I Give Up

[RaTtLz 3]

Hi guys, I bought a PAC Audio adapter to "add an amp" to my factory stereo. The adapter runs around $100 from the PAC site, so I did a little price checkin' around the net. I found a great deal on ebay for $75. shipped from a car dealership out of New York. So I ordered. Everything arrived great, got it installed, and started tweeking the amp. Everything worked great for 2 weeks, when all of a sudden the PAC part burned up. I contacted PAC and they told me they can't help me because I bought it from a NON-AUTHORIZED DEALER. What a funkin' joke I think PAC stands for Piece-O-Chit. So anyway, I think I'll keep my factory set-up and buy an older vehicle so I dont have to mess with all that can-buss shit. I could go with an loc but not sure how they are for sq.

[Mark LaFountain 1,054]

Hi guys, I bought a PAC Audio adapter to "add an amp" to my factory stereo. The adapter runs around $100 from the PAC site, so I did a little price checkin' around the net. I found a great deal on ebay for $75. shipped from a car dealership out of New York. So I ordered. Everything arrived great, got it installed, and started tweeking the amp. Everything worked great for 2 weeks, when all of a sudden the PAC part burned up. I contacted PAC and they told me they can't help me because I bought it from a NON-AUTHORIZED DEALER. What a funkin' joke I think PAC stands for Piece-O-Chit. So anyway, I think I'll keep my factory set-up and buy an older vehicle so I dont have to mess with all that can-buss shit. I could go with an loc but not sure how they are for sq.

My advice: Just buy another PAC, could have been a faulty part, it happens.

[Impious 1,476]

Everything worked great for 2 weeks, when all of a sudden the PAC part burned up. I contacted PAC and they told me they can't help me because I bought it from a NON-AUTHORIZED DEALER. What a funkin' joke I think PAC stands for Piece-O-Chit.

No product on earth has a failure rate of 0%. Every product is going to have some percentage of units that fail. You purchased from an unauthorized dealer to save $25. The trade-off is that if the unit fails, you are SOL on a replacement or warranty. That is the risk you accepted when you decided to purchase from an unauthorized dealer; You accepted that not having a warranty on the product was worth the $25 initial savings when you purchased the product. There is absolutely no sense in blaming the product or company for your decision. PAC can't track the history of that unit because it was purchase unauthorized.......It might have been a B-stock, non-authorized repair, used or malfunctioning unit that the "dealer" tossed on ebay to make some easy money. It happens, and that's the reason PAC won't warranty those products. You have nobody to blame but yourself. It's a "funkin' joke" that you are blaming PAC because you made a decision and accepted risks that ended up biting you in the ass.

[cheese20323 13]

I got a pioneer deck for 60 dollars$$$$

[keetykush 34]

I got a pioneer deck for 60 dollars$$$$

Word, might as well go straight into a new head unit instead of tweaking the stock... usually in the long run you'll eventually find yourself wanting a new head unit.

[BanginGMC 23]

If you are going to buy a new head unit, make it Alpine

[jonbearsmt 919]

i know some of those units only handle so much power on the high side... so depending on your factory sound system it just maybe a plain and simple problem of too much voltage on the input.. in witch case it would have happend anyway .. and it will just keep happing..

but even tho your anger may be displaced i do see where your coming from and i have been guilty of it my self.

good luck.

[RaTtLz 3]

If you are going to buy a new head unit, make it Alpine

I do like Alpine as I had one in a camero that I had back in the day (about 15 yrs ago). I placed second at an officially judged high school sound-off. The event wasn't really major or nothing, just a few kids "blareing" some tunes. I picked Korn

i know some of those units only handle so much power on the high side... so depending on your factory sound system it just maybe a plain and simple problem of too much voltage on the input.. in witch case it would have happend anyway .. and it will just keep happing..

but even tho your anger may be displaced i do see where your coming from and i have been guilty of it my self.

good luck.

Thanks for the luck BigJon, My next plan of attack is to install my pioneer P9 that I was trying to sell since it is just sitting around. The deck is a component deck and since I have a 6 speaker 2ohm factory setup, I am planning on getting a JL G6600. Thats 100x6 @ 2ohms. Then I can start replacing the factory speakers when some more money rolls in.

Anyone have any suggestions for a 6 channel amp?

[Duran 387]

ZED Audio Leviathan

[///M5 2,833]

You have a P9 combo laying around and you bought a PAC adapter?

[RaTtLz 3]

You have a P9 combo laying around and you bought a PAC adapter?

Yeah "chucle", my thinking on that was to keep the factory system in tact since it sounded good right out of gate, while its not audiophile quality. I also didnt have the money at the time to buy multiple amps for the P9. Now that I know I can get a 6 channel amp my choices become easier to put the P9 in