1997 Dodge Intrepid ES Massive Audio install

[juan6810]

Damn sterio worth 3x more than car

[Mississippiking03]

@drewdaman13 I own a 2001 Mercury Grand Marquis made by Ford. I bought it 3 years ago and no problems at all. 138,000 miles and the trans is still going strong pulling 24 inch rims! BUT, like they say, nothing man made will last long!

[MrGetmoney84]

Intrepid's are the worst cars lmao! those engines and trans don't last for shit!!!!!!!! why would u pick a car with such small trunk space?

[caraudiofreq]

@MrGetmoney84 the trunk had plenty of space for what we needed. while the trans barely lasted 150,000 miles (not bad at all), the engine was pushing just over 200,000 miles when I sold the car. Don't understand why you are laughing, it was a good car for us.

[wtl1964]

@MrGetmoney84 the 3.3 i had lasted so long the trannys dont last tho and steering damn longitude tranny or somthin but motors are solid except 2.7l

[5c0H]

what do i search for to find those speak add ons that come under the dash?

[caraudiofreq]

@5c0H Do you mean the kick panels? The ones in our car are custom made. There is a company called Q forms that makes kicks for a variety of different kinds of vehicles. They might have something tthat will work for you. Most good stereo shops will have the experience needed to build custom kicks if that is the route you are looking for.

[drewdaman13]

Too bad the car's a piece of shit.

[caraudiofreq]

@drewdaman13 In 24 years of driving the only other car that has done me better is the Honda Civic I am driving now. So I would consider my Intrepid a piece of shit.

[drewdaman13]

@caraudiofreq Really not trying to offend you, but in my experience, Dodge as a company puts out shitty products. As does Ford, but that's another story. You did great work on the audio, just not the best choice of car.

[MrGetmoney84]

@drewdaman13 Dodge puts out nice shit jus a few years of bad choices and the intrepid was the first bad one lol

[drewdaman13]

@MrGetmoney84 They are getting better but the whole decade of the 90s was trash.

[MRWOODY52632]

i have a 97 lhs and i have 2 massive audio dc10s with a pyramid 100watt 2 channel amp

[caraudiofreq]

@MRWOODY52632 I liked teh massive subs that were in this car, It was sooo close to being finished.

[xFReSHeReST]

@MRWOODY52632 100 watt? why dont you just not have the subs...

[MRWOODY52632]

@xFReSHeReST Watch my vids. They hit pretty good for the power, but i now have an aq sdc2.5 15 in an explorer powered my a hypnotic 2k amp.

[NatrupFilms48]

hey, wat size are the stock rear speakers? im guessing 6x9, not sure though

[caraudiofreq]

@NatrupFilms48 You're right. they ar 6x9's. I didn't have any in mine. the whole deck was cut out to allow all of the bass an easy way into the cabin. I haven't owned a car with rear speakers in a long time.

[NatrupFilms48]

@caraudiofreq alrighy, thanks man, im throwing a system in my 97 intrepid in the next few weeks, really appreciate the response

[XBLdarkKILLR]

did you custom make that for the radio to fit better because i know in my 97 it hates aftermarket radios lol

[caraudiofreq]

@XBLdarkKILLR yeah. by molding the kit to the trim ring, it brings the radio out almost two inches. I really liked how the piece turned out. it got more than a few looks when we were competing.

[XBLdarkKILLR]

@caraudiofreq yeah i bet it looks good. also under the hood im assuming thats another alternator youve got running just the audio. what size is that?

[caraudiofreq]

@XBLdarkKILLR yeah, to get MAX points we added a second, complete charging system just for the audio. it was a 125 amp GM alternator.

[electroconcepts]

Congrats on winning the upload your install contest @Mobile Electronics Retailer... It looks good, keep up the visions and keep on rocking Massive.

[caraudiofreq]

@electroconcepts THANKS! i am actually starting some planning for my wife's car. she has a 1993 Nissan Maxima. we are planning something little but appealing. she may even get into the SQ lanes with it (fingers crosssed!)

[DUBDUECE05]

how do you get the letters in the glass and how did you do your measurements to make it so flush thanks for the help

[caraudiofreq]

@DUBDUECE05 The "Massive" letters are a windshield sticker from Massive Audio. I simply applied it to the plexi mirror above the sub subs (that is actually a motorized amprack that was never finished). The massive logo on the floor was hand-drawn, then traced onto the plexiglass' brown paper wrapper. I then hazed it with light grey and silver paint to get a close match to the "Massive" letters. The floor is also a door that opens to get access to the spare.

[caraudiofreq]

@DUBDUECE05 The panels were all cut as close as possible. i used body filler to fill any gaps on these panels. It takes a lot of time, but its worth every minute. We lost our house thanks largely to Hurrican Ike. I had to sell the car, along with a few other cars.

[DUBDUECE05]

lol well i have some questions

[DUBDUECE05]

this was really nice im trying to get mine like that top notch work who did the installation

[caraudiofreq]

@DUBDUECE05 The final install (one seen here) was done by me. My son started helping with it when we ripped out the trunk. he put together his first box, but then discovered girls and that was ALL over!

[stevnger]

that looked sweet.........

[caraudiofreq]

@stevnger Thanks, I wish i still had it

[walkingfreak]

very nice could of had a better car but that is still very nice and evanescence FTW

[caraudiofreq]

@walkingfreak I don't see nothing wrong with the car. sorry it didn't fit your taste

[walkingfreak]

@caraudiofreq no its not the fact of it doesnt fit my taste its just i dont like dodges but this dodge is one you probably are lucky to have since its before 1998 before the age where the cars where not total junk most 2000 and up intrepids are total shit

[durbinryan]

@walkingfreak must agree. I have a 97 with 214000 and ill have it till it lays down

[5c0H]

@caraudiofreq the car is perfect. i did something like this in my 97 intrepid. 2 12' SUBS

[jrlegend23]

nice install 5/5. love massive audio. only question tho. wat is the volt pre out on the radio?

[caraudiofreq]

@jrlegend23

It was 5 volt. I miss that deck. I sold it about a month after selling the car.