One of the things I wanted to do with the car was learn about about how to install and setup a decent sound system.
I'd previously bought a set of Focal PS165V1 6.5" components, tweeters and crossovers as they seem to be pretty popular choice of speakers on the forum and the 6.5s are a direct fit (using spacer rings).
For an amplifier I got a Genesis Profile 4 which is a 4 channel amp and the plan was to use two channels for the left and right front speakers and 'bridge' the third and fourth channels for a subwoofer.
I started by applying silent coat to the boot floor.
Followed by some more of the sticky backed foam:
And lastly I took some measurements and cut a false floor out of 10mm MDF
After that I drilled a hole through the passenger footwell and ran a power cable down the passenger side of the car. I ran remote, speaker and three sets of RCA cables down the driver's side (one set for the sub, one for the speakers and a spare set in case I decide to upgrade) and attached a ground cable under the rear bench.
After sorting out the boot and running the cables to the headunit, I then spliced the speaker wire into the door looms and wired up the crossovers within the door card. They probably aren't perfectly placed but the car doesn't get used in the rain much so hopefully they will be OK.
The front components are quite a bit deeper than the standard speakers so I needed to use MDF rings which I cut to fit the door card, I eventually sprayed them black to make them blend in.
MDF treated with a 50/50 water/PVA mix followed by neat PVA to keep the damp out.
After that I used foam baffles to protect the speakers from water ingress coming down the door
With the tweeters, I drilled holes through the plastic and then used a dremel to get the size right. The tweeters pushed in and with a little superglue and translucent sealant around the edges they were good to go.
In fitting the speakers I wanted to sort out the filthy door cards - there was mud ingrained in them.
I used a detailing brush with neat surfex HD to agitate the dirt out, followed by Autoglym Interior cleaner.
It came up nice and clean but there were a few worn patches so I used black fabric dye on a sponge to fill them in.
Anyway, with the tweeters and components fitted the sound is a really good upgrade on the factory stuff - the headunit and amp separates the frequencies really well and even using an aux input the vocals in songs sound much crisper with the mid and sub bass being very capable.
Components and tweeters in
I now just need to polish the amp up and fit a second carpeted MDF floor on top of the one already in with a cutout so the amp can poke through which will hide the wires.
I'd previously bought a set of Focal PS165V1 6.5" components, tweeters and crossovers as they seem to be pretty popular choice of speakers on the forum and the 6.5s are a direct fit (using spacer rings).
For an amplifier I got a Genesis Profile 4 which is a 4 channel amp and the plan was to use two channels for the left and right front speakers and 'bridge' the third and fourth channels for a subwoofer.
I started by applying silent coat to the boot floor.
Followed by some more of the sticky backed foam:
And lastly I took some measurements and cut a false floor out of 10mm MDF
After that I drilled a hole through the passenger footwell and ran a power cable down the passenger side of the car. I ran remote, speaker and three sets of RCA cables down the driver's side (one set for the sub, one for the speakers and a spare set in case I decide to upgrade) and attached a ground cable under the rear bench.
After sorting out the boot and running the cables to the headunit, I then spliced the speaker wire into the door looms and wired up the crossovers within the door card. They probably aren't perfectly placed but the car doesn't get used in the rain much so hopefully they will be OK.
The front components are quite a bit deeper than the standard speakers so I needed to use MDF rings which I cut to fit the door card, I eventually sprayed them black to make them blend in.
MDF treated with a 50/50 water/PVA mix followed by neat PVA to keep the damp out.
After that I used foam baffles to protect the speakers from water ingress coming down the door
With the tweeters, I drilled holes through the plastic and then used a dremel to get the size right. The tweeters pushed in and with a little superglue and translucent sealant around the edges they were good to go.
In fitting the speakers I wanted to sort out the filthy door cards - there was mud ingrained in them.
I used a detailing brush with neat surfex HD to agitate the dirt out, followed by Autoglym Interior cleaner.
It came up nice and clean but there were a few worn patches so I used black fabric dye on a sponge to fill them in.
Anyway, with the tweeters and components fitted the sound is a really good upgrade on the factory stuff - the headunit and amp separates the frequencies really well and even using an aux input the vocals in songs sound much crisper with the mid and sub bass being very capable.
Components and tweeters in
I now just need to polish the amp up and fit a second carpeted MDF floor on top of the one already in with a cutout so the amp can poke through which will hide the wires.
190k Moonstone 3dr HDI sold
..on the lookout for a 6/rallye
..on the lookout for a 6/rallye