Speaker upgrades

V8esp · Post by **V8esp** » Mon Sep 05, 2022 11:15 am

M21ENO wrote: ↑Sun Sep 04, 2022 9:26 pm I did this upgrade too. The sound deadening makes all the difference - from boomy and rattly door cards at low volume to acceptable at much higher volumes I'd say. I then upgraded the speakers with those units mentioned bought from a guy who breaks / strips and sells the parts of door units from Range Rovers on EBay, I was surprised how much difference the change of tweeters made as I wasn't initially going to bother with those thinking the woofer would be the problem ... but IMO by far the biggest improvement came from the addition of the sound deadening on the 3 surfaces - door skin, door unit and door card itself. It was easy and quite fun. Enjoy!!

Good news as I'm going to do this as have the mid and tweeters.. is it worth changing the woofer ?

Webarno · Post by **Webarno** » Mon Sep 05, 2022 12:53 pm

Just managed to snag two BRAND new premium mids off eBay for £45!
Can't believe my luck with that.

Webarno · Post by **Webarno** » Tue Sep 06, 2022 9:46 am

Just managed to get the premium tweeters too.

Are the woofers essential, as they seem to be the hardest to track down?
Or would the premium tweeters and mids with some sound deadening suffice?

Jaguandy · Post by **Jaguandy** » Tue Sep 06, 2022 5:47 pm

You could do the tweeter and mid while you wait for the woofers. Not sure if the efficiencies will differ though. The better woofers should give a less muddy low mid and bass particularly at higher volume as the cones in the originals are very flexible.

Jimmyrn85 · Post by **Jimmyrn85** » Wed Sep 07, 2022 2:14 pm

Is it quite a difficult task removing the door cards though/damage the clips? Therefore really you only ever want to do it once!!!

Jaguandy · Post by **Jaguandy** » Wed Sep 07, 2022 3:46 pm

Get a cheap trim removal set including the reverse plier things. Then it's pretty easy.

M21ENO · Post by **M21ENO** » Wed Sep 07, 2022 8:12 pm

Agree, reverse pliers kit is the way to go. Easy, didn’t break a single clip.

NavigatorNI · Post by **NavigatorNI** » Fri Sep 09, 2022 7:01 pm

Jaguandy wrote: ↑Wed Sep 07, 2022 3:46 pm Get a cheap trim removal set including the reverse plier things. Then it's pretty easy.

+1

santoshlv426 · Post by **santoshlv426** » Sun Sep 11, 2022 9:12 pm

Has anyone got a cheap diy solution to the annoying vibration on the door panel.

Webarno · Post by **Webarno** » Sat Sep 17, 2022 5:58 pm

So I spent this morning doing this little upgrade and I’m VERY pleased with the results.
The audio has improved and has more clarity, I can hear more instruments and everything just sounds better!

The only slight issue I had was some of the clips were very stubborn and in there solid, then getting the door cards back on was a little awkward, trying to line up everything up correctly.

Very satisfied overall though, especially for the time and cost involved.

And a photo below just showing the sound deadening I applied.

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