Hello everyone, I just want to first of all say that the probe is a kick ass car and I am so happy to have it for my first car. I just got my 93' Silver Base Probe about a month ago from my cousin and I just can't wait until i get my license in June so i don't have to drive the thing around with my parents and i can actually DRIVE instead of driving like a grandma. I have a bunch of questions to ask all of you. The first one is that I have an automatic probe and I was wondering what the overdrive thing actually does? Is it better to drive with it on or off? When should you use it, and should you use it when you race? Also, I am looking more to improve the looks/audio of my car first, rather than performance as I am only 15 but i am sure i will get more into performance later. I was wondering what speakers are best for the 93' Probes. I at first i wanted to get subs but I am not going to ahve the money for an amp and subs and everything els that goes with all that but I want to ahve a lot of bass that you can hear outside the car that hits pretty hard and that is deep. What speakers do you suggest for the probe that put out some good bass? Also how much does it cost to ahve the windows tinted? Also I am looking for a good sticker for the top of my winshield, one that says PROBE, or anything else cool like FORD or something. If anyone has a sticker at the top of your winshield, where did you get it? Well that all my questions for now, thatnks for any feedback in advance, Kevin 93' Base Probe No Mods Yet

I would recommend picking up a Crutchfield magazine. Then read all it has to say about car audio, speakers, amps, etc. This will give you some basic knowledge to start with, not to mention that it will give you the available dimensions for the factory speakers and radio. As for speakers, there are no "best" speakers, but there are good quality speakers which will drastically enhance your cars audio system. For a low budget audio system with a sub or subs, I would recommend a picking up a small four channel amplifier, like a Kenwood or Sony. They make some 30 to 40 watt per channel, 4-channel amplifiers that are real nice. Make sure it includes a built-in crossover to filter high frequencies (called a low-pass filter) from your subs. Don't let anyone discourage you about the numbers either, 30 or 40 watts (rms) per channel is more than enough to ensure clean, quality, loud music. Were not talking competition here. Something you can tuck away in your head is that to double the loudness of a speaker the amplifier power must be increased 10 fold In other words a 100 watts amplifier is twice as loud as a 10 watt amplifier for a given speaker. With this amp you can use two channels to drive your front and rear speakers, then use the other two channels to drive your sub (in bridged mode) or subs (in stereo mode). The one disadvantage is the inability to toggle the "level from the front to the rear, but this set up will also allow you to easily upgrade later, by simply buying a high power two channel amp, this amp will then power your sub(s), while the 4-channel amp powers your front and rear speaker. Of coarse you will want to upgrade your factory speakers. My personal preference is Polk Audio or Infinity, but there are many others, as I am sure you know. As for cost, exspect to pay at least $200 for the amp, around $200 to replace the factories, then another $150 for a pair of 8" or 10", $200-$400 or a head unit. If you decide to used the factory head unit, you will need to purchase "hi-lo converters". The convert the amplified signal from your head unit to a low level signal which you can feed your amp. Note the some amps have this built in, like Kenwood. I believe its termed "high level inputs". You loose quality when you "convert high level signals to low level signals, but you save the expense of a new head unit. You will also need an enclosure for your sub(s), exspect another $100, unless you make it yourself. I dont know your music preference, but if you are looking for accurate, quality bass, stick with a seal enclosure or perhaps a ported enclosure tuned to around 60 Hz. If you are simply looking for loud booming bass, go with a "band-pass" type enclosure. This is the most effiecient enclosure design, or the most "boom for the power". Do not be afraid to drive one sub either, particularly with a "band-pass" enclosure. You can simply bridge two of the amp channels and you will then be "feeding" that one sub around a 100 watts. It will jam, I assure you. I no longer have a "system" in my Probe, but my old system is in my wife's car, which includes a 7 year old Alpine 6 channel amp (has been in three different cars so far). With 30 watts X 4 and 60 watts X 2, the Polk components up front and Polk co-axials in the rear are driven with the 30 watt channels, and to the remaining two channels are bridge to power a 10" Soundstream Reference Series Sub with 150 watts. This system is more than enough to piss off the neighbors is need be. 8-) Enjoy, Bryan Pendleton >