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General => Car audio => Topic started by: SuperSaiyan4 on 08 May 2008, 09:31
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I have a VW Golf MK3 and only want some standard speakers better ones that are in the car as they are horrible, looking to have the front and back door speakers done and the speakers are like £30 a pair but MotorWorld want £80 to fit them.
Does this sound about right? Or is there anywhere or anyone that could fit them all for less?
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Motorworld - nuff said.
D.I.Y - its not hard.
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Motorworld - nuff said.
D.I.Y - its not hard.
All I know is the door panels have to come off but I don't know where to start, how do I take the panels off? Where does what go? Am sorry but am a complete car noob :sad:
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Where are you? If you're anywhere near Poole swing by and I'll fit them for nothing
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The door panels can be taken off with your key...or something else thin and strong. Just need to wedge it down the side. D.I.Y. is def the way forward. Ive found ive been able to set up my entire system with a couple of screw drivers, my keys and sometimes an alankey. Im not expert at all, but ive taken my panels off plenty of times :)
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Where are you? If you're anywhere near Poole swing by and I'll fit them for nothing
That is very kind, however I am in East London. Not sure how far that is from :embarassed:
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You dont need to take the door cards off to change the speakers!
Well the main 165mm ones you dont! Not sure about the rear tweeters.
All you have to do is pop the grilles off and undo 3 phillips screws and the speakers come out!
You will probably need some cable fittings like spade connectors for the new speakers. Dead easy!
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Emmm I hope it is easy I might give it a go, just need to buy the speakers first, any suggestions for around £70 for 4 door speakers what would be best? I wont need an AMP cos I got a new DVD player for the car not a well known make but is better than the Sony CD player I had before.
In some ways things can be very easy for those that know but being rather useless with things to do with cars I will give it a go.
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cant go wrong taking the panels/grilles off. its just like taking the lid of your biscuit tin :).
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why pay for something you can do yourself? Fair enough if it's something mechanically challenging which you need tools to do etc, but if it's just a matter of pulling a panel off, screwing a couple of speakers in and plug 'em in!
If you're coming anywhere near cambs I'd do 'em for you too!
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Thank you, I will attempt it myself and see how I do I have yet to buy the speakers so will have to ensure I get at least something half decent for £70 for all 4.
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im no saint when it comes to car audio...but id say look into second hand gear. settling for 4 new speakers to match you budget wont do you justice...qualtiy head unit or not. However, im sure you could get a good deal on some second hand matching quality speakers for £70 easily :).
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Where are you? If you're anywhere near Poole swing by and I'll fit them for nothing
That is very kind, however I am in East London. Not sure how far that is from :embarassed:
Im sometimes in the E London area. Let me know if you have not done it yet and ill come by and do it for free. Also have some Dynomatt you can have, I will trim it up for you and install, makes a big differance.
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You don't need to take door cards off, simply remove speaker cover, unscrew and you're away, some wiring is needed depending on the connection of the new speakers!
It's so easy I did mine myself lol!
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i did my front speakers today in 30mins and i aint an expert either.
-Take off speaker grill
-unscrew speaker and unclip loom
-cut loom off the strip back the 2 wires
-crimp on two spade connectors onto the wires
-slide the spade connectors onto the two terminals on the speaker
-make sure each connection is wrapped in electrical tape so they dont touch and short circuit.
-screw new speaker on and replace grill
-just do this 4 times and your done.
Not that clear probs, sorry! tried to tell you wat i did but i cant explain it very well. hopefully you can use something to help you. It will probs take you 3hrs if you havent done it before, cause there will be some trial and error and maybe a mistake that can set you back.
The spade connectors, etc can be got in DIY stores or on ebay.
As for the speakers, you can probs get 4 17cm (around that size, like 16, etc) for like £50. I picked up my front door speakers, thats 2 speakers, for £30. They were basically new - Alpine Custom Fit Type E. Sound really good!
Hope i have helped a bit,
Good luck m8,
LL ;)
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come to Stonor Park on sunday,buy some second hand and we can fit them for you pal.