Devious Posted December 4, 2012 Report Share Posted December 4, 2012 Stripping out the back of Project Mint and came across this.... What is it? Is it just a speaker housing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpsmith79 Posted December 4, 2012 Report Share Posted December 4, 2012 Yep, all 5's had those fitted, whether they had Live Sound up front or not Nothing to get excited about unfortunately Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devious Posted December 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2012 Bugger. I was hoping for a little more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arizona Posted December 4, 2012 Report Share Posted December 4, 2012 Bugger. I was hoping for a little more. Devious thought he'd found treasure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonic Posted December 4, 2012 Report Share Posted December 4, 2012 I have ONE live sound door pod , I don't do things by halves , oh actually I do lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlasumm Posted December 4, 2012 Report Share Posted December 4, 2012 richs live sound door cards live on in mine now plus the up rated speakers by the back seat the only thing i couldnt use in the end was the rear tweeters as one of those was blown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devious Posted December 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 I bloody well did Jan. Pleasantly surprised by the pioneers though. So what are/were live sound? Was it an active subwooferdoofer system or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
princy Posted December 5, 2012 Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 The full livesound kit was a dedicated amp, 2 dash speakers, 2 door speakers, the standard 2 door mounted tweeters, the 2 in the rear quarters and the tweeters in the rear grilles above the rear strut top mounts. So the only real extras were the amp (which was pretty naff as amps go), the front door pods (which do look way better with the matching door cards) and the rear tweeters (which to be honest aren't really in the best place as far as performance goes as they should be within 6-8 inches of the rear quarter speakers according to most manufacturers) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devious Posted December 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 Cool. Thanks for the info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonic Posted December 5, 2012 Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 Live sound , best way to get 'BASS' into the front of the car Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angus Posted December 5, 2012 Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 Aye, I put a pair of subs into the doors, and powered them with an aftermarket amp under the passenger seat. The LiveSound amp needed its own wiring loom, which was fiendishly complicated and could only really be used with a Toyota HU due to the connectors on the loom. I binned mine pretty swiftly after salvaging it from a scrap car. It's an easy job to wire up an amp under the seat into the door speaker wires in the footwell connectors. Rear tweeters are pretty horrendous, aiming high frequency hiss straight at your ears. However, the covers look pretty cool - much better than the fake louvre things. All the wiring is there in every car for all these speakers. If you do get the rear tweets, make sure you get the mounting brackets and covers. The wires are taped just inside the holes under the louvre things. Same for the door speakers - wires will be in the doors already. If you've not got the LiveSound door cards, make it your priority - they look better, and give you way more noise options. As I say, though, don't worry about rear tweeters too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devious Posted December 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 (edited) I've only got the housings in the rears. Tbh Im not that fussed about it, just thought I may have stumbled on a find. That is in fact a big fat lie..... I HAVE got the housings up front. They too have pioneer speakers in them. They're housed in the dash next to the glove box and the steering column. Edited December 6, 2012 by Devious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
princy Posted December 5, 2012 Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 If you're lucky enough to find some the livesound front door cards are a nice upgrade though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidta23 Posted December 6, 2012 Report Share Posted December 6, 2012 Angus where did you get the 8" subs to fit into the door pods? i have everything except the subs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperman Posted December 6, 2012 Report Share Posted December 6, 2012 kicker or pioneer do some low profile subs. i have the kickers and they just fit with a bit of cutting of the speaker pod and a 6 mm spacer ring. need any more info let me know. andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
princy Posted December 6, 2012 Report Share Posted December 6, 2012 I've just had a couple of 8" subs delivered to go in my 182 and in all fairness they seem well built, they were only £20 a piece (I've kept my expensive Vibe Blackdeath kit for the 185 build) they're a brand called "Bass Face" from Thompsons I haven't wired them in yet but will report back when I know more but for £40 delivered they seem well worth the punt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devious Posted December 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2012 Sounds interesting mate! Deffo report back and let us know what your thoughts are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knite Posted December 9, 2012 Report Share Posted December 9, 2012 nice thread and i too was curious as to what the sound system was in this as mine seems to be very back heavy. The rear sounds awesome but the front is well naff in comparison. I am going to change the front speakers on mine ventually so was interested to hear that subs fit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonic Posted December 9, 2012 Report Share Posted December 9, 2012 I think you will find the rears have cross overs built in so they are in theory subs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knite Posted December 9, 2012 Report Share Posted December 9, 2012 mine dont sound like subs they are clear as a bell and extremely loud compared to the front, they drown the front out if im honest :S if they had crossovers they would only spill the lower frequencies for bass if they were subs wouldnt they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts