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The only advice you need is DO NOT buy sony xplod.

not ever.

Try uk.rec.audio.car

Agreed with the head units. But i had some Xplod 6x9s which were pretty bloody good!

He'd get even LESS replies in there :)

My mate had a pair of Xplod subs that were very good, for the money i reckon they're fine.

I bought a head unit :-( Put my old Sony one back in.

i have a sony head unit and it's the bollocks :) best MP3 decoder in a head unit i could find at the time

Your best bet would be to get one of the sets from somewhere like

I didn't really mean the HU's. But the subs/amps/components etc are terrible.

Mason

;)

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We had Sony Xplod speakers in the Lincoln Limos.

We had to replace them every few months, the voice coils in them seem very fragile.

The head units were, as others have pointed out, crap.

They are very bottom-end cheap though :)

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Yup, the Excursion has Alpine stuff in, which we've never had to touch.

Should all work fine.

If you don't know what you're doing, then go for a deal like that - the sub/amp/etc. will be matched together, and it comes with the necessary box and wiring etc.

Sony stuff is s**te though. Go for the JBL GTO 12" deal

You oughtta be able to do the install yourself - it's very easy. BUT, be sure you understand what you're doing when you start the work !

If you just blindly start connecting things up wrongly, you're very likely to start a fire and damage *severely* both your car and the kit you've just bought !

Leave the stock speaker wiring in place. New headunit will plug into car's ISO connectors. All you need to do with the speakers is mount them, and connect the + and - wires (which are already in the car) to each one.

Amps and sub is slightly more tricky. Amp needs a power line from the battery - so you need to run a cable from battery to boot (stick a fuse in this wire, about 5cm from the battery - DO NOT MISS THIS STEP OUT). It needs an earth - just stick a hole in the side of your boot, and use a self-tapper to screw the cable in place. Finally, it needs a Remote line from your headunit (so the amp turns on when the headunit does) - just run the cable, and connect it up. Those three wires are basically all you need.

Connect the amp to the head unit with a pair of long phonos (DO NOT run these down the same side of the car that the power-from-battery is running down, cos you'll get interference), and the amp to the sub with some speaker cable, and away you go.

It really is that simple :)

Thanks Nom that was great help, i have opted for the JBL set instead of the xplod, i keep hearing their stuff is weak so hint taken, thanks again.

Have fun !