby: www.advanceae.com.au - in progress of changing to new one so it may or may not be up :)

cheers

hey fade - Get Anthony to install it... I thought you said Brisbane Car Sound are doing it?

The same Anothony from twincam.org ?

Nah,its a guy from school. I wanna look to do it professionally tho, see if it requires a bit of dash/back seat top thingy, cant remember what its called modificaiton to fit in.

I installed all of my stuff on my own, then only help I had was a wiring diagram of the net for the head unit. It really isnt that hard. You can do a good job, just like the stores if you want to.

parcelshelf? it will probably need risers. i just built a new parcel shellf from MDF cause mine was flimsy as. also shouldnt need any dash work unless you got some messed up proprietry inbuilt headunit, i've put HU's in 80' hilux surufs, 82 subarus right thru to 99 121's without needing any modification to the dash?