Thumper's Car Audio Page
Along with being exposed to DJ and live audio production and recording gear in high school, I was also exposed early on to car audio. I was hooked quickly and took on the challenge of turning my first car, a Chevy Sprint, into a rolling sound system immediately after I got the car and my license. I started out simple with some small 8” subs connected to my deck and a small box a friend built for me to go in the trunk area under the hatchback. That didn’t last long and I knew I could do better.
Within a year I had removed the seats and everything else in the back of the car to turn the entire back half of the into a sound system. I built a few different sub cabinets for the back of the car, all of my own design. The first couple were ok, but I finally made a killer one that I left in there for the rest of the time I had the car. I also designed some 34 other boxes for friends, friends of friends, and eventually friends of friends of friends from around various parts of the country. I had a few designs that even shocked me when I actually heard them. I only had one design that totally flopped, but that was fully the fault of the guy who built it for not following a single construction instruction. The box was a total piece of garbage he made from all stolen materials from local construction sites.
I think I still have a few designs filed away somewhere, but for the life of me I can’t find them anymore. I never did much with my Honda Civic and even though I still have a lot of my gear from my Sprint I still haven’t looked at any new stereo designs for my new CRV. I think I had more fun designing and building them for other people to show off and take to competition. I don’t know that I’ll ever trick out my own ride again, but I wouldn’t mind getting back into it to work on some other people’s cars in the future again. The technology and quality in car audio has improved significantly since I was into it last so it is much less expensive to play with some much cooler toys these days.