Hey Guys,
I rarely post but thought my recent speaker/head unit install was worth a few words.
Yesterday I fitted a new head unit, front speakers, rear speakers (with tweeters), front tweeters and better speaker cable to my 200 Cup. The quality in sound is very impressive and as a comparison to standard it is staggering.
The funny thing is there were no front tweeters in the pods, just some plastic?! I wanted to keep the car totally OEM looking but with better internals. The only non OEM aspect visually is the headunit but the standard one is terrible and the new one fits very nicely and is fairly understated.
The components used were as follows:
Head Unit; Kenwood KDC-BT73DAB, it has everything, got great reviews and is powerful enough to drive the speakers without the need for an amp.
Front Speakers and Tweeters; Pioneer TS-Q131C, this is the plug and play upgrade and is well proven as a good set.
Rear Speakers; JL Audio TR525, got these very cheap, great reviews, good upgrade from standard, had central tweeters. Needed some modification to get them to fit.
Cable cant remember but it is good stuff a friend got for me, all this together makes a good cost effective upgrade. IMHO there is no point going crazy with £2000 installs in a clio. It will never sound amazing because of what you have to work with with regards to build quality and space. I wouldn't want to add weight either because this is a great drivers car. The reason for the install was because I am a music nut and when the car is not going full tilt it is nice to listen to good sound quality.
Thinking of fitting an underseat Sub with its own integrated amp. I like this idea because it is out of the way and can keep the OEM look going. It is lacking a bit of bottom end punch and the mids and highs are so good it is sounding a little 'bright'. But going to give it a couple of weeks to see how things bed in. The other good thing is everything is reversible back to stock if needs be.
Cheers all, Sam
I rarely post but thought my recent speaker/head unit install was worth a few words.
Yesterday I fitted a new head unit, front speakers, rear speakers (with tweeters), front tweeters and better speaker cable to my 200 Cup. The quality in sound is very impressive and as a comparison to standard it is staggering.
The funny thing is there were no front tweeters in the pods, just some plastic?! I wanted to keep the car totally OEM looking but with better internals. The only non OEM aspect visually is the headunit but the standard one is terrible and the new one fits very nicely and is fairly understated.
The components used were as follows:
Head Unit; Kenwood KDC-BT73DAB, it has everything, got great reviews and is powerful enough to drive the speakers without the need for an amp.
Front Speakers and Tweeters; Pioneer TS-Q131C, this is the plug and play upgrade and is well proven as a good set.
Rear Speakers; JL Audio TR525, got these very cheap, great reviews, good upgrade from standard, had central tweeters. Needed some modification to get them to fit.
Cable cant remember but it is good stuff a friend got for me, all this together makes a good cost effective upgrade. IMHO there is no point going crazy with £2000 installs in a clio. It will never sound amazing because of what you have to work with with regards to build quality and space. I wouldn't want to add weight either because this is a great drivers car. The reason for the install was because I am a music nut and when the car is not going full tilt it is nice to listen to good sound quality.
Thinking of fitting an underseat Sub with its own integrated amp. I like this idea because it is out of the way and can keep the OEM look going. It is lacking a bit of bottom end punch and the mids and highs are so good it is sounding a little 'bright'. But going to give it a couple of weeks to see how things bed in. The other good thing is everything is reversible back to stock if needs be.
Cheers all, Sam
