As a member of Crutchfield's car show presentation team, Michelle Lambert knows a good sound system when she hears one. So when she decided to trick out her 1999 Pontiac Grand Prix she knew she wanted the best, and turned to Crutchfield Car Show Branding Manager Matt Kennedy for help with the design and installation.

Michelle accompanies Crutchfield's Car Show team to many events throughout the year. When she's not working, she's cruising in her '99 Pontiac Grand Prix.

Michelle wanted a system that would look and sound good, but still leave her with a functional trunk and a "factory look." Bass was another concern, so Matt designed her a sweet Rockford Fosgate amplifier/subwoofer system with crystal clear sound, solid bass, and Panasonic mobile video — without sacrificing too much storage space.

The funk is in the trunk! Michelle Lambert's Pontiac Grand Prix features a custom trunk enclosure that holds twin Punch HX2 12" subs and a couple of Rockford Fosgate amps.

Matt chose a top-of-the-line Panasonic's CQ-VAD7200U head unit to anchor the system. This versatile receiver features DVD/CD/MP3/CDR-W playback, a built-in 7" LCD monitor, TV tuner, dual zone controls, and three sets of preamp outputs. Its built-in amp (22 watts RMS x 4) is more than powerful enough to drive the front and rear component speakers, but Matt opted to install a Rockford Fosgate Punch 501X (65 watts RMS x 2 @4 ohms to the rear speakers, 125 watts RMS x 2 @2 ohms to the front components) to give them the ultra-clean power that high-quality components deserve.

The Panasonic CQ-VAD7200U has got all your entertainment needs covered, including DVD, CD, and MP3 playback, plus a built-in TV tuner.

Speakers came next. Since Michelle wanted to keep the factory look of her Grand Prix, the component speakers they picked out needed to blend into the interior as much as possible. With this in mind, two sets of Rockford Fosgate fanatic Q components were installed — one set of tweeters and mids in the doors and another set in new Q-Logic custom kick panels. This placement, coupled with the new Rockford Fosgate 6"x9"s that were dropped into the rear deck, created an outstanding sound stage with minimal visibility.

Rockford Fosgate fanatic Q components dwarf the stock factory speakers in both sound and appearance... and look sweet in the custom Q-Forms kick panels.