Before posting this, I emailed the link on their website to discuss. Matt replied once, to ask my car year and model, but after my reply and giving these specific points, he did not reply again, so I must presume that there's no intention to make this right. I am posting this only after taking my vehicle to a competitor who performed top notch work, and told me how they were amazed at the shoddy installation performed by Sound Waves.
I had purchased a complete Alpine system, including head unit, power amp, sub, spending roughly $1600, about 2 1/2 years ago. The head unit never worked properly, with a loud pop once the vehicle started, intermittent and intense 'sqawking', bluetooth never worked right, and the sub and amp were just laying in the rear of the vehicle, unsecured. I brought the vehicle back one time, about a year ago, and they supposedly went in to evaluate and correct the various problems. I was told they would do right by me and get Alpine to send a replacement unit - they never called back. I'm not complaining about that as it was past warranty, but he never called back to tell me one way or the other, or to offer to send it in for repair.
As far as the actual install, here is a synopsis of what my new installer said:
Sound Waves installed my Sirius antenna out the side window (it is now properly centered on roof)
Sound Waves installed Bluetooth mic in wrong area
Wiring for steering wheel control and head unit was done by SoundWaves by stripping the wires and twisting them together - they were not secured with a proper technique, so that my new installer said the wires pulled apart with a light pull, which probably contributed to the steering wheel controls not working right (which we complained about when we brought the car back for evaluation, after the initial install... the guy in the chair said after keeping the car for a full day, 'everything's fine'
Sound Waves did not ground the system properly which contributed to constant popping sound, such as when the key touching ignition switch, and/or using autostart, and other times, again which we complained about, but were told they couldn't figure out why.
We had an amp and sub installed with u, neither were secured in trunk. I didn't know, until going to real professional store, that I should have expected the amp and sub securely mounted. The new installer was astounded, and said it took him 10 min to make L brackets to center and secure the sub,and said the loose amp was dangerous if the power cord got hung on something.
as a final note, while at SoundWaves the first time to buy, and the second time to get the various problems fixed, I was constantly hounded by several guys trying to sell me tints. Really annoying.
So, I suggest you go elsewhere, these guys do not do a professional job, they don't back what they sell, they don't communicate (especially when things don't go their way) and their competitors consider their work to be shoddy.
If you want me to elaborate, i'm at jeffmacq@gmail.com - since Matt at Soundwaves stopped replying, maybe someone else will want to hear more details. read more