El-Cheapo Speaker upgrade

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Re: El-Cheapo Speaker upgrade

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Just finished putting a set of Fusion 6" Components in the front and a set of Nakamichi 6" x 9 " in the Back with a rear deck Mod.
sounds heaps better.

Also put some sound deadening on the underside of the boot lid. made a huge difference.
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Where do i get the sound deadning stuff from? Am going to install mine now. Upgrading from the stock speaker set so quite excited :-)
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Got mine from autoBarn think it was $45 for a pack. think there was either 6 or 10 sheets in the pack
I have only used 2 sheets for the boot lid. cut it into triangles to fit and trimmed the corners.
worked a treat.
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2. 99 Hyundai Excel sprint (Another Son's Car) GOT TO SELL THIS
3. 02 Mazda E1800i (paper delivery van)
4. 02 Prado V6 (Wife's Car)
5. 04 Toyota Camry Sportivo 3L V6 (My Car)
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Will head down to autobarn on Monday and check it out. The speakers sound awesome though. Huge upgrade from the stock. :-)
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Retsub wrote:Got mine from autoBarn think it was $45 for a pack. think there was either 6 or 10 sheets in the pack
I have only used 2 sheets for the boot lid. cut it into triangles to fit and trimmed the corners.
worked a treat.
Did the same to mine when I did my system, words really cannot describe the effectiveness of this sh*t. It's amazing.
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How did u cover up the abundance of silver sheeting tacked to inside of boot?
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ObsidianRadio wrote:
Retsub wrote:Got mine from autoBarn think it was $45 for a pack. think there was either 6 or 10 sheets in the pack
I have only used 2 sheets for the boot lid. cut it into triangles to fit and trimmed the corners.
worked a treat.
Did the same to mine when I did my system, words really cannot describe the effectiveness of this sh*t. It's amazing.
Could you guys post some pictures of the work done on the boot lid please?
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ok here are the photo's
The sound deadener only took about 10 mins to do
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was considering lining the bootlid with something to hide the silver.

Also made up a timber deck for the back of the boot to place amp on at later date
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These Nakamichi 6 x 9 speakers are fantastic speakers
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No matter what i do or how i edit the first 2 pics. they still go in upside down

Sorry :?
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Thanks for the pics mate. I will look into this. As of now I hardly have any vibration or sound leak unless am playing something really loud.
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sh*t, I knew Qld was backwards, but didn't know they were upside down too.
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    I just got a big block of foam and crammed it into the boot lid where there was or would be metal on metal from vibration. Never heard a peep from it.
    So its definitely and alternative albeit weight reduction alternative :)
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