How to get sponsored

SINX3....The last shop I worked at we got sponsored by Planet Audio mainly because we were moving Butt loads of their equipment in an area where it is hard to move anything....Then we built a few competition vehicles and started winning quite a few shows...We called our Planet Audio Rep and asked him about sponsorship....We finally got it...It was great they sent us some equipment that was still in the prototype stage for us to play with and at most every big points competition we had equipment waiting threre for us if we blew something....(SPL Competition by the way)....

But yeah for the most part SPIKEY what JEFFCHILCOTT was saying is true for any normal person to get sponsored...Maybe if you hired a good hooker to go "TALK" with someone in a company that has some pull and she mentions that you sent her....That might get you in the door....

I talked to some of the high end part makers when I was trying to put my SQ car together and they were willing to sell me stuff at cost, but they wanted to make sure it was going to be installed by someone good. (they wanted pics and years of experiance). They also wanted to make sure I was going to put in lots of time at local and national shows pimping their equipment. Seemed like way to much of a comitment to save a few grand, Id rather install it all myself and buy the stuff of Fleabay or some internet dealer wiht a good reputation. Only problem with the net dealers is most are super shady, I bought 2 12" MTX off HIGHFISOUNDCONNECTION (big eaby person) the dust caps came off a little so my subs sounded blown. I got the run around for a couple years until I gave up. They promised a 1 year waranty and in the end jsut said call MTX if you have issues. (they know MTX isnt going to do anything for me since they arent authorized dealers, easy way out for them that's all) Now Im all worked up from talking about them. Shady net dealers. Pay the extra few bucks and buy from someone decent. In the end I could have bought b-stock or referbs direct from MTX cheaper than I bought from the net dealer, and if something went wrong they would have worked with me. Most manufaturers are really cool and will work with you if you bought from an authorized dealer. MB quart gave me brand new  fronts becasue Ive run their stuff for some many years and an old pair of fronts I bought a few years ago blew. (Enough from me)

Just to add more verification to everyone else.......My friend and I are building a system for the owner of the car who picked up the sponser from Audiobahn. ( i know dont go there) The owner of the car had some kind of Family connection with the company and pulled those strings. My friend and I were recruited by the owner to build the system and we met with the Audiobahn rep for an interview. I can tell you we felt kinda violated after what seemed like an interagation. The rep wanted to see as much of our work and crudentuals as possable. He wanted references , documentation , MECP certs , Blood types and urine samples.(just kidding about the samples). After meeting with him and showing him all the plans and blue prints for the car were we finally approved to build it. This was for Audiobahn , I can imagine what hoops we would have to jump thru for a REAL car audio company. Im thru Bahn Bashing.