So first of all am fully aware that there are many threads on this, but some are fairly old. Thought I’d share my experience.
Today I:
- Fitted Hertz DCX 100.3 in the doors (where there were previously blank plates). These were £48 off Amazon.
- Fitted silent coat to the car doors and the door cards.
Much of this has been covered before, but what struck me was the sound upgrade was much MUCH better than I expected. It really is night and day verses the standard 6 speaker set up. My set up is stock other than a replacement head unit (Pioneer X8700BT).
The process was actually very simple, easily within reach given the videos out there for getting the door cards off.
Slightly different to other posts: I tapped into the tweeter wire in the doors, (as others have done here), but the wires were yellow & brown, yellow & red for the drivers side, blue & pink, blue & brown for passenger. After investigating, in both instances the wire with brown was negative.
Splicing into the wires was a fucking pain to be honest, as they were covered in butyl. The tweeter wires themselves were very tightly twisted in the loom, so again another hurdle. If I were doing this again, I would just solder the new wires into the tweeter connector.
For the door cards, similar to others I used two of the 3 speaker mounts already there, and for the other two points (standard four point mount) I used self tapping screws (10mm length). This was again easier than expected, and resulted in a very secure mount without puncturing through the other side into the leather.
I put about 4 sheets of silent coat in each door (excluding door cards) - this was enough for two layers over much of it. In hindsight I would have used an extra couple in the door to improve deadening (I did so in the passenger side and it’s better - will do drivers when I next have the card off).
For the door cards, I put as much on them as I could. I didn’t put them where the air bags pop out, regardless of whether you can cut down the middle. I didn’t want to risk that should I need them one day!
Next project will be to try and add some sound deadening to the rear wheel arches or at least behind the seats.
Today I:
- Fitted Hertz DCX 100.3 in the doors (where there were previously blank plates). These were £48 off Amazon.
- Fitted silent coat to the car doors and the door cards.
Much of this has been covered before, but what struck me was the sound upgrade was much MUCH better than I expected. It really is night and day verses the standard 6 speaker set up. My set up is stock other than a replacement head unit (Pioneer X8700BT).
The process was actually very simple, easily within reach given the videos out there for getting the door cards off.
Slightly different to other posts: I tapped into the tweeter wire in the doors, (as others have done here), but the wires were yellow & brown, yellow & red for the drivers side, blue & pink, blue & brown for passenger. After investigating, in both instances the wire with brown was negative.
Splicing into the wires was a fucking pain to be honest, as they were covered in butyl. The tweeter wires themselves were very tightly twisted in the loom, so again another hurdle. If I were doing this again, I would just solder the new wires into the tweeter connector.
For the door cards, similar to others I used two of the 3 speaker mounts already there, and for the other two points (standard four point mount) I used self tapping screws (10mm length). This was again easier than expected, and resulted in a very secure mount without puncturing through the other side into the leather.
I put about 4 sheets of silent coat in each door (excluding door cards) - this was enough for two layers over much of it. In hindsight I would have used an extra couple in the door to improve deadening (I did so in the passenger side and it’s better - will do drivers when I next have the card off).
For the door cards, I put as much on them as I could. I didn’t put them where the air bags pop out, regardless of whether you can cut down the middle. I didn’t want to risk that should I need them one day!
Next project will be to try and add some sound deadening to the rear wheel arches or at least behind the seats.
