Remember using high level inputs you are amplifying the distortion produced by the head unit's amp and are also plagued by it's frequency response characteristics...
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Yeah, but I'm not trying to make it a real hifi system. I got one of those at home. In car I jut want a bit more punch and low down power to feel the music. Nothing too big and loud, just some basic compact extra bass/real subwoofer.
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Thanks for that. Yours is a bit different but the basics are the same. I just dont have to worry about powercables etc, my problem is the signals but if that extension fits my car I will have it so easy that I cant even believe it. Hardest part being able to remove the radios plastic front in one piece and without scraches (I think its going to be black piano gloss so quite easy to scratch) to uncover those torx-screws.
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I bought some trim remover tools off amazon for about 11.99
http://www.amazon.co.uk/PIECE-CAR-T...8&qid=1402488954&sr=8-3&keywords=trim+remover
They don't scratch plastic like screwdrivers do... but they might scratch the piano black gloss.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/PIECE-CAR-T...8&qid=1402488954&sr=8-3&keywords=trim+remover
They don't scratch plastic like screwdrivers do... but they might scratch the piano black gloss.
Hey, you dont happen to have any pics about how to the trim is supposed to be removed. What way its supposed to pop out and in what places its secured?
Oh and I have plastic trim removers in order. Learned my lesson a long time ago about using metallic trim removers
. And happily I can get a full set for like 5eur.EDIT: Oh, and does battery disconnect have any unwanted effects in the car like in some BMW:s do have?
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errrmm... I had http://photo.netcarshow.com/Seat-Ibiza_2009_photo_c2.jpg stereo..
From what i can remember, there's one or two either side, two at the bottom which are easy to remove, and then two at the top which are difficult to remove.
trim remover underneath it to pop them out, a bit of wiggling should do it. two at the side also then pop out, and I just used a bendy torx or at the right angle, a normal torx and removed it like that.
Ok. Just bought a Hertz DBA200.3. It's not much but should be good for my purposes. One 8" main driver and two 8" passive elements and really small size but quite big sound for so small "sub". Now I just need the car itself.
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Well all the subs that I´m considering have high level inputs but I´d rather use RCA because it does not take interference that easily. And Seat ones dont need any special tools other than possibly torx? Well now that I think of it neither did Skodas. That will be one easy install compared to some that I have done
By the way, that extension cable is an excellent idea. No harm done to stock cables and easy to remove when needed. Does that spesific one work with Ibizas newer model radio? If it does I will order it right away and use it to cut the cables.
And double din is not an option for me. I have SPS, parking sensors etc and I´d like to keep as stock as possible inside. Sub is an easy install and easy to remove without a trace especially now that the battery is in the boot.
I´ll be getting my Cupra by the end of the next month so I have time to order bits and pieces and have them ready for install when I get the car.
do just cupras have them in boot then as mines in engine bay first thing i checked when care got home as looking at putting a sub in
The code on the radio is now built in to the car.
When you connect the battery again - the radio talks to the cars ECU and checks that the radio belongs to the car.
This is why you need to have a new OEM radio coded to the car.
Oh - yes - you will need to re-activate the one shot windows - dissconnecting the battery seems to cancel that function
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But no warning lights or fault codes when removing the battery (some cars need to be reprogrammed after battery removal, I hope Seat is not like that)?
And yes, the window thing is the same with almost all the cars and is easy to do.
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None that I have ever seen - and my battery has been out of the car a few times now.
Make sure any airbag plugs have been re-connected BEFORE you re-connect the battery
( you need to unplug airbag plugs to remove front seats and some parts of the dash )
Ok, great and thanks for the info. Why would I be removing the seats
? All I plan to do is to remove the radio, solder some wiring, put the radio back and run the speaker wires from the radio to the boot. The subwoofer amp is going to get connected to battery in the boot so its easy easy install on that front.
Ok, great and thanks for the info. Why would I be removing the seats
I found it easier to remove a seat so I had full access to the sill cover wher all the wires run.
If you have small hands it may not be an issue.
I also took the seats out to fit the under seat storage boxes that I bought ( because the glove box is too small )
Small hands and long fingres come in handy in more than one place
. I would not think its a problem, plus if mine wont fit, my GF´s will fit. And as the speakercable is not so thick its easy to install. It´s a different story when you try to put heavy heavy powercable throught places its not supposed to fit and go throught.Similar threads
