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Yeah, I noticed everything from the pillars to the dash to the doors-every aspect of that car is capable of justifying reference level equipment. It's just.....a Beetle :unwell028 If it was less feminine it'd be all over it.

[quote="Jonathan"]Are you kidding? Just look at that car. It's just SCREAMING for a SQ install. Symmetrical dash, low console, low and far forward door spots.[/quote]
Oh, you noticed that too, did you? :D

Actually, did you notice how wide the A-pillars are at the base?
Or, that the newer Beetles have a dash location right under the tweeter location at that A-pillar?
I see a LOT of potential, if nothing else, for a 3-way implementation that gets 5 octaves above the dashboard, with near kick-panel pathlengths. :cool:

Unfortunately, I'm never content with simple ideas, like that would be... :p

Well, I may actually be gettting rid of the Pathfinder...
She's the one that needs a "utility" vehicle really (and the Pathfinder really isn't, anyway), so she might be getting an Element, and I'll take over the Beetle for my winter beater. It just romps the snow with it's snow tires on. Not that we had any snow this year...

[quote="smoker"]ya wanna autocross? here ya go.......[/quote]
If that car wasn't sitting 12" up in the air, that would probably be a fun one!
Probably still will need a lot of power though - those old cars didn't exactly have "sophisticated" suspension systems...
...like autocrossing my best friend's Z28 (and I kicked his butt in his own car, and I hardly ever drive RWD cars, except for my very "non performance" Pathfinder.. :p )

ya wanna autocross? here ya go.......

[quote="geolemon"] so I might be autocrossing my wife's Beetle this year instead... :p [/quote]

Are you kidding? Just look at that car. It's just SCREAMING for a SQ install. Symmetrical dash, low console, low and far forward door spots.

my sub box, batteries, and amps in the trunk help add weight over the drive tires. helps the rear wheels grip on holeshots ^^

I've got a Civic, not an Accord actually (but I can't tell you how many times people have confused it with an Accord! :D ).

I've had several people also ask me "what kind of body kit is that?"
"...er, there's no body kit. Car's just low. Well, I did have the factory moldings and skirts all painted body color, if that counts."
:p

I bought the Civic originally as something to trick out for autocrossing...
You can't get much better than a Civic for a performance handling platform.
...not only is it light weight (any Cavalier is too, I'm sure), but it has (or rather HAD - pre-2001 :( ) a "real" suspension under it - thank god for a dual-unequal-length A-arm suspension... camber that increases with body roll angle? That's a great formula for grip. :cool:
...put some performance parts to replace the soft stuff - springs, shocks, anti-sway bars, wheels and grippy tires - and the car embarasses pretty much anything heavier than it. It's great fun.

But of course then I couldn't help but put a system in the car - and odd but true - it helped neutralize my handling, It actually helped my autocross times.
Now, I'm redoing the system, and it's looking like it's going to be a wholly heavier package... so I might be autocrossing my wife's Beetle this year instead... :p

(aw crap, that's right... the VW is an automatic... :( )

"ricer" is the most annoying word ever...

We had a mitsubishi lancer in our shop today and it had a bunch of stickers on the door. Enkei, Nos, pirelli all that crap.

Its funny though because he had Oz wheels on it as well as Caliente tires. But, he didnt have those stickers on his door.

It was also automatic with a huge coffee can muffler on the back.

Stupid ricer.

i have nightmares of those body kits. thats why you also see 2 tone cars where the body kit is one color and the car is another that dosnt even go with it.