Hello everyone! Long time no talk! Tonz of things have happened in my life since the last time I posted this. I finished the hybrid zx950, put brand new windows on it, and gold plated screws everywhere....and then sold it to a kid in town :( I wish I didnt since I cant find anymore zx950 for the pri...

that's my problem I have the base which gets its power from the deck so would they still wire the speakers to the back if the car ?

would you recommend a zapco? Iv never owned one so I have no clue

when i had mine i did the earthquake sw8 subs made for it also added a sub what sound system do you have? i have a fiberglass e90 sub box for the rear left side you can have just pay shipping Ha ha ya right! I'm kinda glad I have someone here that knows my stress then lol I have the "base"...

Ok so my car got totaled by a nice lady that decided to run a stop sign :) Soooo I picked up a 2008 BMW 335i BUT the stereo SUCKS!!! Sooo I did some research on how to improve the strereo but im a bit confused...a member wrote this: "If base Stereo is what you have, your biggest issue is not ad...

I had 6.5 RSDs components hooked up to my zx950 (only the 450 used) and now one of the mids are making a freaky noise, like its blown (having a screechy sound) So I think it could be a voice coil? But its weird cuz I hardly ever turn it up and its clean power throiught the zx amp but anyways... What...

I have never used them, but considering I get my car oils every year im sure its not gonna be good for the speakers, but a bigger issue then that, is the speakers gonna sound better or worse with them on?

thanks stipud and ttocs , I told my cousin to join the forum, hes a pretty hardcore PG guy so hed fit right in...

Brad

I need some wire that flexes like the ones on the rear of subs, my cousin has a an Xmax that needs some fixing

Brad

well Im sold!!! LOL I guess I was just making excuses. Well im gonna start making some blueprints

Thanks everyone for your input!

Brad

woow I never thought about rebuilding the Alt.

How about sound? will I really notice a difference in sound/Sound quality compared to my deck's amp?

Its been a while since iv had a stereo with a amp on the mids and tweets.

Again im just wondering if all this hassle is worth it

Brad

Thanks for all your replies guys!!! and help! My car is a Saturn Astra (in Europe its a Vauxhall/Opal Astra) I was thinking of using the zx950 for mids and tweets right now and maybe keep it open for a sub or two later on in life. Im just worried my little alt will die after a year of being used, I ...

My new car has either a 100A alt or a 120A (dealer still getting back to me on this) Can it handle my ZX950? or should I consider going down to a D class amp? What would you recommend?

Brad

kg1961 where are you from!? I saw the same thing when I was searching kijiji

I live in Toronto, but work for the Region of York

Brad

Bfowler, Thanks for the great site! Im going to be bridging the zx450 (and doing the same for the fronts zx500) kg1961, ya he seems like a great guy!, got back to me with a ton of information! Thanks again guys, Im still deciding but ill let ya guys know with some pics of the install when i get arou...

12g for the front end . I have never used 12gauge to front end and have been very very happy with nice higher end 16gauge not cheap walmart stuff. Im using pg this year i pick up from KHPOWER(on the forum) great price and the guy is great to deal with he also sells the 12gauge pg speaker wire Wicke...

Iv been using 12 gauge but is this overkill? I was thinking of buying 16 gauge would this be ok?

Im using my zx950 (the 450 side) for my mids and tweets

Brad

Two front, two rear and a sub? Thats what I wanna do but I dont even know if Im going to be putting the sub section in yet so the zx500 of the 950 will be useless if I dont You could bridge the zx450 to your front and use the zx500 on the rear for now. Would need to use y-splitters for that though....

stipud wrote:Two front, two rear and a sub?

Thats what I wanna do but I dont even know if Im going to be putting the sub section in yet so the zx500 of the 950 will be useless if I dont

GEEER Stipud!!! I keep looking at the MS series amps and I keep loving the open internal look geeer!!! I....must....resist.....keeep......ZX...... Who cares what I think? Run MS if you want. :lol: But why are you running rear fill? Cut it out completely and bridge the ZX450 side to the RSD's. Prett...

well boys and girls I hooked them up to my zx950 and they sound alot better but im still not "that" impressed with them, I have my 5.25 ZP in the rear and it seems like I had to turn down the rears because the tweets sounded like someone was actually hitting a symbol behind my head. I donn...

ahhhh darn!!!! This means im gonna have to build a install for my car! greaaaaat

Brad

Well I took out my advanced audio in the front and installed my RSD 6". Now if I were to compare apples to apples the stock stereo was 6.5" compared to the 6" RSD's bu I felt that my stock system had more mid bass then the RSds! I kinda felt crappy afterwords taking all that time and ...

thanks wash with gasoline, but this is coming from the deck, I still culdnt figure it out so I went ahead and pulled the deck and found the correct wires. I stared after at he mid to see if it was going the right way and yes you can see it go out instead of in but I wanted to make sure

Brad

I have wires hooked up to my deck and wanted to find out what wire is pos and neg I thought you could do this with a multi meter but forget how.

Would the neg not show volt when tested?

I know I could hook it up and see if the mid goes out instead of in but I want to make sure

it has 3 settings
-off axis
-on axis
-and deffuse

what one should I have it on?