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I have finally embarked on fitting my speaker to the front doors of my Cosmic EP3.
The guy I bought my cosmic from was a nice guy, he didn’t own this car for very long, 11 months. A member of the local Police constabulary too. His installation skills on the head unit was shocking. I just hope he is a better copper than he is installer.
After ripping all that out and doing it properly (I wish I had taken pictures), I wondered why the rear speakers didn't work. Turns out he had 6x9 in the rear parcel shelf and left the wires in the boot. Traced them back to the rear speaker mounts and found that the fly lead was secured by twisting the wire together and using insulation tape to hold it.
Nice. So I fixed that with some crimps.
Roll on 5 months, I am now going to tackle the front speakers.
I have a nice component set of Diamond Audio M6 17cm speakers. I have owned these for a very long time. The Diamond Audio components are over 10 years old. This was the best equipment at the time. Can't believe they retailed at almost £600 back on the day. Still sound crystal clear.
I had to replace a damaged tweeter, so I put in a pair of JL Audio C5 tweeters.
I had bought a few things from Steve, formally of Dalco Audio back in December, MDF rings, sound deadening, wave diffusers and moisture guards.
I finally got round to actually start fitting it. The previous owner fitted some pioneer co-axial speakers to the fronts. Again, like the rear, a p!$$ poor job.
I managed to cover most of the doors in sound deadening sheets.
i have managed to
Previous owner had just twisted the wires together, and then sealed them with insulation tape. I decided to solder them in
Wave Diffuser fitted into door as well - you can just about see it.
MDF ring now fitted too.
Cross over mounted - only place i could put it, because it is so damn big
Door almost completed - and wiring needed.....
Door card is back on, and the tweeter has been mounted.
Looking good. Sounds amazing. What a huge difference. Well worth the time spent.
The guy I bought my cosmic from was a nice guy, he didn’t own this car for very long, 11 months. A member of the local Police constabulary too. His installation skills on the head unit was shocking. I just hope he is a better copper than he is installer.
After ripping all that out and doing it properly (I wish I had taken pictures), I wondered why the rear speakers didn't work. Turns out he had 6x9 in the rear parcel shelf and left the wires in the boot. Traced them back to the rear speaker mounts and found that the fly lead was secured by twisting the wire together and using insulation tape to hold it.
Nice. So I fixed that with some crimps.
Roll on 5 months, I am now going to tackle the front speakers.
I have a nice component set of Diamond Audio M6 17cm speakers. I have owned these for a very long time. The Diamond Audio components are over 10 years old. This was the best equipment at the time. Can't believe they retailed at almost £600 back on the day. Still sound crystal clear.
I had to replace a damaged tweeter, so I put in a pair of JL Audio C5 tweeters.
I had bought a few things from Steve, formally of Dalco Audio back in December, MDF rings, sound deadening, wave diffusers and moisture guards.
I finally got round to actually start fitting it. The previous owner fitted some pioneer co-axial speakers to the fronts. Again, like the rear, a p!$$ poor job.
I managed to cover most of the doors in sound deadening sheets.
Previous owner had just twisted the wires together, and then sealed them with insulation tape. I decided to solder them in
Wave Diffuser fitted into door as well - you can just about see it.
MDF ring now fitted too.
Cross over mounted - only place i could put it, because it is so damn big
Door almost completed - and wiring needed.....
Door card is back on, and the tweeter has been mounted.
Looking good. Sounds amazing. What a huge difference. Well worth the time spent.
