Hey guys,
I was just wondering how everyone here who can PROPERLY install car audio, not just head units learnt how to do so?
Were TAFE courses involved or did u just self teach yourself through trial and error on ur own cars?
Cheers

experience. lots of people tried and succeeded, some can get work experience at car audio installers, some might have friends who are professional installers. i've also heard of some courses being run over east but i feel a professional installer could have jsut done some cabnet making classes and has a very good understanding of electricity and has experience with fibreglass.

Rhyso

Here. I gained a large majority of my theoretical knowladge here, then it was just a matter of getting the time to try it out, screw it up, then do it again.

dead right...i learnt my stuff here, then cut my teeth in my own car

actually no.

Electronics degree and an auto electrical cert. box building and FG is done by trial and error.

I must be pretty good at trial and error

Cutting your teeth on your own car is alot different to working on a customers car,you can't look at it as your own car and just think, running that wire like that will be ok,it has got to be perfect the first time otherwise it comes back with a very irrate customer.

yeah thats right, but i didnt say it was the same........practice and skills is what i was getting at

and when you have done 5 of your own cars, not to mention 4 different installs in the current one, you get to know what works and what doesnt..

for most DIY'ers, trial and error is the only way..
i think Domza found that out when we did a head unit/amp/front install..

but the boot install side of things comes from a logical mind, and one that sees the finished product before it starts.. oh.. and carpentry/cabinet making skills are a must..

k cheers guys
im interested in doing some of my own stuff when i have the time and money. just when it comes to building skills lets just say im a f*ckin retard lol. so might see if i can buy a cheap sh1tbox that i wont be scared to f*ck up
well thanks for ur input

I did work experience at a car audio store in year 10. That's where I learnt the basics. Always had an interest in electronics, doing a Cert II in it. After doing a lot of different things to my old car, I ended up asa fitter for a while.
Thats where I realised what is good as a hobby isn't always good as a job.

As said, fabrication is learnt by trial and error.

now if we could actually explain that to everyone else..

awwww waddayamean

surely i would be totally awesome screwing around with someone elses car

and it doesnt matter if its a hobby before or not, jobs suck now only if i could win the lotto

not when its a $400K ferrari or 996 gt3 porsche (see my gallery.. I'm upside down in one!)

btw jobs don't suck- then again I haven't really had a proper job for over 3 yrs now.. jsut a VERY over grown hobby!

awww cmon i wouldnt screw it up much

and jobs sucking is as subjective as speaker preferences and im just jaded at the moment, maybe if i was playing around in porsches and ferraris all day it wouldnt be so bad