Round 4 turned on some spectacular weather for us today .... sunny and sensational.

Autobarn Narre Warren hosted a great day .... lots of things to look at with Demo cars from Orion, Kenwood and Pioneer.

Lots to eat and drink .... the guy with the BBQ supplying free sausages to competitors .... and then they had a mobile Coffee guy who had all your favorite coffee drinks .... and to top it all off .... free Krispy Kreme Doughnuts .... how can you go wrong with that

The day ran very smoothly and quickly and we had the earliest finish ever .... around 3:30ish for the presentations so everyone got to go home early

Was great to catch up with everone again as it has been a long time since the last round.

A big thank you to all the people involved, Sponsors, Competitors, Organisers, Judges, Helpers .... without you guys and gals great days like today wouldn't be possible.

I'll post up some pics a little later on

ill second that the day was tops

thanks to all who organised it and to the judges and a huge thanks 4 the krispy kreme doughnuts they were awsome cant get em out here in the country!

and congrats to all the winners in all categories!

see u all next round hopefully!

As the sun shone down from the blue skies above, Krispy Kreme's rained down on us and filled our hearts with a warm fuzzy feeling (also known as sugar rush, or heart burn).

Was an enjoyable day and good to catch up with a lot of the guys and listen to some nice systems.

Thanks to the guys who made this possible, and congrats to all competitors

Car Audio is a Noble sport,excellent ...........cors

Today is a day of joy. There was smoothness in the air I think. No major Hiccups (except Bruce's tweeter ) and the weather was excellent, although a bit warm for my sensitive voice coils.. hahahahaha

anyways, it was great to see lots of people, including spectators, really enjoying the displays.

Sleep now...

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Autobarn Narre Warren
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Marc & Ness
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Mmmmm .... Coffee Man
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The 5 Amigo's
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Damo's Interior
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Timmeh and the snake
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Who are these faces?
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Damo the Photographer
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Joe and Danny
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Brett and Sam
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Rob and Justin
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Cory
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Kirk and Dom
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excellent day and weather to match



special thanks to autobarn for making it possible. Extremely well run day



thanks for everyone whom went out of their way to show me their cars.



now people whom didnt know who i was....i was the one in the gay pink tshirt



awesome stuff keep up the great work.

some of those installs

jas...u were talking to corey for a fair bit in the arvo?
sorry i didnt get to introduce myself (middle man in the 5 amigo's pic)

thanks to all involved in making the day such a great event - autobarn narre warren, judges, organisers, sponsors, competitors and spectators

special thanks to peter for letting me listen to your car, it was very nice and is now one of my reference cars along with shiny's red alfa, rob's eunos and alans xr6

picked up some good judges comments and know places to improve, and already have some tricks to try out before finals (as usual, money and time providing, lol)

looking forward to the final round before wagga!!!

ahhh yeah , the reference cars that make us learn, i had a chance to hear cyberpunky's car.
i also listened to Original warriors(charlie) car, great vocals btw charlie.
Talked to the pioneeeer rep for a bit.
Also like to welcome Db bloke from the NSW comps and broadz to the comp scene.

I also said hello to people everywhere............cors

Good to see Pete (DB Bloke) competing again, I know he's car sounds and looks fantastic, also a very Knowledgable guy.

dont you guys have winners down there?

results?

A great event. Craig and the guys at Autobarn Narre always host a good event. Free Krispy Kreams and free sausage sizzle for competitors and suppliers very generous thanks Craig!

Hats off to all involved.

pete won pro show
simon pro street?
andrea am pro?
alan am street

I'de like to say i had a great time at my first SQ event, was great to finally meet those i hadnt yet met and have a good look at some damn fine systems/installs.
Saturday was the first time I had seen Adam's International, what an amazing car, definately one of the best of its kind in the country!

I can't wait for the next comp, I've got a couple of tweaks needed to catch up to Andrea's swift (she won by just 3 points)

Does anyone have the results ready to post up yet?

thats a pretty picture of me alan..


what a day.. had a late start getting brian and adam's car but still got there at 9:30 which was good... the weather was exceptional!!

big thanks to Autobarn Narre Warren for holding the event, and the food/coffee vans for the support to make it a more social event..
altho thanks to the organisers, judges and competitors alike for making caasq events what they are..

was good being the photographer again, and really used the new camera well.. i didnt compete due to finances, but would have been good to see how close it would have been with the 3 cars in Am Show..

congrats to the winners...

was good meeting you broadz.. nice wrx you got there.. leave the stock wheels on it..
also thanks to addikt for letting me demo the dead ute..
hope all who demo'd mine enjoyed it..

currently sorting thru the 200 odd pics i took on the day for uploads.

Looks like it was a great day!

Congrats to all winners

Hurry up with the pics Damo

I can't, makes the car sit way too low (< 50mm)..... did you see the trouble i had trying to get out of the car park and the big line of cars waiting behind me whilst trying to navigate the speed bumps
Nice camera you have there damo, only prob is now you have to worry about shrinking the 5+mb photos so they are easier to upload.
Just a suggestion next comp, how about name tags or even a simple sticker/label with your MEA name on it?

oh bugger!! looks mega cool tho..

resizing the pics is easy.. download an XP image resizer.. can resize all 200 pics in bout 2 minutes..



Pics are uploaded... and are HERE!!



some pics of mine..





^^^ overall show/comp site





^^^ Other direction





^^^ Pioneer demo 350Z





^^^ db_bloke's boot





^^^ nice door build outs





^^^ Broadz's car





^^^ Broadz's install





^^^ I think this trophy would have made the day more special for brian, bringing adam's International down for the comp.. Adam was part of the team in the SPL mini back in 2003 that took out the finals.. the little fella with the big trophy.. now resides in his parent's possession..





^^^ Mmmmm... donuts...

both red wrxs had the installs to drool over.




I hope more people from the forums turn up just to have a look and a chat. Its a very friendly atmosphere and just great fun.



i think anyone on this forum whom wants to learn about their car audio should attemd and if they should also give competing a go too.

doh! i completely forgot about this comp!

^^^ I am one sexy sexy man

Good to hear that everyone had a great day.

Thanks to Marc for giving us the opportunity to host the event and we would be happy to host an event on a regular basis.



Craig

The weather was fantastic.

Very smoothly run, well done marc + judges for giving up your valuable time. I was surprised to get a first. I felt very welcome having recently moved interstate, good to chat with everyone and put faces to forum names.

Free Sausages much appreciated too. Autobarn, cheers for the venue.

Hopefully I'll get some time and money to fix up things for the next round so I can truly deserve the win.

You got first? Right on.

*cough* Where's the plug? *cough*

LOL @ Marty!

Congrats Pete on the win. I only ever got to listen to your car once or twice i think, and was very impressed. Hope to hear it again one day, if it comes to Finals?

Oh, and thanks Damo for the pics, looks like a good day, good turnout. Congrats to all winners

Results and Leaderboard Updated:

Amateur Street:

1st Place : Alan Sornig ( 1995 Ford XR6 )
2nd Place : Adam Smith (Rest In Peace) ( 2001 Holden International )
3rd Place : Adam Boyer ( Holden Commodore )
4th Place : Brian McMillan ( 2002 Holden VY Ute )
5th Place : Tim Blencowe ( 1991 BMW 318i )
6th Place : Bernardus Frederick ( 1994 Daihatsu Charade )
7th Place : Billy Kripis ( 1984 Nissan Bluebird )
8th Place : Rod Stone ( 1992 Honda Prelude )

Amateur Show:

1st Place : Andrea Maiuto ( Suzuki Swift GTI )
2nd Place : Daniel Broadbent ( Subaru WRX )

Pro Street:

1st Place : Bruce Emblin ( Toyota Corolla )
2nd Place : Simon Tremlett ( 2001 Nissan Pulsar )
3rd Place : Robert Canning ( 2006 Toyota Hilux )
4th Place : Dominique Stampek ( 2000 Ford Falcon )
5th Place : Cors Monkey ( 1988 Toyota Hiace )
6th Place : Joe (Wog) Nicotera ( 1986 Nissan Skyline )

Pro Show:

1st Place : Peter Pain ( Subaru WRX )
2nd Place : Justin Maiuto ( Holden Gemini )

Marc...
Isnt justin (pro show) competing with his VQ Stato this year?

yay!! im moving up in the world!

Quite correct. He changed cars since he was entered into the database.

dead ute? do i take offence to that or not?

As in "Sound Dead" perhaps? .... considering the pallet loads of Dynamat you've used

you make a good point allan!



there isnt that much deadner in it just 3 trunk kits and 2 door kits

thanks for clearing up my 'dead' comment alan...

i meant very well deadened ute.. that Treo sub goes nicely in there...
cant wait to hear (or feel?) it with the other one in and boogying..

sounded very nice.. altho a little bright up loud as you said... i think..

wont be long my friend! wont be long! have a new sub lined up just have to get $$$



question??? if there is only 1 round left between now and wagga and not 2 like on event callender does that mean it will be later in the month than round 5 is on the callender? i hope so coz my car is in pieces getting re trimmed and i dont get them back for 2 to 3 weeks!!!

I'm pretty sure there is only one more round before Wagga.

Marc should be announcing the date and venue in the next week or so.

Obviously this would not have been possible without the help of FHRX Studios who did the install.

I can't say enough about how helpful Marty and his entire operation were in putting this car together for me. It must have cost them cash! So many unmentioned costs that go into an install (including buying the wrong gear which with the help of a place like FHRX won't happen), these guys do it because they love what they do (and a little bit of money), but mostly love of music. Go to these people and don't mess around with anyone else. I will write up a story on my blog about FHRX when life is a little less busy, there is that much praise and work you would not believe. They are also Very competitive on price, give em a call NOW...