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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20576  
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Do you see how close they are!
How flush did you find you could get them? Why they put that stupid lip on there I shall never know. I'd have thought about it too but they need to be on a four Chanel Amp which I assume your doing? Couldn't justify spending hundreds more on it, for now at least. 
What did you use for cutting? IIRC it's the passenger side that is closest and the worrying part is different manufacturers have different dimensions. The good thing is most show the dimensions in manuals. |
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18th Jun 2015 9:54pm |
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| bluebottle Member Since: 08 May 2015 Location: Not in my Landy enough! Posts: 705
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I've got impatient and gone ahead and ordered one - I'll report back with a new thread when, assuming I'm capable, I've fitted it and tested it out! |
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18th Jun 2015 10:50pm |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20576
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I bet you'll be pleased, they aren't any rubbish.
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18th Jun 2015 10:56pm |
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| jimbob7 Member Since: 06 Jul 2013 Location: uk Posts: 2055 |
I have a Pioneer 6500 with 5.25 Focal components.The niggles are, rotary volume knob also accesses the menu which is way to sensitive to touch,bouncing along trying to turn the volume up without accessing the menu  , the pre-select buttons are tiny,tiny,tiny little things,I expect a braille reader would cope fine.The face off feels a little cheap,not as sturdy as the last Sony i had and when the menu is selected the EQ is always the last option,so its difficult tweaking stuff when on the move.
Most of it is trivial and I will buy another Pioneer next as the sound quality is as good if not better than Alpine which is what I really wanted. Mine has been 100% reliable and I'm not aware of any issues with the brand with one exception, choose your dab aerial carefully some of the amped aerials are frying the HU. Pov.spec,ftw. 2006, 110,TD5. |
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19th Jun 2015 8:27am |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20576
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I must admit doing anything with any HU in a Defender is easier said than done.
I'm lucky in the fact that I have one button to open and the rest is touch on a 7" screen with normal sized touch symbols similar to a tablet PC. One of the reasons why I like 1 DIN flip out or 2 din multimedia screens. |
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19th Jun 2015 9:01am |
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| barbel jim Member Since: 12 Dec 2012 Location: Northants Posts: 1432 
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They are very tight  Spent an hour looking before I start cutting !!!!!! Passenger side is tightest with the heater pipe !!
I will use the front raised lip to align the new grill, and then they should fit flush .Probably use my Fein cutter to mutilate the holes  If its dry, fitting tomorrow if I can pluck up the courage  |
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20th Jun 2015 4:39pm |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20576
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What's one of those?
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20th Jun 2015 7:29pm |
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| Barney12 Member Since: 09 Jun 2015 Location: South West Posts: 744 
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Oscillating multi tool. No one should be without one!
http://www.multimaster.info/en_uk/m/multimaster/products/ When it comes to cutting dash holes thought I still think by hand is best. Slow and steady 👍 |
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20th Jun 2015 10:22pm |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20576
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Ah I got one myself, only Bosch.
You can use a hacksaw blade or similar by hand. You'd need a small cutter blade for the tool, I don't have one that small if the fight type. |
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20th Jun 2015 10:29pm |
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| barbel jim Member Since: 12 Dec 2012 Location: Northants Posts: 1432
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Steve ............
 Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge 5 into 4 goes
Now need to decide on a sub and amps  |
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21st Jun 2015 2:49pm |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20576
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Looks good.
That edge near where the dash edge sweeps up is mighty close isn't it! |
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21st Jun 2015 3:33pm |
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| barbel jim Member Since: 12 Dec 2012 Location: Northants Posts: 1432
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about 5mm The picture with the glare makes it appear worse !! it was a challenge but already a big improvement over stock ! The crossovers were a real PITA as they need almost as much room !! Fitting 4"s would have been alot easier, but once ampped up I'm sure the benefits will be heard
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21st Jun 2015 3:41pm |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20576
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Are you running just off HU power for now then?
Are you going to run new wires once amped? as it's probably too much for OE wiring. You not doing this for Amps then?
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21st Jun 2015 3:47pm |
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| barbel jim Member Since: 12 Dec 2012 Location: Northants Posts: 1432
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^^^^^ God thats awful !!! No another stealth install
Just off HU for now while I decide what I'm going to do sub wise. I did feel under a bit of pressure to make the 5"'s fit, after all the banter  I've not seen anyone else do it so it helped motivate me a bit. I was 50/50 yesterday, nearly swapped them for 4"s!!!! But he who dares Rodney !! |
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21st Jun 2015 4:11pm |
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