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MrMark and Tomc90 appear to have these fitted might be worth a quick review from them
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Group Buy On Speakers
- Thread starter john182rs
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Noted
MDF rings aren't difficult to fit and the standard wires are fine for non amped drivers. Amps can be added later, the 17's can be adapted to another car down the line .. buy cheap you buy twice .. but whatever you do, pay heed to the db and sensitivity. Every pimply faced youth who's got a job in halfrauds would disagree, obv, but I used to spec near field monitors and the like for small studios and help install massive sound systems in some of the best clubs most people couldn't get get into back in the early 90's when every club wanted bass, and plenty of it. I picked up a few things on the way
peace
x
B
bigboyaks
im also interested
Orange
Is anything going to come of this thread?
Ex-172 owner. Now a Mini!
I'd be interested in two sets if you they are discounted as above and are direct replacements for the oem ones with no messing about etc.
Orange
I agree with above!
182/Bora V5/S1 RS Turbo
ive been looking just to upgrade the standard fit stuff for more standard fit. ive not had em out n measured but heard they need spacers etc etc etc. i like cars as standard like most but then again love my sound. id love to know the best way to upgrade without ruining the car
ITB BG 182
Right pionner can not beat lowcostcaraudio.co.uk for the prices on the speakers at £64.99 (think i said 61.99 before, sorry).
Just got off the phone to lowcostcaraudio, an they have basically said if we have a group buy the discount in 5% knocking it down to £61.74 per set.
Now the bad news is that this has to be one payment to them for the bulk then need to find some one who will take the bulk stock and send out to people in the indivdual buys, plus also we would all need to chip in some way to pay for the delivery from lowcostcaraudio to who ever is taking stock, And on top of that pay for delivery from there to your own address but obviously paying for yourself on that.
this is the hardest group buy ive done i think.
Just got off the phone to lowcostcaraudio, an they have basically said if we have a group buy the discount in 5% knocking it down to £61.74 per set.
Now the bad news is that this has to be one payment to them for the bulk then need to find some one who will take the bulk stock and send out to people in the indivdual buys, plus also we would all need to chip in some way to pay for the delivery from lowcostcaraudio to who ever is taking stock, And on top of that pay for delivery from there to your own address but obviously paying for yourself on that.
this is the hardest group buy ive done i think.
A well built VW
Buy the time you add all that on its going to wipe out the discount surely i could be wrong but seems a lot of hassle for little or no gain
CAD ones are £69.99 and theeres a code for free delivery somewhere on here that might ork out cheaper
Thanks for going to all the trouble tho John
CAD ones are £69.99 and theeres a code for free delivery somewhere on here that might ork out cheaper
Thanks for going to all the trouble tho John
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Orange
''MDF rings aren't difficult to fit''
I'm guessing you've attempted this!!
It's a major b**ch of a job mate, I wouldn't bother, first problem - getting this piece of wood the right size, matching up with the metal, cutting the plastic and having to superglue the cover on as you have to remove the tabs.
Standard fitting ones are the way to go!!
I'm guessing you've attempted this!!
It's a major b**ch of a job mate, I wouldn't bother, first problem - getting this piece of wood the right size, matching up with the metal, cutting the plastic and having to superglue the cover on as you have to remove the tabs.
Standard fitting ones are the way to go!!
Writen off dci 100
me too lol iv just spent my speaker budget well way way over my speaker busget on a 182 manifold decat and suspension lol
but cheers for all the work you've put in john and every one else i really appreciate it
I'm doing another install this/next weekend. Piece of pi$$.
So is taking a house from 'not fit for human habitation' to 'on the market' 'Lectrics, gas, plumbing, plastering, carpentry, bricklaying ...
Easy when you know how.
That might be the case, but why bother trying to put other people off just because you're too ham fisted to do it ?
I'm never surprised at how often people make work, hard.
Praise the lord !
Up rocks
As said, MDF rings are available on ebay for pence...
http://search.ebay.co.uk/search/search.dll?from=R40&_trksid=m37&satitle=MDF+ring
IMO its worth getting bigger speakers and a couple of MDF rings, really not rocket science and you'll get a much better sound for your money.
http://search.ebay.co.uk/search/search.dll?from=R40&_trksid=m37&satitle=MDF+ring
IMO its worth getting bigger speakers and a couple of MDF rings, really not rocket science and you'll get a much better sound for your money.
T**t!!!
Noted
MDF rings aren't difficult to fit and the standard wires are fine for non amped drivers. Amps can be added later, the 17's can be adapted to another car down the line .. buy cheap you buy twice .. but whatever you do, pay heed to the db and sensitivity. Every pimply faced youth who's got a job in halfrauds would disagree, obv, but I used to spec near field monitors and the like for small studios and help install massive sound systems in some of the best clubs most people couldn't get get into back in the early 90's when every club wanted bass, and plenty of it. I picked up a few things on the way
peace
x
Back to the old db and sensitivity thing. Ive doen a bit more research and to be honest those figures that companies produce are near on irrelevant due to the fact that you dont know what they have tested the speakers in( obvously not in a car) and what with( headunit??? amp???, who knows???) and also how they have reached that figure. Too many possibilites for the figures to compare between different manufacturers Theres more to it than u think!!!
Bull$hit. You clearly know next to nothing about the subject.
It's one thing flogging stuff, Dan, but you've a lot to learn about giving the customer what they want, as well as a lot to learn about the fundamentals of sound reinforcemment in ANY situation; studio, club or (it would seem by your postings) car.
Can't see the point of this thread ..
Advice given = advice disregarded in favour of speakers with an R in the name.
Technical workings out provided in simple terms so people can make their own mind up = people baffled.
Then DanR wades in with her inane quackery, suggesting that all the manufacturers and scientists are wrong and providing the technical specifications of speakers for comparison is pointless .. because DanR doesn't understand the methodology ! Funny as fark !
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cos of course you work with car audio and in the trade. F**kin dream boat mate!!! I so so wish u could come on a training course cos they would laugh u out of the f**kin room!!! Go back to whatever w**k job you do and stop telling me things about my job that you basically know f**k all about. science is one thing mate but reality and the real world is another. You know nothing about the manufacturing of speakers and what goes on there and how these so called scientific figures are produced. Ive been to FOCAL's factory and JL audios factory and i know for a FACT that these figures can be achieved by creating so many different environments for speakers to make their product seem better than the next persons. Companies that are desperate to print these so called figures are relying on these to sell the product!!! JL dont do it. Focal dont, Genesis dont. Se what im getting at. Its all BULLS**T!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mondeo TXS Bardge.
weekend away for dan and blue?
i think i'll just buy the speakers on me own lol
but thanks for the effort you put in i know aleast some of us appreciated it.
Jesus, I've just read that from start to finish and I am still no better off!
One quick question for you all. If I get a pair of cheap speaker rings from ebay, will the 6 1/2" speakers fit behind the standard door card?
I think I am going to go for DanR's recommendation for the rears and blue's front recommendation if they will fit behind the doors.
Cheers
G
One quick question for you all. If I get a pair of cheap speaker rings from ebay, will the 6 1/2" speakers fit behind the standard door card?
I think I am going to go for DanR's recommendation for the rears and blue's front recommendation if they will fit behind the doors.
Cheers
G
ITB BG 182
I got a quote from alpine with about £65 off a price of the R range and even more off the X range of speakers. I got a 20% discount from rockford, 15% from infinity and loads more from other people on ordering 10 sets.
The thing is people dont want to pay above 100-150 quid on speakers for the clio, yea if some one said to me John rockford do some good speakers mate, then i would have put up rockford.
I asked for peoples advise and what THEY would want to go for or most likly want, i just followed what people wanted.
ITB BG 182
Well rockford was able tog ive me a bit of a discount considering i was buying from there warehouse on some speakers for he rears, im looking at another set possibly rockford for the fronts with components.
What blue and dan r have said is all well and good but no one on here really gives a damm about ratings of this that an the other, people just want a nice to good set of speakers that aint going to sound s**t yet that they wont cost the earth to buy, and sorry lads i know you were trying to help people but 80% of what you said no one understood. it would be like me talking about gardening with the quality of soil to the mixture of other substances with the effect that under laying sand stone to concrete and clay has on your garden, ie it dont intrest you and you dont know so anything said will go over your head.
CS Dungeon
Yeah I know where you are coming from John, personally I dont want to spend over £100 on the 172 either.
Think I am going to go for http://caraudiosecurity.com/shop/product/products_id/1385.html
Mate has 2 sets in his Evo and they sound great over OE. Granted my hearing probably isnt the best, but who's is?
A well built VW
John you did a good job its just as always with GB they are never worth the hassle
I think im gonna save and get one of these
http://caraudiosecurity.com/shop/product/products_id/4581.html
http://www.caraudiodirect.co.uk/diamond-audio-d151-p-6034.html
http://www.caraudiodirect.co.uk/dls-b5a-p-5114.html
And yeah I never understood much off what those two guys where prattling on about either
