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Favorites include 96-01 GM Trucks, pre-01 Civics, Toyota pickups, and a couple others.

Least favorite- VOLKSWAGON!!!!!!!!!!! I hate them with a passion, whether it is deck, speakers, amps, alarms, or anything else THEY SUCK!!! I would take a benz, ferrari(but they are one of the easiest out of the european cars), bmw, or an audi over a damn VW.

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I like doing Honda's and Chevy trucks..I know those wires by heart.

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heyheyhey....what's with all the vw/german hatred?! i love them! especially with most of them not having molexes in the doors. e36 bmw's gotta be one of the easiest cars of all time to work on! same with the mk3 golf/jettas. i also love just about any japanese product. not a fan at all on domestics though.

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I've done a hand full of VW's and I didn't like them at the time but now I don't mind them. I can get one out within 3-4 hours but I tell the customer that it costs more for a VW than a Dodge or Honda because of the time involved.

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Favorite is Probally Hyundai Santa Fe like 2002-2003. I can do the damn things with locks in about 40 minutes or so. Least Favorite is gonna be the VW's and new BMW's. I also hate Intrepids when I have to do door locks because like someone else already said when your big (6 foot 2 and 270 pounds) Trying to reach the damn lock wires behind the fuse box is a real pain in the ass.

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Meh.... call me a freak.... I enjoy doing VW's... they aren't easy to say the least, however, they are all the same as far as 99.5 and newer, which is a plus. However, Give me a Montana/Venture, 1993+ Chevy trucks, Mazdas, hell, even the Colorado isnt too bad. After doing this for 10 plus years, I find there aren't many overly hard vehicles per se..... once you do one or two of a new platform and "figure" it out, it becomes rather second nature. I am, however, a starter guy. I detest audio for the most part. I love how my income literally doubles in the winter, and I'm doing less work. (IE: rear speakers in a Sunfire takes the same amount of time as a full remote start with keyless. I'll take the remote start for the simple fact that there is 3x the labour in it, and it takes all of an hour and a half tops)

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It takes me 20 minutes to do rear speakers in a sunfire/cavalier, what's taking you so long?? Installers, whats your fav vehicle? - Page 2 -- posted image.

So I've added mercedes to my hate/love list, 1992 190e the other day, pulled it apart, went bleh, then found the entire ign harness at the bottom of the fuse panel.

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fav. cars to work on are toyotas, fords, nissan except running wires inside the door thru that small door boot. hondas are easy. Older vehicles like el caminos.

least fav. vw, & benz

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20 minutes? did you pop the factory speakers out through the bottom?

I did the rears in my sisters cavalier, I basically removed the rear deck cover and loosened other pieces. It was an inconvenience but the end result was good. I installed braces and used 6.5s instead of 6x9s, basically because that was all we had.

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Posted: November 13, 2004 at 9:44 AM / IP Logged

On Sunfires and Cavaliers, I pull the speakers out from under the deck lid. takes under 20min. Grand am's too.

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