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[Mickee]

I'm curious as to what everyone's opinion is as to what the best car body shape for SQ is...

ie. A sedan, hatch, wagon, big 4WD or van??

What would you be looking for in terms of cabin design for the ultimate SQ car??

Small or large cabin volume?

Sub in same cabin space as listener, or separate (in boot)..?

Low or high seating position?

thoughts everyone??

[east_bay_punk]

i think the wider the better, i would love to do a HZ monaro or something big.

[NUTTTR]

something that comes from the factory rattle-free is always good, and something wide and spacious would be good, old ford/holden, except for the bloody rattles!! lol
Aaron

[fuddbutter]

wide, and short, i think
and where the seats can bee put really far back so the speakers are really far away!

[icebreaker]

i recon a coupe.. for a couple of reasons.

1. seated closer to the floor. so speakers are closer to ear level.

2. seated further back, compared to a 4 door (don't think i've seen many 2 doors that have the same door as the 4 dr version)

Then things like fuel tank location, the arrangement of the back seat (split fold, arm rest or neither) all come down to the particular model of vehicle.

My opinion is on tweeters and mids fitted in kicks and woofers in the doors.

but hey it's my opinion

[golf_bht]

A Honda Prelude is the best I ever seen. not the very flat dashboard

[roughcactus]

I'll agree with Honda coupes being great cars for SQ....but i would go the civic coupe.....failing that accords are also brilliant.....you can get very good results for not a lot of $$$.......

[T-Bro]

this is an interesting and pretty detailed subject if you really start to think about it.

i personally like the sub-bass possibilities of a hatchback (single airspace), the wide and open and relatively unobstructed footwells of a large sedan (commodore, magna, falcon etc), the low and rearward seating position of a coupe (hondas and the like), the installation space of a wagon, the reduced pathlength differences of a small car (lancers, subaru imprezzas, most hatches), the reasonable price (leaving money for a wicked system) of a japanese/australian car, and the solidity and less resonant construction of an expensive european cruiser (even though the buggers DO still rattle).

find me a car that does all of that, and put me down for a deposit

btw, for SQ, i have a preference for cloth/velour interiors (yes i can hear the difference) even though leather looks nicer

[OneNonly]

Why not weld one up T-Bro ??

[Slain]

Caddilac Coupe, the 59 model.
Arched roof would be good for cancelation, they are tanks so the steel is better quality then the plastic cars of today, huge doors and kicks, huge boot, plus man its got fins!!!!!
All the older holdens like FB, FC etc are good for the same reasons

[lancerman]

How about something where the driver's seat is in the middle? Like the Maclaren F1...

[Damo95]

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Originally posted by lancerman1:
How about something where the driver's seat is in the middle? Like the Maclaren F1...

Yeah, and has 1 seat on either side for your hot lookin girls..

[jambo]

haha yeah Mclaren F1 would be the ultimate in imaging, but if you can't afford one of those just go for the second best option - time alignment @ 1/2857ths of the price. A guy I know was dead set on getting one of those Mercedes vans which would be something big that's built tough.

Despite what Shiny says I am determined to pull off an awesome sounding system in a 90s model MR2. And guess what Shiny you little skank, with a bit of assistance from a guy I know in Cali, I have worked out all the dimensions to fit 1.5cu-ft behind each seat while retaining full seat travel and recline, no fiberglass involved

[ January 09, 2003, 13:46: Message edited by: jambo ]

[Macca]

i think jambo is determined with his MR-2 ... and to rub it in shinys face

[Mickee]

Cool, good to see all the replies...

I like big cars... lots of installation space and options... and the bigger the kicks, the better.

Shiny mentioned something in another thread about the 'loading advantages' of having a sub in the boot, rather than in the passenger cabin... I know Shiny is referring to rear loading, but otherwise, are there any disadvantages to having subs in the same cabin space as the driver/passenger??

Another good car IMO for an SQ setup is the old ('88/'89) Honda legend coupe. I remember seeing one with a mammoth system... (twin 15's in aperidoic enclosure, 5 soundstream amps, 3-way front stage with 8" woofers, 8"'s in parcel shelf plus a huge EQ/processor in a motorised lift in the parcel shelf) They have nice big kicks, and come standard with speaker grill cloth on the front doors. There's heaps of room behind the trims, and the seating position is pretty low and well back...

[ January 09, 2003, 20:38: Message edited by: Mickee ]