cars

[Tedx5]

any one know anything about car stereos/amp ? i want to put a new apm in my vw bug so it wont be mono any more. but i dont know shit about car stereos or speakers, so if any one could recommend or tell me what to look in a stereo/amp that is int a head unit and speakers both should be relatively cheap. thank you 

[Tedx5]

https://www.jbugs.com/product/P1694.html i was looking at those speakers 

[emosun]

is your vw a 12v system or 6v system

[Tedx5]

1 hour ago, emosun said:

is your vw a 12v system or 6v system

12v

 

[emosun]

well so long as it's 12v then almost any head unit and speakers should work , the hard part isnt really buying and selecting the parts but simply installing them.

the vw won't have mounting locations anywhere for standard part sizes like single din stereos or 6x9 speakers. so you'll have to do quite a lot of fabrication to get everything mounted correctly.

I've been partial to Poineer branded head units in the past as they seem to work well for me. speaker i suppose can be up to you as the head unit will most likely be a 200w or so unit that can power 4 speakers. so really depends on where you're mounting them to will determine the size.

[Tedx5]

1 minute ago, emosun said:

well so long as it's 12v then almost any head unit and speakers should work , the hard part isnt really buying and selecting the parts but simply installing them.

the vw won't have mounting locations anywhere for standard part sizes like single din stereos or 6x9 speakers. so you'll have to do quite a lot of fabrication to get everything mounted correctly.

I've been partial to Poineer branded head units in the past as they seem to work well for me. speaker i suppose can be up to you as the head unit will most likely be a 200w or so unit that can power 4 speakers. so really depends on where you're mounting them to will determine the size.

i dont want to put a new head unit in the car because all the new ones dont look good in an old bug. i wold just like an amp. also fabrication is not a problem for me

  

[emosun]

6 minutes ago, Tedx5 said:

i dont want to put a new head unit in the car because all the new ones dont look good in an old bug

why not buy a new retro styled radio , they have aux inputs and are far more modern/powerful

 

https://www.classiccarstereos.com/custom-autosound-usa-230-radio.html

if your bug is still running the original am radio that is mono then an amp isn't going to be able to make it into stereo at all

[Tedx5]

8 minutes ago, emosun said:

why not buy a new retro styled radio , they have aux inputs and are far more modern/powerful

 

https://www.classiccarstereos.com/custom-autosound-usa-230-radio.html

if your bug is still running the original am radio that is mono then an amp isn't going to be able to make it into stereo at all

its kind of expensive when you factor in that i need to buy a sub and speakers. and would that run 2 speakers and a sub 

[emosun]

1 minute ago, Tedx5 said:

its kind of expensive when you factor in that i need to buy a sub and speakers.

is your bug using the original am radio? becuase if so you have to buy a head unit anyway

that head unit will run 4 speakers , but not a sub woofer no. to be fair no head unit will really run a subwoofer

[Tedx5]

2 minutes ago, emosun said:

is your bug using the original am radio? becuase if so you have to buy a head unit anyway

that head unit will run 4 speakers , but not a sub woofer no. to be fair no head unit will really run a subwoofer

https://www.jbugs.com/product/USA230-68-85.html i think this is just the same but not branded the same?

 

[Tedx5]

4 minutes ago, emosun said:

is your bug using the original am radio? becuase if so you have to buy a head unit anyway

that head unit will run 4 speakers , but not a sub woofer no. to be fair no head unit will really run a subwoofer

can i use "normal" speakers (stuff you would use around the house and such) or would they not work?
 

[emosun]

1 minute ago, Tedx5 said:

can i use "normal" speakers (stuff you would use around the house and such) or would they not work?

yes you could if you wanted , i know back in my teenage years i knew many friends would do the old "house speakers seatbelted into the back seats" thing quite often.

4 minutes ago, Tedx5 said:

https://www.jbugs.com/product/USA230-68-85.html i think this is just the same but not branded the same?

yes that appears to be mostly the same

[Tedx5]

Just now, emosun said:

yes you could if you wanted , i know back in my teenage years i knew many friends would do the old "house speakers seatbelted into the back seats" thing quite often.

yes that appears to be mostly the same

hahaha thats funny, i would make some mounting system. thank you for your help. i will "seat belt" some speakers in then ill get these https://www.jbugs.com/product/P1694.html if you think there worth my time and money 

  

[emosun]

8 minutes ago, Tedx5 said:

then ill get these https://www.jbugs.com/product/P1694.html if you think there worth my time and money 

well you still havent answered if you're using the stock radio that came with the beetle

in which case i would say no dont buy those. the stock radio in the beetle is maybe 10 watts and after 40-50 or so years is beyond worn out which is most likely why it produces such bad sound. hooking anything up to it will sound just as bad.

[Tedx5]

43 minutes ago, emosun said:

well you still havent answered if you're using the stock radio that came with the beetle

in which case i would say no dont buy those. the stock radio in the beetle is maybe 10 watts and after 40-50 or so years is beyond worn out which is most likely why it produces such bad sound. hooking anything up to it will sound just as bad.

im going to buy that new head unit, im planing on using the stock speaker for my cb radio