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[Surefire]

R34 Nissan Skyline
Previous gen Honda Civic Type-R

[~thematt~]

Frankston Car Audio, on Feb 16 2010, 09:46 AM, said:

McLaren F1 (the road car, not race car)
Can't beat that central seating position for ideal PLD's!

Despite the central seating position, there is no room in that car to put any decent drivers (in the kicks). Definite Fail there.

Frankston Car Audio, on Feb 16 2010, 09:46 AM, said:

Seriously, if I was buying another car, it would be a Honda Odyssey.

Agreed. If you really want a decent car for SQ, you need to be looking towards a Van-style thing. The Odyssey is perfect! Such a fantastic dash to tear apart as well...

Matt VIP, on Feb 16 2010, 11:31 AM, said:

sorry.

THIS is the front end worth chasing

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Are we a 3rd World Dictator now are we?

Surefire, on Feb 16 2010, 02:06 PM, said:

R34 Nissan Skyline

Skyline = Mega Fail. Not enough room for my feet, let alone an 8" midbass. Its just one of those cars you shouldnt install stereos in. That, and any car designed for an asian to go sliding the back end out of......... (no offense to the Japanese, but tbh, I'm not that small...)

[Frankston Car Audio]

~thematt~, on Feb 16 2010, 05:40 PM, said:

Despite the central seating position, there is no room in that car to put any decent drivers (in the kicks). Definite Fail there.

Hey Matt, I didn't say it was going to be easy!

Mark

[xMplar]

still reckon a bemmer you can get a 5ltr v8 M5 e39 that you cvan chuck into corners drift or drag or curze for around the 39-41k mark and you be had pushed to find another stock v8 with as much power

and good kick panels

Ren
xMplar

[the[K]id]

HISPL, on Feb 16 2010, 10:00 AM, said:

Wide, massive kick panels free of hard to move ECUs or wiring is a good start.

I think the best "SQ Car" would be a Porsche 928 LHD with a rear engine conversion so that you could put woofers and other equipment "up front"

A more realistic option would be something like a Ford Mondeo hatch.

I seem to remember that idea from many moons ago....

Mr_Bob, on Feb 16 2010, 10:05 AM, said:

Oldschool porsche
can mount sub in the front (rear engine)
although unsure how to get bass into the cabin effectively as i'm sure the RTA will say the firewall is off-limits for cut-through
weight in the front might stablise the handling a little, as i hear they're pretty nasty once the back end steps out.

A 928 auto left hand drive has possibly the most audio friendly interior I have ever seen.  Plus a 4lt V8 in the front.  Kicks are massive, the bottom of the dash is roomy and level, perfect for horns or allowing line of sight to kick mounted drivers.  Plus the 'boot' is right behind, SPL would not be a problem.  With the age you would probably have to look at replacing rubbers all round and sorting out a few squeaks here and there, but last time I looked 15g got VGC examples.


For something driven more often, the e36 m3 seems to be a popular choice for several nice installs.

[muzzy66]

Last time I was looking around, the current gen Audi A3/S3 looked quite decent for the role - good amount of room in pillars, lots of space in kicks, good dash shape, a seperate head unit (rather then the more common moulded units most cars have thse days).

Gen 5/6 Golf has got to be one of the worst...factory driver arrangemet has to be the most completely random arrangement i've ever seen. Midbass, midrange and tweeter all have about 3/4 of a metre seperating them and are just generally all over the shop.

I'd have to agree with TheMatt though - I was in my friends' parents' Oddysey (previous Gen) about a year ago, and I was looking athe car just IMAGINING all the things I could do with that interior...talk about staging, the dashboards is almost big enough to BE a stage!

Tiger, on Feb 16 2010, 01:20 PM, said:

THIS is more like the Merc shape to get! I love this front end!

CLK55 AMG would be lovely

Or even a CLK430 - they are getting quite a bit more affordable now, and were (imo) one of the last 'real' Mercs. The current generation models just don't seem to have quite the same class and quaity imo.

[Luke352]

barcode, on Feb 16 2010, 02:35 PM, said:

have always wanted 1 of these

I saw that car and immediately thought of the car in Buffalo Soldiers.



Great movie that one.

GTi-FTW, on Feb 16 2010, 02:36 PM, said:

yum. remember the one from buffalo soldiers? *drool*

[268669♫]

The best car for SQ would be the VW new beetle.

However, non car would be something like the odyssey or an older style tarago. huge dash. seat rails that go way back and lots and lots of room.

Ant

[data_mine]

268669, on Feb 16 2010, 10:08 PM, said:

The best car for SQ would be the VW new beetle.

However, non car would be something like the odyssey or an older style tarago. huge dash. seat rails that go way back and lots and lots of room.

Ant

New Colts have a huge (deep) dash too.

[kozz]

Honda C-RV's seem to have a lot of room on the high dash and also have a large boot, but not really that sporty.

Toyota Celsior's (Lexus LS400-LS430 etc.) have a lot of sound deadening and have a V8, but I'm not sure about the kick panels or the boot as the fuel tank is in there.

I honestly think it's going to be nearly impossible to find a performance car with a good standard sound stage. But there is always the option of making custom enclosures.

If I didn't like driving so much, I would buy an Odyssey.

(edit: just some punctuation)

Edited by kozz, 17 February 2010 - 04:44 AM.

[MrMally]

data_mine, on Feb 16 2010, 07:50 PM, said:

New Colts have a huge (deep) dash too.

That they do, tho they have the engine under the dash from what i can see on mine.

do you think it would be legal to box in the front quater glass for some nice mids?

[DG Phil]

MrMally, on Feb 17 2010, 02:38 PM, said:

That they do, tho they have the engine under the dash from what i can see on mine.

do you think it would be legal to box in the front quater glass for some nice mids?

Did you see Brad Taylor's one?

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[Surefire]

data_mine, on Feb 16 2010, 10:50 PM, said:

New Colts have a huge (deep) dash too.

Throw the Peugeot 308 into the mix too. One of the deepest dashboards I've seen on a car.

[Luke352]

DG Phil, on Feb 17 2010, 02:49 PM, said:

Did you see Brad Taylor's one?

It's a beautiful car Brad's Colt, it has some of the best fibreglass work I've seen on any car period!!!!

[HISPL]

the[K]id, on Feb 16 2010, 10:57 AM, said:

I seem to remember that idea from many moons ago....



A 928 auto left hand drive has possibly the most audio friendly interior I have ever seen. Plus a 4lt V8 in the front. Kicks are massive, the bottom of the dash is roomy and level, perfect for horns or allowing line of sight to kick mounted drivers. Plus the 'boot' is right behind, SPL would not be a problem. With the age you would probably have to look at replacing rubbers all round and sorting out a few squeaks here and there, but last time I looked 15g got VGC examples.


For something driven more often, the e36 m3 seems to be a popular choice for several nice installs.

I love the "Factory" locations for horns in the 928, the LHD Auto has MASSIVE kick panels and you could probably fit 10s in there

If you did a rear engine conversion in one and put a sub up front it would be about as good as you could get.

I guess if you were going to that sort of trouble you could considder a line array.