Freelander stereo and speaker upgrade.

2.0_hippo said:

Wouldnt mind trying this out myself, although it looks like you could fit two in the cubby hole space, but im trying to make my sound system better without turning it chavvy !

any ideas, i have allready changed my head unit, whats the actual sizes of the speakers in the FL doors ?

Thanks

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The left hand side of the cubby hole is deeper than the right hand side, so it may not be possible to fit two due to the depth of the woofer cone.

Also, it would stop the cubby hole being lockable at all as both catches would have to be removed.

You'd then have to find somewhere else for the amp.

If you do go ahead and put a sub in the cubby hole, remove the carpeting and sound deadening from the inside. They can lose the adhesive which causes them to vibrate against the bottom of the cubby hole and create awful noise. Might be an idea to replace this with dynamat but i've not bothered.

Also, go around the outside edge of the cubby hole door with self adhesive rubber door sealer from B&Q or Wickes or somewhere. It seals the cubby hole for better sound and will stop the door rattling against the body and the hinges.

Missing Link said:

They are a 16cm speaker but have limited depth due to the window drop.

One problem is the mounting screws are not equidistant around the circumferance and the door skin pressing makes it difficult to fit ones with a round flange properly.

One of the key point for good car audio is the coupling between the speaker and its fixing. If this is not secure then it does not matter how much you pay for the speakers it will sound crap (to think I used to fix them to the door lining). Better results can be achieved with the standard speakers and lining the door skins with something like Dynamat or Stinger. Tweeters and a Sub mean that the standard speakers are only a small part of the audio quality setup anyway.

Mine has the HK system with the floor mounted sub as standard and with dog mats and boot liners is completely pointless. What I want to do is get a spare pair of side boot trims and set subs into either side using the wings as reverb capacity.

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16.5cm or 6.5 inches are the speaker sizes. The best way to fit the speakers is to drill new holes in the door skin. Then you can buy some little plastic trim plugs (white) from halfords to push into the holes and screw into these. This will give you the best fixing. Agree with you on dynamat, have this in mine and does make a difference.

Ta for all the info - I've not got any further than fitting the headunit - I was going to put the sub and box in the boot this weekend, but I find I keep needing the full boot, so I may look at doing something different like Freebiker or maybe the side mounting like Missing Link.

I'm also worried about the depth if I try to fit my old Infinity Kappa components.

Oh, and I wouldn't say fitting a sub is chavvy if you make sure the system is set up properly and sounds balanced, ie the sub isn't turned up to 11 just so everyone else can hear, then the difference it makes is so worth it.

Hi Emeye

do you know what aerial adaptor you got. THe ice specialist that fitted my stereo said none was required but the reception on my radio is now really bad compared to the old stock stereo.

cheers

jade

Jadegirly2k said:

Hi Emeye

do you know what aerial adaptor you got. THe ice specialist that fitted my stereo said none was required but the reception on my radio is now really bad compared to the old stock stereo.

cheers

jade

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Hi - I didn't need a powered booster adaptor - some cars, especially those with short bee-sting aerials need a powered adaptor, but I just needed a converter from one type of connector to t'other.

Have you got a full length whip aerial? If so you shouldn't need anything. If you're not happy go back to the person who fitted it, the aerial could have come disconnected when the stereo was pushed back in!

does anyone know if there was ever any threads on here showing about fitting a sub in the cubby hole ??

thanks

My upgrade in progress so far - DAB Sonichi head unit with USB, mic, Bluetooth ( allows streaming from iPhone, iPad etc). Speakers are component Edge up front. (fitted) with same units to mount in the back (over Xmas ).

I was toying with the idea of a subwoofer but didn't want to sacrifice space in the boot. Cubby/tool box in boot looked favourite for a bespoke Su install but then I discovered the loudness button on the stereo - all good now so no need to bother.