Figured i would take a couple pics of my 8 and post em....

Car is dirty, rained most of the day yesterday, damn hurricanes....

Anyway, the 8 is parked right in front of the audio shop i manage, and in the last shot you can see a pretty big mall across the street. See if anyone from the DE/PA/NJ area can figure out which one it is......

 

is that KOP?

 

that's definitely kop, had my viper installed in my 8 there a couple of months ago. you mean i don't own the ONLY blue 8 in the kop area?? :D tell bruno Ryan with the blue 8 says wassup

 

work??? uh, it's saturday.

 

lol, i guess the secrets out. bruno is no longer with us, he left audio jam and i came back. i actually live in delaware, but dont mind work there. yes, saturday is a work day for me, tues through sat.

 

the commute must be hectic considering the crazy gas prices.. $2.50+ for premium.......

 

its not too bad, down in de, i can find it around 2.40 right now, plus my boss comp's me 50 bucks a week for gas.

which viper did you get installed

 

what tires are you running on your car?

 

^looks like BFGoodrich KDW's. I have them on mine, lurch, how do you like them? Me, I keep trying to burn them off.

 

Nice pix lurch...neat! Since you manage the audio shop, I bet you have an awesome sound kit in your 8, do tell Btw, have you considered tinting? Looks great on winning blue.

 

yes they are kdw's. no, no system as yet, only had the car since end of march, still in the planning stages. one of the plans is to use diamond audio all the way around for the speakers and amps, its a line we just picked up and can i say "oh my god" do they sound good. gonna do d9 fronts, d6 rears, subs and amps.

possible ideas are to keep the factory radio, or replace it, if i replace it, i think i am also gonna dump the factory nav, go with an carputer of some sore with a touchscreen, either a 7 inch put into the factory nav screen housing, or maybe try to squeeze a 10" into the factory radio spot. and mount the new radio in the spot where the nav screen is.

yes i have considered tinting, just havent gotten around to it yet.

 

Excellent....be sure to repost with pix of the new kit

 

most definately, i may also be getting the ms front bumper as i have a friend that has a hookup and i may get it at a ridiculous price. also waiting on my aem intake to come in, they are just releasing them this week. ill post a diy on that once i get it

 

i got the 791xv as a gift so i had that installed. hey lurch! if you wanna sell any of your exterior parts, i'm really interested. since i didn't get the appearance package.. can your buddy get deals on ms sides and rears too?? sounds like you have great plans for your car

 

im probably gonna keep all my parts. im sure he can get other parts, but he gets them through a friend that works in a parts warehouse, so i dont think he'll wanna go crazy doing that kinda stuff. i have the 791 also, just havent put it in yet, my installer wont do it as im putting in the remote start as well, and being a mt, he doesnt want to be responsible.

 

yea, i wanted the remote start installed too, but couldn't find anybody reliable to put it in for me. let me know if you know somebody who'd do it. i wonder if i can do it myself

 

depends on how inclined to installing electronics you are. im pretty inclined so i can do the whole alarm/start myself, just gotta get the time. im not sure if i would even want to post it here, as it could be a huge liability

 

Lurch519, I sent you email....but no response...so I will post here. I bought the Sirius starbase unit for my car and want to do a direct connect with the pie part. Question is will it be worth the extra money. Will I notice a sound dif. with the bose system over the the fm modulation way by plugging it into the antenna...thx

 

think of it this way....
fm modulation..
1. sirius transmits signal to your unit
2. sirius unit converts it to audio signal
3. audio signal gets converted to "fm" and is broadcast, having to deal with any interferance in the area
4. head unit converts fm to audio signal, sending it out to speakers

aux in mod
1. sirius transmits signal to your unit
2. sirius unit converts it to audio signal sent out over aux in module
3. head unit amplifies to send out to speakers.

using the aux in module will result in at least one less conversion of the signal, allowing for a cleaner signal. also keep in mind, ever listen to a cd at higher volume, then switch to radio, im sure you noticed a difference in sound quality.

sorry, but i didnt get any email from anyone, ill look into it and make sure i have the correct one on here.

 

So, in your opinion, cause you have an 8, and I will not hold you to your opinion should I be unhappy, but it sounds like by spending this hundred bucks it will be worth it, right?

 

i think it would sound much better, also remember that fm doesnt have the bandwidth that you can get through an rca cable. i am gonna see if i can get the piece through one of my distributors and what price i can get. give me a little bit, ill send u a pm