My Vert Custom Audio Install

[BadfishTX]

I’m going to stand a fairly neutral ground here and post of my thoughts.

Yes, it sucks that for GAS that they didn’t get the sale, yes it sucks that GAS put time and energy into building a box that few bought, and yes it sucks that another guy is building a similar box.

This is modern business everyone. And I can appreciate the posters remark on not wanting to wait for a box to ship (or be built), and wanted it all done under one roof.

I can count on numerous fingers how many times I’ve looked at other products for inspiration only to develop my own. I’m not selling the darn things, but sometimes I want to do it myself (or have someone build a similar product) Engine mounts for instance, yes E30.de sells them, and not all of us want to wait a month – two months for mounts, so we build our own. 24V G260 transmission mounts, several guys sell them on r3v; I modified and built my own. Wiring harness adapters, I make my own.

Yes, GAS has tons of time into boxes, and tons of time into box design, but I have seen many others use PVC pipe to bring noise into a cabin, using MDF to build the box, etc.

Nobody has copyrighted a Subwoofer box. Yes it sucks, but hell, nobody has.
What it all boils down to is this. If I have an option to have something in 3 days, versus a month or two (again I don’t know what GAS stocks or does not) in many cases I’ll want to get it done sooner. However if I had the project planned, perhaps I would have ordered a box from GAS.

Quickly, everyone email Treehouse Racing, E30.de, and everyone else about me stealing their products. See? It does not work that way.

Personally I think going in here and flaming a user because he got inspiration from another product is wrong. Yep he sent over a photo of a Luke box and said, “pipe the audio in with PVC pipe”, so what? Should I be yelled at because I have built a ton of wiring harness adapters that happen to be the same thing that Treehouse makes?

I’ve known Luke for years, he makes great subwoofer boxes, I have two of them in my cars. For my E34 Touring I plan to build my own, why you may ask when he has built several for me in the past? Because I want to try it and see how well I do. Going to flame me because I didn’t buy one from GAS?

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Couldn't agree more or say it better if I tried. Well said and thank you for the input.

[bmw325csi]

Nice! Please keep the pics coming, looks like a legit install

[dougsic]

Has anyone noticed that this car has a power top?

Does everyone know that a Luke box for a power top car DOESN'T EXIST?

Luke's claims that he has sold six of them but how many have been shipped? NONE! I know this because I paid for mine in MAY and although Luke still has my money, I haven't received shit - not even a courtesy response despite my many PM's, emails and phone calls for the last 2 months. So there are five other buyers that have been bilked?

The OP says that he didn't want to wait to get decent sound in his car. I understand this completely and that's why I placed my order before the summer. Too bad for me the summer has come and gone.

Thanks James Crivellone for your post. I was one of the first, if not the first, to design, manufacture and sell s50/52 260 swap braces on this forum many years ago. When different versions by other members started to be sold here, I didn't cry about it - I admired them! Did it cost me sales? Absolutely but hey, I can't blame the buyers OR the sellers.

Badfish TX - you did the right thing. You will have sound and me? I have a wife that's bitching at me because I got ripped off.

Thank you for posting. Please let us know how this works out for you - I might be in for one too.

[bmw325csi]

FYI, Luke does make a power top box

[dougsic]

FYI, Luke does make a power top box

Oh really? And you have one?

[BadfishTX]

Thank you Doug for your perspective! Luke has a box for power top cars but it's a dual 8" box and does not work with my set up. Not sure if it's a "Lukebox" or not and I don't know of anyone who has one though. Don't want two 8" subs either. I should have the car back tomorrow with more pictures and if everything goes right UPS will deliver my Street Touring Coilover kit I bought from Mark at Ground Control!

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[BadfishTX]

Below are pictures of the kick panel speaker build. Had to build out the stock 5.25" speaker housing to fit a 6.5" JL Audio C3 Convertible Component Speaker.











Should be done today Hopefully!

[khalild]

^^Did you lose operation of your glovebox?

[acolella76]

What is a "narnar"

I read it as a Narwal. So in my mind, from here on out OP is a whale with a boner on his forehead.

[BadfishTX]

I read it as a Narwal. So in my mind, from here on out OP is a whale with a boner on his forehead.

HAHAHA

[BadfishTX]

[Vtec?lol]

Looking good. More updates please

[BadfishTX]

Looking good. More updates please

Just stopped by the shop and heard the sound minus 1 JL component on the drivers side and It sounds AWESOME! Unfortunatly the passenger side does interfere with the glove box and some adjustments are going to need to be made today. The trunk floor board is going to be remade and re carpeted. Only the side trunk carpet would work. Hopefully I can still take her home tonight. :D

[MC Hammered]

How did they install this driver on the driver side? I would think the hood release level would be in the way, or did you have the level spaced out?

[BadfishTX]

How did they install this driver on the driver side? I would think the hood release level would be in the way, or did you have the level spaced out?

To be quite honest I dont know. He was working on that when I stopped in. I will find out. I am curious how he plans on fixing the glove box operation also.