Car audio help

Simmz

Simmz

Simmz

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Hey all, one of my mates wants to put a new system in his Ford Focus 1.6 5 door Zetec to replace the standard Ford one.

Now I don't have a clue about car audio systems :P Can someone please recommend what to buy. He is going to be buying it all from Halfords :s (so could you spec it from their website ) as he can get it fitted for free. Budget of £400 and would like headset, amp, speakers and sub.

Thank you :)
 
I've been looking at similar speakers for my Focus but I've been wondering how do I get the old ones out?? Does the whole door panel have to come off or do the speaker grills come out on their own?
 
Yeah the door card has to be removed I believe. Fairly easy job which shoudlnt take any more than 10 minutes first time round :)
 
halfords dont fit nothing for free.... they just charge u more for the hardware, so it apears its being fitted for free

he would be much better off gettin the stuff from some where else

and to be honest £400 for the HU, amp. speakers and sub... hes not gunna got any thing very good
 
aMb said:
Yeah the door card has to be removed I believe. Fairly easy job which shoudlnt take any more than 10 minutes first time round :)
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just have to be careful with all the plastic clips

on a fiesta there's:
  • 2 bolts at the bottom of the door card, undo these
  • the area around the handle (not the door locker handle) needs to be tugged off and 2 screws that hold the handle on removed. Handle then comes off (clip stops it falling off)
  • 1 screw on the door locker handle under the plastic cup.
  • from the bottom start pulling outwards to un-clip the door from the bottom upwards. once un-clipped pull the door upwards.
  • while doing this you need to un-clip the wires to the electric window controls (remember order of the driver-side door plug) and un-clip the door lock handle so you can pull the door card totally off.

yes that's a fiesta guide but i THINK the doors are almost exactly the same.


those speakers really rely on having better powering through a amp of some sort. Budget is a bit tight for all the parts, as i failed to see when making mine, i totally forgot to budget in all the speaker cables, RCA's, wood (for false floors) power cables (very expensive) and all the connectors. On my setup that added another £100 easy.

for £400 you are not going to be able to afford great speakers, and amps, so your gonna have to use standard wiring for those, and the standard output on the new HU (normally around 40-60watt) Standard speakers on fords are 25watt. Do you want to replace all 4?


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Remove Product(s) Qty. Total 

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  Ford wiring adaptor  
  £9.99 
  Alpine CDE-9881RB  
  £144.99 
  Boston Acoustics S85*  
  £99.98 
  Alpine WCC Pack*  
  £149.99 
 
 

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Sub-Total: £404.95

that's from caraudiodirect. you will still need a crimper and a cable connector set from somewhere like B&Q


its not ideal. I wouldn't personally bother with the sub, just use the money saved on getting better speakers, and maybe a amp/cabling for them.
 
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