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braymond

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An oxymoron perhaps, but as mine remains my daily driver I'm keen to explore my options.

The car is semi-stripped (see project thread for pics), so the parcel shelf is obviously a thing of the past, leaving just the standard 2xdoor speakers, which barely have what it takes to compete with the fuel pump, let alone road noise, exhaust and all the miscellaneous crap which hits the underside of the car

What have people done? I dont want to carry a filthy great subwoofer around, but i would like better sound.

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Posted 29th Nov 2011 at 14:07
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headphones Thumbs up

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Posted 29th Nov 2011 at 14:31
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welshpug! wrote:
headphones Thumbs up


This. It is the only way.

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Posted 29th Nov 2011 at 14:35
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Ahh a brace of useful answers!

I should've said, another prerequisite is that I still want here the cheers and cries, and people shouting "you're cool" as drive through towns and villages.

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Posted 29th Nov 2011 at 14:53
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How stripped is the car? Even when partially stripped it takes a surprising amount of volume to cancel out the road noise, I had an iPod dock thing on the passenger seat when mine was only half stripped and it needed to be on almost full whack and sounded awful.

Best bet would be some full-range speakers in the doors, plus the tweeters from a phase 3 (iirc).

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Posted 29th Nov 2011 at 15:09
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I am in this boat too.

Even though I have metal door cards, I cut them so I could still keep my door speakers. Sound quality is always going to be shit though when you have no interior/carpet etc.

You can do what Mabs has done though and have them built into rear door cards?

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Posted 29th Nov 2011 at 15:11
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owain wrote:
How stripped is the car? Even when partially stripped it takes a surprising amount of volume to cancel out the road noise, I had an iPod dock thing on the passenger seat when mine was only half stripped and it needed to be on almost full whack and sounded awful.

Best bet would be some full-range speakers in the doors, plus the tweeters from a phase 3 (iirc).


Whats the scale? I'd say its abuot a 6. Alternatively, i'd say shes down to her pants (but still sensible), underwire bra and maybe a silk scarf.

For the non audio savvy - whats full range? Are they the speakers allowed to roam free around vast open pastures, feeding on fair trade Watts?

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Posted 29th Nov 2011 at 15:16
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cjm_harris wrote:


You can do what Mabs has done though and have them built into rear door cards?


This sounds intersting - I will try and find more info..

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Posted 29th Nov 2011 at 15:17
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Hmm, big pants could slow you down on track.

Full range = base, mid and treble, 20Hz-20kHz. The standard ones in the front (iirc, I never really used them) only really did bass and mid, the rears and front tweeters were used for the treble.

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Posted 29th Nov 2011 at 15:18
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owain wrote:
Hmm, big pants could slow you down on track.

Full range = base, mid and treble, 20Hz-20kHz. The standard ones in the front (iirc, I never really used them) only really did bass and mid, the rears and front tweeters were used for the treble.


In this scenario, are the tweeters separate to the cone bit? I've seen tweeters popped into the void where manual wing mirror adjusters would be, but in the rallye, thats where the manual wing mirror adjusters are...

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might as well put the interior back in, save spending cash fitting lots of heavy sound equipment...

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Posted 29th Nov 2011 at 15:40
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welshpug! wrote:
might as well put the interior back in, save spending cash fitting lots of heavy sound equipment...


Im sure its possible to improve the sound quality without adding much weight. Even if its simply replacing the front speakers/adding 2 in the rear somewhere.

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Posted 29th Nov 2011 at 15:44
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How about something along the lines of this boombox
just wire up a 12v lead to power it, remove for track lightness

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Posted 29th Nov 2011 at 18:58
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how about stop being a pussy! Flip

throttle bodies are my sound trackSmile

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Posted 29th Nov 2011 at 19:30
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That was my solution for an 18 hour drive to adenau this year. It was an awful idea and in the end i resorted to borrowing some headphones. LOL

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Posted 29th Nov 2011 at 20:07
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Hmm, great minds eh Wink



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owain wrote:
Hmm, great minds eh Winkquote]

Penny pinching bodgers! LOL

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Posted 30th Nov 2011 at 15:47
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Are we calling those great minds...??

I remain dubious

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Laugh my ass off

I was a fan of the removable weight so once i got to the track i didnt have any un-necessary weight in the car. Plus, nobody in their right mind would want to steal the crappy little radio. LOL

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Posted 30th Nov 2011 at 17:21
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Sound kinda gay,but what about getting 6x9 boxes behind the seats or fibreglass pods

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Sound kinda gay,but what about getting 6x9 boxes behind the seats or fibreglass pods

ive got some 6x9 boxes easy in easy out lol velcro to the floor

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and be sure to add an amp if you want it to go a tad louder Smile

(and I happen to have some rather lightweight amps for sale Smile -see link in my signature below- )


put it all together and make it plug&play so you can take it out for a trackday, perfectly do-able

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Cmon people... For the sake of 10kgs you dont want music in the car... Go on a diet then buy some ice!

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Posted 9th Dec 2011 at 13:49
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The main problem with putting speakers and a stereo in a track car is the extra weight added by your blouse and ovaries.

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Posted 9th Dec 2011 at 14:19
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