My new Hot Rod Ish

[klugster]

Ive been wanting some sort of a hot rod for quite a while now. I wanted a Fox body mustang 87-93, I had one in High school. The prices are insane on them. Two weeks ago I bought some home speakers from a guy off Marketplace, he asks me if I liked car audio as well, which I do. then shows me this car sitting out back of his house, full of car audio, long story short, he said you should just buy the whole car, so I did. Its a 2004 Chevy Corvette Base, 6 speed manual, Kooks long tubes, Corsa mid pipe and cat back(no cats), SLP Blackwing CAI, basically has all the bolt ons already done. I made him a cash offer thinking, he would laugh. He thought about it a day, then accepted it. So here I am, a Corvette owner now. Shas a little rough around the edges, but Ill fix her up for sure. It has a full Focal system in it, however, im a car audio addict as well, so its getting a Jl Audio 13w7 in it, should get pretty radical. just sharing another hobby of mine. Corvettes are unlike any car Ive ever worked on, not much room anywhere. Buy a 24 year old Corvette, it'll be fun they said....

 

[klugster]

 

[311boogieman]

congrats man!

 

[harddriver]

Congrats Klugster! Its looks like a cool ride! Corvettes are fun...Enjoy it!

By the looks of things you also now have a full killer sound system with wheels that goes fast and corners well!

 

[klugster]

Next project up is a stage 3 BTR cam with supporting mods...

 

[klugster]

 

[harddriver]

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That looks like one of my ex-girlfriends cars where I built her a big sound system in the 1990's. You could hear her coming from a mile away, I used to call it the "Speaker with WHEELS."....When the bass drums would hit her lights would dim the system pulled so much current........

I don't and have never needed something so foooking loud but it was a status symbol in 1989/90 was the epitome of cool.

You must be disassembling the sound system?

 

[klugster]

You must be disassembling the sound system?

yes sir. Im totally re vamping the setup. Sound deaden everything, swapping out the speakers to a JL audio setup. Im using a 13w7 in here, should be perfect! Im a bass head from way back, been putting systems in cars for 35 years now!

 

[harddriver]

yes sir. Im totally re vamping the setup. Sound deaden everything, swapping out the speakers to a JL audio setup. Im using a 13w7 in here, should be perfect! Im a bass head from way back, been putting systems in cars for 35 years now!

I have guitar amps to compromise my hearing I don't need 120DB of 60HZ pounding my hearing into nothing. A good friend of mine loved his loud car/truck stereos and he is going deaf and uses hearing aids now. NOT COOL!

 

[klugster]

My hearing isn't all that great either, 30 years in a machine shop, guitars, guns, and car audio, my ears never stood a chance.