Pimp Your Ride With A Custom Car Stereo
Modifying your car is a trend that will never go out of fashion. The reason to this is the electronic gadgets, stereo system and many other fine piece of art available to dazzle up your car. Usually what guys prefer installing in their car as a first priority is custom car audio system with a woofer in your trunk and an awesome display to change your CD’s from one to another. Many shops can be found to provide this kind of services for you to pimp your car and give it a complete different look from the inside as well as outside.
The accessories available for cars are so many that it might be hard for one to make a decision as you do not want too much stuff in your car otherwise it will just overdo it. Starting from remote car starters, window tinting, keyless entry, security system, multimedia, shinny rims and tires with an awesome grip etc. There is so much choice to choose from but it is advisable to keep it simple and classy installing things that you really want in your car rather than dumping everything, stuff that you might not even use. So you want to pimp your ride, you can start off with black or silver rims with tires that compliment the shinny metal in between with jet black tinted windows. Tints in different colors are also available but I never found any color more eye-catching than black.
Then custom car audio system is next in list that can give your car that smashing, modern appearance that you can show off in front of your friends. The custom car audio system includes speakers, subwoofers, woofers, active and passive crossovers, amplifiers, equalizers and anything else you have in mind like a screen display with visualization etc. Before you decide what you want to buy, plan your custom car audio system carefully. Keep in mind your range, quality and quantity of sound you want to be installed in your car. Choose a brand that is reliable to achieve excellent sound system. You might want to sacrifice cutting your car to make some room for the large woofers and subwoofers which I think are worth it.
Head unit features come in next which controls your sound system. This has to be perfect and trendy in appearance. The layout should be coherent that suits your requirements. The power, CD changer controls, security system, RCA outputs that will come in handy if you are planning to add amplifiers to the audio system in the future. Generally the head unit has an output of 5 to 7 watts while a high powered head unit can take up to maximum of 13 to 15 watts and not more than that even if the experts declare it to be 35 to 40 watts. When you are done planning the head unit, search for the best speakers which is the second most important part in your custom audio system. The front and rear speakers are a good choice but you can get a pretty good sound out of front speakers if you cannot meet the expense of rear speakers. Amplifiers and subwoofers come in next which adds the bass to the whole system but make sure you install the woofers in a box that accurately fits them otherwise their output is affected. After designing and installing your custom car audio system leave some room for upgrading to jazz your sound system in the future.
CarsVox Says:
Simply Car theater
Posted on December 21st, 2008 at 12:41 am