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Best interface on market has to alpine one at £70... although connects2 are now producing one for approx £99...
..Have to say youve done a top job, i really like clean installation with minimum of wires
Paul
www.audio-one.co.uk
Always good to see people have seen the waste of money that power caps really are... good man dink.
Nick, best think of power cap as another amp that is just another current draw on your alternator.
Your money would be better spent on a good battery and upgrading under bonnet cabling.. i.e...
have a look at this one...
http://www.audio-one.co.uk/gallery/displayimage.php?album=7&pos=8http://www.audio-one.co.uk/gallery/displayimage.php?album=7&pos=8
paul
www.audio-one.co.uk
17cm in the front are straight forward for any competant installer.. 2 hours max... well worth the work the get the extra mid range..
Weve fitted alpine type R comps into a mk1 172...
paul
www.audio-one.co.uk
..totally useless.
Checl out thecurrent draw on your amps before spending on upgrades that might not be necessary.
Usually upgrading powercable from alternator to battery and adding a few extra earths will improve your electrical system sufficient to cope with extra current draw
paul...
sounds like your box size is to big... usually wouldnt go much bigger than 1cu ft for a 10"..
Fibreglass boxes sound the same if not better than mdf as if built correctly they are totally sealed..
What did you get in the fibreglass kit and i can tell you if you need anything else before you...
Mx5 box is just material and resin... we do use expanding foam and block foam but didnt on that piece...
I have 100s of build up pictures of every install weve done but not many of that box ill see what ive got
Paul
www.audio-one.co.uk
exactly youve made your own so you appreciate time it takes to finish a piece ready for paint.. we put in an 80 hour week last week to get that clio out on time...
paul
www.audio-one.co.uk
Depends on what you want from an install, that clio is for show... a carpeted fibreglass install starts from £500 and can be made to look good or retain boot space...
paul
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He wasnt local to me, we are in nottingham and he came up from surrey...
install that like starts from £1500... but we do cheaper alternatives in carpet/vinyl/alcantara etc
paul
www.audio-one.co.uk
Weve just finished our first 172 install... opinions appreciated...
Have to say its an awesome car to drive...
paul
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As long as its a straight forward iso fit then £20..
what most people dont realise about car electronics is that its actually 2 companies operating in the same building. the company/person you had a problem with is oakland electronics and they do all the installing for car electronics...
I would love to add properly to this post but i feel it would be deemed unprofessional as i run my own company less than 2 miles from said offender, but if anybody felt the need to drag an oversized gentleman over a shop counter and dig him in the head i can provide multimap directions to car...
fibreglass boot install starts from £500 depending on where you go... if your experienced with fibreglass then you could give it ago yourself
paul
www.audio-one.co.uk
Every now and then youll see a product emerge which is heavily pushed by the big audio companies, like caps,just to make that little bit extra money..
I have some big issues with certain distributors in this country that hold training courses brain washing sales guys into screwing every last...
exactly..
You put in multiple amps which are drawing alot of current your lights start dimming on bass hits so you try and solve the problem by buying a power cap which also draws current from the battery... wheres the sense in that.
How many of you guys have upgraded the power cable between...
im assuming that you guys have never heard the sony powered box before then, absolutely awesome for the money.
Ive fitted them in anything upto as big as a 7 series bmw and they perform really well... the chambered and ported box design gives great output for an 8" woofer and it is completely...
better and smaller alternative is the sony xsaw200x ( think that is part number).
same sort of thing but an 8" in a vented box design, built in amp and is also on a plug so can be completely removed from car.
retail at £180 but shop around or ebay and youll see them for half that.I have...
sub enclosure sinks down into the spare wheel well to give extra volume needed.. customer had large alloys so spare wheel wasnt needed...
admittedly in my opinion subs were under powered but it was customers own equipment and he was happy with level of bass produced
paul...
recently talking with a few customers its become apparent that in the past people have been charged well over the odds for sub standard, boring installs..
just to see how far this extends without bringing any company names into it please take a look at the link below on our site of a pretty...
think most places would charge you about £300 for the install depending on what you trimmed it in..
usually when your buying the kit and having the install done you get the best deal as the shop is making money on the kit as well as labour so can do it a little cheaper
paul...
cap would make your problem worse.. caps draw their power from battery so when they have discharged they put extra draw on battery to recharge...
upgrade all your cars earths, upgrade power cable from alternator to battery and upgrade your alternator..
with careful arranging of your kit...