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If you need a wiring harness, go to edsautos.co.nz . They supply most car audio shops and are the harness / steering remote gurus

Waiting for an order from them at the moment. Goods were out of stock and it's taken ages

Getting rid of my 6x9 door pods. includes door cards $1 reserve http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=464659419

Rear speakers are in sealed pods and do not create an airway if you pull them out - ie you will gain absolutely nothing by pulling them out. Ski pass is your only real hope

What are those 2 holes in the 1st pic?

Wouldn't a decent camera with big optical zoom cost much less and be more versatile?

I recently test drove a Merc Viano when looking for a people mover. I think it's closely related to the Vito. I liked it from a practical viewpoint but the moment I drove it I absolutely hated it. A pillar was huge and obscured my vision. It made a heap of noise and went nowhere fast. Or this (but there's a compromise on load space) http://www.topspeed.com/cars/renault/1994-...f1-ar34982.html

The Prius or one of the other cars?

There was a news article on this a couple of weeks back. The hold up is the land rights for gay whales lobby group who think this will be the start of martial law. Looks like my people mover is safe. Only 1 Kia outstanding in the whole of NZ

A new sub that's just come onto the market is the DD 6.5 subwoofer. http://www.ddaudio.com/mobile-audio/specia...w65-series.aspx . No idea what it sounds like or how it would fit into an armrest or a convertible. They were ~NZ$255 each. Highlighting this sub cos it's something different to normal

Sorry I know nothing about shallow mount subs. Neal, I was slightly wrong in my post above. Scott Buwalda doesn't just use that Fi IB3 sub in his daily, he also uses a custom version of it in the car that scored the highest ever. Interestingly it's mounted under the dash and vented into the transmission tunnel. Page 3 of this thread http://www.buwaldahybrids.com/phpBB3/viewt...f=26&t=5476

There are sq comps in NZ now? I thought the comps had completely died out. Thank you for your opinion. Call me a fool, but I think I'll take the non-commercially motivated recommendation of the guy who has dominated the international car audio sound quality competition scene for the last 10 or 15 odd years including having the highest score ever recorded in any sound quality competition (irrespective of format or sanctioning organization), owns a successful car audio speaker company, tours the world giving workshops on car audio to industry professionals, and (according to a very reliable source) uses the Fi IB3 in his daily driver. lol at Neal's pic. So true

Part of my post was prefaced "to Neal" i.e. it was off the original topic. Maybe it would help if I write in crayon next time form those hard of reading. Spl Efficiency - a very misunderstood rating. It is well known industry-wide that it's very inaccurate and speakers should not be compared on published efficiencies. There's no industry standard which is part of the problem. On paper the IDQv3 is less efficient than the IDQv2, but in reality that's because one of the parameters used to by Image Dynamics to measure efficiency was changed. Needless to say the IDQv3 is more efficient than the v2. To quote JL audio "Efficiency (1 W / 1 m) is not an accurate indicator of a subwoofer’s output capability and should not be used as a comparison to other subwoofers to determine which one is "louder"." A pair of 86db (or thereabouts) efficient subs running off a total of 800rms made 139.9db in a spl comp a few years back. Hopefully this shows how over simplified your calcs were. Mms and Qms. One of the most accurate sounding subs I've owned had a MMs of 174g and a Qms of 6.19, and it's used as a LF driver in home audio. Speaker design is about the whole picture; plucking out figures in isolation and then drawing conclusions off them is dangerous. And what's this rubbish about fashion. I'm recommending a US$190 sub that very few people in this country (or worldwide) have ever heard of. I'm recommending it based on opinions of people I trust who know what they're talking about.

Do you have any idea what you're talking about?

Forward facing won't effect sq, some reckon sq is better forward facing. You will probably get reduced actual volume. I've always been happy with front facing subs. Yes you will lose some output with the arm rest up but it'll still be well audible To Neal. I've had IB subs and they were crisp and clear. Have you considered a Fi IB3 sub. Not sure how you'd get one from the States but it's got an excellent reputation as an IB sub. https://ssl.perfora.net/www.ficaraudio.com/...view.shopscript

Now you've clarified it. Distributor can only sell at RRP (or above) and resellers can set their own price. That works. The illusion (maybe mistaken) from your previous post was that they would never again be available below RRP due to prices being fixed. E39A Android is US$799 E39A WinCE is US$699 These prices exclude sales tax which looks to be about 8% http://jandtdistributing.com/dynavinsoluti...nd-accessories/

When I was importing and distributing audio gear I looked into a fixed pricing strategy to protect product margin (to avoid the likes of what happened to e-audio in NZ) but was strongly advised by my lawyer that it was pretty much illegal. How Apple does it in NZ is beyond my legal understanding. That is why I said "might want to look into NZ law" not "this is illegal". E39 Android is US$799. Again can't see anything that guarantees OBC compatibility. I presume this pre-order is for the non-OBC units.

1/ You might want to look into NZ law on price fixing. 2/ So why is it 50% more expensive here than in the US?

Another option could be the DLS Nobellium 10 that's for sale on nzicemag forums. $300 BNIB from a guy who cares about his gear. It wants a small ported box if I remember correctly. Would expect it to out perform the SS and the Kicker on sound quality but not sure exactly how much power it can handle.

What are you wanting out of the sub? Basically you asked whether to buy a Ford or a Holden: without knowing if you want SQ over SPL or viceversa then it's an impossible question to answer. Both are loud, the Kicker would probably go louder but the SS will probably sound better. Also depends on enclosure - ported vs sealed and what space you have to play with.

God has spoken. I stand corrected. Do I need to self-flagellate for my penance?

Each to their own but to me it seems a bit silly to bite the bullet on the soon to be superceeded Dynavin when the new model is a matter of months away. They're not cheap so why not hold out for the new model since OBC is important to you. Be interesting to know whether the frst batch of the new Dynavin will be software upgradable to control OBC once the second batch is released. One option that people did with the aftermarkets systems was to move the MID into the glove box, but that was with the separate MID systems and don't know if that's at all feasible with the board monitor system. AFAIK, front speakers are single voice coil. Not sure you'd want to feed different signals into a DVC speaker, sounds like a recipe for disaster.

It's going to seem like a stupid question, but I have to ask. What's the cost of replacement windscreen wiper blades? Renault parts seem stupidly expensive over here.

A thread to watch http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showt...d.php?t=1525768 Jeff gives pretty honest reviews of the units so will be interesting to see what his take on the new unit is.

Following link gives you a good step by step guide: http://www.bavariansoundwerks.com/product-...tem_Non_DSP.pdf One option might be a Pioneer shallow mount sub. No idea what they are like but the required box seems pretty small: http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/car-stereo...n-400483950.htm