ICE Question

Level 2 User Joined: 14 Dec 2005 Posts: 57

As some of you may know, the Renault Clio MK1 RT has speakers in the door as standard where as all the other MK1 models have them in the grill below the air vents either side of the dash.

Anyhow, I opened up those vents today expecting to find a blank space where speakers could go and to my surprise there was already some wired up, they don't look like normal crappy renault speakers, don't get me wrong they are still crappy renault speakers but they are not the normal ones they use, I think they might be comps, the center cone is bigger with a sort of cross on it.
Anyhow they look diffrent to what I pulled out of the door cards.

I was wondering, if I replaced these with comps with new ones from Halfrauds, say a couple of Kenwoods, would it make a big enough diffrence to justify say Â£30 without amping them?

Also anyone know what size the speakers are under the gril.

Another idea i've had, as I've disconnected the rear speakers get some Â£20 tweeters from Halfords and wire them up from the back attaching them just behind the front doors, ie the seat belt area so they are inline with your ears?
I don't care about having speakers in the rear of the car really.

I've got some Infiniti's in the front doors, which I'm quite happy with but I think I'm missing tweeters.

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

the one son the dash behind the grilles are tweeters, if you remove the rear speakers you lose all bass.

the tweeters are based on a 10cm speaker size.

Level 2 User Joined: 14 Dec 2005 Posts: 57

I've sort of made up for the rears in the way of 15" Alpine sub and amp lol.

The rear speakers were crap they distorted too easily, do you reckon it'd be worth while installing some tweeters by my head near the seatbelt area and sticking some decent 10cm comps in the grille?

Cheers for your help!

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

nope.

tweets up front, standard position is decent enough for them tbh, the stock tweeters are not bad really.

Level 2 User Joined: 14 Dec 2005 Posts: 57

Okey doke, cheers mate.

Level 7 User Joined: 22 Jan 2006 Posts: 182

Tweeters next to your ears???!

Get a good amp, and a good setr of front components. Mount the tweeter facing towards you near the wing mirror and chuck the mid driver in the normal speaker location. Speakers off a headunits internal amp are pap! Alwways amplify properly. Unless of course your tone deaf, dont play your music at high volumes or are stingy/skint....

The 10cm speakers behind the grills are coaxials, not just tweeters btw, but 10cm coaxials are next to useless tbh, they cant handle any kind of mid frequencies at all without flapping like a chicken.

Level 6 User Joined: 10 Nov 2005 Posts: 149

as rosso says, get a good 3-way component system with either 5,25" or 6,5" woofer, depending on what size fits the door, put the (normally 4") mid-range in the existing 10cm/4" holes where the coax is placed originally, and then place the the tweeters somewhere near the wing mirrors, possibly on the inside mirror covers, if you have electric mirrors, otherwise the A-column trim is also a good place for that.. the tweeters should point approx. towrds the midpoint between the front headrests.. A LHD 19 ph2 16V will take 6,5" woofers in the doors and 4" midrange in the dash, btw...