any stereo gurus??

monkey_boy · Post by **monkey_boy** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 1:31 pm

only noticed last night that my lovely new 1.4TDI only has front speakers!

not made of money so what are these like?

http://www.halfords.com/opd_product_det ... e=0&cat=41

and any tips on cutting the back parcel shelf, don't want to feck it up!

ta

CalvinGTI · Post by **CalvinGTI** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 2:39 pm

Dont bother cutting it !!!!

Get your self some MDF and use your old one as a template and make your own one from scratch mate, im no DIYer but i made mine myself and it works great.

You can get the special carpet (acoustic carpet??) type stuff to cover your shelf with from Halfords as well, that way if you ever want to sell your polo you can keep the new shelf and your speakers.

it will look a lot tidyer too mate, the chavs wont be able to see your speakers too, which is an obvious bonus. That way you car appears to be standard

i think it looks neater as well.

Remember all it takes is a half pissed up chav to see your speakers in the rear shelf and smash the window and run away with them, so not worth it geez.

Calâ„¢

DelG40 · Post by **DelG40** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 4:48 pm

How did you hinge the DIY shelf? Parcel shelfs have pivot arms, and sometimes a dip in the shape of the shelf down to that pivot point.

Enlighten me, I'm interested! I want to make a stealth shelf...

neilw · Post by **neilw** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 5:06 pm

have a look at www.caraudiodirect.com your probaly find speakers cheaper on there. Really good service aswell.

Randall · Post by **Randall** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 11:22 am

Hey,

I agree with clavin on this one - make your own!

I was looking around for ages when i had my mk2 golf - for a retail stealth shelf it'll set you back around Â£100 but if you manage a DIY jobbie then it'll be alot cheaper mine worked out about Â£22-25 in the end (shelf)

havent got round to the polo shelf yet but should be having a go shortly - a set of VIBE SA-K50s & SR50s are going rear shelf

...as for the shelf clips, i just took them off of the original and put them onto the newly made one

Go for it, if you go wrong then you can always start again - MDF is cheap these days! wouldnt buy the carpet from halfords tho - rip off n a half! try ebay you can usually do well there, cost you around Â£6-10

Rich

monkey_boy · Post by **monkey_boy** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 11:23 am

DOH!

I was messin with the standard VW stereo last night and twiddled the FADE button, there is back speakers! wooohoooo

must check out the car in daylight tomorrow.... might find other stuff!

the sunroof is cools aswell, if you leave it open and lock the car it shuts automatically!

im easily pleased!

CalvinGTI · Post by **CalvinGTI** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 1:01 pm

hahaha monkey_boy !

Some old diddy prob had the car b4 you and their hearing aid couldn't take 4 speakers !!!

haha

Calâ„¢

Si_GTi · Post by **Si_GTi** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 1:31 pm

I switch the fade forwards to only the front speakers when I have passengers in the back - apparently its a bit hard for them to hear any conversation going on with the rear speakers going

I usually have the fade set to 2 towards the rear, makes use of that big empty space in the cabin to create a little more bass (which is set to 6). Best thing to do is to play about with balance/fade/bass/treble and find a happy medium. Then don't let anyone touch it

CalvinGTI · Post by **CalvinGTI** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 1:33 pm

lol

i tend to fade mine more into the back as well, but mines more like '8' in the back rather than '2', like u say Si_Gti s'all about making use of the boot for a lickle bit of bass

mwah !

Calâ„¢

neilw · Post by **neilw** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 2:48 pm

Mines faded all the way to the front, i think the back speakers sound poor compared to the fronts. My rainbow SLC components will be here this weekend tho