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Mon Jun 25, 2007 4:58 pm

deerhoof wrote: Jagermeister wrote: deerhoof wrote: That the way to go I guess, I couldn't drive it.

What is the way to go? Why couldn't you drive it? I am confused.

Thanks,
JM in Portland, OR

Mounting the speakers below like that is what I wanted to do, My gangly legs just wouldn't fit.

I am 6'1" and I was concerned, I came up with the idea from the parcel trays, and then I mocked it up out of cardboard and drove it for 2 weeks to make sure I could live with it and I never made any contact with it the whole time.

Mon Jun 25, 2007 5:20 pm

Jagermeister wrote:
As far as putting them in the kick panel that probably works, put them in the curve so they are pointing as much as they can to the spot between you and your passemgers head, and make sure you can both see the tweeter, this is important, I wanted to do this but couldn't figure out how to fit the drivers I wanted easily.

Thanks for the info on tweeters. I think I'll try to put them up higher, maybe hang them from the wood shelf over my head and point them at each other that way. I've got a hi top and we built a shelving unit over the top of the cab so it's a good place to put some screws.

I'll be adding a small subwoofer and an amp this year as well. Some other new additions to the bus this year will include an Ipod, hand held GPS and Serious Sattelite. This is a bit ambitious but I think I'm going to add a console under the glove box that can swing up and out of site with a docking station for each peice of equipment. My stereo is serious and Ipod ready so it's just be a matter of some funky wiring, a few hinges and a latch or two. I love geeking out the bus. Keeping the old school look on the outside but tucking away all sort of tech toys within.

Mon Jun 25, 2007 5:28 pm

wanderglobe wrote: Some other new additions to the bus this year will include an Ipod, hand held GPS and Serious Sattelite. This is a bit ambitious but I think I'm going to add a console under the glove box that can swing up and out of site with a docking station for each peice of equipment. My stereo is serious and Ipod ready so it's just be a matter of some funky wiring, a few hinges and a latch or two. I love geeking out the bus. Keeping the old school look on the outside but tucking away all sort of tech toys within.

My head unit has a CD changer port and the shop I go to sold cables that ran from this to a mini jack, so for 30 bucks I could hard wire my iPod.

The ash tray in my '77 was obviously designed with the iPod in mind, if you open it there is a little slot at the front of the tray that the iPod rests in and leans back far enough to be stable all day.

I drilled a hole in the back of my ash tray and routed the wire from the radio through there, you can hide the wire by closing the ash tray.

Makes me miss the shelf that Volvo designed into there 240's 20 years ago to hold 2 cell phones and an iPod.

Mon Jun 25, 2007 6:11 pm

Here is my wonderful system, I have yet to install the rear amp or speakers.

The unit is installed in a "modified" late beetle trim plate, this was done as my dash had been severly hacked by the PO.

the plate was shaved on the inside to fit the unit and the dash hole was widened slightly, the plate covers the holes left by the screws that were drilled into the dash to hold the cassette player.

Wed Jun 27, 2007 3:24 am

I have a question.

I'm not looking to install a monster sound system but I've got to have some tunes.

My cheap old audiovox is shoved under the driver seat for the time being because it ( like most stereos ) is too thick to fit my dash hole.

I don't want to cut it out like my last bus.

Are there any reasonable units that will fit the stock hole you guys could suggest ?

P.S. I'm not really a ipod fan but I do have a RCA 5gig mp3 player plugged in and coming out of my old speakers it sounds just like a 8 track ...lol...

Wed Jun 27, 2007 8:46 am

A lot of people that have vehicles that they rarely drive and that are unsecure have been going to an mp3 player hooked straight to an amp, basically no head unit.

This is becoming the practice in rock crawlers and hot rods, I imagine that some of the resto guys will be doing it to keep a stock radio in the dash.

You can keep the look of a system that nobody would want to steal and still have good tunes.

I will probably do this in my Scout that I drive about 1000 miles a year.

Wed Jun 27, 2007 11:32 am

Heres my little set-up. 4 6.5" kickers, 2 in panel below rear seat, 2 in the kick panels. And kudos again to the infinity bass link. About the best bang for the buck I have found. Did not think it had the room under the seat, but that was mentioned here so might take a look into that.

Put the head unit under dash, left the 8track in place. Still works! Its on a seperate speaker but just bought a converter to turn the out put into RCA and hook it up to the sub as well. Cup holder on the ashtray acts as a craddle for the ipod!

Lastly a CB, to hear the truckers laugh when I pass them going up the mountain! Well down maybe......

Fri Jun 29, 2007 8:51 pm

Jagermeister wrote: deerhoof wrote: Jagermeister wrote: deerhoof wrote: That the way to go I guess, I couldn't drive it.

What is the way to go? Why couldn't you drive it? I am confused.

Thanks,
JM in Portland, OR

Mounting the speakers below like that is what I wanted to do, My gangly legs just wouldn't fit.

I am 6'1" and I was concerned, I came up with the idea from the parcel trays, and then I mocked it up out of cardboard and drove it for 2 weeks to make sure I could live with it and I never made any contact with it the whole time.

nice

Fri Jun 29, 2007 8:54 pm

ccpalmer wrote: Well, I just finished my stereo set-up so I'll be happy to show it off here!

I had to go Blaupunkt. Not only for the obvious reasons, but also because I root for the Michigan Wolverines, and out here we say "GO BLUE!" So it makes for a nice cross-over. And the head unit I got was especially plain and black. I didn't want some flashy thing to contrast with the stock-ish bus.

This is the early stage. I still want to get a subwoofer and figure out a good rear-speaker set-up. Probably removable outdoor speakers I can have on long wires and use on the jobsite/river/campsite whathaveyou. I went with a two-way set-up - mostly because I found a nice one cheap on the web. It's also nice because the woofers are ultra-low profile (and 6"!) which enabled me to mount them in the kick-panel. I don't like the idea of speakers in the doors because of the water situation; there is supposed to be a vapor barrier behind the door panel because inevitably water drips down from the vent wings seals and in case windows are left open. I don't want to lose good speakers to water damage!

I also have to say that I kind of like the way the woofer/tweeter placement echo that of a old Splittie Bus front with the bullet-style lights... that was an accident. (?)

Anyway, I used 1/8 Baltic Birch because I have extra and mostly because I didn't want to cut holes in my original(? or at least stock) kickpanel. The 1/8" fit fine but doesn't want to flex quite like the 'cardboard' so I just had to sand it down some. I am still planning on painting it black to echo the stock panels. (or - some kind of covering mimicking the stock panel - yea, I'm a little anal) And - I did cut a windshield washer filler access cover, but it was an extra and I saved the original. Unfortunately I didn't do a great job of cutting it but it works.

I was amazed that I could fit the speakers where I did. The bass isn't great; but I haven't made a true "soundbox" behind the kick panel yet. I'm thinking of how to do it un-harmfully. I can also feel the 1/8 Birch vibrating as it's not really a rigid material. I'm hoping rear speakers and a subwoofer will alleviate that problem. Gotta have bass.

I'm running a blue dot too.

Question: Where is the knob to open your glove box? :)

Fri Jun 29, 2007 9:07 pm

Johnny.Baba wrote: Question: Where is the knob to open your glove box? :)
There's a knob!?!?!?!

Fri Jun 29, 2007 10:53 pm

4Doora wrote: Johnny.Baba wrote: Question: Where is the knob to open your glove box? :)
There's a knob!?!?!?!
I think that is in reference to this photo:
π
The glove box "knob" is not present in this shot.

Sat Jun 30, 2007 5:48 am

Hmm; do early Bays have knobs on the dash? Now that I think about it, I think my '77 does have a knob -

Sat Jun 30, 2007 11:58 am

My 73 has a knob in the center at the bottom. If you don't have a knob, how do you open it?

Sat Jun 30, 2007 12:13 pm

my '71 doesn't have a knob
There's a small lip at the bottom of the glove box door, pretty stealthy looking 8)

Sat Jun 30, 2007 2:09 pm

Sony head unit 4 ea. P.G. 6.5 in., 2 ea. Pyle 6.5 in., 2 ea Pioneer 6x9 in., and 2 ea. 12 in. Kicker subs. Powered by 2 ea JBL GTQ220 4 a channel amps for the full range and a Power Accoustic 960 watt 4 channel bridged down to 2 channels to power the subs. The interior of this bus has not been done yet so it looks like a mess, but it sounds very good and run you out of the bus if you crank it 1/2 power.

Sat Jun 30, 2007 3:34 pm

Hard to make out with stool in the way, spot for 2x 10inch subs to be placed under new seat. Might place amps in there too, or in the corner coolerbox unit, or under zbed.

Haven't got placement of other items figured out yet. Tweats will go in either corner of the custom dash setup I have.

oooo have to post photos of the seats i'm fabbin in also ;)

Sun Jul 01, 2007 7:16 am

I just finished my audio install! It sounds sweet 8)

1 4x50W head unit
2 Tweeters
2 17cm woofers
2 Crossover networks
2 oval 4-way speakers

All Sony Xplod

Sony Xplod head unit:

17cm door woofers mounted in the lower bit of the door.

Tweeters mounted on top of the dash in left and right corner

Crossover network mounted behind the glovebox

4-way speakers mounted on the roof tray in the back

Close up of one of the 4 way's

Enclosures for the 4 way speakers

Home made bracket to hold the radio in place

Let me know what you think 8)

P.S. I have a question about the 4-way speakers. As you can see I got them in about 1,5-2 liter enclosures. Should they be enclosed at all? And if they need to be enclosed, is this the right volume? Because the 4-ways only give little low frequency volume. The sound in the front is kickass but the further you move to the back the more it lacks bass.

Sun Jul 01, 2007 5:25 pm

Here is my set up in my 78 Westfalia

Alpine CDA-9835 head unit

Main source of music, 30gb iPod

Custom switch panel controlling all accessories

Alpine SPS-130 speakers in the front doors

Alpine SPS-130 speakers in the rear overhead cabinet

JL 5001-1 amplifier mounted in rear overhead cabinet

Alpine SWR-1042 10" subs

Custom box under rear seat

I relocated the power converter under the water tank to allow room for the custom speaker box

Now, for when I'm at the campground, or anywhere I can plug into power...

Kenwood stereo amplifier wired in through the Bus when the Bus is plugged in

Speakers hook up through RCA jacks in the front and rear

Right now I just have a pair of Alpine 3 way SPS-690 speakers, but when I really want to crank up the tunes, I have 2 sets of floor speakers

iPod hook up, and RCA hook up off amp for endless possibilities of music

Sun Jul 01, 2007 5:30 pm

^ :shock: Bitchin'

Mon Jul 02, 2007 12:36 am

[quote="MalibuLX3"]Here is my set up in my 78 Westfalia

Thats all out. Very Nice!