Front door speakers

M@Turner · Post by **M@Turner** » Wed Aug 25, 2004 10:17 pm

I'm after some new speakers for the front doors of my polo GTi.

I believe the size i need are 17cm. I would like some which are around 170w and not too expensive.

Please feel free to post your suggestions.

david burton · Post by **david burton** » Wed Aug 25, 2004 11:11 pm

define "not too expensive"

Alpine 176A - 100 quid if you look hard on the net (alphacaraudio are good)

darn good for the money

M@Turner · Post by **M@Turner** » Wed Aug 25, 2004 11:21 pm

I'm looking at spending Â£80 or less. Got tax due at end of September and wanting to do a couple of other mods.

david burton · Post by **david burton** » Wed Aug 25, 2004 11:28 pm

hmmm, difficult then - I'd go to halfords

and have a listen - they can do some good offers. don't know what to recommend for under 80 quid.

won't you just want to change em in a bit anyway?

p.s. definitely get component speakers!

Crisis · Post by **Crisis** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 6:26 pm

Whats the major advantage btw...

ALPINE-SPS-171A - http://caraudiosecurity.com/catalog/pro ... ts_id+2848

and

Product Code: ALPINE-SPR-176A - http://caraudiosecurity.com/catalog/pro ... cts_id+519

Whats better for the extra Â£10?

I personally prefere the look of the cheaper ones.

david burton · Post by **david burton** » Tue Aug 31, 2004 10:00 am

they're type S as opposed to type R - so they lack in quality compared to the type R's

Crisis · Post by **Crisis** » Tue Aug 31, 2004 10:41 am

Ah ha. I understand.

I guess type r and type s are just Alpine classifications for their speakers?

Crisis · Post by **Crisis** » Tue Aug 31, 2004 10:47 am

O but will they fit? Apparently they are quite deep.

What kind of work would I have to do to make em fit? Do you have them?

Doin a price hunt... so far Â£99 is best.

david burton · Post by **david burton** » Tue Aug 31, 2004 12:26 pm

have you tried alphacaraudio?

they fit - I had em in my mk4

Crisis · Post by **Crisis** » Tue Aug 31, 2004 12:31 pm

Did you need to buy any adapters? Or did you have to take the door cards apart?

Or was it a simple pop it into place jobby? Where did you put the tweeters?

Alpha Car Audio - Â£90 Nice with Â£10 P&P.

I just wanna know how easy life will be once they arrive at my door.

david burton · Post by **david burton** » Tue Aug 31, 2004 12:43 pm

piece of p1ss - put tweeters in the hole the current ones are in (and the tweeter) and the type R's woofers just fit into the existing hole.

Crisis · Post by **Crisis** » Tue Aug 31, 2004 12:52 pm

Cool.

Where did ya get yours from? Im gonna continue my bargain hunt.

So basically replace the standard tweeters with the new ones, and replace the speaker with the new one, wiring i guess is just linking up the old wires to the new ones (like with Lexus lights piece of p***)

KarlM · Post by **KarlM** » Tue Aug 31, 2004 11:31 pm

Mat - Get yourself down to Music World just of West Street - They'll sort out some AudioBahn or Focal ones (they come highly recommended by me and I'm sure Josh will vouch for them as well)

If you want more detailed directions on where they are then drop us a line

Crisis · Post by **Crisis** » Fri Oct 01, 2004 12:37 pm

Going to be ordering the SPR-176A from Alpha Car Audio. Its the 16cm/6-1/2" size correct?

Also Im going to be putting a good alarm and central locking kit on all at the same time to make sure their gonna be safe in my car

What ya fink?