New Owner Advice Please

[Hurdy]

Hurdy - any recomendations on what speakers to buy, eg Kenwood, Alpine etc?  From memory, there's 10 speakers in the Gti I assume you upgrade all of them.

Thanks,

Phil

There are eight or ten speakers in the GTI, depending on what you ordered as an option. The standard RCD300 has only eight speakers, wheras the RCD500 and satnav have ten speakers.

If you have an eight speaker system then you can still have a three way component system up front, but additional wiring will be needed and alternatively you could have a 2 way component setting up front. In the back I went with coax speakers (which combines the mid and tweeter in one speaker) as the location of the original tweeter in the back is just behind your head. Locating the tweeter (high frequency speaker) just behind your head means that this is the first set of frequencies you hear, rather than a balance of frequencies together.

I chose "Hertz" speakers as they have to trade on their quality rather than their name as they are relatively unknown but of a very high standard. JL audio speakers are very good as are Alpine, but in many respects you get what you pay for. Having said that even the cheapest aftermarket speakers will give you a better audio output than the standard speakers (including the "sound pack" option which is rather boomy and unbalanced). I regard quality of sound as most important in any car I have and although I like most modern music I also love classical music too (don't laugh! it is really rather good). The better the separation of the sound, the better it is and the more natural too. Some guys who went to inters sampled the sound when I was on the club stand and would give you an honest alternative as to the quality (and volume!) of the install.

Hurdy,
did you fit your set up yourself or did you get a man to do it, if so can you recomrnend somewhere?

Had the system fitted by a company called Source. Very good service and don't just shove anything at you for a sale. They are official Kenwood dealership and guarantee all their work
See here for their site:-
http://www.sourcecars.com/index11.php

[yan355]

Thanks for the advice will take a trip down my local ice installors - rattle seems to have totally dissapeared ill see how it goes.

Anyone had a short shift fitted if so which one and is the improvement worth it. Turned the Revo on last night went for a spin - very nice!

The noisy brakes issue mine seems to grind just before coming to a stop is that the issue people are talking about or is it normal - other than that last nights drive proved they work fine when needed to

Cheers

Yan