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Copying and pasting my post from another forum thread about upgrading the centre speaker of my HK setup.
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I installed the speaker upgrade last night.

Thanks to GE90 for sending it out very quickly and even though Irish customs had their say, it was in my hands in a couple of days.

The kit is really well put together, and comes with detailed instructions even though the process is very simple.

It took about 15 minutes, most of which was spent digging in the shed finding a torx bit that I could get in at the screws (the windscreen gets in the way). The harness and bracket fit perfectly. The grill on top of the speaker comes out really easily with a small pry tool.

Before



After




Sound impressions

The most important bit, did it make any difference to the sound? I queued up a few songs that I know well, and have been listening to in the car recently to test out the new setup. I was worried that I wouldn't notice any difference but to my ears the change was immediately noticeable. I like my audio gear and have a few decent setups at home so I like to think I have a decent ear for this stuff, but I'm not a complete audiophile. 

I have the HK setup in my CS and when I originally set up my EQ I added quite a bit of extra on the low end because I felt the existing system lacked it. Post the upgrade I actually turned down the bass EQ because the new speaker has really helped fill that out.

I also noticed more clarity to the sound. I'm really pleased with the change so far. It was evening time and I only listened to a handful of songs in the driveway so I'll continue to test, but initial impressions are really really positive.

Thanks to GE90 for packaging up the upgrade in such a simple way.

So great they kept the iconic name. Because wtf is ID.2, omg.

Sorry I know this isn't a Golf but maybe a look at what might be on the cards (the GTI is in the second half of the video).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPoxYMX69cU

The concept was previously called the ID. 2all and pictures of the GTI version were doing the rounds a couple of years ago.

https://www.topgear.com/car-news/hot-hatch/hot-damn-volkswagen-id-gti-concept-will-become-real-hot-hatch

They look great . I had the silver ones.I ended up selling them when I sold my 1.4 tsi  golf . I think they felt light if I remember around 10kg. I really like the troc Pretoria’s tho , I had a chance to buy some for a decent price but don’t know if grey prets will look good with white silver. Anyways red car with silver wheels looks great and will look even better in the sun .

I've been getting a lot of quotes on the Meerkat website as I ponder what to change my car for. Given me and my situation is fixed, the only difference is in the cars and there have been lots of odd quotes (for good and bad). The strangest so far has been what has generated the cheapest quote, a 2012, Aston Martin 4.7 V8 Vantage which was under £400!