Stereo installation - ideas

MelbStazz · Post by **MelbStazz** » Sun Aug 08, 2004 4:27 pm

you will find that alot of performance magazines and in car audio publications will now and again have a tech article on how to build door pods. I think i have some relevant articles in a old Hot 4's or In Car Audio publication, i'll try and dig them out. Might have some other ideas and designs there.
:D

jrod82 · Post by **jrod82** » Sun Aug 08, 2004 5:20 pm

ProZac wrote:No, just NO.

Cheaper dosent always mean better man :/

The more I think about it, the more it makes sense, especially if there are gaps for the speakers behind the door trim.. most Starions came with it standard, so why shouldn't I put them in? I promise it won't look bad :)

Defective · Post by **Defective** » Sun Aug 08, 2004 5:25 pm

NNNNNOoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo :o :o :o

dont do it.........

jrod82 · Post by **jrod82** » Sun Aug 08, 2004 5:28 pm

But I'll probably do much more damage trying to replace the dash speakers. I realise I would be desecrating an international treasure, but the stock speakers are awful!

Find me some suitable replacement black door trim and I'll buy it! :D

Defective · Post by **Defective** » Sun Aug 08, 2004 5:35 pm

re-trim the ones in your narrowbody......

mind you, if your gonna keep your widebody for ever, (and who wouldnt) then it dosnt treally matter what you do to it.

if you were gonna sell it at a later date (call me) then it would pay to keep it original...

MelbStazz · Post by **MelbStazz** » Sun Aug 08, 2004 5:44 pm

take your door trim off and take it to a trimmers and get them to make some custom door trims that have the original look with the upgraded speakers intergrated into them. i've seen it done stealthy so you can't even tell they are there. Just the funky looking speaker mesh, that can be colour coded to the material on the door trim.
Great sound with the original looks of the stazz.
Nothing better.
:D

jrod82 · Post by **jrod82** » Sun Aug 08, 2004 6:09 pm

Defective wrote:re-trim the ones in your narrowbody.....

Nah I've got a buyer, I'm pretty sure he wants the trim. They don't match up anyway, widebody has window controls in the doors :(

Defective wrote: mind you, if your gonna keep your widebody for ever, (and who wouldnt) then it dosnt treally matter what you do to it.

if you were gonna sell it at a later date (call me) then it would pay to keep it original...

I'm sure that any (heaven forbid) future buyer would want a better stereo than the stock one too.. when I'm done you'd think the door speakers were stock anyway. But MelbStazz has a great idea:

MelbStazz wrote:take your door trim off and take it to a trimmers and get them to make some custom door trims that have the original look with the upgraded speakers intergrated into them. i've seen it done stealthy so you can't even tell they are there. Just the funky looking speaker mesh, that can be colour coded to the material on the door trim.
Great sound with the original looks of the stazz.
Nothing better.
:D

Any idea how much that would cost?

MelbStazz · Post by **MelbStazz** » Sun Aug 08, 2004 6:24 pm

i guess it varies on the trimmer. You can shop around and ask to see some photo's of jobs that they have done or even go for a walk throught the workshop to see the quality of work that's done.
I know a motor trimmer that trims porsche, ferrari, bmw and other exotics, if they can trust him to trim up and interior then i think i can with my stazz..

though it does pay to shop around.
best of luck, i would budget around $200+ for both doors to be done.
Thats a guestimate though.
:D

chunkhead · Post by **chunkhead** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 12:42 pm

Mine came with speakers already installed in doors, so I also didn't have a choice! But as was said before, the original trims were installed pre-ice era! You just can't live without a decent setup, so the logical area to place new speakers is in door! Mine look fine anywayz! I am also going to make mods to my rear parcel shelf too! I will replace the entire shelf with a stronger mdf board, cut holes to fit 6x9's either side, cover the entire board with speaker trim, and fix the amp to the underside of board! I will have to rig up some sort of device for feeding the extra couple of inches of power and source wires when the boot is open, but the speaker wire will be minimal as they are right next to the amp! What do you guys think? I know it will reduce the boot capacity, but you get that on the big jobs!

Defective · Post by **Defective** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 2:32 pm

lol, boot capacity and starions are like a contradiction in terms...

even worse if you have a full size spare :x

but at least the back seat can hold a fair bit of crap.

jrod82 · Post by **jrod82** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 6:21 pm

Defective wrote:but at least the back seat can hold a fair bit of crap.

.. as long as you keep a rug or something in the back to protect the leather :)

tmz_99 · Post by **tmz_99** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 10:50 am

hmmm, i didnt think the back seats were real leather?

Defective · Post by **Defective** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 11:09 am

tmz_99 wrote:hmmm, i didnt think the back seats were real leather?

yep, mines real imatation leather :D :D :D

jrod82 · Post by **jrod82** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 3:18 pm

tmz_99 wrote:hmmm, i didnt think the back seats were real leather?

Mine are.. the bits on the side might not be, but the part you sit on definitely is. Is that unusual?

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