Autostyle.co.za- any good?

hj2k_x

hj2k_x

Honorary Master
Joined
Jan 22, 2006
Messages
32,137
Reaction score
1,893
Location
/\/¯¯¯¯¯\/\
I see they now deliver country-wide and sometimes for free. They have a lot of nice car audio that you can't really get at places like Hificorp..

Does anyone have any experience with these guys? And is credit card the only payment method?
 
Last edited:
hj2k_x said:
I see they now deliver country-wide and sometimes for free. They have a lot of nice car audio that you can't really get at places like Hificorp..

Does anyone have any experience with these guys?
Click to expand...


Most of things they sell is very very cheap made in china stuff.
No problems with car radios if you need body parts for a
very old model car then is fine, mostly FONG KONG, not worh it.
 
nabs said:
Most of things they sell is very very cheap made in china stuff.
No problems with car radios if you need body parts for a
very old model car then is fine, mostly FONG KONG, not worh it.
Click to expand...

Really? That is unfortunate. :(

Apart from hificorp(who never have stock of anything) where would you recommend for decent, well-priced car audio? And not Radio Autosonic- I did say well-priced :p
 
Try Sounds Dynamic in Rondebosch, opposite Hifi Corp.

But the truth is there are no decent, well-priced car audio shops in Cape Town to my knowledge :(
 
In jhb area you can get good prices at flea markets, not sure about other areas.
bruma,boksburg etc.
 
nabs said:
Most of things they sell is very very cheap made in china stuff.
No problems with car radios if you need body parts for a
very old model car then is fine, mostly FONG KONG, not worh it.
Click to expand...

You're right, JBL, Earthquake, Pioneer, Calibra, Kenwood & Cerwin Vega - all being really cheap "fong kong" stuff :rolleyes:
 
Autostyle I looked at years ago - they have some good specials on sound - I remember when they had 2x12inch 1000watt JBL's for under R1k.

I really wanted to use them for other aftermarket products on my old car.
Unfortunately my precious has been on the dust heap for a long time now :o
 
nabs said:
Some stuff by same make you can get from China,Japan,Singapore
or Malaysia, autostyle sells mostly from China.:o
Click to expand...
We're not talking about Romex or Jag Heuer watches. Besides, you're far more likely to find fake crap at places like:
nabs said:
In jhb area you can get good prices at flea markets, not sure about other areas.
bruma,boksburg etc.
Click to expand...

To each his own I suppose.
 
nabs said:
Some stuff by same make you can get from China,Japan,Singapore
or Malaysia, autostyle sells mostly from China.:o
Click to expand...

You do realise that MOST stuff is made in China anyway right?
 
i got pioneer subs from Autostyle.. about a quarter of the price that any sound shop quoted me for the exact same model...

and they still working well, can make the car next to me shake :P
 
Shake&Bake said:
I've only ever used Soundmatch for my cars audio.

http://www.soundmatch.co.za/products.asp?CID=32&SID=48&TID=32

What are you looking to do?
A mean sound system or just a head unit and some speakers for normal driving pleasure?
Click to expand...

This site does look promising and I think I know where the shop is.

I am looking at a decent head unit that can play mp3 CDs, preferably with a USB input as well. I'd love to go mad with speakers but I'll stick to the setup that I have already- due to the rate that my car/car audio keeps getting stolen. :(
 
Atleast they just steal your radio, they stole my whole car with rimz and sound:mad:
 
hj2k_x said:
This site does look promising and I think I know where the shop is.

I am looking at a decent head unit that can play mp3 CDs, preferably with a USB input as well. I'd love to go mad with speakers but I'll stick to the setup that I have already- due to the rate that my car/car audio keeps getting stolen. :(
Click to expand...

My friend used to use a little usb MP3 player hooked up to his massive soundsystem. He even made a bracket in the dash of his Golf where the radio is supposed to go. Then everytime he would leave the car, he would pop a blank cover over the radio slot. It worked perfectly for him except that he needed to swop batteries every now and then.

Nowadays you can get cheap usb MP3 players with built in batteries.

Nobody saw a stereo so nobody broke in to his car. He also covered the deck at the back with a beach towel to hide his speaker holes. The only time he had 1 MP3 player stolen was when he let a lot of people see it and hear the sound from the car when he entered a parking lot.

The best way to avoid theft from your car is by keeping things discreet.
 
Last edited:
jetpacman said:
My friend used to use a little usb MP3 player hooked up to his massive soundsystem. He even made a bracket in the dash of his Golf where the radio is supposed to go. Then everytime he would leave the car, he would pop a blank cover over the radio slot. It worked perfectly for him except that he needed to swop batteries every now and then.

Nowadays you can get cheap usb MP3 players with built in batteries.

Nobody saw a stereo so nobody broke in to his car. He also covered the deck at the back with a beach towel to hide his speaker holes. The only time he had 1 MP3 player stolen was when he let a lot of people see it and hear the sound from the car when he entered a parking lot.

The best way to avoid theft from your car is by keeping things discreet.
Click to expand...

Indeed, such a s sad state of affairs though when you want killer car sound but have to keep it quite quiet so no one steals it! :(
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top
Sign up to the MyBroadband newsletter
X