Tunes?

[cnc]

Anybody managed to get a decent sound in their car? I've fitted the biggest speakers that'll fit, in fact the rear ones are slightly bigger but it still sounds weedy. My S2 has a stage 2 which wipes out the base completely so all that's left is trebble.

Any ideas??
Chris

[deepseatiger]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoZcxh-PPYU

[21TonyK]

Janitor did a great step by step guide to installing a decent ICE system. If you search back a way you'll find it. for what it cost (ISTRC circa £650) it is a fantastic improvement over the stock kit.

[TIPPER]

Janitor's installation is indeed very good.
I've even managed to get decent sound in my S1. Best way to go is a pair of reasonable quality speakers front and rear together with a small self-powered sub in the pax footwell. I've managed to avoid spending much more than £400 (including a head unit) and although it may not be Hi Fi its good enough for the Elise. (And I can hear it at 90+ kleptons roof on or off

[boobles]

I went for polk audio speakers & the same Alpine sub as Janitor.

[rob-ix]

Forgive me for I have sinned, I managed to squeeze a system into my S1, or rather a stereo fitter friend spent a week or so squeezing it in. It was installed in such a way as to allow removal for trackdays and was done without damaging anything, not even a gromit.

I have an active bass on the rear shelf, a small two channel amp behind the drivers seat, a speaker in each of the rear speaker holes and a bluetooth/handsfree headunit. The amp and bass are velcroed (sp?) in place and they don't budge an inch even during very very hard drivin' (velcro is great for number plate too).

The amp and bass probably added around 5-6kg but the speakers were lighter than the originals and I've probably lost around 5kg recently so everything still balances ;-). To be honest the speakers are a little too big, but when I replace the seatbelts with harnesses the problem will disappear.

The sound it produces is great and perfect for the Elise.

These are some of the bits I used:

http://caraudiosecurity.com/shop/product/products_...
http://caraudiosecurity.com/shop/product/products_...
http://caraudiosecurity.com/shop/product/products_...

Edited by rob-ix on Friday 10th August 02:18

[Janitor]

Here you go: http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/gassing/topic.asp?h=0...

[cnc]

epic, that should sort it - thanks a lot!

[Tin Hat]

I use an ipod.Saves weight,I can leave the car unlocked without any theft worries and I can hear it perfectly without trying to win a losing battle against the exhaust!

[Trixster]

The first step to decent sound is to ditch the Bluapunkt bollox Lotus installs in the factory. I'm not bothered about subs etc but swapped the B'punkt for an Alpine headunit - the differnce in sound was like night and day.

[Gooby]

deepseatiger said:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoZcxh-PPYU

WTF?

...and the award for the most random post goes to ...

[S Works]

...random post man.

Clive did the hard work so we don't have to (well, at least I didn't )