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

 

How far are you from Glen Rock, NJ??

My installer charged me $1k but it was mostly custom work.
I think your install will probably come out to $500-600.
Thats my estimate and i still consider that on the highside.
Let me know if you want the # ill give it to you in PM.
I'll show you the work he did for me

 

You can try Audio Designs in Hicksville. I sent Queens350Z there for an amp and TV screen install and they did a nice job. They are located 1 mile south of the IKEA (LIE & Northern State - on 106/107 aka N. Broadway). May be a lil far for you though. It's about 28 miles east of Manhattan.

I can also vouch for GLEX since I have seen it in person and it looks great!

 

$1300? OUCH! Duc's chop-shop is now officially open for business! Man that's steep for what, an amp, a sub and speaker install, that's all? Anything custom or required fabrication? Put it this way, I'm no audio expert or anything like that, but I have put together a few systems in my days, and correct me if I'm wrong but this is how I would go about such an install and what it would take. I will assume you'll wire up the amps inputs through the radios outs at the stock amp in the trunk? No need to go straight to the radio. Then I assume a good power line from the battery to the amp with a at least 1 farad cap (or even 1/2) inline with some solid fuses. Ground will be easy and I'm sure we can find a turn on power lead off the stock amp. Now I guess its just a matter of taking the doors apart to it in the new speakers and components. You can always use the stock wires, but even if you wanted to run something a little more heavy duty, I don't see that being a big deal. Conect everything up, set the gains and crossovers on the amp (if it has any) and you're basicallly done. You're looking at a few hours of work, but def NOT $1300 worth of work! I think even at HALF that amount you're still paying too much, but then again I guess it allso fall down to what kind of hardware you're going to get for the install...

 

i just got mine little system done not long ago for just 90 bucks..amps,sub,wiring included! on/off switch for the amp also

 

im no audio system guru by any means...........but just for install it sounds rediculous

 

the shop might be thinking this way...hmmm this guy he pretty rich ,driving such a nice car came into my shop. of course ima charge him some money!

 

I think he just wants me to leave....but WTF...I am so pissed that he could not just say that he did not want to do it because he was not getting the markup on the equipment....that I am tempted to not cancel the appointment until the night before.....but WTF I am too nice.

cutiework...$90!!!...WTF...that is too inexpensive.....

Diesel1 & Glex25 please PM me with contact #s

I appreciate all your comments

 

Have you tried the sound source on 541? They are realy good there.

 

soundsource is the installer that quoted me $1300.

up the @$$ without KY

 

Damn! They do good work I cant believe they quoted you so much, there not that good, its not like they are fabricating anything for you. Maybe you should re confirm the price, maybe they missed a decimal place
There is always that Boomer Mccloud/installtion depot what ever the hell its called on 206 but the guy that works there seems to be a real jerk and I cant say I have ever heard anything good about them…?

good luck with the install

 

Many thanks to Glex25 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

 

Glex25...I think you setup sounded much better...I hope it is not DVD screen envy