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by **NViejeP** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 6:26 pm

Got my install in today too!

I like how they did it, nice and clean.

Made a mistake though, I thought that since my amp is a 3 channel, and I'm just installing speakers. I would think that the amp would believe that there would be no subwoofer input, since there is none and direct all the bass to the speakers. I was wrong though, the amp acts like a crossover even though there is no input to the bass channel.

So basically this forces me into getting the subwoofer first. Regardless however, the speakers sound good. Install was clean. I should be getting a sub in 3 weeks MAX.

by **NViejeP** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 6:24 pm

He drives a 2001 VW Jetta. His tranny was acting all funny so he brought it to the shop. Instead of blaming the tranny, the people at the shop blamed that they installed his amplifer wrong. They fixed everything for $600 and the tranny is fine now.

by **sinister audio** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 11:58 am

what kinda of car did he have? if it did anything it would of spiked his computer and ruined the tranny but i dont think that happened. i think that shop is trying to get a tranny job out of your friend.

by **solacedagony** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 10:46 am

Well, a ground wire doesn't have anything to do with car audio as much as it has to do with electricity. I can't honestly say I know anything about transmissions, but I would hope that the mechanics would. I've heard stories of weird things happening when people installed systems (gauges going crazy, etc). I don't know what I expected to accomplish with this post, but there's my .02. lol

by **Robert Wollenberg** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 10:19 am

Yeah, I second that. That makes no sense at all.

by **High Society** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 10:12 am

and the shop said that they screwed up the installation doing the ground wire wrong which somehow interferred with the transmission.

I'm no mechanic, but I don't see how that would happen. What kinda car does your friend drive? The ground would be hook up to the chassiy of the car and it has nothing to do with the transmission. And I HIGHLY doubt that these mechanic know anything about CAR AUDIO. I would have to call them wrong on this one.

by **NViejeP** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 9:03 am

I don't know. All I know is my friend took the car to the shop, and the shop said that they screwed up the installation doing the ground wire wrong which somehow interferred with the transmission.

The guy inside doing the sales is a very knowledgable and nice guy, but all the people that seem to be installing in the back are people that barely speak english.

by **High Society** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 10:52 pm

they did the ground wire wrong and somehow that ened up screwing up his transmissions and now my friend is telling me to get away from that shop.

Ehh??? Never heard anything like this. Were did they had the ground wired up to?

by **NViejeP** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 10:46 pm

Yah, I love when things come in. I'm finding a shop tommorow. The shop I was really obsessed with, really screwed up my friends car, they did the ground wire wrong and somehow that ened up screwing up his transmissions and now my friend is telling me to get away from that shop.

So I'm going to go install my Dad's computer in his office tommorow, get paid $40 for like 15 minutes of work, and then go find a shop to install my amplifer + speakers. I really want to mound the amp under my seat, but it just shows too much, it has to go on back of my seats!

by **High Society** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 7:22 pm

So the shop is installing all this? And I'm sure you've very happy, cuz anything audio that shows up at my doorstep makes me very happy :)

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