looking for new guts

[ij1889]

i love my rx 7 its all original and wouldnt want to change anything. im looking for a place to remove all the old guts of my radio and add new so that it would sound amazing other than stock. any help or ideas

[dmention7]

So, are you looking to replace the original audio equipment with aftermarket stuff, or just with new OEM stuff?

Also, we've got at least a couple people on here who have a knack for stereo installs, and who would be willing to help out with the labor for the price of a few beers.

[ij1889]

ha, i want to keep the original look of the stereo but get beter sound out of it, if i could buy beer it would be all good. do you know where i could get a fake ID?

[mazdamn02]

For better audio and stock look - my suggestion is something like a JL Cleansweep or Rockford 3sixty, they're sound processors so you put the audio of your tape deck or whatevers original in to it through its speaker outputs and it can funk around with the sound and then it gives you RCA outputs so you can do aftermarket nice amp and speakers. The 3sixty's also kind enough to give you an rca in put so you could have your iPod wired directly to it...
Google these things if you're interested, I'm not sure what kind of background you have with car stereos...

[dmention7]

Josh, couldn't you also control your 3sixty with a bluetooth phone or something too? I thought that was pretty badass! :D

[mazdamn02]

Josh, couldn't you also control your 3sixty with a bluetooth phone or something too? I thought that was pretty badass! :D

Bluetooth palm pilots and pocket pcs will work. Bluetooth palm can be had as low as $100 now a days.

[ij1889]

does it need to have a cassete player? my car only has 2 knobs, 3 fm stations, and 2 am. it doesnt look impresive but thats why i wanna have a really bad ass sound come outta of it.

[dmention7]

Dude, make that thing totally stealth. Keep the stock HU in place, but then hide some aftermarket goodies.

I'm thinking carputer project!

[ij1889]

yeah its what i was looking for, i know what it is. i will hook it up, but not now not even money=(. im working on restoring my car to 100%, and next on my list is a new oil cooler.

[Picklz]

I also vote for the carputer or stealth aftermarket HU idea. Would let you add the ability to play CDs and MP3's too.

If you wanted to control it with the stock HU buttons / knobs that'd take some doing but it could be done.

[mndsm]

Yeah, and if freakin Macguyver would ever come back, I bet good $$$ he could do it.

[ij1889]

haha oh how i love ebay and X mas cash. http://cgi.ebay.com/ROCKFORD-FOSGATE-3SIXTY-1-CAR-SOUND-PROCESSOR-EQ-360-1_W0QQitemZ280185588918QQihZ018QQcategoryZ14931QQs sPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[ij1889]

so what do you guys think, jl cleansweep or 3sixty 1 version? im really leaning towards the 3sixty

[mndsm]

I like JL stuff myself, but then i'm biased, cause JL was what I ran on my first big install. Josh liked his 360 fine, but damn the spaghetti monster that it made out of his dash was scary.

[dmention7]

Spaghetti monsters only scare christians. Pastafarians are just fine with them.

[mndsm]

That wasn't any normal FSM. That was like the FSM anti-christ. You saw it.