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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Now this is my kind of thread 
On basic standard speakers, most cars have coaxial speakers in the front doors which are shit, you’ve got one speaker trying to do everything. changing them to component speakers is the best thing if you can. You’ll have the speaker mounted at the bottom, a cross over mounted behind the door card and then a tweeter mounted higher up.
Other than that.
An after market headunit with a decent pre out voltage will make a difference
Or getting some sound deadening and waveguarding behind the door cards will help.
Unless you start amplifying or changing the headunit, there’s not much you can do to be honest. |
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"Now this is my kind of thread
On basic standard speakers, most cars have coaxial speakers in the front doors which are shit, you’ve got one speaker trying to do everything. changing them to component speakers is the best thing if you can. You’ll have the speaker mounted at the bottom, a cross over mounted behind the door card and then a tweeter mounted higher up.
Other than that.
An after market headunit with a decent pre out voltage will make a difference
Or getting some sound deadening and waveguarding behind the door cards will help.
Unless you start amplifying or changing the headunit, there’s not much you can do to be honest. "
Does the first one need any holes cutting or can I do it and return it to standard when the car goes back ? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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It would depend on the car, obviously a small wire has to be connected.
If you went to a car audio shop (NOT HALFORDS) I’m sure they could help with that.
Also there’s small subs available now, down to 6.5” bass makes everything sound better. But again, unless you’re going to get things amped up there’s not much to be gained.
Your hands are a bit tied since it’s a company car 
You could just replace with better coaxial but they will need an amp to perform |
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"It would depend on the car, obviously a small wire has to be connected.
If you went to a car audio shop (NOT HALFORDS) I’m sure they could help with that.
Also there’s small subs available now, down to 6.5” bass makes everything sound better. But again, unless you’re going to get things amped up there’s not much to be gained.
Your hands are a bit tied since it’s a company car
You could just replace with better coaxial but they will need an amp to perform "
Doesn't sound promising  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Any decent car audio set up starts with the power supply (voltage) then power supply from the amps, then positioning and prep (sound deadening) then finally the speakers/subs.
I’d at least say go to a shop and see what they could do.
I built my set up purely for loudness and it was capable of around 150dB
But it didn’t look too pretty, some installers make works of art and do stealth builds. |
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"Any decent car audio set up starts with the power supply (voltage) then power supply from the amps, then positioning and prep (sound deadening) then finally the speakers/subs.
I’d at least say go to a shop and see what they could do.
I built my set up purely for loudness and it was capable of around 150dB
But it didn’t look too pretty, some installers make works of art and do stealth builds."
I might pop into one, nothing to lose
It's loud but the quality is rubbish at volume |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Any decent car audio set up starts with the power supply (voltage) then power supply from the amps, then positioning and prep (sound deadening) then finally the speakers/subs.
I’d at least say go to a shop and see what they could do.
I built my set up purely for loudness and it was capable of around 150dB
But it didn’t look too pretty, some installers make works of art and do stealth builds.
I might pop into one, nothing to lose
It's loud but the quality is rubbish at volume"
Nothing to lose by asking. Even if you just replace the coaxials and amp them up it’ll be much better. You can also get a pre built sub and amp package so you just need to wire it in.
Wiring isn’t a problem as it’s all hidden and doesn’t require cutting anything.
I really miss my audio now!
It was loud to the point of blurring your vision  |
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"Now this is my kind of thread
On basic standard speakers, most cars have coaxial speakers in the front doors which are shit, you’ve got one speaker trying to do everything. changing them to component speakers is the best thing if you can. You’ll have the speaker mounted at the bottom, a cross over mounted behind the door card and then a tweeter mounted higher up.
Other than that.
An after market headunit with a decent pre out voltage will make a difference
Or getting some sound deadening and waveguarding behind the door cards will help.
Unless you start amplifying or changing the headunit, there’s not much you can do to be honest. "
Many many moons ago i upgraded my vectras stereo. Alpine head unit, pheonix gold components, rockford amp and a boxed 12" sub did the trick  |
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By *ficouldMan
over a year ago
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First thing is More Sound deadening into the places the speakers are (I have done this to three vehicles and this and helped with the sound quality of the standard speaker set ups)
Upgrade the standard speakers as previous posters have said (no need to cut holes anywhere). |
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