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Old Aug 3, 2005 | 08:49 AM
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I purchased the following on ebay & other sites -
JL Audio 500/5 Amp; JL Audio 10W6v2 10" Sub; 4080 Box; Infinity Kappa 60.7CS 6-1/2" (Front); Infinity Kappa 63.7i 6-1/2" (Rear Side)

There is an installer in my area (Burlington, NJ) that does great work. I asked him to give me a quote for the installation job. I know that it will be a bit high since I have my own equipment and he does not get the profit on that.

Today he quoted me $1300 for the install.
WTF !!!
I think he just does not want to do the job so is driving me away with the high $$$

What do you think?

Anybody want to recommend a reasonably priced but good installer in NJ; NYC or Philly areas
If he was going to charge you THAT much, you should have asked him to throw in a header install for free! Geez, that's a lot of money.
 
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Old Aug 3, 2005 | 02:37 PM
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do you mean "a header install" or just give me head
 
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Old Aug 3, 2005 | 07:02 PM
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Originally Posted by irony
Many thanks to Gio and Cartronics....my system is installed and sounding sweet...
http://cartronicsauto.com/

But Sigh!!!
I promised to stop with the mods...but now I am looking into CleanSweep
No Problem thats what the forums is all about.
Too bad i couldn't stay longer to hear the final product but ill see you either in pocono's or philly meet
 
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Old Aug 3, 2005 | 10:30 PM
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do you mean "a header install" or just give me head
I may be a sick person, but I didn't mean the second part.
 
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Old Aug 17, 2005 | 06:06 PM
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How much was it at cartronics, and do you have any pics of their work? They're pretty close to where I live.
 
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Old Aug 17, 2005 | 06:55 PM
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Here is some pics of the work they did for me.










these pics were taken by someone(Thanks) at the tri meet in PA this weekend
 
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Old Aug 17, 2005 | 08:05 PM
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looks good

are the fans blowing on anything specific or are they just there to circulate air?
 
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Old Aug 17, 2005 | 08:29 PM
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one is blowing in the other is blowing out.

Mostly there to circulate air since the amps are covered on the sides and only the top are exposed so there is less heat dissipitation so the fans circulating air under the cover helps that out
 
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Old Aug 18, 2005 | 12:46 PM
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Wow, that looks really good, did they have to take out the spare to put the amps in?
 
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Old Aug 18, 2005 | 01:26 PM
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no they actually mounted the amps on the trunk floor.

The cover you can take off and since the trunk floor is flexible you can still take out your spare.

It's a b1tch but better than nothing.
 
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Old Aug 18, 2005 | 04:33 PM
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I don't have 5 posts, so I can't PM yet, but where did you get the clear bra put on?
 
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Old Aug 18, 2005 | 07:09 PM
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pristine autowerks

He posts im this forum you can search it by name n u will find it
 
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Old Aug 18, 2005 | 09:59 PM
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Thanks
 
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Old Aug 20, 2005 | 01:22 PM
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Autosound in south brunswick did my truck, when i had it, they did a completely custom job, including running wire and installing to sets of components, building an enclosure and amp/cap rack, doing all the labor for about 600, turned out visually incredible, sounded better than it looked, and i was very pleased. I will be going back to them when i decide to put my focals in the G.

I can't imagine them charging that much more for a G. I know they told me it was a pain in the *** to take apart the dash, but they'll cut you a deal im sure.

www.autosoundnj.com

-coop
 
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