Author Topic: Did VW ever sell mk4's with upgraded speakers as standard?  (Read 8104 times)

Offline bobbarley

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I was listening to some tunes earlier in the car, using my standard mk4 VW stereo.  I cranked the bad boy up REALLY loud, and the speakers didn't distort at all, they were totally crisp, and stupidly loud.

Surely the stock speakers aren't that good?

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Re: Did VW ever sell mk4's with upgraded speakers as standard?
« Reply #1 on: 27 February 2008, 18:51 »
Yeah thay are not that bad are thay! Still upgraded mine tho :afro:

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Re: Did VW ever sell mk4's with upgraded speakers as standard?
« Reply #2 on: 27 February 2008, 19:49 »
Yeah thay are not that bad are thay! Still upgraded mine tho :afro:
Did you but the 17cm adaptor thing to put standard size speakers in?

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Re: Did VW ever sell mk4's with upgraded speakers as standard?
« Reply #3 on: 27 February 2008, 19:50 »
Yeah thay are not that bad are thay! Still upgraded mine tho :afro:
Did you but the 17cm adaptor thing to put standard size speakers in?

Yeah used an adaptor  :wink:

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Re: Did VW ever sell mk4's with upgraded speakers as standard?
« Reply #4 on: 27 February 2008, 19:51 »
Yeah thay are not that bad are thay! Still upgraded mine tho :afro:
Did you but the 17cm adaptor thing to put standard size speakers in?

Yeah used an adaptor  :wink:
did you upgrade just the front and rear, or the tweeters as well?  If I upgrade the speakers but leave the normal stereo in, will it still be up to the job?

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Re: Did VW ever sell mk4's with upgraded speakers as standard?
« Reply #5 on: 27 February 2008, 19:55 »
Yeah thay are not that bad are thay! Still upgraded mine tho :afro:
Did you but the 17cm adaptor thing to put standard size speakers in?

Yeah used an adaptor  :wink:
did you upgrade just the front and rear, or the tweeters as well?  If I upgrade the speakers but leave the normal stereo in, will it still be up to the job?

Ive only done the front at the moment. Yeah that included the tweeters all came as one package for the mk4 golf!  :cool:
You would need to upgrade the headunit aswell TBH.
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Re: Did VW ever sell mk4's with upgraded speakers as standard?
« Reply #6 on: 27 February 2008, 19:56 »
there was an upgrade option - or maybe some previous owner has already swapped them out :)
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Re: Did VW ever sell mk4's with upgraded speakers as standard?
« Reply #7 on: 27 February 2008, 19:58 »
The previous owner was a doctor, I don't think he would have modded the car after he bought it, but it does seem strange.  the speakers seem un-naturally good considering they're stock.  Also, do GTi's usually come with air-con AND a sunroof?

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Re: Did VW ever sell mk4's with upgraded speakers as standard?
« Reply #8 on: 27 February 2008, 19:59 »
ay there was DSP or something; basically you got a Nokia box of tricks in the boot i believe  :huh:

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Re: Did VW ever sell mk4's with upgraded speakers as standard?
« Reply #9 on: 27 February 2008, 20:02 »
Well I have the normal VW stereo, and a VW 6 CD changer in the back, and the speakers really seem powerful, the bass is incredible!!