can any1 help

[HDi fun]

Originally Posted by pgarner

beef up your parcel shelf using some mdf

I did exactly this in 1987 with a Fiat 127 hatch. Mounted 6/9" Clarion units with cross-axial tweeters on it. And it worked beautifully with a pair of 4" coaxial Clarions in the front doors.

Head unit was a Clarion 930HP , which back then, cost £250 !!!

And it was a truly musicaly enjoyable setup.

[addaboss]

what do you mean beef it up replace it with a peice of mdf? or like screw some on to the existing one?

[HDi fun]

Yes, exactly that.. I my case I used the original as template and use 1" chipboard (which could be considered LDF ie. low density fibreboard). THis also avoided butchering the car interior. Once the speaker holes were cut I covered the top surface with thin pile carpet and fixed some draught excluder foam around the edges to stop rattles and vibration (as if a Fiat you'd notice anyway!).

[pgarner]

i did the same as hdi the 1st time.got a sheet of 12mm mdf and cut around. covered it in blue carpet to match the interior a the time. i could neer get rid of the squeaks and rattles tho

Second time i used the original shelf as wanted more OEM look.
cut out a section to fit under the shelf, cut out speaker holes and bolted it down. covered the holes in mesh and recovered in black carpet.

[HDi fun]

My Clarion 940HP head unit stayed with me for ten years and went through 3 three cars.

I never bothered uprating the head unit in the Primera but when the lamps failed (yes, I forgot to mention that in the reliability discussion!) in 2005 I fitted it with a Blaupunkt MP54 Sevilla head unit.

This is now in the wife's Seat Ibiza.

Peugeot's factory system in the 406 is great as it has JBL amps and speakers so no need to replace anything. Unless, of course, it goes bang one day.

[lyndsey]

Originally Posted by addaboss

well i probably want a nice set of 6x9 and a sub bt im not lookin 2 buy the best but i still want quality you know. I'll probable spend about lol well not really sure wot could i get 4 about 200 to 300 pound? quite a nice setup no? also i have a bit of a banger of a car lol and im quite sure all the panels and that are gona vibrate like mad can u suggest anything?(lol buy a new car) im in the process of making my astra look like a GSI cos im poor an cant afford a real one lol cheerz

it wont matter what car you have it will still vibrate ive got earthquake magmas 12in,the number plate was the worst on mine so i used heavy duty velcro underneath it and screws, it worked, you could try dynamat but it comes at a price or brown bread and i dont mean kingsmill lol

[addaboss]

hey peeps
i know this isn't nothing to do with I.C.E but my head-lineing has dropped right down
anyone got any good ideas of how to like stick it back on the ceiling?

[addaboss]

i got another one for you i have a set of 3way house speakers (60 watt power handling)
they will not work in my car will they? on my head-unit?

[HDi fun]

They should be fine as long as the nominal impedance rating is the same as or higher than the minimum load your head unit will drive.

[waynne]

My mate had a couple of Celestions sitting in the rear footwell of his Mk1 escort. It meant no rear passengers but sounded fantastic.

[addaboss]

hey dudes
i aquired a set of pioneer 6x9's about 240 watts holy crap the bass is
like bloody ampified thunder god its bloody well loud im just running them of
my head unit, also da guy who i got them of has put them in a high quality
sub box and filled it with fluffy foamy stuff the clarity is really good
fantastic sound i dont even think i need a sub now!!!

[HDi fun]

Harman Kardon still imports Celestion drivers