Suspension and Stereo on the GTO3.
Discussion
Looking round the car today and I notice the coilovers are height adjustable, can anyone confirm if the hardness/rebound can be adjusted as well and if so what the standard factory settings are.
Also my car has an Alpine head unit with 2 seperate speakers on each door(one large bass and one small tweeter). Is this a standard stereo or has it been retro fitted?
Cheers
Dom.
Also my car has an Alpine head unit with 2 seperate speakers on each door(one large bass and one small tweeter). Is this a standard stereo or has it been retro fitted?
Cheers
Dom.
GTO3DOM said:
Also my car has an Alpine head unit with 2 seperate speakers on each door(one large bass and one small tweeter). Is this a standard stereo or has it been retro fitted?
Cheers
Dom.
Retro-fit! The stock fitting is a Sony single CD/radio head unit with remote control stalk and single door speakers - sounds OK until you start the engine and/or move - then it sounds too top heavy (no matter how you set it up!) but most owners (me included) don't care! Yours sounds like an improvement though!
dominicmilson said:
No ariel on the roof so must be hidden in the wing, I'll check it out over the next few weeks! Out of interest is the reception better with an exposed ariel and were have people fitted them?
Dom
The factory started putting them on the roof. I was thinking of putting a bee sting in on the rear clam as per the Elise but would be a long cable due to the hinging. Also the engine will probably put out a load of E.M. interference (it did in the liz).
Martin what do you reckon to a beesting aerial as per the S2 Elise? If I can be arsed to pull my finger out I might experiment with that.
Other option is a combined DAB aerial type thing. I think they are more compact. They also work at a higher frequency so the aerial doesn't need to be as long to get a signal. Dunno if you can get DAB in spain?
Check this out :
www.blaupunkt.co.uk/download/Antennenkatalog_2003(4).pdf
page 16 they have glass mount aerials. If you don't want to go to dab that looks like it might be perfect. Probably be hidden by the roll bar too! Also it is active so should have pretty good reception.
www.blaupunkt.co.uk/download/Antennenkatalog_2003(4).pdf
page 16 they have glass mount aerials. If you don't want to go to dab that looks like it might be perfect. Probably be hidden by the roll bar too! Also it is active so should have pretty good reception.
DanH said:
Martin what do you reckon to a beesting aerial as per the S2 Elise?
How tall is it, I don't want anything spoiling the clean lines? If it's only a few inches tall and could go opposite the petrol filler cap then maybe....
DanH said:
Dunno if you can get DAB in spain?
DAB? How backward do you think it is over here? Cans & string for phone calls?
My brother had a FM signal booster fitted to his Tuscan which worked very well.....shame the TVR didn't!
He can't remember the name but said a lot of info. was written about it on the TVR gassing forum.
Might be worth a look, don't fancy drilling holes for aerials, glass one looks a good option.
Dom.
He can't remember the name but said a lot of info. was written about it on the TVR gassing forum.
Might be worth a look, don't fancy drilling holes for aerials, glass one looks a good option.
Dom.
From TVR gassing...sorry!
Thought I'd share this one with you.
Whilst in Halfwits on Friday night thought I'd look at the radio aerials having been plagued by the usual crappy Cerb radio reception.
Purchased an Electronic Glass Mount aerial (item code 333856) on the understanding I could return it if it didn't work. This consists of a small booster box and a small aerial strip.
Took about an hour from start to finish to fit.
Laid it on the rear parcel shelf rather than stuck it under the rear view mirror on the windscreen as suggested on the pack. It could be stuck to the rear window, but I preferred it out of my vision laid on the shelf.
I extended the earth braid & ran the newly lengthened wire, aerial and live feed under the helmet hole and along the centre console to the radio. I then connected the live to the radio's ignition switched live and the newly extended earth to the radio's earth cable.
fm reception is fantastic on Radio 1 - 4 and all local channels. Still can't pick up MW or AM though.
Thought I'd share this one with you.
Whilst in Halfwits on Friday night thought I'd look at the radio aerials having been plagued by the usual crappy Cerb radio reception.
Purchased an Electronic Glass Mount aerial (item code 333856) on the understanding I could return it if it didn't work. This consists of a small booster box and a small aerial strip.
Took about an hour from start to finish to fit.
Laid it on the rear parcel shelf rather than stuck it under the rear view mirror on the windscreen as suggested on the pack. It could be stuck to the rear window, but I preferred it out of my vision laid on the shelf.
I extended the earth braid & ran the newly lengthened wire, aerial and live feed under the helmet hole and along the centre console to the radio. I then connected the live to the radio's ignition switched live and the newly extended earth to the radio's earth cable.
fm reception is fantastic on Radio 1 - 4 and all local channels. Still can't pick up MW or AM though.
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