speakers

Hi folks.
Is there a big difference in bass distortion moving the speakers from the usual place in the front to the gaps near the seat belt tensioners?
Just fitted a fancy stereo and nice speakers and the bass sounds appalling ,coughing and farting lolll.
Wasted money on a nice head unit and speakers right now

Make sure you have the trebble/bass adjusted, the speakers wont ever sound perfect due to the cheap plastic interior and thin metals.
Dynamat makes a huge difference but doesn't come cheap, A friend of mine has just completely covered a VW T5 van and its super quiet inside.

supergaz wrote: Make sure you have the trebble/bass adjusted, the speakers wont ever sound perfect due to the cheap plastic interior and thin metals.
Dynamat makes a huge difference but doesn't come cheap, A friend of mine has just completely covered a VW T5 van and its super quiet inside.

I know fella,everythings adjusted fine but it's just the bass that sounds terrible,the lad who fit them for me say's there are gaps near to where they are fitted so I guess that's the reason.

Alpine head unit and speakers too,wasted

Just wondering if it is worth routing them to the gaps behind the seats or is it just gonna sound the same but coming from a different direction . ?

Cheers for the reply

You can get small MDF carpeted boxes to mount speakers, only problem is finding somewhere to put them, but the sound will be better.

get rears fitted - huge difference - see here

Halford wrote: get rears fitted - huge difference - see here

Cheers pal,I suspected they would sound better,look more enclosed there.
Will get my mate on to it !!

Hi mate if you fit rear speakers as already mentioned this will make an improvement. The old Boom Box as they used to be called in my boy racer days would make a huge difference if you want the bass.Even a small one makes a massive difference mate.Or you could try making a small parcel shelf with some 6x9 speakers mounted in it.
I used to have two 14 inch subs with a massive Amp fitted into an mdf carpeted box this is when I was 17 it used to shake the village to bits. Ha ha funny looking back.

i nicked the speakers from the house stereo and fitted them in my mini,MINT.

LOL @ Steve,yes been there done that in my boy racer days

I don't want booming bass,I know i'll never get that unless I put a big box in there but rooms a premium as it is.
I just want a better bass response than i'm getting right now,it really does sound sh1t !!

I've heard £5 stereos in mini metro's that didn't fart as bad

Any improvement is welcomed so will definately move them from the front to behind the seats.

Cheers all for input and look forward to meeting some @ Burnley this Sunday!!
I'm the big lad in the black one,well one of the black ones

The best thing to do now you've got your nice speakers and head unit is to get some rear ones and fit those too. But also take off the door cards and anywhere there's space fit some sort of self adhesive matting to stop the panels vibrating as much, when they can vibrate some of the energy of the speaker is used to move the speaker rather than the air.

I'm just wondering if there's a cheeky way to fit a subwoofer and amp in the car. Maybe thinking also since it's a 4x4 that using audio designed for boats might be a good idea.

Get some self adhesive foam and put that between speaker and mounting surface. Stops the rattle inturn helps the bass

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Well, from my experience: the fronts will not "boom boom" no matter what. I bought some of the most expensive 10 cm speakers available here; they sound great, but bass will not come out of a 10 cm speaker.

As said, add speakers in the rear mounts; a 13 cm speaker will fit, you just have to make new holes. I used bitumen-based self-adhesive insulation material to fill the gaps between the speaker lip and body in order to improve the "speaker box". Something like this:

It is better, but don't expect subwoofer-grade bass levels.