By Audiophile on Friday, October 19, 2001 - 01:56 pm: Edit

Anyone be kind enough to share the modifications they have made to their stereo systems? Speakers, subs, amps, locations, challanges, etc...

I'd like to ultimately run ADS Speakers (Three way fronts, 6.5" midbass, 4" mid, 1" Tweeter) by mounting the 6.5" lower in the door (at the bottom of the cloth section, preferably in a custom ring to match the stock 4" speaker location), 4" in stock spot, tweeter in stock location. 6.5" coaxials in the rear pillars. Was thinking either to modify the rear sub housing to run two JL Audio 6.5" subs, modify the rear door with an 8" or 10" sub in a custom enclosure with a custom rear door trim panel, or a ten inch sub box made to fill one of the rear side pockets. Anyone care to share their systems, experience, and photos?

Thanx...

By lynden on Friday, October 19, 2001 - 02:49 pm: Edit

Dude... that's way more than I'm interested in. I just replaced stock deck, threw an amp under the seat powering two new 6.5 fosgate speakers in sub position and upgraded the stock speakers. The small speakers run off the deck (52 wats) and the subs boom from the amp. It sounds pretty good and only cost $300.
Lynden

By Shane C. (Qsiguy) on Friday, October 19, 2001 - 08:16 pm: Edit

Well, I haven't started the stereo yet but, I own a car stereo shop in Arizona and I am going to use my 95 Disco for a Demo. I have started to design the system, but haven't started the install. So far all I have done is custom integrated the cellular phone hands free kit into the vehicle. Mounted the cell phone speaker in the ceiling in the front of the panel with the dome light in it. I'll post a photo of that when I get home. As soon as I begin the installation of the system I'll get some photos up, it may be a month or two, sorry. The system will be a little more than most will want for their Discos but hey, it's a demo!

By Shane C. (Qsiguy) on Friday, October 19, 2001 - 08:54 pm: Edit

I removed this piece, cut a hole in it and mounted a small speaker for the cellular hands free kit, and covered it with cloth to match the interior

By Shane C. (Qsiguy) on Friday, October 19, 2001 - 08:56 pm: Edit

oops, lets try again

By Harley--AZ on Friday, October 19, 2001 - 09:40 pm: Edit

try greg bright on the D2 list, he did a whole custom enclosure thing with a sub in the back cargo bins, one for the sub, one for the amps. sorry i don't have more details, I have heard it and it sounds good. As for me, I dig on the HK system, just added my own powered sub in the rear (easily detachable if space needed)and couldn't be happier. Maybe i'm just a philistine but audiophile quality is hard to achieve when offroad. As long as the bass is loud enough to qualify me as a gangsta, i be happy....;>

-Harley

By Danno on Sunday, October 21, 2001 - 09:03 am: Edit

that center speaker would work great as an external speaker for a CB as well...

By Warren on Sunday, October 21, 2001 - 03:02 pm: Edit

Looks Like Something Slider Would Do. - I just Got an Invoice For my stereo upgrade last week And I will be able to Afford it in August ( I hope). But any Way here it is. - I Already Have a Alpine Head Unit. Then Im' replacing the stock speakers with JL Audio. Disconnecting stock woofer and Amp. Replacing it with a Box containing 1 JL W7 (Ferrari of Woofers) and an incredibly expensive amp to power it. And I will finish it off with a Alpne CD Changer Under Passenger Seat.

By T-Nutts on Saturday, November 10, 2001 - 11:33 am: Edit

Point of caution:

If you wheel through deep water, mud holes at all... becareful of the units mounted under the seat. I blew out my stock amp one day when water flooded the floor.

My replacement:
Alpine CD head unit with high wattage per channel. Instead of wiring to the rear door speakers which have different ohm ratings, I tossed in a 10" amplified bazooka tube which had straps mounted to the floor in the back behind the back seat. If I wade through water and are concerned about the tube, I can quickly disconnect it. Now water would need to rise as high as the CD player in the dash, or into the door where the 5" speaker is situated to damage it. I am more concerned about my ECU getting wet than the stereo.

By Seann on Saturday, November 10, 2001 - 06:44 pm: Edit

What stereo shop do you own in AZ? A disco owner that owns a stereo shop, hell ya!! Need some audio goodies for the rig.


Seann

By Shane C. (Qsiguy) on Sunday, November 11, 2001 - 12:46 pm: Edit

Seann,

I own Quality Sound in Tempe. Small shop where we do alarms, stereos, electrical repairs, and even alcohol breathalizers (for DUI offenders)
2111 S. Industrial Park Ave Suite 113
Tempe, AZ 85282
(480) 464-7772

Just south of Broadway between Priest and Hardy

By Jeoffrey Nathan (Jrnathan) on Sunday, November 11, 2001 - 02:54 pm: Edit

Has anyone addded a cd changer with an FM modulator to the factory head unit?

By Shane C. (Qsiguy) on Sunday, November 11, 2001 - 05:38 pm: Edit

Sure, what do you want to know? It is very easy, as with any vehicle.

Shane

By Seann on Sunday, November 11, 2001 - 08:33 pm: Edit

Shane,
Would you like to make a promo rig!?? We can put your stickers all over the Landie! What day are you working this week, so we can talk about a system in the landie.

Seann

By Jeoffrey Nathan (Jrnathan) on Sunday, November 11, 2001 - 09:00 pm: Edit

Shane,

I am pretty mechanically inclined, but I do not have too much experience with wiring and radios. Do you think it is worth paying for the professional install or is it something I could do my-self? I want to add a 12 disk changer and hook it up to my stock radio/cassett with an FM modulator.

Thanks,
Jeoffrey

By Neal on Sunday, November 11, 2001 - 11:25 pm: Edit

Jeoffrey,

If you know how to use a screwdriver and wire strippers it is something you should be able to do in an hour or two. Take the head unit out, plug the modulator into the antenna, run the cables behind some trim, attach the power, ground, and usually a constant, find a good place for the changer though. I've already gone through 3 (2 modulators and a direct to head unit) under the seat. But then again I'm an idiot.

By Tate Crumbley (Tate) on Monday, November 12, 2001 - 12:04 pm: Edit

Shane,
Have you found a way to adapt the dual antennas on 97+ discos with the single inputs on aftermarket head units? This is something I haven't heard a good solution to.

By Petros (Runnerma) on Monday, November 12, 2001 - 12:12 pm: Edit

I have a Kenwood Mask Cd as head unit.I replace the stock Loudspeakers from the door with SPL 120 the Crossover of that I put it into the Dashboard and the tweeters on it with some black hot silicone. For the rear I made 2 mountings for my Carbon 6x9's Altec Lansing. All these are powered by a XS4300 Phoenix Gold Amp. For Sub I made a Woodbox to fit behind the rear seat.It has 2x JL W10.These are powered bu a GPA 0.5 Phoenix Gold, with electronic Crossover on it. It has also A basscube attached on it , so I can easy adjust the bass from my seat( the adjuster is next to mirror adjuster.) The Amplifiers are under the front seats, 2" of the ground on a wood "self" for avoiding interpolation.

By pjkbrit on Monday, November 12, 2001 - 01:15 pm: Edit

I added an Alpine CD changer w/FM modulator under the seat of my 94. The head unit is original and does not cope well with this unit's output...anyone know of a better head unit I could replace the factory one with. I'd like to keep the cassette and not have a lot of wiring to do.
Pete

By Shane C. (Qsiguy) on Monday, November 12, 2001 - 06:14 pm: Edit

Jeoffrey,

Neal is right, that's pretty much all there is to it. There are changers with wireless remotes and ones with wired remotes. With the wireless you still have a display that mounts to the dash. Some people prefer the wired ones so they can hide away the controller with not in use and they don't have to take up dash space with the display.

Tate,

We have always just installed a "Y" adapter on other vehicles that use dual anetennas, on some we just used one antenna. The purpose of the two antennas is either to reduce or eliminate dropped signal or some of them seem to have one optimized for AM and the other for FM. I can't say with any certainty how or why the Disco uses this. Personally, I would try to use one and if the signal wasn't good enough try the other. Only if both work poorly one at a time with the aftermarket radio would I try to use them both. I looked through my catalogs and didn't find any Land Rover antenna adapters. I have a 97 Disco comming in this week so while it's here I will check it out more.


Seann,

I am sure we can come up with something! I plan to fix up my 95 Disco for a demo but that may be a while down the road. Give me a call to make sure I'm here and come on by. I'll be out a lot through wednesday but Thurs and Fri I'll be here. I looked up in the gallery who I think was you. Is it the one with the snokel? If so it's very nice.

Shane

By Horness Spencer (Horness) on Tuesday, November 13, 2001 - 07:59 am: Edit

All this talk of stereo upgrades reminded me of my current problem.

In my 98 Disco I've replaced the head unit with my trusty old Sony MDX-7900C head unit (mini disc).
Now the sub in the rear door does not work.

A local place can do a "small" modification to the wiring to bring it to life with my head unit, however they are looking to charge me £50 for the privilage.

Anyone out there know what this "small" mod is?
Once this is working, I plan to replace the speakers in pairs, starting from the back. Not sure what too yet though.

Any help is appreciated.

HRNESS

By Shane C. (Qsiguy) on Tuesday, November 13, 2001 - 11:58 am: Edit

They are probably just going to wire the rear subs directly to the radio's rear channels, bypassing the OEM amplifier. That would probably be the easiest. There may be an adapter or converter to wire into the OEM amp to make it run but it can be complicated to get aftermarket radios and OEM amplifiers to run together.

Shane

By David Dryden on Tuesday, November 13, 2001 - 07:48 pm: Edit

The factory radio uses a line level out to drive the factory amps built into the Disco (one under the dash that powers the four corners and another on the backs of the subs). If you use the line level out of your Sony head unit connected to the factory amps, it'll operate as the stock system does, subs and all. You will probably have to use an isolation transformer between your new head unit and the factory amps to get rid of any ground loop noise (buzzing, alternator whine, etc.). These are available from Radio Shack. Give it a try without them first, you may not need them. Good luck!

By lynden on Tuesday, November 13, 2001 - 08:00 pm: Edit

Boy, you guys are smarter than the guys who installed my system at Best buy... go figure. I bought an amp that runs two 6.5 inch speakers in rear (subs) and I ran the rest of the speakers off the deck and bypassed the stock amp. Works adequately for me.
Lynden

By Punchy325 on Tuesday, November 13, 2001 - 08:01 pm: Edit

I'm installing a Nakamichi 6 disc in-dash changer in my '96. I don't have plans to upgrade the speakers yet, but that may change. I'll just have to see how it sounds...

By Slider on Tuesday, November 13, 2001 - 08:07 pm: Edit

I do love that little speaker in the cieling shane...but: Warren, that's where I mounted my garage door opener...I don't have a pic...but I think you get the idea...

Slider